Bukit Tagar Sanitary Landfill

Visiting Bukit Tagar Sanitary Landfill with my students. The trip was part of the field work that is compulsory for all environmental geology students in UKM.

Environmental drilling

The drilling of monitoring borehole at the Ampar Tenang Landfill site. Seven monitoring boreholes were installed in 2004 as part of the IRPA research project headed by Prof. Abd. Rahim Samsudin and my self.

One of the monitoring boreholes at Ampar Tenang. Research students collecting some groundwater samples using tube sampler, under close observation by Prof Abd. Rahim Samsudin.

Consultation presention for PKNP

 Presenting my consultation work to PKNP (Pahang). The project that was carried out was "mineral survey for the state of Pahang".

Offshore Drilling Project with IKRAM

 This project was carried out at Port Klang in Selangor. An offshore drilling was used to collect the geologic information of the site.

Sg Sedu Landfill

 Unmanaged lechate collection just outside the landfill site. A nasty, black colored and strong smell leachate has very low dissolved oxygen(DO). The leachate was seen flow out of the landfill into the man-made pond.

Sg. Sabai Landfill

 Sg Sabai Level O Landfill is located in Hulu Selangor. The site is not properly managed, the waste is exposed to rainfall. The leachate was clearly observed on site and it flows into the water logged area which is just a few meters from the site. This is a good example of NIMBY syndrome...Not In My Backyard. But it is ok In Someone Else Backyard (ISEBY).

Kubang Badak Landfill

 Kubang Badak landfill has been visited very recently. The site was properly closed by the Authority. The site is located not very far from the Bukit Tagar Sanitary Landfill which was built to replace Kubang Badak Landfill by KUB-Berjaya Sdn Bhd.

Prof Sasaki @ Cambridge UK

 Prof Sasaki from Osaka Japan is conducting a research on Cu mobility in soil column at Geotechnical Lab of Cambridge University in United Kingdom.

Presentation at GEE2008 Kyoto Japan

 Presenting a special paper at the GEE2008 Conference in Kyoto Japan.

Jet Airways Goa-Mumbai 2008

 Cabin view of an impressive Jet Airways. The crew members were very kind and food was excellent!.

Brownfield Asia 2008

 A nice shot before my presentation at the Conference

BrownfieldAsia 2008

 I have attended an International Conference of Brownfield Asia 2008 which was held at Berjaya Times Square in Kuala Lumpur. The conference was organised by IEM (Malaysia). I presented a paper with a title "soils and surface water contaminations at abandoned tin mine in Sg Lembing Pahang". The conference was from 21-22 October 2008.

1-D column experiment

 
1D column experiment that was conducted at a research laboratory in Cambridge University UK September-December 2007

GeoEnvironmental Engineering Kyoto 2008

 GEE2008 was held in Kyoto Japan this year (2008). I attended the conference and presented a paper entitled "Groundwater contamination: current status in Malaysia". The conference was successfully organised by Prof Kamon and colleagues.

Sabbatical at Cambridge University 2007

 I spent 3 months of my sabbatical leave to do a research project at Cambridge University. I worked with Profesor Kenichi Soga and Panos. The project was entitled "DNAPL movement and dissolution rate in porous medium".

Post-tsunami deposit in Penang 2008

 This is a very interesting outcrop that was discovered in Penang beach. Two layers of a very coarse sand may indicate high current deposits that probably can be associated with tsunami waves.

International Conference in Goa India 2008

I had the opportunity to visit Goa on the 1st till 7th of October 2008. It was a wonderful experience. I stayed at Marriott Hotel for 4 nights, the hotel was excellent and the food was nice as well. I attended an International Conference in Geomechanics organised by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. The conference was well organised!. I had a wonderful time in Goa.

MSc in Petroleum Geology 2008/2009

This photo was captured after the final examination on October 2008. The students will be leaving to ITM in Bandung to complete the programme. The course was carefully designed by both UKM in Malaysia and ITB in Indonesia. The programme is conducted at UKM in the 1st year and at ITB in the 2nd year. I teach STAG6442 Environmental Risk Assessment in this MSc Programme. I would like to wish the very best in your future!!.