The special focus of these proceedings is on the areas of infrastructure engineering and sustainability management. They provide detailed information on innovative research developments in construction materials and structures, in addition to a compilation of interdisciplinary findings combining nano-materials and engineering. The coverage of cutting-edge infrastructure and sustainability issues in engineering includes earthquakes, bioremediation, synergistic management, timber engineering, flood management and intelligent transport systems.
Dr Nor Hayati Abdul Hamid has been working as a lecturer at University Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam, Selangor for 16 years. She completed her PhD (Earthquake Engineering) from University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand in 2006. She received her Master of Science in Construction Management and Structural Engineering from University of NewCastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom in 1993 and obtained her BSc (Civil Engineering) from University of Pittsburgh, United States of America in 1989. Her research interests are seismic performance of precast buildings under earthquake excitation, dynamic response of thin/slender wall, design of rocking precast hollow core walls under earthquake, design precast buildings using Industrialized Building System (IBS), seismic behaviour of precast hollow core slabs-supporting beam interfaces, interaction of beam-column connections under ground shaking, fragility curves and Incremental Dynamic Analysis.
Dr Marina Yusoff is the fellow researcher and coordinator of Quality and Standard of Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainability Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Senior Lecturer of Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA. She holds a PhD in Information Technology and Quantitative Sciences (Intelligent System) from Universiti Teknologi MARA. She previously worked as a senior executive of Information Technology in SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia. She also holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from the University of Science Malaysia, and Master of Science in Information Technology from Universiti Teknologi MARA. She is currently an active researcher in floods management, graphology, image processing, and developed many intelligent systems. She has published journals and presented her research in many conferences locally and internationally.
Dr. Ahmad Ruslan Mohd Riduan is presently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering from Universiti Sains Malaysia and Master of Engineering (Structural and Materials) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from University of Glasgow, Scotland in 1985. He has hold many position which include as Director of Institute of Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management at Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia. He also represented at various technical committee and professional body at national level such as at Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia, Standard Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM), Malaysian Productivity Corporation and Institution of Engineers Malaysia. He is currently the President of Concrete Society of Malaysia. His specialization areas include concrete technology, utilization of waste in concrete and construction waste management. He has published and present more than 100papers in International and national journals and conference.
Dr Mohd Fadzil Arshad is a fellow researcher of institute for infrastructure engineering and sustainable management. His is also a senior lecturer for Faculty of Civil Engineering Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia. He is a PhD holder from University Sains Malaysia in Civil Engineering and holding a master degree in structural Engineering. Previously he been working as site engineer and site manager with KADA Development before joining UiTM as a lecturer. His interest area is on construction materials and structure. His been wining research award in many competition and exhibition. His also publishing papers in many journals and presenting in many conferences nationally and internationally.
Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Ahmad Kamil bin Arshad graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, MSc (Highway Transportation Engineering) from Universiti Putra Malaysia and PhD in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi MARA. He has about 20 years experience in the civil engineering industry with various organizations in Malaysia including government (JKR Malaysia), a project management company (Pengurusan Lantas Berhad) and various engineering consultancy firms. In 2009, he switched his career and became an academic by joining Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam as an Associate Professor (Highway and Transportation) in the Faculty of Civil Engineering. His area of interest is the management, planning and design of highway systems, particularly in the area of pavement engineering. His research focused on environmental-friendly and sustainable asphalt materials, pavement design and rehabilitation, sustainable transportation and traffic engineering.
Dr Haryati Awang has been working as a lecturer at University Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam, Selangor for 15 years. She completed her PhD (Civil Engineering) titled Geophysical Characterisation of Weathered Sedimentary for Geotechnical Works from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia in 2010. She received her Master of Science in Geotechnical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Malaysia in 2000 and obtained her BSc (Applied Geology) from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur in 1996. Her research interests are site investigation and subsurface exploration using geophysical methods which area electrical resistivity imaging and seismic. She also interest on tropical rock engineering characterization study. She involves in many researches and consultancy works for subsurface exploration and rock strength tests. Most of the consultancy works were requested by government agencies such as Public Work Department and private sectors such as groundwater drilling, ground improvement and site investigation companies. The works and projects are related to detection of groundwater aquifer location, depth to bedrock, underground cavities in limestone area and ground improvement.
