Category: Delegate

Mohd Fadhil is a passionate person in New Academia, especially to inculcate the essential knowledge of the environment among engineering students and later become responsible engineers who practice sustainable development and help preserve the natural environment for Planetary Health. He adored the terms name as Public and Private Merits. His greatest satisfaction is a mutual contribution to the community and society (Public Merit) as the top outcome in the New Academia with sustainability-related highlights. Since 2005, he involved with various practical exercises, including the sustainable concept of civil works, environmental management program, living laboratory for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), “circular economy” activity, disaster management in sustaining climate & resilience adaptation and policy-to-action works. Until now, he published more than 200 indexed papers, 300 conferences proceedings, 15 Book Chapters, 4 Edited Books, 30 articles in newspaper and many other platforms. His sustainable work covers a widest aspect particularly management in environmental sciences and application, and environmental management system (EMS), environmental impact assessment (EIA), risk management and, sustainable and consumption projects. The subject focuses on the current development of environmental engineering aspects, such as membrane technology, sludge treatment, recovery and reuse water, and innovative decision making in sustainable environment.

Apart targeted for Public and Private Merits, the most of his R&D initiative is to inculcate the motivation of translational project within organization, as similar to the knowledge transfer. Since 2010, he has involved with several community knowledge-transfers (CSR and USR), including water and marine rehabilitation program, planting trees for National Restoration Plan and, energy and climate change awareness programme. Also, been invited for the society and community contribution, named Local Agenda 21, River of Life (RoL). This is a continuous program for volunteerism, public awareness/participation and technical assistant under the special engagement with various stakeholders. Furthermore, his core research and academic expertise are as follows:

1. Water and Wastewater Management and Engineering Study
2. Sustainability and Engineering Practices
3. Municipal and Industrial Quality Effluent
4. Biochemistry and Biotechnology Engineering
5. Environmental Management System and Environmental Assessment
6. ESG for Sustainability Policy and Reporting
7. Artificial Intelligent (AI) Principles for Sustainability Framework

Mohd Fadhil is now serving Sustainable Action Plan and Youth Sustainable Program as the pre-requisite administration and management in promoting the sustainable activity within the stakeholders. The targeted scope is to create a platform together with the youth in order to produce a leader/champion with green and sustainable mindset in the near future.  Mostly, the energy and climate change is the major concern the contributions from data collection and promoting the green index within organization. Furthermore, he has been selected as educational taskforce for the professional body and this will enforce more “bridges” among stakeholders. Many issues have involves different stakeholder level, including the impacted community and institution. The science diplomat action is a key factor in his recent roles as at country level and the practices among Malaysia leader-to be, associated with mission to transform the national agenda. Ideally, the combination of science-to-action and engagement with regional/international platform may enhance the current issues and future challenges. There are many possibilities to inculcate the revision works especially to be together in the aspect of responsibility to bring the SDGs in the multi-various sectors and level of institutions within the region. Contribution from the research and innovation may serve diplomacy and volunteerism spirit among the leaders. Transformation of urban life, biodiversity of nature, awareness on economic reputation and global health among the ASEAN countries will be the major factor among the ambassador of science-to-action. International science diplomacy could be the advocacy for the government plan/action towards the actual roles and responsibility. He had been invited to participate the “Technical Working Group” among the stakeholders across the ministry level to share ideas and knowledge on environment and sustainability action to the country. The part of action, triple helix contribution and collaboration among academia, industry and community is a must for any research and innovation involvements. Therefore, science diplomacy practices among country and ASEAN platform may create the balance of future planning and monitoring across the level of stakeholders. The spirit between scientist and engineer is always being manipulated in a wrong perspective. In the new era, both parties have to communicate in the “common language” to explore the potential of Policy-to-Action.

Dr Ain Naadia Mazlan is a senior lecturer from the Faculty of Civil Engineering Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Dr Naadia specialises in risk management and value engineering. Since her appointment in 2018, she has been the project leader for four grants, including two national and university grants. In addition, she is an associate fellow for the Construction Research Centre, Institute for Smart Infrastructure and Innovative Construction, and a former residential fellow at Kolej Rahman Putra College.

She has published twenty-four articles with twelve indexed papers in SCOPUS and the Web of Science Indexed publications. Dr Naadia Mazlan currently supervises six PhD students. She co-owns a micro-credential course and is a consulting expert in the field of construction management.

She was previously one of the Faculty of Engineering External and Global Engagement coordinators responsible for the School of Civil Engineering internationalisation agenda. Since October 2022, she has been appointed as the manager for international alliances, accountable for twenty-three UTM alliances, including ERASMUS, WTUN, ASAIHL, and GE4. Her office is responsible for any strategic alliance agenda that include promotion, updates, and news.

Dr. Zainul Akmar Zakaria is an Associate Professor of Environmental Technology under the Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) where he works on waste treatment and resource recovery. He has a Scopus H-index of 22 and has published 2 Research Books and 9 Edited Books with one of his research books awarded the “National Book Award 2018” under the biochemistry category. Dr. Zainul is currently the Associate Editor for the Environmental Quality Management journal under Wiley Publishers, USA. He has been involved as Project Leader in various research projects with cumulative amounts of RM1.9million. He also has had the opportunity to serve as Visiting Scientist to Argentina, Mexico, Indonesia and India as well as being the Program Head for the UTM-CONICET, Argentina R&D Program (2015-2018).

Dr. Nur Azaliah Abu Bakar is a transformative leader in academia, IT practice, research, and consultation, with 24 years of expertise. As an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Associate Director of UTM International at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, she drives digital transformation, enterprise architecture, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. With a Ph.D. in Information Systems, Dr. Nur Azaliah has pioneered the “Enterprise Architecture Implementation Assessment Model” for the Malaysian Public Sector. She leads large-scale initiatives as a Lead Enterprise Architect, crafting transformative roadmaps for cyber technology, devising AI strategies, and engineering digitalization frameworks. Her collaborative spirit extends globally, fostering partnerships between academia and industry. Dr. Nur Azaliah’s work is driven by a commitment to innovation, shaping the future of research, industry collaboration, artificial intelligence, and international academic excellence.

Dr. Nurul Hazrina Idris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geoinformation, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying (FABU), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), where she has served since 2005. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 2014. Currently, she serves as the Manager of External and Global Engagement at FABU and is a Fellow of the Geoscience and Digital Earth Centre, UTM.

Dr. Nurul was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Malaysian Scholar Award 2022/2023, where she undertook a three-month research program at The Ohio State University, USA. She was also the recipient of the Australian Government’s Endeavour Research Fellowship in 2017, conducting a six-month research attachment at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Her scholarly contributions include 45 peer-reviewed publications with a cumulative impact factor exceeding 15, 12 book chapters, and four edited research volumes published by national and international outlets. Most recently, she co-edited the book “Coastal Altimetry: Selected Case Studies from Asian Shelf Seas”, published by Elsevier. She has successfully secured over RM2 million in research funding through 29 international, national, and institutional grants.

Dr. Nurul’s research interests lie in marine remote sensing, focusing on:

• Coastal altimetry
• Sea-level rise and climate change
• Coastal hazards and erosion
• Artificial intelligence and expert systems in remote sensing

Her expertise has gained international recognition, leading to the supervision of visiting researchers and international research internships at UTM.

Among her notable professional roles:

• Senior Member, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (since 2025)
• Elected Member, IEEE GRSS Malaysia Chapter (since 2020)
• Scientific Organizing Committee Member, Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Association (since 2023)
• Chair, Local Organizing Committee of the 15th Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference and Tutorial Capacity Building (2020–2023)
• Chair, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Ocean Remote Sensing towards Climate Resilience (2021–2026)