Research Vision
Research Vision
A sustainable built environment entails looking beyond individual projects to understand how decisions and processes interact across multiple scales. At the micro scale, innovation occurs at the firm and project levels, the meso level connects organizations and value chains, while the macro level spans urban stocks at the city, national, and global levels.
These scales shape the direction of sustainable change: bottom-up innovation in building technologies and business models meets top-down drivers such as policies, incentives, and funding. Using data-driven and systems-based models, my research investigates these dynamics and identifies pathways for more sustainable, collaborative, and resilient construction practices.
For a complete and up-to-date list of my publications, visit my Google Scholar page.
Elbashbishy, T., Eissa, R., El-Adaway, I. H., & Russell, J. S. (2026). Failure of Infrastructure Systems: A Multilevel Network Analysis of Decision-Making and Influential Behavioral Constructs. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 32(1), 04025043.
Eissa, R., & El-Adaway, I. H. (2026). Managing and Accelerating the Circular Economy Transitions within the Construction Value Chain Using Network Governance and Game Theory Systems Perspectives. Journal of Management in Engineering, 42(1), 04025051.
Eissa, R., & El-adaway, I. H. “Circular Economy Integration in LEED: A Decade of Materials and Resources Credit Achievement Patterns”. Journal of Management in Engineering, 40(6). (2024).
Eissa, R., & El-Adaway, I. H. (2024). Accelerating the Circular Economy Transition: A Construction Value Chain-Structured Portfolio of Strategies and Implementation Insights. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(8).
Eissa, R., & El-Adaway, I. H. (2024). Circular economy policies for decarbonization of US commercial building stocks: Data integration and system dynamics coflow modeling approach. Journal of Management in Engineering, 40(2).
Ali, G. G., El-adaway, I. H., Ahmed, M. O., Eissa, R., Nabi, M. A., Elbashbishy, T., & Khalef, R. (2024). Forecasting Future Research Trends in the Construction Engineering and Management Domain Using Machine Learning and Social Network Analysis. Modelling, 5(2).
Eissa, R., Abdul Nabi, M., & El-Adaway, I. H. (2024). Risk–Reward Share Allocation under Different Integrated Project Delivery Relational Structures: A Monte-Carlo Simulation and Cooperative Game Theoretic Solutions Approach. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(4).
Salih, F., Eissa, R., & El-adaway, I. H. (2024). Data-driven analysis of progressive design build in water and wastewater infrastructure projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(1).
El-Adaway, I. H., Abdul Nabi, M., Khalef, R., Elbashbishy, T., Ali, G. G., Eissa, R., & Ahmed, M. O. (2023). Graduate recruitment offers: ethical and professional considerations for engineering graduate students and faculty members. Ethics & Behavior, 33(7).
El-adaway, I. H., Ali, G. G., Eissa, R., Abdul Nabi, M., Ahmed, M. O., Elbashbishy, T., & Khalef, R. (2023). Construction management and economics 40th anniversary: Investigating knowledge structure and evolution of research trends. Construction Management and Economics, 41(4).
Eissa, R., Eid, M. S., & Elbeltagi, E. (2021). Current applications of game theory in construction engineering and management research: A social network analysis approach. Journal of construction engineering and management, 147(7).
Eissa, R., Eid, M. S., & Elbeltagi, E. (2021). Conceptual profit allocation framework for construction joint ventures: Shapley value approach. Journal of Management in Engineering, 37(3).
Eissa, R., & El-Adaway, I. H. (2025). Hybrid Dynamic Modeling of Sufficiency and Efficiency Interventions for Decarbonization of Embodied Emissions in Urban Stocks. In Computing in Civil Engineering 2025
Elbashbishy, T., Eissa, R., El-Adaway, I. H. & Russel, J.S (2025). Investigating Infrastructure Failure from a Behavioral Ethics Perspective: A Multi-Attribute Network Analysis Approach. In Computing in Civil Engineering 2025
Eissa, R., & El-Adaway, I. H. (2025). Circular Economy and LEED v4: Benchmarking Materials and Resources Credit Achievement. In CIB World Building Congress WBC2025
Eissa, R., & El-Adaway, I. H. (2024). Circular Economy Strategies for Decarbonization of the Built Environment Value Chain Scope 3 Emissions: A Network Analysis. In Construction Research Congress 2024 (pp. 10-20).
Eissa, R., & El-Adaway, I. H. (2024). Circular Economy Strategies for Reducing Embodied Carbon in US Commercial Building Stocks: A System Dynamics Modeling Approach. In Computing in Civil Engineering 2023 (pp. 729-737).
Eissa, R., Abdul Nabi, M., & El-Adaway, I. H. (2024). Risk-Reward Allocation among Integrated, Project Delivery Method Stakeholders: A Gamified Cooperative Data Simulation Approach. In Computing in Civil Engineering 2023 (pp. 87-95).
El-Adaway, I. H., Ali, G. G., Ahmed, M. O., Eissa, R., Abdul Nabi, M., Elbashbishy, T., & Khalef, R. (2024). Predicting High-Impact Research in the Construction Engineering and Management Domain Using Computational Machine Learning. In Computing in Civil Engineering 2023 (pp. 663-671).
Eissa, R., Shahin, Y., & Eid, M. S. (2022). Sharing risk contingency costs in construction joint venture agreements: A cooperative game theory approach. In Construction Research Congress 2022 (pp. 20-29).
Eissa, R., Eid, M. S., & Elbeltagi, E. (2020). A cooperative game theoretic model for revenue sharing in construction joint ventures. In Construction Research Congress 2020 (pp. 1149-1157). Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers.