Author: Moshood Olawale Fadeyi, Singapore Institute of Technology
Dr. Moshood Olawale Fadeyi is a sustainable building professor with specialisation in sustainable building value delivery education at the Singapore Institute of Technology. He is also an architect, an indoor air quality expert, a chartered engineer (UK) – building services, a chartered construction manager (UK), a cartoonist, and a specialist adult educator. He holds four university degrees, including a Ph.D. in Indoor Environment and Energy from the National University of Singapore and the Technical University of Denmark.
He is architecture (BSc Arch and M.Arch.), building science (MSc.), and engineering (Ph.D.) trained. He is a member of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (UK), Chartered Institute of Building (UK), and American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, & Air-conditioning Engineers. He is well suited for architecture, interior design, building science, and architectural/building services engineering education. He has experience and expertise in developing undergraduate and postgraduate curricula to make students job-ready upon graduation.
He currently engages in artistic research to develop creative works to create an educational experience useful for solving sustainable building value delivery problems. An educational experience, i.e., knowledge, understanding, and practical and communication skills, is created through critical and reflective thinking that induces learning from his creative works. His educational experience development is anchored with creative works related to indoor air quality and sustainable building design, construction, and management. His academic career scholarship portfolio includes more than 200 research outputs published in public educational resources, peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and books.
He leverages his fundamental knowledge and skillsets in the philosophy of digital solutions adoption, problem-solving philosophy, design, critical, reflective, scientific, and lean thinking, fine art, oral and written communication, applied research, case study research, and storytelling for creating his creative works. Companies and government agencies highly seek his expertise and leadership skills. He is the Editor, Author, and Cartoonist of Indoor Air Cartoon Journal – a public educational resource informed by artistic research, providing indoor air quality (IAQ) educational experience to audiences from over 100 countries. He is a former National Taekwondo Champion in Singapore – Black Belt Middle-Heavy Weight category, 2006.
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
Mobile cloud computing application solution for waste reduction in the facility management process
Guidance for performing automatic verification of building information modelling (BIM) files using Python
Automated retrieval of photo data for asset information requirements (AIR) input using Python
An automated solution for importing critical assets information into BIM 3D Model
Identification and rectification of errors in BIM models using dynamo
Optimisation of sheltered walkways performance to mitigate wind-driven rain in Singapore
Built Environment Artistic Research Sharing (BEARS) 