Curriculum vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth :  December 1965
Place of Birth :  Seberang Perai, Penang
Nationality :  Malaysian
Marital Status :  Married, four children

 

OFFICE ADDRESS
Department of Hydraulics & Hydrology
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, MALAYSIA.

Phone : 607-5531764
Fax :  607 –5566157
E-mail 1: zulkfe@utm.my       E-mail 2: zulkfe@yahoo.com

 

ACADEMICS

2015 Doctor of Philosophy (Civil Engineering), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

1993 Master of Engineering (Civil – Hydraulics & Hydrology), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

1987 Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE), University of Miami, Florida, USA.

1982 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia, Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim (SMSAH), Jitra, Kedah.

 

AFFILIATION
Board of Engineers, Malaysia, Registered Engineer (No. 14227A)
Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM), Graduate Member (No. G 31274)
IEM (Water Resources Division), Member
Malaysian Hydrological Society (MHS), Ordinary Member (No. 0044)
National Geographic Society, Member (No. 414275313)
Friend-WWF Malaysia (ID : 23034)
Academic Staff Association, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Member.

 

EXPERIENCE
Dec. 2007- Oct. 2014  PhD Candidate, UTM

Dec. 2005 – Present  Senior Lecturer, UTM (full time and part time programs)

June 1993 –   Dec. 2005 Lecturer, UTM (full time and part time programs)

Aug. – Sept. 1997 Part-time lecturer in hydraulics, School of Engineering and Information Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu.

Dec 1994 –  Oct. 1998  Head. Hydraulic Laboratory, Faculty of Civil Engineering, UTM

March 1989 –  June 1993  Assistant Lecturer, UTM

Oct. 1992 Visiting Post-graduate at Department of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia, USA (under supervision Prof. Shaw L. Yu)

Oct. 1987 –  Oct. 1988 Trainee Engineer, IJM Berhad, Penang Branch (under supervision Ir. Ooi Pouy Lum); Training experience covers :  Supervision of highrise and factory constructions;  Supervision of timber piling;  RC structural design (under supervision Ir. Sim Khang Liang, Jurutera Perunding WNG Sdn. Bhd.,  Penang)

 

PUBLICATION

Journal

Mazlin Jumain, Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Zulhilmi Ismail, Sobri Harun, Md Ridzuan Makhtar, Mohd Suhaimi Abd Rahman, Nor Atiah Zaini, Mohd Fuad Samsudin and Muhd Zubair Tajol Anuar. 2015. Transportation of bed load and its formation for inbank flow: a physical modelling approach. Malaysian J. of Civil Engineering 27 Special Issue (2):337-351.

Mazlin Jumain, Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Zulhilmi Ismail, Nur Hartini Ibrahim, Md Ridzuan Makhtar and Mohd Rafique Nordin. 2013. Influence of Two-line Emergent Floodplain Vegetation on A Straight Compound Channel Flow. Int. J. of Integrated Engineering. 5 (1). 58-63.

Zulhilmi Ismail, Mazlin Jumain, Faridah Jaafar Sidek, Ahmad Khairi Abd Wahab, Zulkiflee Ibrahim and Mohamad Hidayat Jamal. 2013. Scour investigation around single and two piers side by side arrangement. IJRET: Int. J. of Research in Engineering and Technology. 02 (10). 459-465.

Supiah Shamsudin, Muhammad Adam Omar, Mohd Azizi Zakaria, Azmi Ab Rahman, Zaiton Haron and Zulkiflee Ibrahim. 2013. Sediment phosphorus loadings uncertainty using fuzzy-logic in detention pond at southern Malaysia. ISRJ: Indian Streams Research Journal. 3 (3). April. 1-9.

Mazlin Jumain, Zulhilmi Ismail, Zulkiflee Ibrahim and Nur Atiah Zaini. 2013. Sediment Transport Rate and Bed Formation in Straight Compound Channels. Global J. of Environmental Research. 7 (3). 40-44.

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Ab. Aziz Abd Latiff, Noor Baharim Hashim, Herni Halim, Nurul Hana Mokhtar Kamal and Nuryazmeen Farhan Haron, Experimental investigation on behaviour of cross-flow thermal effluent discharge in free surface flow, Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2009, 21(1), 82-97.

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Ab. Aziz Abd Latiff, Azrul Hanif Ab Halim, Norlela Abu Bakar and Sivadas Subramaniam, Experimental studies on mixing in a salt wedge estuary, Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2008, 20( 2), 188-199.

Zulkiflee Ibrahim., Ab. Aziz Abd Latiff, Shujatullah Sheikh. Izzat and Selvem Raman, Cross Flow Effluent Discharge in Diverging Flowing Ambients, Jurnal Sains & Teknologi, Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn, Batu Pahat, Oct. 2003, 13-18.

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Ab Aziz Abd Latiff and Mohammed Ridzuan Jahidin, Pelepasan Efluen Searah Dengan Aliran Ambien Dalam Saluran Terbuka : Kajian Makmal, Jurnal ITTHO, Dec. 1998, 1-10.

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Environmental Hydraulic Impacts of River Diversion into An Impoundment, Jurnal Kejuruteraan Awam, Jilid 7 No. 1, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, 1994, 19-27.

Conference, Seminar

M. Jumain, Z. Ibrahim, Z. Ismail, N. H. Ibrahim, N. M. Kalimuddin, M. R. Makhtar and M. R. Nordin. Influence of Two-line Emergent Floodplain Vegetation on A Straight Compound Channel Flow. Persidangan Kebangsaan Hidrologi dan Alam Sekitar (HIDRAS 2012). Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (UTHM), 12 December 2012.

Z. Ibrahim, Z. Ismail, S. Harun, N. M. Kalimuddin, M. R. Makhtar and T. N. H. T. Yunus. Flood flow characteristics in non-vegetated meandering channel: A flume simulation. International Conference on Water Resources (ICWR 2012), Langkawi. 5-6 November 2012.

M.F. Mazuki, Z. Ismail, Z. Ibrahim , M. H. Jamal and A. H. A. Shukor Lim. Influence of emergent rods on flow in a rectangular straight channel. International Conference on Water Resources (ICWR 2012), Langkawi. 5-6 November 2012.

Z. Ibrahim, M. F. Mazuki, Z. Ismail, M. Jumain, N. H. Ibrahim, S. Harun and A. Katimon. Flood flow characteristics in vegetated straight channels: Physical models observations. Physical Modeling Application and Technologies (PHYMAT2012), NAHRIM, Seri Kembangan, 20 September 2012.

Zulhilmi Ismail, Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Mohd Fauzi Mazuki, Sobri Harun, Siti Aishah Abdullah and Wan Norehan Wan Mamat. The influence of one-line emergent floodplain vegetation on overbank flow characteristics in a straight channel. World Engineering Congress 2010, Conference on Natural Resources and Green Technology, Kuching, Sarawak, 2 – 5 August 2010, pp.114-119. (CD).

Zulhilmi Ismail, Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Sobri Harun and Mohd Fauzi Mazuki. Flow characteristics in straight compound channels with vegetated floodplain. “The 1st International Seminar on Sustainable Infrastructure and Built Environment in Developing Countries” (SIBE 2009), Bandung, Indonesia, 2 – 3 November 2009. (CD).

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Zulhilmi Ismail, Sobri Harun , Koji Shiono, Mohd Fauzi Mazuki, Mohd Azizi Abdul Aziz and Normazwan Shah Anas. An experimental study on the flow characteristics in straight compound channels, International Conference on Water Resources (ICWR 2009), Bayview Hotel, Langkawi, Kedah, 26 – 27 May 2009. (CD).

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Noor Baharim Hashim, Eddi Zaimee Romli, Syahida Omar and Nurul Syafawati Mohamed Arshad. Intratidal study on salinity characteristics of Pulai River estuary, Johor, Proc. of National Conference Awam07, Langkawi, 29 – 31 May 2007, pp. 707 – 712 (CD).

Ab. Aziz Abdul Latiff, Zulkiflee Ibrahim and Siti Nurulhuda Mohd Imran. Investigation of Effluent Water Quality Surrounding Sri Gading Industrial Zone, Batu Pahat, Johor. Proc. of National Conference Awam07, Langkawi, 29 – 31 May 2007, pp. 440 – 448 (CD).

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Ab. Aziz Abdul Latiff, Sivadas Subramaniam, Syahida Omar and Nurul Shafawati Mohamed Arshad, An experimental study on the effect of resisting structures along the river banks to mixing in saline-wedge estuary, International Conference Rivers 07, Kuching, Sarawak, 6 – 8 June 2007, pp. 227 – 231 (CD).

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Ab Aziz Abdul Latiff, Azrul Hanif Ab Halim and Norlela Abu Bakar, A Laboratory Investigation on Mixing in a Salt Wedge Estuary with a Presence of Deep Channel. Proc. 2nd SANREM 2006, Le Merridien Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 21 – 23 November 2006, pp.376 – 381.

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Noor Baharim Hashim and Mohd Noor Naina Mohamed, Temporal and Spatial Hydrodynamic Tidal Characteristics in Pulai River Estuary, Johor, Malaysia : A Preliminary Study, Proc. of Brunei International Conference on Engineering and Technology (BICET 2005), Vol. 5, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, 15-17 August 2005, pp. 19 – 25.

