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Muhammad Zahir Bin Ramli

Academic Qualification

  • Engineering and Environment - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southampton
  • Master of Engineering - Masters Degree, Yokohama National University

Muhammad Zahir Bin Ramli (Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr.)

Associate Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF SCIENCE


mzbr@iium.edu.my
2726


Expert Profile


Dr. Muhammad Zahir bin Ramli is Lecturer within Kuliyyah of Science at the International Islamic University of Malaysia.
Muhammad Zahir bin Ramli is a lecturer in Marine Science, with a background in physical oceanography, numerical analysis and computer simulations.
He studied the engineering and obtained his BSc degrees from Tokai University, Japan in 2010 and MEng from Yokohama National University (YNU), Japan in 2012. He received his PhD in Fluid and Structure Interaction studies at the University of Southampton in 2016. He then worked as a lecturer since.
Dr. Zahir is experienced in both development and applications of computational methods for fluid-structure interactions in physical oceanography and coastal engineering.


Area of Specialisation


  • Natural Science ~ Marine Sciences ~ Oceanography ~ Hydrodynamic and Sedimentation Modelling - Fluid and structure interaction
  • Natural Science ~ Marine Sciences ~ Advancement of Marine Sciences Knowledge ~ Physical Oceanography - Marine Technology


Professional Membership


  • 2018 - 2021: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Coastal Education and Research Foundation
  • 2021 - 2023: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Ts), Lembaga Teknologis Malaysia (MBOT)
  • 2021 - 2022: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Malaysian Stormwater Organisation
  • 2021 - 2022: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Asian Network on Climate Science and Technology
  • 2021 - 2022: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Persatuan Saintis Muslim Malaysia
  • 2021 - 2022: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), U-INSPIRE Malaysia
  • 2021 - 2022: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Graduate Engineer), Board of Engineers Malaysia
  • 2022 - 2024: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), JAWATANKUASA TEKNIKAL PENYELIDIKAN GEOINFORMASI / GEOMATIK KEBANGSAAN (JTPGGK) ? WORKING GROUP 3 (WG 3) ? OCEAN AND COAST


Teaching Responsibilities


ATMOSPHERE, OCEAN AND CLIMATE 2016/2017
BASIC NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017
BIOSTATISTIC 2019/2020
COASTAL ENGINEERING 2023/2024 2022/2023
COASTAL NUMERICAL MODELLING 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSESSMENT 2023/2024
FINAL YEAR PROJECT (1) 2020/2021 2018/2019
FINAL YEAR PROJECT (2) 2021/2022 2020/2021
FINAL YEAR PROJECT I 2023/2024
MARINE ELECTRONIC AND INSTRUMENTATION 2018/2019 2017/2018
MARINE EXPEDITION 2021/2022 2020/2021
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2018/2019 2017/2018
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 2021/2022 2020/2021


