CURRICULM VITAE. Bujang B.K. Huat. Dean School of Graduate Studies. (Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering)

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1 CURRICULM VITAE Bujang B.K. Huat B. Sc. (Hons) (Polytechnic of Central London, United Kingdom) M.Sc., D.I.C. (Soil Mechanics) (Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, University of London, United Kingdom) Ph.D. (Victoria University of Manchester, United Kingdom) Dean School of Graduate Studies (Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering) U n i v e r s i t i P u t r a M a l a y s i a S e r d a n g / 9 /

2 Executive Summary Academic Qualification Victoria University of Manchester/ Doctor of Philosophy (Title : Simulation of Field Trial Structures) Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine/ Master of Science /DIC Polytechnic of Central London/Bachelor of Science (First Class Hons.) Professional Qualification/ Membership/ Affiliation Member of the International Association of Engineering Geologist (IAEG), Commission C18 on Problematic Soils Member of Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society Member of TC6 (Unsaturated Soil) of the International Society on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Country Representative of TC15, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Member, World Association of Soil and Water Conservation Member - Institution of Engineers Malaysia 9510 Member - Board of Engineers Malaysia 8678A Appointments 2012 Dean, School of Graduate Studies 2009 Deputy Dean (Admission, IT & University Consortium), School of Graduate Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia Deputy Dean (Thesis, Academic Record and Graduation) 2007 Head, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Post Graduate Study Group, Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2007 Research Coordinator for the Department of Civil Engineering. Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2007 Head, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia Head of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Unit, Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2006 Promoted to Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia Coordinator - Engineering Program (Emergency and Safety), Bintulu Campus , 2006 Research and Post Graduate Study Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering Research Coordinator, Geotechnical Engineering and Geological Engineering Unit Department of Civil Engineering. Universiti Putra Malaysia Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Deputy Dean and Head Civil Engineering Program, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2 P a g e

3 Head of Civil Engineering Program, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Promoted to Associate Professor on Areas of Interest Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Landslides, Bio-engineering Impact of Scholarly Work Reference in Contributions Peat & Organic Soil Engineering - Published book, refereed journal and state-of-the-art papers on the subject matter - Presented keynote address/invited lectures - Presented evening (invited) talk to the Professional Bodies - Contributed articles related to the development / construction in peat in local papers Landslides & Tropical Residual Soils Engineering - Published book and refereed journal papers - Presented keynote address / invited lecture on landslides - Serve as Advisor (consultant) in the preparation of the National Slope Master Plan for the Public Works Department, Ministry of Works Malaysia, Invited to discuss issues related to landslides on National Television - Contributed articles related to landslides in local papers - Receive Literature award for best book on landslide in Developed slope repair system using scrap tires Highway Engineering, Tunneling & Safety in Tunneling - Involve in the preparation of Malaysian Standard Safety in Tunnel Construction. Sirim Berhad Malaysia Involve in the preparation of Design Standards for Expressway Systems Geotechnical Engineering Section. Malaysia Highway Authority Involve in the formulation of National Occupational Skill Standard for Skilled Workers in Tunneling. Construction Industry Development Board Contributions in Teaching Learning No of Books (Text Book) Published - Has published 23 books and 21 chapters in books, both in research and academic text, in fields of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, with both local and international publishers, such as Dewan bahasa & Pustaka, Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, and Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom New Method / Technique in SCL - Head a working group to work on a new method for T-L in Civil Engineering in for the Department of Higher Education, MOHE - Published a book on Case Study: A New Teaching Learning Method in Civil Engineering. Universiti Putra Press, Serdang. 172p. ISBN June In 2 volumes a Case Text and an Instructor s Guide. - Conduct Training of Trainer workshop for academics of other IHLs, June 30, P a g e

4 Professional Contribution / International Visibility Advisory/Editorial /Reviewer of International Journals Advisor/Chairman/Panelist of International Conferences Invited Lecture / Keynote Addresses >30 >40 19 Country/Locations Canada, Japan, Malaysia, USA Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, USA Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Research Profile: Research Grant No of Research Grant Completed On-Going * International grant Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2 Research Projects Year Topic/ Sponsor Amount Acid Rain Intrusion Effect on Slope Failure Phenomena and Mechanism. FRGS RM162, Development of Thin Element Layer to Represent Interfacial Performance between Dissimilar Materials. RUGS. Completed. Development and Optimization of Using Treated Soil as Pile Supported Load Transfer Platform in Soft Soil. RUGS. Sep 2012 Aug Soft Soil Stabilization using Electro-biogrouting Method. Experimental Research Grant Scheme Completed. New Method For Stabilization Of Organic Soils and Peats By Injection and Vacuum Technology. Completed. RM80, Engineering Behavior of Collapsible (Sabka) Soil. Joint research between UPM, King Saud Univ., KSA & Durham Univ., UK. Stabilization Using Bioengineering (Live Pole) Technique, MOSTI Ref Completed. RM1,936, RM252, Tropical Peat Soil Stabilization Using Cement Column. Completed. RM138, Analysis of Lateral Movement and Development of Interaction Factors for Pile Group under Lateral Loadings. Completed. Electrokinetic Improvement of Soft Clay & Organic Soils and Modeling of Their Mechanical Properties. Completed. RM60, RM157, Development of Low Cost and Stable Foundation for Lightweight Farm Structures on Deep Peat. Completed. RM150, P a g e

