Awards

  1. Malaysia Outstanding Water Award for Research 2019 by The Malaysian Water Association.
  2. Tokoh Penyelidik 2018 by the School of Civil Engineering, UTM
  3. UTM’s 2018 Best Journal Publication Award.
  4. UTM’s 2018 Excellence Service Award
  5. Appointed as World Class Professor by Insitute Teknologi Sepuloh Nopember, Surabaya. 18-24 August 2019.
  6. Visiting Professor to National Tsing Hua University of Taiwan, 19-23 March 2019
  7. Visiting Professor to Oxford University, UK, 2 – 10 Nov 2018.
  8. Invited as Research Collaborator by Newcastle University, 13-16 February 2019.
  9. Research Award 2017, Faculty of Civil Engineering, UTM
  10. Visiting Sientist to Kumamoto University 2-5 July 2017
  11. UTM’s Best Consultancy Award 2016: Integrated Lake Basin Management Plan for Semberong and Batang ai Reservoirs for NAHRIM/NRE, value RM 1,262,073 (As Project Leader)
  12. Silver Medal, 17th Industrial Art and Technology Exhibition (INATEX) 2015. PES-SiO2 Hollow Fiber Membrane for Bisphenol A (BPA) Removal.
  13. Visiting Scientist of the Asia Core Program –Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (25-29 Jan 2014)
  14. Visiting Scientist to University of Kyoto (27 Oct to 30 Oct 2013)
  15. Fellow Akademi Sains Malaysia (Jun 2012 -now)
  16. UTM’s Best Consultancy Award 2011, Water Resources study in  Gugusan FELDA Sahabat , Lahad Datu, Sabah for FELDA, Value RM 1.09 million (as project leader)
  17. UTM’s 2010 excellence service award
  18. INATEX 2010, Brownse Medal. Sofware and technique for optimization of raingauge network
  19. UTM’s 2009 excellence service award
  20. Visiting Professor at Lund University, Sweden. January 2009
  21. UTM’s Publication Award 2006 for International Journal Category
  22. UTM’s sabbatical program – 1 December 2004 to  31 August 2006
  23. Eco-Frontier Fellowship, Ministry of Environment, Japan: 12 December 2005 to 31 March 2006
  24. UTM’s 2004 Excellence Award for Best Research Group.
  25. Eco-Frontier Fellowship, Ministry of Environment, Japan: 18 Jan to 30 March 2005
  26. UTM’s 2003 excellence service award
  27. Eco-Frontier Fellowship, Ministry of Environment, Japan: 4 Jan to 30 March 2004
  28. Technical visit grant from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Nov 2001
  29. FRIM’s Best Publication Award for technical category – 1999 (2nd prize)
  30. FRIM’s Best Publication Award for Manual and Guidelines Category – 1998 (1st prize)
  31. Research Award for Foreign Specialist by Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan (1998)
  32. FRIM’s Best Publication Award for technical category – 1994 (1st prize)
  33. Japan Science and Technology Agency (STA) Fellowship , February and March 1987