UTHM Expert: Professor Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohd Haziman Wan Ibrahim

“Dare to face challenges. Life is full of trials and tribulations to be braved and resolved.” – Haziman

Mohd Haziman Wan Ibrahim is a Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (2011) in Civil Engineering from joint universities, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. He received his Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (KUiTTHO) in 2004, Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in 2001 and Diploma of Civil Engineering from Institute Teknologi MARA (ITM) in 1998.

Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohd Haziman started his career as a Design Engineer at Perunding SSE in Kajang Selangor before he embarked on his career at UTHM in 2002. As a faculty member, he has served as Head of Panel from 2006 – 2008 and 2011 – 2012, Head of Department of Structure and Material Engineering from 2012-2015, Deputy Dean (Research, Publication and Development) from 2015-2017 and Deputy Dean (Academic and International) from 2017 – 2023. Apart from that, at National level, he was a Vice President of Concrete Society Malaysia (CSM) from 2016-2017 and President CSM from 2018 – 2021. As a recognition for his contribution as the President of CSM, he was then appointed as a Fellow CSM since 2021. Currently, he is the Dean of Faculty of Civil Engineering & Built Environment, UTHM and Head of Sub-Committee, Technical Working Group 1 for National Construction Policy 2030 (NCP2030) under Department of Public Work, Malaysia.

Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohd Haziman is also a principal researcher at Jamilus Research Centre, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, professional engineer of Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), professional technologist of Malaysia Board of Technologist (MBOT), chartered engineer of Engineering Council, United Kingdom, a member of Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), United Kingdom.

As an active researcher specialised in Concrete Technology, Construction Materials and Brickwork Engineering, he has secured more than 40 research grants and more than 10 consultation projects as a leader and member. To date, he has published 3 books and more than 150 articles in journals, proceedings and book chapters with Scopus and WOS index. Additionally, he has contributed as Advisory Board and Editorial Board of International Journals.

To recognise his expertise and over 21 years of experience in teaching, research and consultation, Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohd Haziman has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor by State University of Malang, a public university in Indonesia for 5 years from 2023 – 2027 ,and as a Visiting Professor at Islamic University of Malang (UNISMA) from 2023-2024. Furthermore, apart from being invited as a keynote speaker at local and international conferences, he has also been appointed as a panel of Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI), Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC), Engineering Technology Accreditation Council (ETAC), Malaysia Board of Technologist (MBOT) and as an academic external examiner/advisor for bachelor’s degree and Diploma programme for some institutions of higher learning in Malaysia.