No.

Research Group

Research Interests and Expertise

Academic Staff

1

Construction Management

• Sustainable Construction
• Green building
• Procurement & Integration

• Relational Contracting & Joint Risk Management
• Innovative Techniques: Building Information Modelling, Modern Methods of Construction, Lean construction
• Construction Industry Development
• Quality assurance
• People and organization

Dr. Md. Motiar Rahman
PhD (Hong Kong), MSc Construction Project Management (China), BSc Civil Eng. (Bangladesh)

Dr. Ismawi bin Hj. Md. Yusof
PhD (UK), MSc Construction Technology (UK), BEng Civil Eng. (UK)

Dr. Rajul Adli bin Hj. Asli
PhD (UK), MSc Construction Management (UK), BEng Civil Eng. (UK)

Hj Ady Syarmin Hj Md Taib
MSc Renewable Energy and Architecture (UK), BEng Building Environment Eng. (UK)

2

Construction Materials

• Concrete as a construction material
• Durability of concrete
• Concrete and sustainability
• Microstructural behaviour of concrete
• Physical and mechanical properties of steel and other metallic/polymeric construction products

Pg. Dr. Hj. Saiful Baharin bin Pg. Hj Duraman
PhD (UK), MSc Concrete Eng. (UK), BEng Civil Eng. (UK)

3

Geotechnical Engineering

• Stability of soil slopes
• Application of Geographical Information System in slope stability management
• Modelling of soil-structure interaction problems (physical and finite element modelling)
• Ground improvement technique
• Engineering properties of soils
• Settlement of structures

Dk. Dr. Noor Muneerah bt. Pg. Hj. Jeludin
PhD (UK), BEng Civil Eng. (UK)

Dr. Hjh. Ena Kartina bt. Hj. Abdul Rahman
PhD (UK), BEng Civil Eng. (UK)

Dr. Tan Soon Jiann
PhD (UK), BEng Civil Eng. (UK)

4

Structural Engineering

• Repair, maintenance and retrofitting of RC structures
• Serviceability of structures
• Fibre-reinforced structural elements
• Finite Element Analysis
• Design and analysis of structures
• Structural safety and reliability

Dr. Hj. Md. Khairul Ja’afar b. Hj. Masri
PhD (UK), BEng Civil Eng. (UK) 

Dr. Lim Pang Jen
PhD (Australia), MSc & DIC Concrete Structures (UK), BEng Civil & Structural Eng. (UK) 

Hjh Siti Ratiyah bin Hj Ibrahim
MSc Structural Eng. (UK), BEng Civil Eng. (UK),

5

Transportation Engineering

• Microscopic traffic simulation
• Traffic and transportation modelling
• Highway geometric design
• Application of Geographical Information Systems in road safety
• Statistical analysis of road safety data
• Road infrastructure safety study
• Pavement engineering
• Roadway drainage
• Transport air quality modelling
• Transport sustainability

Dr. Yap Yok Hoe
PhD (UK), MSc Transportation Planning & Eng. (UK), MEng Civil Eng. (UK), ACGI (UK)

Noor Hadijah binti Hj Abd Hadi
MSc Construction Project Management (UK), BEng Civil Eng. (UK)

6

Water and Environmental Engineering

• Integrated water resource management
• Sustainable groundwater management
• Flood control and modelling
• Environmental hydraulics and numerical modelling
• Water quality management in rivers and coastal waters
• Water pollution control
• Climate change
• Air pollution control
• Solid waste treatment
• Sludge treatment
• Wastewater treatment

Prof Mohamad Hasnain Isa

PhD (UK), MSc Environmental & Water Resources Eng. (India), BSc in Civil Eng. (India)

Dr. Shahriar Shams
PhD (UK), MSc Env. Eng. & Sustainable Infrastructures (Sweden), MSc Civil & Structural Eng. (Malaysia), BEng Civil Eng. (Bangladesh),

Dr. Uditha Ratnayake
PhD (Thailand), MSc Water Resources Eng, (Thailand), BSc Civil Eng. (Sri Lanka)

Rozeana binti Hj Md Juani

MSc Tropical Public Health Engineering (UK), BEng Civil Eng. (UK)

Zuliana binti Hj Nayan
MSc Hydrogeology (UK), BEng Civil Eng. with Water Eng. (UK)

Hj Asari bin Hj. Abd. Rashid
MSc Structural Eng. (UK), BEng Civil Eng. (UK)

Asmaal Muizz Sallehhin bin H.M. Sultan
MSc Civil Eng. (UK), BEng Civil Eng. (UK)