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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. ENGR. FARIS G. FARIS

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PROFILE

Associate Professor Dr Faris Gorashi has over 14 years of experience as an academician, administrator, water resources engineer, and hydrologist. His expertise includes water network design and simulation, water quality modeling, waste water reclamation and reuse, environmental impact assessment, sustainable development and general management. He has worked with multi-national companies and organisations, holding various technical, research, general management and consultancy posts.

Dr. Faris holds a PhD in Built Environment from the Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design of the Islamic University Malaysia (2009), a Master of Engineering in Hydrology (2002) and a BSc Honors in Civil Engineering from Omdurman Islamic University.

He has published a number of journal papers and developed the LA-WQI model. He has also held several lecturer and administrative posts at a number of institutions of education. Currently he is the Head of Post-Graduate Studies in the Department of Civil Engineering at IUKL. He is also an Associate Professor of the same department.

A registered civil engineer and member of professional international bodies such as: ASCE, IWA, EWB, EWRI and ISSMGE. Quality-conscious and achievement-oriented, motivated to produce work that is of a high standard and observant, quick to spot errors and critical where work is concerned..

Skills Summary

Education

Ph.D. in Built Environment 2009

Doctoral Degree in Built Environment, Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia. Thesis: “Identification of Relationship between Water Quality Response and Land Use Attributes”.

Master of Science in Engineering in Hydrology (Very Good) 2002

UNESCO Chair for Water Resources, Omdurman Islamic University (2002). Thesis: “Assessment of Management System of Petroleum Wastewater Effluent in Oil Refineries. Case study: Khartoum Refinery”.

B.Sc. Honors in Civil Engineering 1999

Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Civil Engineering Department, OIU. Thesis: “Optimum Water Distribution Network Design for Al-Geily City Using WESNET”.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND SOCIETIES

Member of the International Water Association [IWA]

Professional Member of Engineers Without Borders-USA [EWB-USA]

Member of American Society of Civil Engineers [ASCE]

Member of Environment and Water Resources Institute [EWRI]

Member of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering [ISSMGE]

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Infrastructure at IUKL is a member of School Senior Management Team and reports directly to the Dean. With particular responsibility for the development of research, new business opportunities both overseas and nationally, partnership development and income, the Deputy Dean will support the Dean in the strategic leadership of the School playing an active role in the definition and implementation of strategies underpinning the development of the School.

The Head of postgraduate programmes at the faculty oversees all academic and student affairs for the programme. He is a member of the postgraduate Academic Committee PAC and his responsibilities include (but not limited to) development of new programmes, obtaining full accreditation for current programmes, maintain and update students’ records and plays an important role in continuous quality improvements CQI of the postgraduate programmes.

An Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer undertakes teaching and assessment duties on undergraduate as well as postgraduate programmes offered by the department. Develop relevant Syllabi, design and delivery of the curriculum, and improve the quality of teaching and learning process. Supervise students, undergraduate and postgraduate including PhD students, Undertake research both within the Universities as well as at industry and ministry level.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teaching & supervision

Associate Professor of many water related subjects under department of civil engineering.

Part-time lecturer department of mechanical engineering

Assistant Lecturer in Wastewater engineering.

Supervised graduate and under graduate students thesis.

SUBJECTS TAUGHT

Introduction to Environmental Engineering

Water and Wastewater Engineering

Hydraulics

Hydrology

Wastewater Collection Systems

Sanitary Engineering

Hydroinformatics

Research Methodology

POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION

PhD

Salahaldein Alsadey Mohamed Khalifa, Effectiveness of Project Manager in the Libyan Construction Companies, 2011 – Ongoing

KHALID MOHAMMED BREESEM AL JANABI

Master

Yazeed Ahmed, Waste Water Treatment System Design for Small Community Island, 2011- Completed

Mustafa Dafir Mahir, Development of Road Asset Management Plan as A Decision Support System, 2012 – Completed

Abubaker Elsiddig Magzoub, The Impact of Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, 2013 – ongoing.

UNDERGRADUATE SUPERVISION

Mohd Muzaffar Bin Zulkifli, Compliance Of Effluent Standard A Or Standard B Based On Doe, 2011.

Siti Imaniza Ismail, A Study On The Effectiveness Of Aeration In Wwt Using Fine Air Bubble, 2011.

Lim Kai Wei, Design Of Greywater Reuse System Using Oil-Water Separator And Slow Sand Filteration For Residential Area, 2011.

Mohd Fazreen Bin Muhammad, Study On The Impact Of Restaurants Solid Waste On Water Quality, 2011.

Muhamad Fairuz, Water Quality Study, 2011.

Yogeswaren % Thannemalai, Review And Removal Of Excess Nutrients And Organic Matter, 2011.

Onkar Doutani, Material Wastage In Conventional And Ibs Construction, 2011.

Dofay Livio, Measurement Of Sediment Transport In Rivers, 2011.

Faezah Yusof, Aerobic Treatment System Vs Phytogreen, 2011.

Norhazwani Zulkepli, Wastewater Treatment Management, 2011 .

Haziq Jaffar, Environmental Monitoring Of Mines Lake, 2011.

Qin Pu, Wastewater Reuse In IUKL, 2011.

Wang Zheng, Design For Wastewater Treatment Plant, 2011.

Mohd Hambali Bin Mohammad Zubir Water Quality Of Putrajaya Lake, 2011.

Thulasi D/O Govendran, Solid Waste Collection And Recycle In IUKL, 2011.

Ban Zheng, Treatment Of Wastewater Using PLC Method, 2012.

Liew Pei Wen, Water Harvesting and Filtration Design for IUKL, 2012.

Melvin Lai, Sedimentation Simulations In Dam Reservoir, A Case Study, 2012 .

Mohamad Farhan, Wastewater Treatment Plant Modification, 2012.

Mohammed Khalfalla Abbas, Drainage System Design Using Watercad, 2012.

Nicholas Tan Yean Tat, Classification of Hilly Water For Drinking Purposes, 2012.

Zaid Saad Hadi , Treatment and Reuse of Alum Sludge, 2012

Mohammad ashraff kagbollah, Water Quality Assessment of Sg. Ramal, 2012

Prakash S/O W.P Venugopal, Soil Conservation Services, 2012.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING SUPERVISION

Research Achievements

Developed the LA-WQI Model.

Simulate models using artificial neural networks, back propagation algorithm.

Conduct time series modeling.

Authored several publications in water and watershed management.

Alum Sludge Reuse

CURRENT RESEARCH

A Novel Approach to Reuse Alum Sludge in Pottery Manufacturing and Building Material Using Silica and Thermal Curing, IUKL-RMC Internal Grant RM 13,050.00. (Project Leader)

Reuse of Alum Sludge in Pots and Construction Materials Manufacturing, E-Science Fund, MOSTI, RM 250,000.00. (Submission in progress) (Project Leader)

PREVIOUS RESEARCH AND SUBMISSIONS

Identification of Relationship Between Water Quality Response and Land Use Attributes, Self Funded, IIUM, 2003 -2008

Awards

Management

Company set up, interview of staff and business development.

Develop and implement strategic marketing plan for business

Author professional correspondence to customers and vendors.

Attract investors and donors.

Prepare budget and follow accounting.

Comply with respective ISO for quality assurance.

Rapidly learn and master varied computer programs.

Liaise with government officials of high rank.

Technical and Problem Solving

Design and simulate water distribution network.

Install submersible pumps for ground water exploitation

Construction Site supervision

Conduct EIAs

Conduct and develop watershed modeling tool

SOFTWARE

Computer savvy on Microsoft office 2013 that include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access and outlook.

NeuNet Pro, Artificial Neural Network’s back propagation and SFAM.

CurveExpert, for finding the best fit models.

MapInfo, A GIS planning tool.

AutoCAD, for several applications.

Eviews for time series modeling.

TRAINING

Conduct training for senior managers and senior staff in the following:

Autonomous maintenance.

Concrete and metal corrosion.

Tenders management.

RELEVANT TRAINING

My extensive management/lecturing/research experience includes lecturing, research in the field of water resources and wastewater management. I offer a broad base of experience and vision to help lead your esteemed University to achieve continuously improved results. My qualities which I believe would benefit your organization include:

A highly motivated, experienced Deputy Dean, Head of Programmes and Associate Professor with exceptional skills in management, budget analysis, leadership, lecturing, marketing and curriculum development. Excellent communication, resource planning and organizational skills allowing me to work independently and as a team member.

Dedicated self-starter with the ability to identify, assess and resolve problems quickly and effectively.

Consistently set challenging goals for self and staffs with leadership skills to allow and encourage success.

I am motivated by challenge and growth. This combined with my Lecturing, Research and Organizational skills will enable me to be an exceptional Lecturer and provide necessary supervision for the continued success of your esteemed University.

In addition to the criteria selected for the mentioned post which is a perfect match with my qualification, I also poses the following areas of strength:

- Marketing: Orchestrated and accomplished many Academic linkages locally and abroad with Public/private/governmental/industrial institutions. These linkages have gained our current university considerable recognition as well as increased the number of students in the University.

- Administration: Holding the positions of the Deputy Dean of the Faculty, Head of Postgraduate Programmes, and Head of Water and Wastewater Bachelor programmes practically gained me the adequate experience to oversee all the faculties’ needs, strategic planning, business plan, and curriculum development as well as accreditation and reaccreditation processes.

- New Programmes: Developed new programmes for the University for both undergraduate and postgraduate Programmes leading them to the full accreditation by MQA.

- Research: Active in research, publication and book writing which had been recognised internationally.

- Green Campaigns: Spearhead of the university Green Campaign. Planned and implemented many environmental campaigns, events and competitions.

- Industrial: Working with multinational non-governmental organisations had exposed me to great deal of experience both at the Technical Level as an engineer as well as the Humanitarian level.