5 Deep Stabilization Methods for Improvement of Peat Soil, IRPA E & A Ref Completed. Foundations for Affordable Quality Housing (National Research Program on AQH). Completed. Deformation and Shear Strength Characteristics and Index Properties of Peat and Organic Soils with Variable Fiber and Organic Content. Completed. RM205, RM50, RM188, Student Supervision PhD 10 completed (8 as Main supervisor, 1 pass with Distinction, 1 as co-supervisor), 8 on-going MS (research) 12 completed More than 100 Bachelor of Engineering Final Year projects since 1991 Publications Publications: >400 (ISI Papers 61, Papers in Q1/Q2 Journals 30) Keynote Address/ Invited Paper: 19 (Appendix A) Publications in Journals: 190 (Appendix B) Books: 23 (Appendix C) Chapters in Books: 21 (Appendix C) Other Books (Proceedings Volume/Engineering Related Books): 15 Papers in Proceedings of International/Regional Conferences: 110 Other Articles: 18 Other Publications (Research report, industrial paper/report, thesis, departmental publications, hand-onbooklets): 25 Awards & Recognitions Awards/Honors Year 1 Excellence Service Award 2012/2010/2009/2008/2007/2006/2005/2003/ 2003/2002/ Excellence in Research 2008/ Excellence in Teaching 2012/2011/2010/2009/ Literature/Book Award Book award (2009) Universiti Malaya Finalist (2008) Malaysian Math. Sci. Soc First runner-up (2007) Deep Foundation Institute, Hawthorne, NJ 5 P a g e

6 5 Nominee of Ministry of Higher Education National Academic Award Awards/Honors 6 Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education, Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) Sarawak P a g e

7 Content Part 1: Summary of Main Achievements & Contribution 8 - Academic, teaching and related contribution - Professional experience, research and publications - Administration - Professional contributions 17 Part 2: International Visibility Part 3: List of Principal Experience and Contributions 21 - Teaching experience - Professional experience, consultancy & expert services - Research, editorial & conference activities - Publications - Strategic workshops & working groups - Literature awards 7 P a g e

8 Part 1: Summary of Main Achievements & Contributions A. Academic, Teaching and Related Contribution I have been in involved in the teaching of courses within my area of expertise, i.e. in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (including design of bridge substructure), Earth Retaining Structures and Geotechnical Engineering, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, at Universiti Putra Malaysia (formerly known as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia), since 1991, and similar courses at undergraduate level at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak between I also have the experience of teaching other Civil Engineering courses, namely in Highway and Transportation Engineering, Statics and Dynamics of Structures, Engineering Drawing and Design, Strength of Materials, Sciences of Engineering Materials, Civil Engineering Practices and Engineering Geology at undergraduate level, mostly during my 6 years tenure-ship at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, from 1994 to The courses were thought using several different approaches, from traditional lectures to computer-based visualization and demonstration so as to integrate up-to-date knowledge and developments in the relevant field of teaching, using methods such as SCL, OBE, Cooperative and Case learning. One of the main difficulties that we have in teaching engineering courses (to be more specific, geotechnical engineering courses) in our country is the lack of relevant reference materials in the Malay language, which is the official language of the country. Many of our students who enter the University appear not to have a good command of English, thus making reading of English language text a very difficult task indeed. To compound this problem, up to the mid-80s, not a single reference book was available in the field of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering in Malay. Realizing these difficulties, my colleagues and I with the support of the then Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, decided to embark on publishing our own department textbooks in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering in the Malay language. Between a two-year period from 1986 to 1988, we managed to write 9 books, one of which entitled Introduction to Soil Mechanics (ISBN X, 240pp) was later republished by the Ministry of Education s publisher, Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka, in 1991, in the Malay language. This book remains the only book in Soil Mechanics originally written in the Malay language for more than a decade, and has been widely used by both the Bachelor Degree and Diploma engineering students in universities and colleges throughout the country. This book was later substantially revised, incorporating sections on the engineering of local soils, and addition of more worked examples, and republished as Geotechnical Engineering (in Malay, ISBN , 373p) by Universiti Putra Press in 2002, with its 2 nd and 3 rd Editions in 2003 and 2004 respectively. This book has since becomes the main text in Soil Mechanics at a number of local Institutes of Higher Learning (IHL). I have also reworked and published another four textbooks, all in Malay with Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, between the periods In additions, I have also published two workbooks in Malay, on (Guide for) Soil Mechanics Laboratory, and Problems and Solutions in Soil Mechanics, in 2001 and 2003 respectively. The former book has also been adopted by other IHL as their standard laboratory guide for Soil Mechanics. From 2003 onwards, I switched my focus from writing in Malay to English, and from writing mainly for the undergraduate to books that are also useful to postgraduate students and practicing engineers. The outcome of which, in 2004, I published the Tropical Residual Soils Engineering (ISBN , 245p) with Balkema, Taylor and Francis, UK. In Malaysia, residual soils cover more than 70% of the land area, making it the most significant type of soils in the country. These soils are mostly unsaturated, thereby making the application of conventional soil mechanics theories derived from saturated temperate zone soils, difficult in many cases. Long term failure of cut slopes in residual soil is apparently the major geo-hazard faced in the country, and has claimed over 100 lives, in addition to the loss of several million Ringgit in damage to properties. Tropical Residual Soils Engineering was an edited book, a compilation of experiences, practices as well as research, in tropical residual soils. The book features contributions from local academics (Universiti Technologi Mara, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Malaya and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti of Technologi Malaysia), local practicing engineers and consultants (Gue and Partners, VT Erosion Research and Zaidun Leeng), local authority (Public Works Department), as well as colleagues from other countries, namely from Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, Kansas State University, US, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Apparently this was the first 8 P a g e

9 book on engineering aspects of tropical residual soil ever written for the region. The enhanced version of this book was later republished as Handbook of Geotechnical Engineering of Tropical Residual Soils by the same publisher (Taylor and Francis, UK) in 2012, with a more global input, involving authors from both academics and practitioners from Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Portugal, Singapore, Thailand and the UK. My second book in this series, entitled Foundation Engineering: Design and Construction in Tropical Soils, was published earlier this year by Taylor and Francis, UK. The idea for this book stems from the fact that in a developing tropical country like ours, documented works on local foundation engineering practices can only, at best be described as fragmented. For a country that has enjoyed a rapid infrastructure development over the last two decades, it was felt necessary to compile these experiences in a more orderly manner for the benefit of the newer generation and practicing engineers as well as students. One of the keys to successful foundation engineering is to understand the mix between rationalism and empiricism, the strength and limitation of each, and how to apply them to practical design problems. These are some of the aspects that are included in this book. The book was later republished by Taylor and Francis in 2011 whence the first batch was sold out mostly to libraries worldwide. In 2004, I published my first largely research based book entitled Organic and Peat Soils Engineering (ISBN ) with Universiti Putra Malaysia Press. These soils are well known for their notorious engineering properties, with very low shear strength, high water table, high compressibility, and properties that will vary over time and space, thus making avoidance seem the best solution, if possible. However with more than 10% of the country s land area actually covered with peat, avoidance is often not the option from the development point of view. This book, which appears to be the first of such text in the region, provides an understanding on the process of peat-land development and types of peat, a summary of their index and engineering (strengths and deformations) properties, some of which are based on our work, a critical review on constructions on peat soils - their problem and possible solutions, as well as an understanding of the hydrology of the peat-land, a note on the agriculture, needs for a sustainable and balanced development, and future research. An updated version of this book with state of the art research data was recently published by Taylor and Francis (UK) under the title of Geotechniques of Organic Soils and Peat (ISSN ). In 2008, a book entitled Landslides: Occurrences, Assessment, Analysis and remediation/preventive Solutions was published. This book is largely based on research works that I have done for the last decade. It was published by the Universiti Putra Malaysia Press. Landslide is a major geotechnical hazard in the country that has claimed more than 100 lives over the past decade and a loss of million of ringgit in damages to properties and infrastructures. This book won a book award from Universiti Malaya in There is, of late, a move to place more emphasis on the English language in the teaching of science courses in the country. In response to this, I have translated and further revised two of our popularly used textbooks to English, namely in Soil Mechanics (400+pages) and Ground Improvement Techniques (300+pages). Both these books contain sections on local tropical soils, which are not likely to be found in other available published texts. They were published in 2007 by Universiti Putra Malaysia Press. My 6-year tenureship ( ) at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak gave me an opportunity to be involved in the planning and implementing of engineering education policies for the University. There was then a realization that the traditional engineering curricula were not sufficiently motivating for the new generation of students. A continuous restructuring of the curricula in term of both structure and delivery was needed to suit the new employment skills required to include flexibility, broad based and more student-centered learning. The graduates are to be prepared with desired positive attributes to include competence, self-reliance, creativity and entrepreneurship. My thoughts on these issues have been published in the following. (1) Contemporary Issues in Engineering Education. Proceedings of World Engineering Congress (WEC2002) Engineering Education, Training and Policy. Malaysia: Sarawak. ISBN: (2002). 9 P a g e

