Morad Atif

General Manager
Construction

Dr. Morad Atif is General Manager of NRC’s Construction portfolio. From March 2010 until March 2012, he served as Director General of the NRC Institute for Research in Construction (IRC.)

From 1999 to 2010, Dr. Atif was Director of IRC's Indoor Environment Research Programand also the Director responsible for the Canadian Centre for Housing Technology— a collaborative partnership between NRC, Natural Resources Canada, and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

In 2007, under Dr. Atif's leadership, a successful Treasury Board submission secured $8 million over four years for NRC's innovative indoor air research, in support of the Government of Canada's Clean Air Agenda.

Dr. Atif joined NRC as a research officer in 1993, after spending two years as a faculty member at Texas A&M University's College of Architecture and Department of Construction Science, where he earned a PhD in Architecture and Construction Science. He also holds a Masters degree in Architectural Technology from the University of California.

The chair of several international conferences and industry boards, and an active contributor to many committees and industry associations, Dr. Atif currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Continental Automated Building Association, and Chair of the federal, provincial,territorial and Public Works’ Building Technology Transfer Forum. He served over three terms as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Energy Agency's Energy Conservation in Buildings and Community Systems — a collaborative research partnership among 27 countries.

Dr. Atif has been a steering committee member of two federal programs, including the Panel for Energy Research and Development and EcoEnergy. He served on the Board of the Healthy Indoors Partnership, and was the Canadian Team Leader of the Green Building Challenge (1996-98). As a researcher at NRC, Dr. Atif managed several consortium-funded and multidisciplinary projects, combining lighting, daylighting and the energy performance of buildings.

Dr. Atif is the author of more than 80 publications and the recipient of many awards, including two NRC Outstanding Achievement Awards, a Presidential award from the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, and two Caudill Student Research Fellowships from Texas A&M University.