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FARAHEEN HAZIRAH BINTI KHAIRUL AZHAR, Ir.
FARIDAH BINTI OTHMAN, Ir. Prof. Dr.
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FARAHEEN HAZIRAH BINTI KHAIRUL AZHAR, Ir.

Born April, 1989 faraheen @ gmail. com
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Professional Engineer, BEM
• ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer( ACPE)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
• 2022-Current Senior Scour Engineer Orsted Services Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
• 2016-2022 Coastal Engineer Dr. Nik & Associates Sdn. Bhd.
• 2012-2016 Coastal Engineer DHI Water & Environment Sdn. Bhd.
Other Professional Involvement / Affiliation
• 2013: Assistant EIA Consultant, Department of Environment( DoE)
AREA OF EXPERTISE
• Seabed Mobility for Offshore Wind Farm- Assessing seabed mobility within offshore wind farms to near landfall
• Coastal Engineering Design- Design work for coastal structures including breakwaters, groynes etc.
• Numerical Modelling for Hydraulics Studies- Numerical modelling for hydrodynamics, waves, sediment transport and water quality
CIVIL ENGINEER
CURRENT DESIGNATION
• Senior Scour Engineer Orsted Services Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• BEng.( Hons) in Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS( UTP)
• MSc. in Offshore Engineering, UTP

FARIDAH BINTI OTHMAN, Ir. Prof. Dr.

Born January, 1966
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Professional Engineer, BEM
faridahothman @ um. edu. my
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
• 2021-Current Professor Civil Engineering, UM
• 2011-2021 Associate Professor Civil Engineering, UM
• 2005-2011 Senior Lecturer Civil Engineering, UM
• 1998-2005 Lecturer Civil Engineering, UM
Other Professional Involvement / Affiliation
• 2023-2025: External Examiner( Program Evaluator), Universiti Teknologi MARA( UiTM)
• 2022-2023: Programme Assessor for Master Programme, International Islamic University Malaysia( IIUM)
AREA OF EXPERTISE
• Water and Environmental Engineering- Watershed management- Water security- Flood engineering- River conservation and pollution control- Water supply and sewerage
• 2021-2023: External Examiner and Assessor, Monash University
• 2019-2024: Research Grant Evaluator, Ministry of Higher Education
• 2015-2024: External Examiner, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia( UKM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia( UTM), Universiti Sains Malaysia( USM), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS( UTP), and Universiti Tenaga Nasional( UNITEN)
• 2015: External Assesor, City University
• 2014-2022: EIA Consultant / Subject Specialist, Department of Environment
• 2013-2015: Visiting Researcher / Professor Kyoto University & University of Brawijaya
• 2002-2024: Consultants for various projects related to water and environmental engineering, UM Consult
• Computer modelling and simulation- River, flood, hydraulics, and water quality
• Artificial Intelligence( AI), GIS and Remote Sensing- Application of AI- GIS- Remote sensing in water engineering
CIVIL ENGINEER
CURRENT DESIGNATION
• Professor Civil Engineering, Universiti Malaya( UM)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• BSc. in Civil Engineering, University of Missouri, USA
• MSc. in Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
• PhD in Civil Engineering( Computational Hydraulics), University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION & AWARDS
• Women Career Award, ICWES-POCER 2024, 2024
• IAHR Malaysia High Achievement Awards, 2024
• Top Research Scientist Malaysia( TRSM), Academy of Sciences Malaysia( ASM), 2023