Rustam is currently an Assistant Professor at the Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design (KAED), International Islamic University Malaysia. His main interests of research include disaster management of vulnerable communities, urban governance, and sustainable housing and communities. He has also been actively involved in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate Courses including Urban Planning Principles, Urban Management, Comparative Housing Designs, Disaster Management and Planning, as well as Planning and Sustainability. Furthermore, he participated in supervising various levels of Urban Planning studios with outputs that include city-centre, lay-out, special area, local and structure plans. In 2010, he was selected as KAED's 'Best Teacher' and subsequently nominated as one of the candidates for IIUM's 'Best Teacher Award.
He has held many administrative and academic leadership positions including director of IIUM's Development Division, Head of KAED's Department of the Urban and Regional Planning, Academic Advisor and coordinator of KAED's resource centre. In addition, he has also served as a member of Malaysian Institute of Planners' (MIP), Education and Career Development Committee, chairman of the Committee of Urban Planning Schools of Malaysian Universities and took part in Higher Education Roadshows organized by the Ministry of Education.
He has also been actively involved with the society through professional activities including as a member of technical committee in the preparation of the National Urbanisation Policy, National Physical Plan and Selangor's MurniNet. Furthermore, he has been invited to serve as an assessor in the establishment of a new postgraduate programme in the University of Malaya (Master of Sustainable Urban Management), a panel member on Klang's drafting of Urban Design Guidelines and took part in the review of IIUM's Gombak campus master plan.
Rustam is passionate about on- as well as off-campus life; he is very enthusiastic in contributing to the community through volunteering himself as a committee member and he was also the leader for the local Malaysian community while pursuing his postgraduate studies abroad. As a lecturer, he has dealt in various capacities with both the undergraduate and postgraduate students and he has consistently been rated highly by these students as evidenced in the Student Feedback Survey.

• Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Architecture ~ Other Architecture n.e.c. - Concept, implementation, green housings/buildings
• Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Urban Planning ~ Other Urban Environmental Planning n.e.c. - Physical planning (SAP/local/structural), urban hazards, vulnerable communities, urban management, urban renewal/rehabilitations
• Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Construction and Project Management ~ Construction Processes (Including of Commercial Building Construction Processes, Housing Construction Processes, Industrial Building Construction Processes, Industrialised Building/Construction System, K-Based Construction, Seaport and Airport Construction Processes, Road and Highway Construction Processes, Standard Regulation and Legislation and Construction Waste Materials) - Comparative housing design, sustainable housing and communities

COMPARATIVE HOUSING DESIGN	2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008
COMPARATIVE PLANNING SYSTEMS	2010/2011
DISASTER MANAGEMENT	2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012
DISASTER PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT	2022/2023 2021/2022
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY	2011/2012
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN MANAGEMENT	2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013
LAND USE PLANNING	2007/2008
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING	2013/2014 2012/2013
PLANNING & SUSTAINABILITY	2011/2012 2010/2011
PLANNING SEMINAR	2009/2010
PLANNING STUDIO 2: MIXED DEVELOPMENT	2022/2023
PLANNING STUDIO 3	2012/2013 2010/2011
PLANNING STUDIO 3 (SPECIAL AREA PLANNING)	2021/2022
PLANNING STUDIO 3: SPECIAL AREA PLANNING	2023/2024
PLANNING STUDIO 4	2013/2014 2010/2011 2009/2010 2007/2008
PLANNING STUDIO 5	2011/2012
PLANNING STUDIO 5: STRATEGIC PLANNING	2022/2023
PLANNING STUDIO 6	2011/2012
PLANNING STUDIO 6 (PROJECT PLANNING)	2021/2022
PLANNING WORKSHOP 1	2013/2014
PLANNING WORKSHOP II	2012/2013
PRACTICAL TRAINING	2011/2012
PRINCIPLES OF LAND USE PLANNING	2007/2008
PRINCIPLES OF URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING 1	2007/2008
PRINCIPLES OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING 2	2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008
URBAN MANAGEMENT	2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
USRAH IN ACTION 1	2022/2023
USRAH IN ACTION 2	2022/2023

Completed

2018 - 2019	Malaysia 100 Year cities (M100YC) Program
2015 - 2020	An Assessment of Solid Waste Management and Islamic Cleanliness Practices among Students of Higher Learning Institutions
2013 - 2016	Re-Modelling the Quality of Urban Life (QOUL) Index for Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia
2013 - 2016	Modelling the Travel Implications of Stated Preference Female Employees Towards Telecommuting in Kuala Lumpur
2011 - 2012	Recent Studies in Urban and Regional Planning (KVC Project 2011)

On-Going

2012 - Present	IIUM Master Plan (Planning Soft and Hard Scape)
2011 - Present	Kajian Hala Tuju Perancangan Bandar dan Wilayah
2008 - Present	A Study on State Structure Plans Monitoring Practices by State Planning Authorities.

