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Associate ProfessorRoo Kalatehjari

Associate Dean Academic

Design & Creative Technologies

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  • Associate Dean Academic
    Design & Creative Technologies
  • +64 9 921 9999 Ext.6450 (Work)
  • Auckland University of Technology, Built Environment Engineering, WZ Building, 6 St Paul Street, Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • AWARD, PRIZE, FELLOWSHIP, AND SCHOLARSHIP
    Best Paper Award
    9 Sep 2026
    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF TROPICAL GEOENGINEERING 2026 (TROPICON 2026)
  • FACILITATION, NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION
    Session Chairperson (opens in a new tab)⁠
    8 Sep 2026
    International Conference of Tropical Geoengineering 2026 (TROPICON 2026)
  • EDITORSHIP, REVIEWING, JUDGING AND EXAMINING
    Editorial Board Member (opens in a new tab)⁠
    6 Aug 2026
    Applied Sciences
  • FACILITATION, NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION
    Session Chair (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Dec 2025
    GDI 2025 Conference
  • FACILITATION, NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION
    Session Chair
    11 Nov 2025
    GEOMATE 2025 Conference
  • OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Ranked in Top-5 Most Cited Special Issues of Applied Science (opens in a new tab)⁠
    8 Jul 2025
    Applied Sciences
  • INVITATION TO PRESENT RESEARCH
    Geopolymers vs. Alkali-Activated Materials and Their Potential in Sustainable Soil Stabilisation
    5 Jun 2025
    Laboratory of Rock Mechanics - Special Lecture
  • EDITORSHIP, REVIEWING, JUDGING AND EXAMINING
    External Examiner (PhD) - University of Waikato - Tom Robertson
    14 Apr 2025
    University of Waikato
  • FACILITATION, NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION
    Founder and Chair
    14 Apr 2025
    SoFE Learning and Teaching Rōpū
  • CONTRIBUTION TO ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT
    Co-Founder and Co-Leader of SoFE Innovative Sustainable Construction Research Centre (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Mar 2025
    AUT School of Future Environments
  • OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Certificate of Completion for Te Pumaomao Nationhood Building Course
    29 Jan 2025
    Auckland University of Technology
  • EDITORSHIP, REVIEWING, JUDGING AND EXAMINING
    PLOS One Academic Editor
    11 Jan 2025
    PLOS One Editorial Board
  • FACILITATION, NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION
    Co-Scientific Chair (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2025
    International Conference of Green + Digital + Intelligent Built Environments (GDI 2025)
  • APPOINTMENT, AFFILIATION, AND MEMBERSHIP
    NatHaz25 scientific committee member (opens in a new tab)⁠
    19 Dec 2024
    NatHaz25: International Workshop on Natural Hazards — “Geotechnical Risks”
  • FACILITATION, NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION
    Session Chair MedGU-24 (opens in a new tab)⁠
    26 Nov 2024
    Mediterranean Geosciences Union Annual Meeting (MedGU-24)
  • APPOINTMENT, AFFILIATION, AND MEMBERSHIP
    Member of the MedGU-24 Scientific Committee (opens in a new tab)⁠
    25 Nov 2024
    Mediterranean Geosciences Union Annual Meeting (MedGU-24)
  • INVITATION TO PRESENT RESEARCH
    Mechanisms and practicality of alkaline activation of waste glass for soil stabilisation (opens in a new tab)⁠
    20 Nov 2024
    International Conference on Research and Innovation for Sustainability in C
  • INVITATION TO PRESENT RESEARCH
    Mechanisms and Practicality of Alkaline Activation of Waste Glass for Soil Stabilisation (opens in a new tab)⁠
    19 Nov 2024
    RISCE - 2024
  • APPOINTMENT, AFFILIATION, AND MEMBERSHIP
    School Representative in the DCT Steering Committee
    14 Nov 2024
    Auckland University of Technology
  • AWARD, PRIZE, FELLOWSHIP, AND SCHOLARSHIP
    Postgraduate Summer Award "Evaluating Alkali-activated Olivine for Enhanced CO₂ Sequestration in New Zealand Local Roads"
    6 Nov 2024
    Auckland University of Technology
  • FACILITATION, NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION
    Steering (Organizing) Committee Member
    6 Nov 2024
    International Conference on Sustainable Development and Smart Built Environments (SASBE2024)
  • AWARD, PRIZE, FELLOWSHIP, AND SCHOLARSHIP
    Summer Research Scholarship "Development of selection criteria for soil stabilisation techniques using influencing factors"
    18 Oct 2024
    Auckland University of Technology
  • INVITATION TO PRESENT RESEARCH
    Application of Glass Waste in an Alkaline Activation Process for Stabilisation of Pumice Soil in Road Construction
    25 Jun 2024
    Ministry of Transport Meeting at AUT
  • OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
    New Zealand Geotechnical Database User Acceptance Testing
    11 Jun 2024
    MBIE
  • EDITORSHIP, REVIEWING, JUDGING AND EXAMINING
    Book Reviewer (opens in a new tab)⁠
    5 Jun 2024
    Transformative Approaches to Career-Ready Education