Dr Armin Mehdipour
School of Civil Engineering and Construction
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Armin's primary research interests include "sustainable urban development", "brownfield regeneration", "urban transition studies", and "digital twins in the built environment".
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Associate Head of School - Learning & Teaching | University of Adelaide |
| 2022 - ongoing | Lecturer in Architecture & Regenerative Design | University of Adelaide |
| 2020 - 2022 | Post-doctoral Research Associate | University of Adelaide, Adelaide |
| 2017 - 2017 | Visiting Research Fellow | Shandong University, Jinan, China |
| 2017 - 2017 | Visiting Research Fellow | University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan |
| 2014 - 2015 | Research Assistant | Technical University of Dortmund |
| 2012 - 2013 | Research Assistant | Urban Planning & Architecture Design Institute, Shanghai, China |
| 2010 - 2011 | Teaching Assistant | Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran |
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| English | Can peer review |
| German | Can read, speak and understand spoken |
| Persian | Can peer review |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 - 2020 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD in Architecture |
| Tongji University | China | Master of Engineering (MEng), Urban Planning and Design | |
| Bauhaus University, Weimar | Germany | Master of Science (M.Sc.), Advanced Urbanism | |
| Shahid Beheshti University | Iran | Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Architecture |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Omrany, H., Mehdipour, A., Oteng, D., & Al-Obaidi, K. M. (2025). The uptake of urban digital twins in the built environment: a pathway to resilient and sustainable cities. Computational Urban Science, 5(1), 20-1-20-31. Scopus12 WoS11 |
| 2024 | Mehdipour, A., Kellett, J., Palazzo, E., & Larbi, M. (2024). Policy integration for brownfield regeneration: An analytical tool. Sustainable Horizons, 10, 100085-1-100085-12. Scopus10 WoS7 |
| 2024 | Omrany, H., Mehdipour, A., & Oteng, D. (2024). Digital Twin Technology and Social Sustainability: Implications for the Construction Industry. Sustainability, 16(19), 8663. Scopus21 WoS15 |
| 2024 | Deng, F., Mehdipour, A., & Soltani, A. (2024). Construction quality control of concrete structures in architectural engineering—A case in Shanghai, China. Urban Resilience and Sustainability, 2(3), 256-271. |
| 2024 | Cabanas Grandío, P., Pierre, B., Bisignani, G., Cuneo, A., Papp, R., Schrader, J., & Lau, D. H. (2024). Sudden arrhythmic death in patients with syncope and implantable cardiac monitor. Heart Rhythm O2, 5(11), 821-824. Scopus1 |
| 2021 | Larbi, M., Kellett, J., Palazzo, E., & Mehdipour, A. (2021). Urban Sustainability Transitions in Two Frontrunner Cities: Insights from the Multi-level Perspective. Planning Practice & Research, 36(5), 494-513. Scopus11 WoS10 |
| 2014 | Mehdipour, A., & Rashidi Nia, H. (2014). Is Mehrabad Airport a Brownfield Site?. Current Urban Studies, 02(01), 13-19. |
| 2013 | Mehdipour, A., & Rashidi Nia, H. (2013). The Role of Brownfield Development in Sustainable Urban Regeneration. Journal of Sustainable Development Studies. |
| 2013 | Mehdipour, A., & Namazian, A. (2013). Psychological Demands of the Built Environment, Privacy, Personal Space and Territory in Architecture. International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Mehdipour, A., & Kellett, J. (2024). Brownfields in China: The Case of Liaocheng Chemical Plant. In G. Siew, Z. Allam, & A. Cheshmehzangi (Eds.), Urban Sustainability (Vol. Part F3805, pp. 145-161). Springer Nature Singapore. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Clement, F. D., Mehdipour, A., & Shutian, Z. (2025). Prevention and Control of Cracks in Architectural Concrete Structures: A Design-Based Approach to Load Distribution and Structural Strength Improvement. In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Vol. 591 LNCE (pp. 1310-1323). Auckland, New Zealand: Springer Nature Singapore. DOI |
| 2024 | Clement, F. D., Mehdipour, A., & Shutian, Z. (2024). Optimising Reinforced Concrete Construction for Sustainable Building Development: A Case Study of the Nantong City Bus Station Project. In Zemch International Conference (pp. 587-594). |
| 2023 | Sharifi, E., Mehdipour, A., Hill, K., Hayter, J., Soebarto, V., Arakawa Martins, L., . . . Hawken, S. (2023). A Multi-criteria Framework for Climate Change Resilient Street Trees. In P. Rajagopalan, V. Soebarto, & H. Akbari (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Islands : Holistic approaches to address urban heat islands (UHI, 2023) Vol. 1 (pp. 324-333). Melbourne, Australia: International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Islands. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Sharifi, E., Mehdipour, A., Hill, K., Hayter, J., Soebarto, V., Bartesaghi Koc, C., . . . Arakawa Martins, L. (2023). Trees for Urban Streets: A multi-criteria guide to select street trees in Greater Metropolitan Adelaide. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| - | Sharifi, E., Mehdipour, A., Hill, K., Soebarto, V., Hayter, J., Koc, C. B., . . . Martins, L. A. (n.d.). Multi-criteria Street Tree Selection SA EI-2023 + Tool [Computer Software]. DOI |
June 2015: Adelaide Scholarships International (ASI), The University of Adelaide
April 2016: AHURI Top-up Scholarship, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, $21,000
January 2017: MLFP Scholarship, The Mawson Lakes Fellowship Program (MLFP), $12,000
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Predicting and Optimizing Socio-Spatial Behavior Patterns in Complex Public Spaces Using Space Syntax Theory | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Beheshteh Gharaei |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Predicting and Optimizing Socio-Spatial Behavior Patterns in Complex Public Spaces Using Space Syntax Theory | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Beheshteh Gharaei |