Fahmi Muhammad Ridwan is Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Engineering, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia and his Masters and PhD degrees in Environmental Engineering from Hiroshima University, Japan. Fahmi has more than 30 years working experiences in engineering education, covering research, teaching and curriculum development, mainly related to water and wastewater engineering. He has also gained professional experiences in wastewater, water supply and sanitation section joining UNICEF, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) and Save the Children (an NGO) that providing assistance for tsunami impact areas in Indonesia. His expertise includes designing and monitoring the construction of small scale water treatment plant, landfill, sludge treatment plant, hand dug well and water distribution system. He played a role as Environmental Engineer in 2008 for Midterm Evaluation for USAID/ Environmental Service Program in Indonesia. Fahmi has studied and researched ozonation and other advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) in combination with biological treatment used in drinking water treatment. He has been performing batch and continuous treatment mode in bench and pilot scale treatability research for optimization and design of treatment processes for many years. Currently, his focus has always been on applied research that can be used to improve water and wastewater quality. Fahmi’s research group at UniMAP was renowned for their work preparing Lake Brief for Tasik Beris in Kedah, Malaysia and Source Identification and Modelling of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in Catchment of Sg. Muda, Kedah for Kulim Hi-Tech Park (KHTP), Malaysia. He is a past chair of Postgraduate Program at School of Environmental Engineering, UniMAP. He is also a chartered engineer (CEng) and member of Institution of Chemical Engineers (MIChemE).
Research Experience
Work Experience- Created lecture presentations for both online and in-class environments.
- Taught 2 undergraduate classes per semester on Water Supply Engineering, Wastewater Engineering, Environmental Transport Processes, and Environmental Engineering Design.
- Designed course materials, including syllabi, writing assignments and exams.
- Developed exams to properly gauge information retention and student performance.
- Selected appropriate materials to support student learning needs,
- Reviewed and recommended improvements to current curriculum,
- Tracked student assignments, attendance and test scores,
- Completed and submitted reports detailing course activities,
- Coordinated research projects on core subject area,
- Written up research articles and published in well-known journal,
- Supervised postgraduate student in core subject area,
- Assisted in postgraduate administration
- Created lecture presentations for both online and in-class environments.
- Taught 2 undergraduate classes per semester on Water Supply Engineering and Wastewater Engineering.
- Designed course materials, including syllabi, writing assignments and exams.
- Developed exams to properly gauge information retention and student performance.
- Tracked student assignments, attendance and test scores.
- Completed and submitted reports detailing course activities.
- Coordinated research projects on core subject area.
- Written up research articles and published in well known journal.
- Supervised postgraduate student in core subject area.
- Conducted and graded student examinations.
- Resolved implementation and operation issues with project beneficiaries.
- Identified inventory requirements for the operation and maintenance of water and sanitation facilities.
- Maintained schedules to ensure that key milestones were being met at every phase.
- Conducted meetings with benefiiciaries to determine project intent, requirements and budgets.
- Supervised the work of 32 team members, offering constructive feedback on their work performance.
- Served as a technical consultant on water and sanitation projects to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Served as a subject matter expert (SME) on water and sanitation for rural communities.
- Prepared, reviewed and updated midterm evaluation reports for USAID-Environment Service Program in Indonesia.
- Assisted in the development and review of NGO's proposal
- Assisted in monitoring the water and sanitation programs implemented by Unicef
- Assisted in the development of tools to monitor implementation of water and sanitation activities
- Assisted in identification of NGOs for partnering with Unicef
- Supported Chief Operating Officer with daily operational functions.
- Coordinated the water and sanitation programs implemented by Save the Children.
- Monitored community mobilization on water and sanitation project.
- Evaluated the quality of water and sanitation project construction.
- Provided monthly situational report.
- Advised students regarding academic coursework and degree options.
- Created lecture presentations for both online and in-class environments.
- Selected material relevant to each course of study and presented in an engaging fashion.
- Lectured on Mass Transfer Operation to approximately 80 students.
- Designed course materials, including syllabi, writing assignments and exams
Education
Advanced Study of ozonation and biological treatment for drinking water treatment
Effect of Pre-ozonation on the Performance of Biological Activated Carbon
Design of Benzene Production Plant by Hydro De-alkylation of Toluene
Presentations/Talks
The objective of the seminar is to extent the knowledge of participant from governmental institution and industrial on design concept of water and wastewater treatment plant. The content of the seminar may consist of water and wastewater characterization, processes involves in water and wastewater, basic design of specific unit in water and wastewater treatment plant and come up with example of comprehensive design of specific wastewater treatment plant. At the end of the seminar, the current progress in water treatment technology will be briefly update.
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