Prof. Dr. Assed Naked Haddad received his Bachelor of Law from Fluminense University Center in 1993, a Master in Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal Fluminense in 1992, and a Ph.D. in Production
Engineering from COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1996 with a Post-doctorate from the University of Florida–USA in 2006, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya–Spain in 2010, and the University of New South Wales Sydney–Australia in 2019. He is a Civil Engineer from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a Full Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is also a
Visiting Professor at the University of Florida, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, and Western Sydney University. He is also a guest editor of the International Journal of Construction Management, associate editor of Frontiers in the Built Environment/Sustainable Design and
Construction, guest editor of Frontiers in the Built Environment/Construction Management, and academic editor of the Civil Engineering section of Hindawi Engineering Journal. His main research areas include civil construction, risk management, life cycle assessment, and environmental safety.