Associate Professor Mohsen Kalantari
Associate Professor
- Graduate Certificate in University Teaching, The University of Melbourne, Australia, 2014
- PhD, Geomatics Eng. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 2008
- Master GIS Eng. K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2004
- Bachelor Surveying Eng. K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2001
Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mohsen Kalantari is an Associate Professor of Geospatial Engineering at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Co-Founder at Faramoon. Previously, he has worked for the Department of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne. Before his academic career, he worked with the surveying and spatial industry through his role in the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) as the Victorian coordinator of a nationwide land and survey information modernisation initiative, ePlan.
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- Publications
- Media
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- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- The digitalisation of repairs and maintenance in residential and mixed-use apartment development (2021-2024), CRC Building 4.0, Lead Investigator
- Improving digital engineering through computational methods (2019-2022), Shenzhen Bimernet Technology Co. Ltd, Lead Investigator
- IoT and smart cities (2020), City of Melbourne, Lead Investigator
- Laser scanning for strata titling (2019), Association of Surveyors Malaysia, Lead Investigator
- Smart lighting system (2018), Networked Society Institute, Lead Investigator
- Sensor-Enabled Campus (2017), Networked Society Institute, Lead Investigator
- Smart Wearable System with Wireless Charging for Monitoring Staff Health and Productivity in Difficult Working Environments (2017 – 2019), Department Of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources
- Upgrading ePlan systems (2017-2022), Land Victoria
- 3D Malaysia (2017, 2018), Malaysia Mapping Agency (JUPEM)
- ePlan Visualisation and Database Management System Upgrade (2016-2017), Land Victoria
- Self-healing maps (2017-2020), Australian Research Council
- Legal and physical validity of city models in the Future City Pilot – Phase 1 (FCP1), (2016) Open Geospatial Consortium, Lead Investigator
- 3D property ownership map base for smart urban land administration (2017-2020), Australian Research Council
- Spatial Data Infrastructure for Hong Kong
- Urban Analytics Data Infrastructure, Australian Research Council
- Integrated Incident Management Utilizing Multi-Agency Sensors (2015), Open Geospatial Consortium, Lead Investigator
- North West Metropolitan Region of Melbourne Data Access, Integration and Interrogation Demonstrators – Enhancement and Promotion (2015), Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network
- Access to service Indicator (2015), City of Melbourne, Lead Investigator
- Natural hazard exposure information modelling framework (2014-2016), CRC for Bush Fire and Natural Hazards,
- Pre-disaster multi-hazard damage and economic loss estimation model (2014-2016), CRC for Bush Fire and Natural Hazards,
- A Low-Cost Indoor Mapping Technique for Land Development Applications, (2014), Early Career Research Grant, The University of Melbourne, Lead Investigator
- Can we rely on Online Maps? Victoria Fellowship, (2013), Lead Investigator
- Spatially Enabled Water Information Infrastructure, Carlton Connect, (2012- 2013), Lead Investigator
- An Intelligent Disaster Decision Support System, Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Grant, (2012-2013)
- Housing Affordability and Land Administration, Australian National Data Network System, (2012-2013), Lead Investigator
- Geospatial Metadata Tool, Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network, (2012), Lead Investigator
- Highly Commended Educational Award (National), 2019, Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute Australia
- Educational Development Award (Victoria), 2018, Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute Australia
- Exceptional Service Award, 2018, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne
- Victoria Fellowship, 2012, Department of Business and Innovation, Victoria, Australia
- Australia- China Young Researcher Fellowship, 2012, Australian Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE) and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
Articles Published in The Conversation
- Hide your location on Twitter? We can still find you and that’s not a bad thing in an emergency
- What are the implications of privatising land title offices?
- Privatised land title offices can harness new technologies to provide a better service
Scholarly Journal Editorial Roles
- Editor, Journal of Spatial Sciences
- Guest Editor, ISPRS International Journal of Geographic Information
- Guest Editor, ISPRS International Journal of Geographic Information
- Guest Editor, Transcations in GIS
Board Membership of Regulatory Bodies
- 2013-2016 Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria
My Research Supervision
- Reza Taban, Teaching BIM in Higher Education, Final Year PhD student, Employed by Deakin University
- Dongchen Han, BIM for Construction and Waste Management, Final Year PhD student
- Youjin Choe, Managing Conflicts in Open Mapping Communities, Final Year PhD student
- Atie Asadikia, Prioritising Sustainable Development Goals, Final Year PhD student
- Bahram Saeidian, Underground Land Administration Systems, Second Year PhD student
- Kiresten Jowett, Proof of Location in Digital Ledgers, Second Year PhD student
- Mohammad Javad Shahidinejad, 3D Cadastral Databases, First Year PhD student
Completed
- Hamed Olfat, Spatial Metadata Automation, PhD granted, Nominated for Vice Chancellors Award, Employed by Land Use Victoria
- Ali Aien, 3D Cadastral Data Modelling, PhD granted, Employed by Here Map
- Davood Shojaei, 3D Cadastral Visualization, PhD granted, Employed by The University of Melbourne
- Behnam Atazadeh, Building Information Modelling for 3D Cadastre, Employed by The University of Melbourne
- Farhad Laylavi, Twitter for Public Safety, Employed by Employed by Land Use Victoria
- Farzad Alamdara, GeoSensor Networks for Public Safety, Employed by Leidos
- Hosna Hashemi, Indoor Positioning for Public Safety, Employed by IBM Canada
- Shima Rahmatizadeh, Crowd Sourcing Cadastre, Self-employed
- Mitko Alexandrov, Indoor Evacuation of High-rise Buildings, Employed by UNSW
- Kuo-Chih Hung, Volunteered Geographic Information for Public Safety, Employed by Taiwan Institute for Governance and Communication Research
- Syharudin Syharudin, A Usability Framework for Spatial Metadata, Employed by Indonesian Mapping Agency
- Ali Asghari, 3D Cadastral Data Validation, Final Year PhD student, Employed by AURIN
- Maryam Barzegar, 3D Cadastral Data Analysis, Final Year PhD student, Employed by Aurecon
- Jihey Shin, BIM for Conflict Management, Employed by Land Use Victoria
My Teaching
CVEN2101- Engineering Construction
CVEN3101- Engineering Operation and Control