Afidah Murni Sakri, Rosaneeza Ramli, Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Ruzanna Ahmad Zahir and Rosmunira Zulkaffli, Laboratory Investigation on Thermal Discharge in Open Channel Flow, Proc. Seminar Penyelidikan Kejuruteraan Awam (SEPKA 2005), Sofitel, Senai, 4 -5 July 2005, pp. 184 – 192.

Noor Baharim Hashim, Rashidah Md Hassan, Razali Ismail, Chua Lee Hwa, Maznah Ismail, Zulkiflee Ibrahim and Anie R.A. Malek. Baseline Study of Water Quality in Skudai River Estuary, Water Management for Sustainable Environment, Shah Alam, Selangor, 25-26 August 2004  (CD).

Ab Aziz Abdul Latiff, Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Zawawi Daud, Azhari Malim Jaafar and Ting Tiew Whong, Road Surface Runoff Pollution in Western and Southern Johor, Biennal Conference on Natural Resources, Environment and Development (NARED) 2003, Kuching, Sarawak, 25-27 September 2003.

Ab Aziz Abd Latiff, Ahmad Tarmizi Abd. Karim , Zawawi Daud and Zulkiflee Ibrahim, River Water Quality Modeling Using QUAL2E. World Day for Water Seminar 2001, Batu Pahat, Johor 22-23rd March 2001.
Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Ab Aziz Abd Latiff, Ahmad Tarmizi Abd. Karim and Selvem Raman, A Study on Effluent Discharge in Diverging Open Channel Flow, Proc. of National Conference on “Rivers ’99 : Toward Sustainable Development”, USM, Penang, 14-17 October, 1999, pp. 57 – 60 (2002).

Ahmad Tarmizi Abd. Karim , Ab Aziz Abd Latiff and Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution Through Best Management Practices. Proc. of National Conference on “Rivers ’99 : Toward Sustainable Development”, USM, Penang, 14-17 October, 1999, pp. 172 – 175 (2002).

Ab Aziz Abd Latiff, Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Ahmad Tarmizi Abd. Karim, Mohd Shahrim Hashim and Kamarudin Yunus, Sediment Transport and Water Quality of Sungai Batu Pahat, Proc. of National Conference on “Rivers ’99 : Toward Sustainable Development”, USM, Penang, 14-17 October, 1999, pp. 273 – 276 (2002).

Zulkiflee Ibrahim and M.H. Abdul Khader, Experimental Study of Effluent Disposal in Uniform Open Channel Flow. 10th Asia Pacific of IAHR Congress, Langkawi, 26-29 Aug. 1996.

Research Report

Zulhilmi Ismail, Sobri Harun and Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Determination of flow characteristics in the vegetated compound channels (UTM IRGS vote no. 78286), Final Report, October 2009, 66pp.

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Noor Baharim Hashim, Ab. Aziz Abdul Latiff, Herni Halim, Nurul Hana Mokhtar Kamal and Nuryazmeen Farhan Haron, Experimental investigation on the behaviour of thermal effluent in free surface flow (MOHE FRGS vote no. 78123), Final Report, August 2008, 105pp.

Noor Baharim Hashim, David H. Huddleston, Zulkiflee Ibrahim and Ng Boon Chong, Performance of High Velocity in Flood-Prone Areas (RMC grant vote no. 71840) Final Research Report, December 2005, 120pp.

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Noor Baharim Hashim, Mohd Noor Naina Mohamed and Eddi Zaimee Romli, Pembentukan Pengkalan Data Hidrografi dan Permodelan Awalan Hidrodinamik Estuari Sungai Pulai, Johor (UPP grant no. 71555) Final Report, June 2001, 210pp.

Zulkiflee Ibrahim and Amir Hashim Mohd. Kassim, Dispersion of Effluent in Open Channel Flow, An Article in Discovery: Research and Innovations in UTM, Research Management Centre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, 1999, pp.156.

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Amir Hashim Mohd Kassim, Fauziah Mohd Noor, Mohammed Ridzuan Jahidin and Zureena Abu Jamal, Serakan Efluen di dalam Aliran Saluran Terbuka (UPP Grant No. 71120) Final Report, May 1999, 66pp.

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Ab Aziz Abd Latiff and Fauziah Mohd Noor, Rehabilitation of Urban River Water Environment (UPP Grant No. 61854) Final Report, October 1997, 103pp.

Others

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Flow behaviour due to roughness along riparian zone in compound channels, Ph.D Thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, 2015, 267pp. (unpublished)

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Modelling Environmental Hydraulic Impacts of Stormwater Diversion in Batu Pond, Kuala Lumpur, M.Eng. Dissertation, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, 1993, 135pp. (unpublished)

Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Mass Transport in Water Systems, An Article in Buletin Institusi Jurutera Malaysia, July 1994, pp. 19-21.

