In order to model the dynamics of built environment and understand their sustainable development, as well as their interactions with infrastructure networks and urban ecosystem we need a comprehensive theoretical understanding of cities as complex systems. One principal aim of this research is to use the complex system theories and methods from physics and engineering in order to reduce the negative environmental impact of the cities through the following approaches: (1) developing energy-efficient urban forms, (2) modelling and identifying renewable energy resources from regional to city scale, (2) improving our understanding of urban metabolism, (3) improving the environmental impacts of urban infrastructure networks and mobility patterns through data-driven approaches and real-time data (4) assessing and minimising the ecological footprints of cities.
Research interests include:
Statistical modelling of the built environment
Ecological footprints of cities
Urban metabolism
Physics of urban form
GIS and spatial data analysis
Urban morphology and renewable energy
Transportation networks and mobility patterns
Current projects
HYENERGY – Hybrid renewable energy potential for the built environment using big data
SCCER FEEB&D Current potential of renewable energy sources
Integrating urban form and sociotehcnical potentials of decentralised energy supply for sustainable urban development (SNSV Mobility fellowship Dr N Mohajeri – host institute University of Oxford)
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A machine learning methodology to quantify the potential of urban densification in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, United Kingdom
2021-01-01.International Hybrid Conference on Carbon Neutral Cities – Energy Efficiency and Renewables in the Digital Era (CISBAT), Lausanne, SWITZERLAND, Sep 08-10, 2021. p. 012017. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012017.
2021-01-01.CISBAT 2021 – International Hybrid Conference on Carbon Neutral Cities – Energy Efficiency and Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND, Sep 08-10, 2021. p. 012010. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012010.
An integrated microfluidic device for stem cell differentiation based on cell-imprinted substrate designed for cartilage regeneration in a rabbit model
2019.CISBAT 2019 | Climate Resilient Cities – Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 4-6, 2019. p. 012035. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012035.
2019.CISBAT 2019 | Climate Resilient Cities – Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 4-6, 2019. p. 012036. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012036.
2019.CISBAT 2019 | Climate Resilient Cities – Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 4-6, 2019. p. 012024. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012024.
2019-03-15.10 th International Conference on Applied Energy ( ICAE2018), Hong Kong , China, August 22- 25, 2018. p. 6378-6383. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.219.
2018-01-01.38th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Valencia, SPAIN, Jul 22-27, 2018. p. 1144-1147. DOI : 10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517938.
2016.PLEA – 36th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments, Los Angeles, July 11-13, 2016.
Topic leader: Nahid Mohajeri (currently Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford)