FIRST EDITION , VOLUME 1 , 2022
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2020 – Current Director of River Basin Research Centre , NAHRIM
2017 – 2020 Director of Hydraulic and Instrumentation Laboratory NAHRIM
2009 – 2017 Research Officer NAHRIM
SAFARI BIN HAJI MAT DESA , Ir . Dr .
Born August , 1973
CIVIL ENGINEER safari @ nahrim . gov . my
CURRENT DESIGNATION
• Director , River Basin Research Centre National Water Research Institute of Malaysia ( NAHRIM ), Ministry of Environment and Water , Malaysia
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• BEng . ( Hons ) in Civil Engineering , Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ( UTM )
• MSc . in Engineering Management , Universiti Putra Malaysia ( UPM )
• PhD in Civil and Structure Engineering , Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia ( UKM )
2002 – 2009 Fisheries Officer ( Engineering ) Department of Fisheries Malaysia
Other Professional Involvement / Affiliation
• 2021 – Current : Board of Study , Master of Civil Engineering , Universiti Malaysia Perlis ( UniMAP )
• 2021 – Current : Academic Advisory Panel for Bachelor of Environmental Social Science , Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin ( UniSZA ), Terengganu
• 2020 – Current : Board of Study , Doctor of Engineering , UPM
• 2019 - Current : Industrial Advisory Panel for Undergraduates , UniMAP
• 2018-2021 : Industrial Advisory Panel for Postgraduates , UKM
AREA OF EXPERTISE
• Coastal hydraulic modelling : to determine the coastal wave characteristic and the interaction to coastal structures
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate , BEM
• Member , The Institution of Engineers Malaysia ( IEM )
• ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer ( ACPE )
• ASEAN Engineer
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