 

INTELECTUAL PROPERTY
PI2009 1032- Apparatus and method for investigating behavior of thermal effluents in free surface flow of water.

CONSULTANCY
2009

Hydraulic Study on Model and Prototype of Bouy Tidal Gate (client: Wellguard Sdn. Bhd., Kluang, Johor)

1999

Pembinaan Pintu Air Bermotor di Sg. Chat, Johor Bahru (client: Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru)

Hydraulic Model Investigation on Proposed Beris Dam Spillway (client: Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran, Malaysia)

1997

Preliminary EIA for Residential, Light Industries and Commercial Development at Lots 71014 and 71016, Mukim           Kangkar Pulai, Johor Bahru (client: Pangkal Budiman Sdn. Bhd.)

Preliminary EIA for “Cadangan Ubah Syarat Tanah CT 10074 Lot 2274 – 2290, Mukim Mersing, Daerah Mersing, Johor (client: Maxi – Universal (M) Sdn. Bhd.)’

Preparing Baseline Drainage System and Hydrology Data for Macro EIA Study for the Proposed Coastal Reclamation of Kedah Darulaman.

Application of Streeter-Phelp Dissolved Oxygen Model and Hydrologic Regime in a Preliminary EIA for a Proposed Mixed Township and Housing Development at Bandar Tenggara, Kulai, Johor (client: Nordex Technologies)

1996

Runoff and Soil Erosion Impact Study in a Floral Farm at Senai, Johor (client: Prince Floral Farm (M) Sdn. Bhd.)

Environmental & Coastal Resource Study for Sand Dredging off Pontian Coast in Mukim Serkat, Pontian, Johor (client: Cermat Utama Sdn. Bhd.)

Preliminary EIA for Commercial and Light Industries Development at Lot 1453, Mukim Sedenak, Johor Bahru (client : Sin Soon Lee Realty Co. (M) Sdn. Bhd.)

Preliminary EIA for Mixed Development at Sg. Danga, Johor Bahru (client: Perisind Holdings Sdn. Bhd.)

1995

Hydrological component in the Preliminary EIA for “Cadangan Pembangunan Ladang Kelapa Sawit, Mukim Padang Endau, Mersing, Johor” (client: Koperasi Pekebun Kecil, Daerah Mersing Bhd.)

Dilution Factor Study for Sungai Skudai (client: Envilab Sdn. Bhd.)

Hydrological and Environmental Components in the Preliminary EIA for Land Reclamation and Development in Alai, Melaka. (client: Mahajaya Sdn. Bhd.)

Hydrological and Environmental Components in the Preliminary EIA for Mixed Development at Tanjung Leman, Mersing, Johor. (Client: PKENJ)

1994

Hydrological and Environmental Components in the Preliminary EIA report for the proposed Kuala Baram Port, Miri, Sarawak. (client: Miri Port Authority)

Hydrological and Environmental Components in the Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment for Sheep Breeding Farm, Sg. Marong, Rompin, Pahang. (client: Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan, Malaysia)

RESEARCH

2012 – 2013 Flow mechanism in two-stage straight mobile bed channels, (UTM Research University vote, RM 20,000) Co-researcher (completed).

2008 – 2010 Determination of flow characteristics in the vegetated straight compound channel, (MOHE FRGS vote no. 78359, RM 86,000) Co-researcher (completed).

2008 – 2009 Determination of flow characteristics in the vegetated compound channels, (UTM IRGS vote no. 78286, RM 10,000), Co-researcher (completed).

2008 – 2010 Flood water level influenced by trees and vegetation along the edge of floodplain in case of river flooding, (MTSF grant vote no. 73331, RM 25,000), Co-researcher (completed).

2008 – 2009 Determination of flow characteristics in the vegetated compound channels, (UTM IRGS vote no. 78286, RM 10,000), Co-researcher (completed).

2007 – 2008 Experimental investigation on the behaviour of thermal effluent in free surface flow (MOHE FRGS Grant No. 78123, RM 34,000) Project Leader (completed).

2003 – 2004 Hydraulic Performance of High-Velocity Channels in Flood-Prone Area, (RMC Fundamental Grant No. 71840, RM 20,000), Researcher (completed).

2000 – 2001 Development of Hydrographic Database and Preliminary Hydrodynamic Modelling for Sg. Pulai Estuary (UPP Short Term Grant No. 71555, RM 20,000), Project Leader (completed).

1997 – 1998 Pollutant Transport in Open Channel Flow (UPP Short Term Grant No. 71120, RM 18,500), Project Leader (completed).

1996 – 1997 Rehabilitation of Urban River Water Environment (UPP Short Term Grant No. 61854, RM 8,000), Project Leader (completed)