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We are honored to have Professor Rahinah Ibrahim as the keynote speaker for APGC 2021.
Professor Dr Rahinah Ibrahim
Professor Rahinah Ibrahim, Ph.D., is Professor and former Dean at the Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Ibrahim has 7 years’ experience in property development and architectural practice before joining UPM. A trained architect, she received her Ph.D. in Construction Engineering and Management from Stanford University. She established the Sustainable Design Informatics Research Group for developing theories and emerging computer-integrated applications in sustainable product innovation. For her research and academic achievements, she was awarded the “Top Research Scientists of Malaysia 2012” and the “National Academic Award (AAN2013)” by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia and the Malaysian Government respectively.
Professor Dr Rahinah Ibrahim is an expert in the field of integrated design management in building and construction. She is an entrepreneur scientist who brings construction knowledge from her research to the design process that improved society's lifestyle. Her H-index is 10 (SCOPUS) with a citation of 312.
Her knowledge contribution is evident when she invented Independent Sewage Treatment Plant (i-STP) technology to treat the wastewater pollution under the toilets of timber homes in water villages in Sabah. She has considered geophysical challenges, which were obtained through ethography research at water villages in Sabah, highlighting the importance of integrating socio-economy and humanity knowledge for successful uptake and deployment of R&D technologies. The i-STP technology intervention will improve the surrounding’s water quality over prolonged exposure and reduce the risks of spreading dangerous waterborne pathogens. This technology has won first place in GIST-APEC Startup Training in Australia among eight APEC countries. Currently, she is working on Smart Sanitation at Water Settlements pilot project under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to develop a business model, namely OceaNori. The first ten units of i-STP tanks at a selected water village in a Marine National Park in Sabah will be installed from this pilot project.
Professor Dr Rahinah is also renowned for her invention of a new timber IBS framing system for the construction industry, which led her to receive the National Academic Award in 2013 under Arts and Creativity Category for the SABSystem timber framing system by MOE.
She has contributed to ASM STI Linkages Committee in advising pitchers at Global Innovation in S&T event during the launching of Angels in Science and Building Construction “SME Clinic on IR 4.0: Angel Investors’ Initiatives for the Healthcare Sector in 2019. Currently, she is the Focal Lead for the Implementation Working Group Global Wastewater Initiative (GW2I) under UNEP for planning and overseeing demonstration projects in the Southeast Asia region.