Supervision


Application Of Particle Based Method In Assessing Wave Overtopping On Coastal Structures Under Changing Climate Scenarios.
Master Completed 2023 Main Supervisor
Beach Hazard: Rip Current Study And Assessment Of Beach Safety At Selected Recreational Beaches Along Pahang Coastline.
Master Completed 2021 Main Supervisor
Modelling Approach In Assessing And Predicting The Tajectory And Spatial Distribution Of Floating Plastic Debris In Coastal Waters Of East Coast Peninsular Of Malaysia.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
Field Observation And Prediction Of Morphological Response To Storm Impact And Sensitivity Analysis Of Xbeach Model At Beaches Along Pahang Coastline.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
Fabrication And Characterization Of Copper Nitride Microdisc Electrodes For The Detection Of Dissolved Carbon Dioxide In Water Samples.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor
The Effect Of Sea Level Rise Towards Socio-Economy And Environment Impact In Coastal Area Of Malaysia.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2023 - 2023 Numerical wave model work using 2D/3D numerical tools for final design armour unit
2022 - 2023 Sci-ON
2020 - 2022 Impact of Sea Level Rise Due to Storm Surge Influence Through Coastal Morphodynamics
2020 - 2020 Impact of sea level rise due to storm surge influence through coastal morphodynamics
2019 - 2021 Relearn Plastic Through Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Using Standing-Stock Survey Method At Selected Beaches Along Pahang Coastline
2017 - 2020 Field measurements and numerical approach of rip current hazards at the selected recreational beaches along Pahang coastline
On-Going
2024 - Present Predictive Modelling of Water Parameters in the Pahang River: An Integrated Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Approach
2024 - Present Modeling the Coastal Flood and Coastal Erosion with Xbeach of Samsun City in Turkey
2024 - Present Implementing a Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (iDOOS) through The Deep Ocean Early-career Researchers (DOERs) program
2023 - Present New Parametric Integration of Multi-Microwave Satellite for High Accuracy Tropical Cyclone Wind Speed Using Machine Learning
2022 - Present Investigation the Movement of Aeolian Sediment in Sustainable Defence Structure Using Sediment Transport Modelling
2022 - Present Absolute Geostrophic Current Over East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia using Local Mean Dynamic Topography Derived Based on New Local Marine Geoid Model GPM
2021 - Present Impact of future sea level rise on coastal sensitive areas and the interconnection of global contributing factors in Peninsular Malaysia coastal waters (Project 4)
2020 - Present Stock assessment on Billfish in Pahang coastal waters; Conservation perspective
2020 - Present Dynamic of rip currents under extreme storm events and its impact to the public safety.
2019 - Present Automated Solution Technique for Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer of Nanofluid with Real Experiment Validation
2019 - Present Microplastics Fate Off South China Sea and Strait of Malacca Waters: Adopting Rock Oyster Saccostrea Cucullata as Bioindicator to Monitor Large Area Impact on Malaysian Health and Fisheries Sector


Award & Recognition


24 Nov, 2022 Silver Medal Award - International Islamic University Malaysia University
09 Dec, 2021 Bronze Medal - Multimedia University (MMU) National
24 Nov, 2021 Silver Medal Award IRD2021 - Others University
24 Nov, 2021 Silver Medal Award IRD2021 - Others University
16 Aug, 2018 Silver award - Universiti Malaya (UM) National
14 Aug, 2018 International Research Innovation Invention Solution Exposition - University of Malaya International


