From the Back Cover
The special focus of this proceedings is to cover the areas of infrastructure engineering and sustainability management. The state-of-the art information in infrastructure and sustainable issues in engineering covers earthquake, bioremediation, synergistic management, timber engineering, flood management and intelligent transport systems. It provides precise information with regards to innovative research development in construction materials and structures in addition to a compilation of interdisciplinary finding combining nano-materials and engineering.
Dr. Rohana Hassan is the Deputy Director of Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). She is also a Senior Lecturer and actively doing research in the field of timber engineering, engineered wood product, timber design and composites materials and also a regular invited speaker in the same field. She is also actively being invited as a speaker on research methodology and analysis using SPSS for the post graduate studies in the Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM. She also sits as an advisory committee in product system certifier for Malaysian Timber Industrial Board, Malaysia. Her timber engineering research papers and jounals has been published locally and internationally.
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. Alisibramulisi Anizahyati worked with Jurutera Perunding Zaaba before joining Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in 2001. She obtained her PhD in Structural Engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. Currently she is working as a Lecturer at Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM. She is also a Senior Member of Universal Association of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineers (UASCE) United States, Member of Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), Graduate Member of Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), Member of Malaysian Structural Steel Association (MSSA), Honorary Treasurer of Concrete Society of Malaysia (CSM) and Fellow Researcher of Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM) Malaysia. She has published a few articles, books and proceedings locally and internationally. In addition she has also involved as Technical Program Chair for various IEEE conferences. Her interest areas are in process modeling, welded aluminum, steel, concrete, corrosion and structural engineering.
Dr. Norliyati Mohd Amin has been working as a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA(UiTM), Shah Alam Malaysia for 12 years. She completed her PhD from Kyushu University Japan in 2011. She received her Master of Science in Civil Engineering(Structure) from Universiti Teknologi MARA(UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia in 2007 and obtained her BEng(Civil Engineering) from Kyushu University in 1999. Her research interest includes computational mechanics, model analysis, dynamic analysis, model order reduction and seismic isolation system. Currently she has been appointed as Fellow at Institute Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management(IIESM), UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Dr Zulhabri Ismail is the Head of Legal Aspects in Built Environment/Sustainable Development Research Initiative Group Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), active researcher in Construction Law and Construction Management, to-date he has published more than 40 papers in which most of them are indexed publications. He is a regular speaker on research methodology, research writing strategies and one of the research methodology experts for research postgraduate studies of UiTM. He sits as one of the Judging Panel of Society of Construction Law Essay Writing Competition for Vincent Powell Smith Prize (Malaysia), Chairman/Technical Program Chair for various IEEE conferences.