10 (2) Exclusive Interview. Whither Engineering Education? Sarawak Tribune. April 9, Republished in Sarawak Tribune Special Supplement, July 22, (3) Problem and Challenges in Engineering Education. Bulletin Institution of Engineers Malaysia. (1999). (4) A New Approach in Engineering Education. A View Point. Engineering Supplement. Sarawak Tribune. 18 th October I was also invited to speak on the subject in a forum during the Malaysian Geotechnical Conference, organized by the Institution of Engineers Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on 18 th March 2004, and gave a public lecture on Tertiary Education in Malaysia beyond 2000 at the Riverside Majestic in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia on 20 th September In 2010, I was assigned to head a team comprising of academics from the Department of Civil Engineering and practitioners to write case study text for the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education Malaysia. The main aim of this project was to apply the use of case learning for the teaching of civil engineering to the engineering undergraduates. Real life cases will be used as student-centered as well as problem based learning. Pioneered by Havard, the case method is commonly use for the teaching of managers. However, the technique in relatively unknown for engineer. In June 2011, a book entitled Case Study: A New Teaching Method for Civil Engineering (ISBN ) was published. This book comes in 2 volumes, a case text as well as an instructor s guide. In March 2011, we did a training of trainer workshop for academics of the local IHL on how to use the case study method. B. Professional Experience, Research and Publications In terms of professional and research experience, my work can be broadly divided into three areas, namely in soft soils which include alluvial and marine clays, peat and organics soils; tropical residual soils, the use of some waste materials such as used rubber tires and oil palm fiber for geotechnical engineering applications, foundation engineering for housing, sustainable and bio-engineering. In 1992 to 1993, I was assigned on a partial attachment to one the geotechnical engineering firms based in Kuala Lumpur, i.e. the Jurutera Consultant South East Asia, which was then one of the largest engineering firms in the country. One of the major projects undertaken was the design and construction of the North South Expressway, the main highway that runs through the entire west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, up to Singapore in the South and Thailand in the north. Our particular section was the 80 Km stretch between Butterworth in Penang to Changkat Jering in Perak. Soft alluvial and marine clays underlay more than 70% of this particular section with some peat deposits, of varying thickness from 10m to 30m. One of the major problems faced with were the numerous embankment failures on the soft ground during construction. The main task given to me at that time was to lead a design team to investigate these failures and then redesign the embankments with suitable remedial measures. Over the 2-year period, we investigated 8 cases of such failures. In most cases, the main causes of failure were a lack of proper design (insufficient site investigation data) to a lack of understanding of soft ground behavior where often the embankments were constructed at a much faster rate than the ground would have allowed (in terms of strength gained through consolidation). For each of the failure cases, detailed mapping was first carried out to determine the likely mechanism and location of the slip surface. This was then followed by additional site investigations, complete with in situ and laboratory tests. The failures were found to be mostly undrained. Conventional stability analysis would have been sufficient for design provided adequate and proper site investigation had been carried out. Instrumentation such as settlement gauges, piezometer and inclinometer were useful to provide telltale signs of an imminent failure, if installed and closely monitored. Remedial measures carried out ranged from excavating the failed embankment section and then rebuilding it often with wide stability berms, sometimes incorporating geosynthetics to improve base stability, to installation of vertical drains to expedite consolidation, to complete rebuilding of the entire embankment on timber and precast concrete piles. The failures along this particular stretch alone caused the Highway Authority several million of Ringgit in repairs. 10 P a g e

11 My involvement with this project gave me access to hundreds of borehole and lab test data carried out along the expressway, as well as access to data to two trial embankments constructed and monitored by the Highway Authority at about the same time (one in the north in Butterworth, and one in the south in Johor). From this work, we published three journal papers in 1994 to Many of the findings and observations from this work (which include properties and behavior of soft grounds, correlations between compressibility, shear strength and index properties) are also included in a book (ground improvement) which was published by the Universiti Putra Malaysia press in In the mid-90s, there was strong interest in another type of soft ground, i.e. the peat and organic soil. Some 3 million hectares of the land area of Malaysia is covered with this deposit, with the state of Sarawak topping the list, with 1.66 million hectares, i.e. about 13% of the state land area. These soils are well known for their notorious engineering properties, with very low shear strength, high water table, high compressibility, and properties that will vary over time and space. In some places, peat deposits can be found in excess of 20 m thickness. To help us to leapfrog into this research, we organized our first international conference in collaboration with the Institution of Engineers Malaysia on soft soil engineering with particular emphasis on peat and organic soils in 1997, in Kuching, Sarawak. The conference was very successful. More than 40 papers were presented. Some 120 delegates attended the conference from countries like Australia, Brunei, Canada, Holland, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Malaysia, Poland, UK and USA. In 1998, I was invited to join the TC15 for problematic soils of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, representing the country. Between 2002 to 2004, we managed to secure three major funding for this work from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (now called Innovation) Malaysia, under the Intensification of Research in Priority Areas (IRPA), for a sum of over RM400, 000. Two of the grants are based at University Putra Malaysia, and one at the Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institute (MARDI). Our work ranged from studying the fundamental properties of peat in term of classification, index properties, shear strength and compressibility characteristics, to methods of stabilizing the peat with chemical additives, to design of stable and reusable foundations using EPS for lightweight netted farm structures on peat. One of the major difficulties that we encountered in the peat soil research is obtaining good, representative samples, especially for the case of fibrous peat. For this, we have developed our own in-house peat soil sampler. We have also to date published several ISI journal papers, one book in 2004 (Organic and Peat Soil Engineering. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press. ISBN ), 3 proceedings volumes, more than 20 conference papers, and three newspaper articles (exclusive interviews). On 23 rd August 2006, I was invited to present an evening talk on Engineering in Peat Soil, to members of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) at the Institution s building in Petaling Jaya. In 2014, the enhanced version of the peat book was republished by Taylor and Francis under the title of Geotechniques of Organic Soils and Peat for a more global outreach. In 2003, we organized our 2 nd (follow up) international conference on soft soil engineering with emphasis on peat (also in collaboration with the Institution of Engineers Malaysia), at Shangri-La, Putra Jaya. Eighty-seven technical papers were presented at this conference, attended by more than 150 delegates from 16 countries (Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, France, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Thailand, UK and USA). We ourselves contributed 7 papers to this conference. In 2006, we held the 2 nd International Conference on Problematic Soils from 3-5 th December in Petaling Jaya. This conference was supported by the IEAG. More than 60 technical papers from 22 countries were presented. In 2004, I was appointed to sit in 3 advisory committees for soft soil engineering research, namely the Soft Soil Engineering Research Center of the Curtin University of Technology, Miri, the Soft Soil Engineering Research Program of 11 P a g e