Publications


Article

2024 Exploring the relationships between tradeoffs and synergies among island ecosystem service bundles: a study on Zhoushan archipelago located on the Southeast Coast of China. Sustainability MDPI, 16 (1) pp. 1-15
2024 The impact of climate change on coastal erosion in Southeast Asia and the compelling need to establish robust adaptation strategies. HELIYON, 10 (4) pp. 1-20
2023 Adaptation of coastal defence structure as a mechanism to alleviate coastal erosion in monsoon dominated coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Environmental Management, 333 () pp. 1-16
2023 Diet composition of Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) by-catch in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Fisheries and Environment, 47 (3) pp. 40-49
2023 Electroreduction of dissolved carbon dioxide on roughened molybdenum microelectrodes. RSC Advances, 13 (47) pp. 32918-32926
2023 Microplastic contamination in s. Cucullata and associated health risk assessment in the strait of Malacca. SSRN, () pp. 1-24
2023 Southern south China sea dynamics: sea level change from coupled model intercomparison project phase 6 (CMIP6) in the 21st century. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11 (2) pp. 1-15
2023 Vertical accuracy assessment of improvised global digital elevation models (MERIT, NASADEM, EarthEnv) using GNSS and airborne IFSAR DEM. International Journal of Geoinformatics, 19 (12) pp. 65-82
2022 Public understanding of rip current and beach safety at Teluk Cempedak recreational Beach in Pahang, Malaysia. Natural Hazards, () pp. 1-18
2021 A preliminary studies to assess public knowledge of beach safety in east coast Malaysia. Natural Hazards, 107 (1) pp. 873-887
2021 Attitudes and barriers of primary school children on Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for drowning victims. Jurnal Pendidikan Keperawatan Indonesia(JPKI), 7 (2) pp. 104-111
2021 Monsoonal influences on rip current hazards at recreational beaches along Pahang coastline, Malaysia. Ocean and Coastal Management, 209 () pp. 1-10
2021 Rigid‑body analysis of a beveled shape structure in regular waves using the weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (WCSPH) method. Journal of Marine Science and Application, () pp.
2021 The distribution of marine debris along the Pahang coastline, Malaysia during the Southwest and Northeast Monsoons. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 170 () pp. 1-7
2020 Recent advances on metal nitride materials as emerging electrochemical sensors: A mini review. Electrochemistry Communications, 120 () pp. 1 -7
2020 Rip current occurrence probability at selected recreational beaches along Pahang coastline. Ecofeminism and Climate Change, 1 (1) pp. 1-14
2019 Morphology and sand characteristics at five recreational beaches in Pahang. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 14 (6) pp. 22-38
2018 Hydrodynamic coefficients for a 3-D uniform flexible barge using weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics :Keynote contribution for the international Workshop on Wave Loads and Motions of Ships and Offshore Structures, Harbin, China, 5-7 November, 2017. Journal of Marine Science and Publication, 17 (3) pp. 330-340
2018 The hydrodynamic coefficients for an oscillating 2D rectangular box using weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (WCSPH) method. IIUM Engineering Journal, 19 (2) pp. 172-181
Conference or Workshop Item

