Dr. Maria Ghufran

Assistant Professor

maria.ghufran@cust.edu.pk

PROFILE SUMMARY

Dr. Maria holds a bachelor’s degree in Building and Architectural Engineering. She has completed her Master’s and PhD in Construction Engineering and Management from National University of Sciences and Technology, H-12 Islamabad, Pakistan. Her research interest lies in subjects including Circular Economy, Complex Systems and Dynamics, Supply Chain Management, and Sustainability. She has industrial experience of working as a Planning Engineer for almost three years. She also served as a visiting faculty at National University of Science and Technology, H-12, Islamabad

QUALIFICATION
PhD	Construction Engineering and Management	National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad.	2024
MS	Construction Engineering and Management	National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad.	2019

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad.	Since – 2024

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
PEC	Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Reg. no: ARCH/00713

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1.	Circular Economy
2.	Sustainability
3.	System Dynamics
4.	Building Information Modeling

SR.	JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS	Year
1.	M. Ghufran, K. I. A. khan, M. A. Musarat, W. S. Alaloul, “Circular economy in developing countries for sustainable development,” Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development. vol. 8, no. 13, pp. 5640, 2024	2024
2.	M. Irfan, W. S. Alaloul, M. Ghufran, G. Yaseen, M. J. Thaheem, A. H. Qureshi, and M. Bilal, “Analyzing the impact of organizational culture on social sustainability: a perspective of the construction industry,” Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 1103–1133, 2024.	2024
3.	M. A. Musarat, M. Irfan, W. S. Alaloul, A. Maqsoom, and M. Ghufran, “A review on the way forward in construction through industrial revolution 5.0,” Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 18, p. 13862, 2023.	2023
4.	A. Maqsoom, H. Ashraf, W. S. Alaloul, A. Salman, F. Ullah, M. Ghufran, and M.A. Musarat, “The relationship between error management, safety climate, and job-stress perception in the construction industry: the mediating role of psychological capital,” Buildings, vol. 13, no. 6, p. 1528, 2023.	2023
5.	M. Ghufran, K. I. A. Khan, F. Ullah, W. S. Alaloul, and M. A. Musarat, “Key enablers of resilient and sustainable construction supply chains: A systems thinking approach,” Sustainability, vol. 14, no. 19, p. 11815, 2022.	2022
6.	M. Ghufran, K. I. A. Khan, F. Ullah, A. Nasir, A. Alahmadi, A. Alzaed, and M.Alwetaishi, “Circular economy in the construction industry: A step towards sustainable development,” Buildings, vol. 12, p. 1004, 07 2022.	2022
7.	M. Ghufran, K. I. A. Khan, M. J. Thaheem, A. R. Nasir, and F. Ullah, “Adoption of sustainable supply chain management for performance improvement in the construction industry: A system dynamics approach,” Architecture, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 161–182, 2021.	2021

SR.	CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS	Year
1.	M. Ghufran, “Evaluating Cloud Computing in Construction Projects to Avoid Project Delay”: A Review, 2023	2023
2.	M. Ghufran, “Human Factors in Quality Control: Understanding the Impact of Psychological, Ergonomic, and Cognitive Factors,” 2023	2023
3.	M. Ghufran, “Building Information Modelling and Artificial Intelligence integration for enhanced Collaboration,” 2023.	2023
4.	M. Ghufran, K. I. A. Khan, A. Nasir, M. Hassan, and A. Maqsoom, “Circular economy for successful implementation of sustainable development in the construction industry,” 2022	2022
5.	A. Maqsoom, U. Ali, M. Ahmed, M. Irfan, H. Ashraf, and M. Ghufran, “Factors causing cost overrun in projects: A case from pakistan’s construction industry,”2022.	2022

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