12 PPES Works, Sarawak, and the Research Center for Soft Soil (RECESS) of the University College of Tun Hussein Onn (UTHM), Johor. By 2001, our research focus moved into another type of tropical soil, that is residual soils. By virtue of lying just below the equator, residual soils derived mainly from chemical weathering of parent rocks (both sedimentary and igneous) are the most abundant soil types in our country, occupying some 70% of the land area. Generally these soils are not as problematic in terms of strength and compressibility to foundations compared with the soft soils of alluvial and marine clays and peat, except for the pyrite or schist soils. But this is not the case in terms of slope stability. Since the early 1990s, instability of residual soil slopes involving both cut and natural slopes has become the major geohazard in this country. From 1993 to 2004, there were 13 major landslides reported in Malaysia, involving both cut and natural slopes with a total loss of more than 100 lives, and millions of Ringgit in damage to properties. The most notable one was the collapse of the Highland towers due to landslide, an 11-storey condominium on a hill slope in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur in 1994, that claimed 40 lives. Through a research grant from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment obtained in 2001, and in collaborative work with the University of Malaya, the Public Works Department, the universities of Kyoto and Kagoshima in Japan through the JSPS/VCC program, we have studied several aspects of tropical residual soils such as on stability assessment of cut slope, suction rainfall relation, infiltration characteristics and permeability functions, modification and development of suitable laboratory testing equipment and procedures for testing residual soil in an unsaturated condition, role of natural fiber (plant roots) in strengthening soil slopes, deterioration characteristics of weathered rocks/residual soils upon exposure, and evaluation of guidelines for stabilization of residual soils. I have to date published over 30 journal papers, 3 books (Tropical Residual Soils Engineering ISBN , and Foundation Engineering: Design and Construction in Tropical Soils ISBN , and Handbook of Tropical Residual Soils, all were published by Taylor and Francis, UK), 1 book specifically on landslides by UPM Press in In addition, I have also published 13 book chapters, 3 proceedings volumes and 12 conference papers on this subject. I have also developed a design guide and stability chart for estimating the factor of safety against instability of cut slope in residual soils incorporating the effect of both suctions and rainfall. It is of interest to note that the Public Works Department adopted my work on the slope assessment system as one of their tools for maintaining cut slopes in granitic formation. In the study that was carried out from 2003 to 2005, I examined the accuracy of a number of slope assessment systems available to the Public Works Department for assessing the potential instability of cut slopes, and found that none of their existing systems was satisfactory in predicting the probability of landslides (defined here as number of slopes classified as having high to very high hazard that actually fail, based on an actual 10-year record from ). A new slope system was developed, based on the stepwise discriminant and linear regression analysis. This new system appears to show good capability (>80% accuracy) in predicting probability of landslides in granitic formations. Through my PhD research programs, I have carried out on research on the use of oil palm fiber, which is a bio-waste from the oil palm industry, for improving the fatigue resistance of stone mastic asphalt (SMA). Based on this study, inclusion of 0.6% cellulose oil palm fiber of sizes between 50 and 100 micron has been found to significantly improve the fatigue performance of the SMA (Stone Mastic Asphalt). I had also been working on research into the use of used rubber tires for retaining structures, in collaboration with the Institute of Public Works (IKRAM). Our findings showed that used rubber tires, regardless of size and manufacture, could easily be designed to take tensile loads of 25 kn, and could be cheaply and effectively stacked and tied together using PP ropes to form retaining structures. For a height of up to 5m, retaining walls using this system could offer a cheaper alternative compared with the conventional RC walls, which is encouraging, given that used rubber tires are increasingly becoming a problem to the environment since they are difficult to dispose off, and do not degrade biologically. My tire retaining system won a medal at the Research, Innovation and Commercialization exhibition held at UPM on March 16 th, I am serving as member of two centers of excellence at Universiti Putra Malaysia, namely the Mountainous Terrain Development Research Center (MTDRC), and the Housing Research Center (HRC), since 2001, as as the Associate Director 12 P a g e

