My "Superb"Visor

Let me introduce you to my 'superbvisor' Dr. Zainal Abidin Bin Akasah. How 'Superb' he is..? you can simply judge by yourself. Based on my previous-previous meeting with him, I know he is such a simple nice man, soft spoken and not 'cerewet' type of person la. You can find more information about him below

Dr. Zainal Abidin Akasah is an experienced academician in engineering education with over twenty five years of teaching experience in higher education. He is currently the Head of Department of the Building and Construction Engineering in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He obtained his Doctorate from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) with his thesis related to the Maintenance Management Process Model for School Buildings. Prior to that he obtained his MSc. in Building Technology from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, his Bachelor of Technology with Education in Civil Engineering from UTM and his Diploma in Architecture from the same University.

Dr Zainal Abidin Akasah teaches several subjects in civil engineering namely, Intelligent buildings; Acoustics, Lighting and Vibrations in Building and Engineering Drawing and CAD. He is also actively involved in consultancy and the training of trainers. His recent consultancy projects are for the Landscape Design Project under the Ministry of Education and the training of trainers for the Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi MARA (KKTM) project. His involvement in the KKTM project includes giving trainings on Computer Aided Design (CAD) for Piping Design and Building Automation.

Dr. Zainal Abidin Akasah is currently a recipient of several research grants. His research interests are in the application of IT in architectural engineering, 3-D Visualization applications in building engineering, Computer Aided Design, and facilities management and maintenance, process modelling and engineering education.