Article

2021	Earthquake and socio-economic vulnerability assessment in Dhaka city. International Journal of Science Academic Research, 2 (5) pp. 1394-1400
2021	Systematic literature review of walkability and the built environment. Journal of Policy & Governance, 1 (1) pp. 1-20
2020	Earthquake and physical vulnerability assessment of existing buildngs in urban areas. Advances In Natural And Applied Sciences, 14 (3) pp. 36-45
2020	Urban public space as social interaction space: case study in Petaling Street. Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Environment Management, 5 (19) pp. 90-101
2018	Post-2004 tsunami: preparedness of Malaysian coastal communities. Journal of ASIAN Behavioural Studies, 3 (9 (July-August)) pp. 113-121
2018	To walk or not to walk. Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies, 3 (11 (May/June)) pp. 191-199
2017	Disaster management and faith-based organizations: An Islamic perspective. Arts and Social Sciences Journal, 8 (1) pp. 1-5
2017	Muslim women’s marriage, pregnancy, abortion and spacing of children: Evidence from the United States, Iran and Malaysia. Journal of Health Management, 19 (4) pp. 1-9
2017	Naturalistic decision-making in natural disasters: an overview. Journal of Geography & Natural Disasters, 7 (1) pp. 1-5
2017	Solid waste management practice and environmental awareness level of postgraduate and undergraduate students: Case study of UTM. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (7) pp. 6073-6077
2017	Unlawful occupation of state land in Malaysia and its implications. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (1) pp. 444-447
2016	Exploring the effects of factors on the willingness of female employees to telecommute in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Transportation Research Procedia, 17 () pp. 408-417
2016	Monitoring the performance of state structure plan in delivering output using dynamic model. Planning Malaysia: Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, Special issue IV-2016 () pp. 411-426
2015	Housing and transport in Malaysia: a fundamental combination in determining affordability. Advances in Environmental Biology, 9 (23) pp. 186-190
2015	Sexual and reproductive health rights: comparing ethnic groups in Malaysia. Advances in Environmental Biology, 9 (23) pp. 17-21
2015	Transport policy in the Klang Valley, Malaysia: the sustainability agenda. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 747 () pp. 123-126
2015	Well-being of Malaysia's disaster-affected coastal communities. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 747 () pp. 367-370
2014	E-payment at the local government level: a study of Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam and Majlis Daerah Kampar. PLANNING MALAYSIA - Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 3 () pp. 27-46
2014	Geospatial technology approaches in urban morphology for resilient urban governance. PLANNING MALAYSIA - Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 3 () pp. 1-14
2014	Role of the Masjid in disaster management: preliminary investigation of evidences from Asia. Journal of Architecture, Planning and Construction Management, 4 (1) pp. 1-16
2014	The state of sexual and reproductive health rights in developing countries: a qualitative review. Pensee Journal, 76 (6) pp. 467-479
2013	Community-based disaster management in Kuala Lumpur . Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 85 () pp. 493-501
2013	Impacts of the 2004 tsunami: preparedness of the Malaysian coastal communities. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 105 () pp. 569-576
2013	Perceptions of the urban walking environments. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, (105) pp. 589- 597
2013	Risk communications: flood-prone communities of Kuala Lumpur. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 17 () pp. 880-888
2013	The challenges of implementing urban transport policy in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 17 () pp. 469 -477
2008	Vulnerability of the squatter communities to flood problems in Kuala Lumpur . The International Journal Of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 3 (9) pp. 87-96

Conference or Workshop Item

2020	IIUM river of life : friends of Sungai Pusu. In: IIUM Sustainability WEBINAR 1.0: Untangling sustainability issues through inter & transdisciplinary approach: the case of Sungai Pusu, Gombak,
2017	Future direction of urban planning education: the Malaysian universities-industry experience. In: 9th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies,
2016	Investigating residents’ perception on the quality of life in Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia. In: Bangladesh Planning Research Conference (BPRC 2016),
2016	Residents’ perception of their quality of life in TTDI area of Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia. In: ICABE2016 International Conference on Architecture & Built Environment,
2016	Unlawful occupation of state land in Malaysia and its implications. In: 2016 Advanced Research on Business, Management and Humanities (ARBUHUM2016),
2015	Estimating the reduction in single-occupancy vehicles entering Kuala Lumpur as a result of telecommuting by female employees. In: The 11th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS 2015),
2015	Monitoring the performance of state structure plan in delivering output using dynamic model. In: 13th International Congress of Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA 2015),
2014	Modeling the effects of factors on the willingness of female employees to telecommute in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In: International Conference on Transportation Planning and implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (11th TPMDC),
2013	Disaster management and faith-based organizations, an Islamic perspective. In: International Conference on Architecture and Built Environment 2013 (ICABE2013),
2013	Role of the masjid in disaster management: Preliminary investigation of evidences from Asia. In: International Conference on Architecture & Built Environment,
2012	Food security & sustainability: Malaysian context. In: Conference on Urban Planning & Management in Malaysia,
2012	The contributions of public participation in environmental impact assessment (EIA) towards promoting sustainable development in Malaysia. In: 2012 EAROPH World Congress,
2009	GIS application in monitoring development plan implementation in Malaysia: Weaknesses and potential. In: 11th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management,
2009	Urban transportation systems and governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. In: 10th Asian Urbanization Conference,

Book

2016	Planning for a place from concept to master plan: a selective example of student works. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-339-4
2015	Malaysia case studies of urban and regional planning. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-328-8
2011	Contemporary research in urban planning . IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-036-2
2011	Contemporary studies and methodology in urban and regional planning in Malaysia . IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225678

Book Section

2020	Energy efficiency project: green initiative for the Gombak campus. In: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 9789674910488, pp. 118-137
2011	Community development programmes in Kuala Lumpur. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-036-2, pp. 82-90
2011	GIS application in monitoring development plan implementation in Malaysia: weaknesses and potential . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180461, pp. 37-48
2011	Local government in Malaysia: issues and challenges. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180379, pp. 90-99
2011	Planning and food security . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-047-8, pp. 91-99
2011	Research methodology on the study of responses of the squatters' communities to flood hazards in Kuala Lumpur. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225678, pp. 198-225
2010	GIS implementation in Malaysian statutory development plan system. In: IGI Global, ISBN: 9781615209293, pp. 435-454

Monograph

2016	Re-modelling the quality of urban life (QOUL) index for Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia . In: Research Management Center, International Islamic University Malaysia,