13 of HRC for publications since Through HRC I have comleted Ph.D. research program that had resulted in an innovative precast shell footing for low rise building. The shell footing won a medal at the Research, Innovation and Commercialization exhibition held at UPM on March 16 th, C. Administration I have, with a career at the university that spans over nearly two decades, been involved in various aspects of university and faculty administration, academic administration with leadership role, and various short term and ad hoc committees. My most involved period in administration was during my 6-year secondment (loan) to Universiti Malaysia Sarawak from 1994 to I was the only member of the original 10 member task force drawn from the other universities and industries to help formulate the formation of the faculty of engineering at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), and who physically went over to Unimas, wrote the blue print and helped oversee the setting up of the faculty. I was appointed as Head of the Civil Engineering Program in 1994, a job which included building up the department from scrath, to writing the curriculum and syllabus, building the laboratories, to staff recruitment and training, and create linkages with foreign institutions such as the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, Hiroshima Polytechnic Institute, Japan, and the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Norway. In 1997, I was appointed as Deputy Dean, and as Dean in Our Civil Engineering Program received its accreditation from the Board of Engineers, Malaysia in 1996, and from the Institution of Engineers Malaysia in In 2002 to 2004, I assisted Universiti Putra Malaysia to coordinate our Emergency and Safety Engineering program at our branch campus in Bintulu, Sarawak. This appointment also included the setting up of eight laboratories required for the running of the program with a budget of RM6 million. I also headed a taskforce to help formulate new engineering programs that could also be offered at the branch campus. Currently I served as Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia since December 2011, having been the deputy dean of the same school since We took pride being one of the best schools for graduate studies in the country. At present we managed a total of over 12,000 post graduate students from more than 80 nationalities for our 16 faculties and 9 research institutes. A complete listing of involvement in administrative duties is as follows: University Administration Membership (at various times) in the following university committees: 1. University s Senate 2. Deans Council 3. Academic Staff Development Committee 4. Student Development Committee 5. Graduate Studies Committee 6. Academic Research Committee 7. University Tender Evaluation Committee 8. Conference Committee Faculty of Engineering Administration Membership (at various times) in the following committees: 1. Management Committee 2. Administration and Finance Committee 3. Post Graduate, Research and Services Committee 4. Academic and Examination Committee 5. Chairman of Undergraduate Studies for Civil Engineering 6. Publications Committee 7. Civil Engineering Department Management Committee 8. Housing Research Center (HRC), Universiti Putra Malaysia 9. Mountainous Terrain Development Research Center (MTDRC), Universiti Putra Malaysia 13 P a g e

14 10. Research (IRPA - Intensification of Research in Priority Area) Evaluation Committee, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment 11. Various Research Supervisory Committees 12. Various short term, and ad hoc committees Academic Administration with Leadership Role 1. Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Deputy Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Head, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Post Graduate Study Group, Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia Associate Director, Housing Research Center (HRC), Universiti Putra Malaysia Research Coordinator for the Department of Civil Engineering. Faculty of Engineering. Universiti Putra Malaysia Research and Post Graduate Study Coordinator for the Department of Civil Engineering. Faculty of Engineering. Universiti Putra Malaysia Head, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia Head of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Unit, Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia. ( ). 9. Head of Research Niche Area in Geotechnical Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia ( ). 10. Engineering program (Emergency and Safety) coordinator for University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Bintulu campus ( ). 11. IPTA (UPM)-IPTS (Kolej Ikram and Prime College) joint program coordinator May 2003/ Research and Post Graduate Study Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia ( , 2006). 13. Research Coordinator for the Geotechnical Engineering and Geological Engineering Unit of the Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia ( ). 14. Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) ( ). 15. Deputy Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) ( ). 16. Head, Civil Engineering Program, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) ( ). 17. Coordinator for International Ferro-cement Information Center (IFIC) (HQ - Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. ( ). 18. Coordinator for Asian Geotechnical Engineering Reference Center (HQ - Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok), University Malaysia Sarawak ( ). 19. Head of Infrastructure Unit, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Pertanian (Putra) Malaysia ( ). 20. Coordinator for Asian Geotechnical Engineering Reference Center (HQ - Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok), University Pertanian (Putra) Malaysia ( ). 21. Head of Geotechnical Engineering Unit, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Pertanian (Putra) Malaysia. (1988) D. Professional Contributions Running of courses, research seminar and conferences are useful not only in enhancing research and networking but also in bringing revenue to the organization. In 2004, I conducted our first professional course on tropical residual soil engineering, in conjunction with the launching of our (then) newly published book, Tropical Residual Soils Engineering (Taylor and Francis, U.K.). This course was attended by some 60 engineers and academics, and brought in a sum of over RM30, 000. The Institution of Engineers 14 P a g e

