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Profile Prof. Riza Atiq Rahmat http://my.linkedin.com/pub/riza-atiq-rahmat/71/50b/7b8

Prof. Ir. Dr Riza Atiq obtained his B.Eng. (Civil Engineering) in 1980, M.Eng (Tranportation Engineering) in 1991 from UTM and PhD from UKM in 2002. He started his academic carrier in UKM in 1994 after working as an engineer with City Hall of Kuala Lumpur for 14 years. While in City Hall he developed a transport model for Kuala Lumpur and surrounding area for planning purposes. He has five intellectual properties, three books, more than 100 scientific research papers and 14 innovation awards including one from Geneva, three from Korea and one from IEM. His research is mainly in Sustainable Urban Transport and Intelligent Transport System. His professional expertise includes urban transport planning, urban transport management and sustainable urban transport. His current post in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) is the Director of Centre for Academic Advancement and research fellow at Sustainable Urban Transport Research Centre (SUTRA). . While holding the post, he initiated the formulation of 11 policies to transform the curriculum and teaching-learning practices in UKM. His professional qualification includes being a professional engineer (Civil Engineers, Board of Engineers Malaysia) and member of Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia.