Award and Honour Received

  1. 3 December 2018 – Recipient of Best Paper Award at The 4th International Conference on Applied Science and Technology (ICAST 2018), Phuket, Thailand for the paper “Managing Multi Criteria Contractor Selection for Public Construction Projects in Malaysia”
  2. 19-22 November 2018 – Scholarship recipient for Erasmus + workshop participant on “Role of Case Studies in Effective Teaching and Learning” by University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  3. 8 November 2018 – Recipient of Gold Medal at the International Innovation and Invention Competition 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan from 1 product of “Framework of Knowledge Management Practice in Construction Industry”
  4. 7 November 2018 – Recipient of Award on Excellence for Active Blended Learning Course in Semester 2 2017/2018 for the course “ERSA1233: Current Topics in Project Management”
  5. 22 September 2018 – Recipient of recognition letter for the upgrade/election to Chartered Engineer from Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) UK during IET Prestige Lecture Annual Dinner and Award Night 2018 (PLAD 2018)
  6. 1 September 2018 – Recipient of 2 Gold Medals and 1 Special Award at the 3rd International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN 2018) in Toronto, Canada from 2 products of “Critical Success Factor of Readiness towards Change Manageent in the Malaysian Public Organisation” and “Framework of Sustainability Implementation Assessment for Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia”
  7. 12 August 2018 – Recipient of 2 awards i.e. Special Award and Gold Award at the Korea Creative Invention Contest (CiC 2018) in Seoul, South Korea from a product of “Sustainable Construction Indicators Framework for Malaysian Contractors”
  8. 12 August 2018 – Recipient of 2 awards i.e. Special Award and Gold Award at the Korea Creative Invention Contest (CiC 2018) in Seoul, South Korea from a product of “Change Management Readiness Framework for Malaysian Public Organisation”
  9. 21 April 2018 – Recipient of Presidential Award of Excellence by The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)
  10. 22 March 2018 – Scholarship recipient for Swiss-ASEAN Learning and Teaching (SALT) Pre-Conference Workshop from 27 – 29 June 2018 at the University of Applied Science and Art, Northwestern Switzerland
  11. 1 September 2017 – 28 February 2018 – Granted fellowship of CEO@Faculty Programme 2.0: Coached by the Pro by Ministry of Higher Education (only 53 were selected throughout Malaysia) that aims to develop future Malaysian Higher Learning Institution leaders
  12. 29 November 2017 – Recipient of 2 Gold Medals at the International Innovation and Invention Competition 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan from 2 products of “Framework of Turbomachinery Project Critical Success Factors (CSFs)” and “Multi Criteria Contractor Selection Framework for Construction Projects”
  13. 3-4 June 2017 – Recipient of Gold Award at the 3rd World Invention Innovation Contest (CiC) from a product of “Framework of Project Management Key Performance Indicators”
  14. 15 April 2017 – Recipient of Presidential Award of Excellence by The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM)
  15. 4 April 2017 – Recipient of 2 Best Paper Awards at International Conference on Applied Science and Technology, Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia
  16. 30 March 2017 – present – Selected as exclusive member of Leadership Talent Pool under the Academic Leadership Talent Management (ALTM) initiative of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia to be strategically groomed as the future UTM leaders
  17. 28 December 2016 – Recipient of Blended Learning Award of Level 5 of UTM for 2015/2016 session
  18. 15 December 2016 – Recipient of Best Research Supervisor Award at UTM RAZAK School Citra Karisma, UTM Kuala Lumpur
  19. 11 August 2016 – Recipient of Gold Medal Award and Special Award of Asia Inventors Association (AIA) at the 3rd Korea Creativity Invention Contest (CiC)
  20. 24 May 2016 – Recipient of Medal of High Honours on Devotion to the Community Services (Penganugerahan Pingat Darjah Kebesaran Bintang Kebaktian Masyarakat) from the Government of Cambodia
  21. 25 May 2016 – Scholarship recipient for Swiss-ASEAN Learning and Teaching (SALT) Pre-Conference Workshop from 25 – 28 May 2016 at the University of Applied Science and Art, Northwestern Switzerland
  22. 31 May 2016 – Recipient of the Excellence and Appreciation Award 2015 during the Excellence and Appreciation UTM Day (CITRA KARISMA) 2015
  23. 5 January 2016 – Scholarship recipient for CommTECH Camp Insight 2016, ITS Surabaya, Indonesia 25 Jan – 3 Feb 2016
  24. 22 December 2015 – Awarded the status of Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate from Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) together with the designatory letter of P.Eng.
  25. 14 December 2015 – Recipient of the World Scientist Award (WSA) 2015 by Korea Invention News with two products of “Accurateness of Work Programme Analysis (AWPA) Simulation” and “Framework of Successful Closing of Final Account” for the awards of:
    1. World Creative Innovation and Science Grand Award
    2. World Science and Technology Grand Award
  26. 14 December 2015 – Nominated as the recipient of the World Inventor Award Festival (WIAF) 2015 by Korea Invention News with two products of “Accurateness of Work Programme Analysis (AWPA) Simulation” and “Framework of Successful Closing of Final Account” for the awards of:
    1. Construction Order of Merit
    2. Transportation Order of Merit
    3. Industry Order of Merit
  27. 22 February 2014 – Recipient of “Leading Innovation Award” at Malaysia Technology Expo 2014, Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) organised by International Intellectual Property Network Forum (IIPNF)
  28. 22 February 2014 – Recipient of “Honour of Invention: Highway and Transportation” at Malaysia Technology Expo organised by World Invention Intellectual Property Association (WIIPA)
  29. 13 December 2014 – Recipient of the World Inventor Award Festival (WIAF) 2014 for Civil Engineering Order of Merit by Korea Invention News with a product of “Final Account Framework”
  30. 17 September 2014 – Awarded 2 Silver Medals in the International Innovation, Design and Articulation (i-IDeA 2014) Competition organised by Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Arau, Perlis with two products of “A Master Plan for Implementation of Sustainable Enterprise Resource Planning Systems” and “Balanced Score Card of Final Account Closing for Construction Project”
  31. 18 September 2014 – Nominated for Malaysian Construction Industry Excellence Award (MCIEA 2013) under the category of “Innovation Award” by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Malaysia
  32. 28 April 2014 – Awarded Silver Prize in the International Engineering Invention and Innovation Exhibition (i-ENVEX 2014) organised by Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMaP) with a product of “Accurateness of Work Programme Analysis (AWPA)”
  33. 14 December 2013 – Recipient of the World Inventor Award Festival (WIAF) 2013 for Construction Order of Merit by Korea Invention News in 2013 with a product of “Final Account Success Measures”
  34. 3 July 2012 – Nominated as finalist for “Indexed Journal Author Award” during the Excellence and Appreciation UTM Day (UTM Quality Day) 2012
  35. 3 July 2012 – Nominated for UTM Intellectual Property Award 2012 during the Excellence and Appreciation UTM Day (UTM Quality Day) 2012
  36. 4 October 2013 – Short-listed in the 15th Industrial Art and Technology Exhibition (INATEX 2013) of UTM with the product of “Framework of Final Account Closing for Construction Project”
  37. 5 December 2012 – Awarded The Best Researcher for Patents Granted 2012 by Construction Research Alliance (RA) UTM
  38. 5 December 2012 – Awarded The Best Research Group for Research Grant Procurement 2012 by Construction Research Alliance (RA) UTM
  39. 8 June 2011 – Awarded the status of Associate ASEAN Engineer together with the designatory letter AAE by ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisation (AFEO)
  40. 31 May 2009 – Received the Excellence and Appreciation Award 2009 during the Excellence and Appreciation UTM Day (UTM Quality Day) 2009
  41. 31 May 2009 – Nominated for UTM Teaching Award 2009 during the Excellence and Appreciation UTM Day (UTM Quality Day) 2009
  42. 31 May 2009 – Nominated for UTM Intellectual Property Award 2009 during the Excellence and Appreciation UTM Day (UTM Quality Day) 2009
  43. 2006-2008 – Obtained the UTM-PTP Scholarship from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation while pursuing PhD in Civil Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai
  44. 13 August 2003 – Won third place in MERIT Simulation Competition Semester 2 2003 (conducted by University of Loughborough, United Kingdom) against 9 other teams from University of Newcastle (New South Wales) and The University of Melbourne