15 Malaysia (IEM) will be hosting another professional course by us on foundation engineering, based on our second book with the same publisher (Foundation Engineering: Design and Construction in Tropical Soils). On 23 rd August 2006, I was invited to present an evening talk on Engineering in Peat Soil, to members of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) at the Institution s building in Petaling Jaya. I was invited to deliver a keynote lecture at the 1 st International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering - Development in Geotechnics, in December 2006 (11-13 th ), in Singapore. Throughout my career, I have been involved in organizing over ten conferences in the capacity of chairman or cochairman of the conference organizing committee, international committee members, and conference advisor. I was the secretary-general of the 2 nd World Engineering Congress that was held in Kuching, Sarawak from 22 to 25 th July In this meeting, we ran eight parallel conferences in various fields of engineering. With 800 technical papers, over 1200 delegates from 40 countries, and a budget of about RM1million, the congress was the largest gathering of engineers and professionals in related fields ever held in the country. I had also helped organized the 2 nd International Conference on Problematic Soils, from 3 rd to 5 th December 2006 in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. More than 60 technical papers from 22 countries were presented at the conference. The conference was supported by the TC18 of the IEAG. In July 2008, I hosted the 5 th International Conference on Landslides, Slope Stability and the Stability of Infra Structure. This conference was held in Kuala Lumpur. I have also been involved in the running of continuing professional development (CPD) courses. In 1996 to 1999, I was involved in the running of CPD courses in civil engineering for staff of the Public Works Department Sarawak, Drainage and Irrigation Department Sarawak, Kuching Municipal councils, as well as trainees of the Samling Institute of Technology and Research, Miri, through the Center for Consultancy and Technology Transfer (CTTC) of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. These courses brought in an income of more than RM500,000. I am involved as member of editorial board and reviewer of several international journals, advisor to a number of research centers, member of several international learned societies, academic programs assessor, and referees for promotional exercises of other academic institutions. Below is a list of my contributions to the profession: 1. Editorial Board Member (Environmental Geotechnique The Institution of Engineers, UK) ( ) 2. Industry Advisory Panel for Civil Engineering PG Program, Uniten Advisory Council Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, OK:USA (Scopus) ( ) 4. Editorial Board IST Transaction of Civil Engineering and Construction Management, Hamilton Canada (Scopus) ( ) 5. Advisory Panel IEM (Institution of Engineers Malaysia) Journal ( ) 6. Reviewer Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (Scopus) 7. Reviewer Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Journal (Scopus) 8. Reviewer International Journal of Physical Sciences 9. Reviewer Computer and Concrete: An International Journal 10. Reviewer Arabian Journal of Geosciences (ISI) 11. Reviewer Geotechnical Testing Journal (ISI) 12. Reviewer ASCE Special Publication (ISI) 13. Reviewer Engineering Geology, Elsevier (ISI) 14. Reviewer Scientific Research and Essays (ISI) 15. Reviewer Canadian Geotechnical Journal (ISI) 16. Reviewer Advances in Engineering Software, Elsevier (ISI) 17. Reviewer Jurnal Sains Malaysiana, UKM 18. Reviewer Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology, UPM 19. Editorial Board, Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, Univ. Teknologi Malaysia 20. Reviewer International Journal of Engineering and Technology (ISI) 21. Reviewer International Journal of Water and Waste Management (ISI) 22. Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Science Publications. New York, USA ( ) (Scopus) 15 P a g e

