Mustafa Al-Adhami

Mustafa Al-Adhami serves as Lecturer in Digital Built Environment at Birmingham City University, specializing in digital architecture and sustainability. With over a decade of experience across academia and industry, he teaches architecture and built environment courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels while leading research in Building Information Modeling (BIM), reality-capturing technologies, and IoT applications. Previously, he held academic positions at the University of Huddersfield and Nottingham Trent University.

His research integrates cutting-edge digital tools to address sustainability and efficiency challenges in infrastructure. Key focus areas include VR/AR for construction quality control, machine learning-driven energy prediction frameworks, and automated digitization of critical assets like railway bridges. This work bridges civil engineering, computer science, and sustainable design through practical implementations in real-world built environments.

Recent publications reveal strong trends in applying extended reality for infrastructure assessment and real-time building performance monitoring. His 2025 systematic review on buried infrastructure condition assessment demonstrates leadership in synthesizing emerging techniques, while 2020-2022 work on thermal comfort evaluation and railway bridge digitization shows consistent innovation in merging IoT with traditional engineering practices.

Dr. Al-Adhami's industry collaborations include KTP research developing semi-automated BIM solutions for railway infrastructure. His professional background spans UK and Middle Eastern AEC firms where he executed design documentation, building surveys, and technical drawing production. Current academic work emphasizes translating industry challenges into pedagogical frameworks for built environment education.