Author: Moshood Olawale Fadeyi, Singapore Institute of Technology
Dr. Moshood Olawale Fadeyi is an Associate Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology, specialising in cognitive governance and value-oriented diagnostic reasoning and problem solving in indoor air quality and sustainable building engineering, using a research-as-practice approach. He is an architect, a Chartered Engineer (UK), and a Chartered Construction Manager (UK), with over 200 publications spanning peer-reviewed research and peer-level public scholarship. He is a pioneering global scholar in the development of communication solutions, as cognitive and emotional tools, through research-as-practice, advancing engineering education practice, and strengthening human capability for value-oriented problem-solving. Through this work, he contributes to SIT’s global leadership in applied research that enhances cognitive ability and judgement in engineering practice.
In his research-as-practice, he systematically identifies real-world problems in IAQ and sustainable building engineering that persist due to absent or inadequate mental models, thereby creating cognitive barriers to value-oriented problem-solving. He develops communication solutions, realised as fictional case stories and published through the Indoor Air Cartoon Journal, that function as cognitive and emotional tools to break these barriers and strengthen the cognitive abilities required for sound engineering judgement and action across education and practice.
His research delivers sustained institution-level value to SIT and aligns with its mission as an applied university for industry. While SIT is recognised for strong research-for-practice, his work complements this strength by advancing research-as-practice in engineering education practice. Focusing on cognitive and decision-making improvement, his research also generates durable intellectual assets for SIT via the Indoor Air Cartoon Journal, a Google Scholar–indexed living book series institutionalised through SIT Library curation and used in SIT UG, CET, and PG teaching. This strengthens SIT’s academic identity, global visibility, upstream applied research readiness, industry relevance, and societal value in terms of cognition and judgement.
He holds degrees in architecture (BSc, M.Arch), building science (MSc), and engineering (PhD) from Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria), the National University of Singapore, and the Technical University of Denmark. He is a member of CIBSE, CIOB, and ASHRAE, and a former National Taekwondo Champion in Singapore, reflecting his commitment to excellence across disciplines.
Learning journey on the intricate world of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems in a high-rise building
Construction safety: Bridging the gap in understanding through construction management learning journey
COVID-19 convinced the senior management of a construction company to invest in digital transformation
Human influence on energy efficiency: A story based on an innovation project with a hospital in Singapore
Human influence on water efficiency: A story based on an innovation project with a hospital in Singapore
Learning through interactions with industry professionals for a design assignment
Development of a mobile phone-based application for detecting and communicating building defects
Automation of building information modelling process of sanitary drainage system with Dynamo
Built Environment Artistic Research Sharing (BEARS) 