16 23. Associate Editor. IST (International Scientific Transaction) Press. Hamilton, ON, Canada. ( ). (Transaction of Civil Engineering and Construction Management) (Scopus). 24. Editorial Board Member, Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (EJGE), OK: USA (Scopus) 25. Editorial Board, American Journal of Applied Sciences, New York, USA. ( ) (Scopus). 26. Editorial Board, American Journal of Environmental Sciences, New York, USA. ( ) (Scopus). 27. Reviewer, Journal of Advances in Engineering Software, Elsevier Scientific, USA. ( ) (ISI). 28. Reviewer, Journal of Geology, Elsevier (2007) (ISI). 29. Reviewer, Journal of Hydrology. Elsevier (ISI). 30. Reviewer, Journal of Engineering, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Reviewer for Journal Gading, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang Reviewer for Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering. University Technology Malaysia Member of the International Association of Engineering Geologist (IAEG), Commission C18 on Problematic Soils Member, World Association of Soil and Water Conservation Member of Malaysian Geosynthetic Society ( ) 36. External Referee for Promotion to Post of Associate Professor, Curtin University of Technology. ( ) 37. External Referee for Promotion to Post of Associate Professor, Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia. ( ) 38. Assessor/External Referee for promotion to post of Associate Professor/Professor of Univ. Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Advisor for Soft Soil Engineering Research Center, Curtin Univ. of Technology, Miri campus ( ) 40. Advisor for Soft Soil Engineering Research Program, PPES Works Sarawak ( ) 41. Advisor for Research Center for Soft Soil, Malaysia (RECESS), Universiti College Tun Hussein Onn (Kuittho) (2004 present). 42. Member, Academic Program Evaluation Committee. National Accreditation Board, Malaysia Assessor for National Accreditation Board (LAN) ( ) 44. Member, Academic Program Evaluation Committee. BSc (Hons) in Software Engineering. Kolej Linton, Mantin and the University of East London, UK. National Accreditation Board, Chairman, Academic Program Evaluation Committee. Certificate in Engineering. Kolej Teknologi Yayasan Alor Gajah, Malacca. National Accreditation Board, Malaysia External Examiner for Masters and Doctorate candidates of University of Malaya, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, University Putra Malaysia and University Science Malaysia, 1997 present 47. Internal evaluator for research fund application (Science Fund, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia) (2007) 48. Guest Editor for American Journal of Environmental Sciences (NY) Special Issue on Recent Advances in Landslide Engineering and Technology ( ) 49. Evening talk on Engineering in Peat Soil. Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM). Petaling Jaya. 23 rd August UPM s Faculty of Engineering representative in SEEM (Society for Engineering Education of Malaysia). (An organization specially set up by all Public Universities of Malaysia to provide a platform for discussion on current issues and formulation of strategies for engineering education in the country). ( ). 51. Chairman of Alumni committee for Civil Engineering, Country Member of Technical Committee TC15 of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering for Problematic Soils (1998) 53. Vice Chairman of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Sarawak ( ) 54. Board Member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Sarawak ( ) 55. Member of Technical Committee on Pepper Products and Process Development. Pepper Marketing Board, Sarawak ( ) 56. Member of Standing Committee on Publications. Institution of Engineers Malaysia ( ) 57. Member, South East Asian Geotechnical Society ( ) 58. Panel Member of the Guiding Committee for the Tangkak Trial Embankment. Malaysian Highway Authority ( ). 59. Geotechnical Engineer, Jurutera Consultant (South East Asia), Kuala Lumpur ( ). Projects involved include North Butterworth Container Terminal, Ipoh-Lumut-Sitiawan Bypass, Kampar and Bandar Baru Selayang Housing and Petronas Trans Peninsular Gas Pipeline. 16 P a g e

17 60. Member (graduate) of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia ( ) 61. Assistant Engineer, Muda Agriculture Development Authority, Alor Setar, Kedah ( ) 17 P a g e

18 Part 2: International Visibility My involvement with international organizations with regard to academics, research and publications, and other professional contributions are outlined as below. Academic with Leadership Role In April 2005, as part of the MOU program between the King Saud University (KSU) and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), I was given the honor of being a guest to the King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,. I presented a talk on Engineering Education in Malaysia, and Research in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering at UPM, to the civil engineering faculty of the KSU. I was appointed as an advisory board member for Soft Soil Engineering Research Center of the Curtin University of Technology, Miri campus in During my tenure-ship at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak from 1994 to 2000, I was responsible for creating two academic linkages with foreign institutions, namely with the Hiroshima Institute of Technology Polytechnic (HITP), Japan, in 1996, and the University of Leeds, United Kingdom in The cooperation with the HITP mainly involved a student exchange program. While with the University of Leeds, it was for the development of the Civil Engineering program, and development of a new course in Building Services Engineering. The link, funded by the British Council through the CICHE (Committee for International Cooperation in Higher Education) program, involved academic visits from both sides, to staff training (both academic and laboratory personnel), and collaboration in research. I was the local coordinator for the International Ferro-cement Information Center (IFIC), (headquartered at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok), from 1994 to 1999, coordinator for the Asian Geotechnical Engineering Reference Center (headquartered also at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok) from 1994 to 1999, and from 1992 to 1994, for both the University Pertanian (Putra) Malaysia, and University Malaysia Sarawak. Currently as Dean School of Graduate Studies, I assisted the university with the formation and running of several dual and jointly awarded Masters and PhD program with various renowned academics institutions throughout the world. Research and Publications With regard to international cooperation in research, I was involved with the JSPS/VCC Core University Program for research in geotechnical and geological engineering ( ). This was a joint program between the Kyoto University and the University of Kagoshima, Japan, with Universiti of Putra Malaysia, Universiti Malaya and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. The program was funded by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), and involves funded visits for cooperation in research, meetings and research seminars. The most recent research seminar was the Malaysian-Japan Symposium on Geohazard and Geoenviromental Engineering held in Bangi, Malaysia from December Based on our work on slope assessment system for cut slopes in granitic formation, we presented a paper at the symposium. In 1995, I was involved in a collaborative research on non-destructive evaluation of concrete pile integrity using geo-radar technique with the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Norway. A joint paper was presented at the British Standard Institution Non Destructive Testing Conference in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in My current post graduate (MSc and PhD) programs in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering include intake of international students from countries like Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen. 18 P a g e