2024 Microplastics contamination in bivalves off the island in the strait of malacca and its potential health risks. In: The 5th International Conference on Fisheries, Aquatic, and Environmental Sciences (ICFAES 2023),
2023 Morphological response of Cherok Paloh estuaries towards the occurrence of Typhoon Rai. In: 6th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity,
2023 Numerical techniques in coastal erosion study in Malaysia. In: MBOT Thursweb 2023,
2023 STIC research and publishing poster showcase. In: Symposium of Accelerating Science, Technology and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia,
2022 Abundance and size composition of the billfishes by-catch along Pahang coastal waters. In: International Conference on Marine Science & Aquaculture (VICOMSA),,
2022 Assessment of coastal erosion structures along Kedah and Melaka coastline. In: TROPICAL OCEAN AND MARINE SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM (TOMSY2022),
2022 Assessment of coastal erosion structures along Pahang and Johor coastlines. In: Tropical Ocean and Marine Sciences International Symposium (TOMSY2022),
2022 Numerical modelling on the performance of submerged breakwater using the SPH-based DualSPHysics model. In: Tropical Ocean and Marine Sciences International Symposium (TOMSY2022),
2022 PRSCO-1 reliability of shoreline delineation between sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 imagery in determining shoreline evolution for dsas method: a case study in Pahang coastline. In: Virtual International Conference on Marine Science and Aquaculture (vICOMSA) 2022,
2022 Sensitivity analysis and application of X beach at Cherok Paloh Beach, Pahang, Malaysia. In: Seminar on Beach Protection and Restoration around the South China Sea,
2022 Sensitivity analysis and application of xbeach at Cherok Paloh beach, Pahang, Malaysia. In: 2nd International Conference of Sustainable Earth Resources Engineering 2022,
2022 Sensitivity analysis and application of xbeach at Cherok Paloh beach, Pahang, Malaysia. In: Tropical Ocean and Marine Sciences International Symposium (TOMSY2022),
2022 Trajectories of floating marine debris along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. In: The 2nd Global Cleanup Congress,
2022 Trajectory of floating marine litter along Pahang Coastline. In: Tropical Ocean and Marine Sciences International Symposium (TOMSY2022),
2021 Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) Program under Sea Circular Project, United Nation Environmental Programme (UNEP) and KASA. In: Bengkel Guru Clean Seas Malaysia,
2021 Dynamic Visualization of Beach Morphology in Wave Overtopping over Coastal Structures. In: UMTAS 2021,
2021 Marine school: school for sustainable marine livelihood. In: Karnival Inovasi UTeMEX2021,
2021 Modelling approach in assessing and predicting the trajectory and spatial distribution of floating plastic debris in coastal water of East Coast Peninsular. In: IIUM Research Day 2021: An International Online Event for Life Sciences,
2021 Modelling Approach in Assessing and Predicting the Trajectory and Spatial Distribution of Floating Plastic Debrisin Coastal Water of East Coast Peninsular Malaysia. In: UMTAS 2021,
2021 Numerical Modelling of coastal structure using SPH-based DualSPHysics model. In: UMTAS,
2021 Reliability of Shoreline Delineation between Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 Imagery in Determining CoastalEvolution for DSAS Method: A Case Study in Pahang Coastline. In: UMTAS 2021,
2021 Shiny visualisations of marine species in climate projections challenge: 3B. In: Blue Cloud Hackhaton,
2020 CPR-Drowning education for school children living in the coastal community towards improving their well-being: a scoping review. In: International Nursing, Health, Research Conference (INHRC) 2020,
2020 Marine debris assessment and monitoring: special programme under marine school. In: IIUM Marine School Webinar Series,
2020 Marine debris monitoring & assessment using standing-stock survey at selected beaches along Pahang coastline. In: Research Innovation Commercialisation & Entrepreneurship Showcase (RICES),
2020 Numerical modelling of coastal structure using SPH-based DualSPHysics model. In: IIUM Research Day 2021: An International Online Event for Life Sciences,
2020 Short-term analysis of shoreline changes detection along Pahang coastline, Malaysia: an application of digital shoreline analysis system (DSAS). In: IIUM Research Day 2021: An International Online Event for Life Sciences,
2019 Marine debris monitoring and assessment using standing-stock survey method at selected recreational beaches along Pahang coastline. In: International Conference on Oceanography and Sustainable Marine Production (ICOSMAP) 2019,
2019 Marine debris monitoring and assessment using standing-stock survey method at selected recreational beaches along Pahang coastline. In: Kuantan Research Day 2019,
2019 Marine debris monitoring and awareness program. In: Khind Project for Happiness,
2019 Petrosains PlaySmart Kuantan: Introduction to Marine School. In: Meet The Expert Program 2019,
2019 Rip current occurrence probability at selected recreational beaches along Pahang coastline. In: International Conference on Marine and Coastal Engineering and Sciences 2019 (ICOSMaP),
2018 Beach morphology and sand characteristic at selected recreational beaches along northern region of Pahang coastline. In: Tropical Oceans and Marine Science Symposium (TOMSY 2018),
2018 Hydroelastic and hydrodynamic analysis of a uniform rigid and flexible barge using weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (WCSPH). In: International Research Innovation, Invention & Solution Exposition (IRIISE 2018),
2014 An improved SPH method for wave generation in free surface flow simulations. In: The 5th UK Marine Technology Postgraduate Conference (MTPC 2014),
Book

2017 Application of optimal control in Vertical Weight Stabilizer (VWS) system for actual ship. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-418-705-7
Book Section

2023 Relevance of AI in microbased drug delivery system. In: Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-323-89925-3, pp. 123-143
2020 Climate change and coastal defense in Malaysia: A review. In: Noor Publishing, ISBN: 978-620-2-79106-9, pp. 80-94
2015 Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method for modelling 2-dimensional free surface hydrodynamics. In: CRC Press, ISBN: 9781315685052, pp. 195-200
Monograph

2020 Field measurement and numerical approach of rip current hazards at the selected recreational beaches along Pahang coastlines. In: ,