Academic Staff Details
PERSONAL PROFILE
| Name | Prof. Ts. Dr. SHANKER KUMAR A/L SINNAKAUDAN |  |
| Email Address (Official) | ceshan@uitm.edu.my | |
| Designation | Professor | |
| Division | Water Resources & Environmental System (WRES) | |
| Area(s) of Expertise | -Engineering Hydrology, Geographic Information System,Spatial Hydraulic and Hydrologic Modeling, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, Sediment Transport in Rivers,Hydro Informatics | |
| Details of Research/ Publication/ Supervision/ Consultation | Click To View | |
| Latest CV | Click To View |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| No. | Qualifications | Areas of Specialization | Universities | Date Obtained |
| 1 | PhD (GIS & Water Resources Engineering) | (GIS & Water Resources Engineering) | School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia | Mar 2004 |
| 2 | Masters of Arts | GIS and Hydrological Modeling | Universiti Sains Malaysia | May 1999 |
| 3 | B.A. Ed (HONS). School of Education | Geography, Education | Universiti Sains Malaysia | May 1997 |
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE IN UiTM
| No. | Positions | Dept. / Faculty / Campus, etc. | Year | |
| Begin | End | |||
| 1 | Head | Water Resources Engineering and Management research Centre | Apr 2005 | Feb 2023 |
WORKING EXPERIENCES
| No. | Positions | Institution(s) / Organisation(s) | Year | |
| Begin | End | |||
| 1 | RESEARCH OFFICER | UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA ENGINEERING CAMPUS TRONOH, PENANG | Mar 2001 | Nov 2003 |
| 2 | RESEARCH OFFICER | UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA ENGINEERING CAMPUS TRONOH, PENANG | Mar 1999 | Mar 2001 |
| 3 | RESEARCH FELLOW | UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA, PENANG | Mar 1998 | Mar 1999 |
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP (BEM/IEM/MBOT)
| No. | Positions | Areas of Specialization | Institution(s) / Organisation(s) | Date Obtained |
| 1 | Registered CPESC (9233) | -Certified Profesional In Erosion and Sedimentn Control | EnviroCert International, Inc | Mar 2020 |
| 2 | Registered Professional Technologists | -Water Technology | Malaysia Board Of Technologists (MBOT) | Mar 2019 |
| 3 | Registered EIA Consultant (NREB/I/010) | Environmental Impact Assessment | Natural Resources and Environment Board Sarawak (NREB) | Mar 2019 |
| 4 | Registered MY-CISEC | -Certified Inspector In Sediment and Erosion Control | EnviroCert International, Inc | Feb 2019 |
| 5 | Registered EIA Consultant | -Environmental Impact Assessment, Hydrology, Water Quality Modeling | Department of Environment | Mar 2018 |
| 6 | Registered SIA Consultant | Social Impact Assessment | Malaysian Social Impact Assessment Association (MSIA) | Mar 2017 |
RESEARCH PROFILE LINK
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
| Teaching Philosophy Statement |
| -Naturally, I'm love teaching and to share knowledge. I am a trained teacher and have obtained my first degree in teaching. I have been fortunate enough to have a wide variety of teaching experiences as a primary school teacher at S.M.J.K. (Tamil) Kuala Terla, Cameron Highlands, secondary school trainee teacher at Sekolah Menengah Syed Sheh Baraqbah, Penang & Sekolah Menengah Syed Putra, Perlis and Tutor for Geographic Information System classes at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. Teaching undergraduates has been gratifying not only in my success in introducing students to a world of critical inquiry, but also in the way in which addressing my student's difficulties with analytical writing and thinking has revitalized and refined my own research and writing. In all of my teaching experiences, I've tried to keep two things in mind: first, that although coverage of materials is crucial, it's more important to teach students skills than things, and secondly, that student learns skills best through an interactive teaching style that demands their participation and challenges their abilities. My teaching philosophy has both traditional and radical roots, and rest, finally, on making myself not so much an expert in my field, but a partner in learning. In the long term, the greatest gift I can give to my students is to make myself obsolete. Moses Maimonides, has claimed that the highest degree of charity is to place a person through employment or education, in a position where he or she can dispense with other people's aid. This is precisely what I hope to do for my students: I don't so much want to give undergraduate students a reading of text, as to teach them to read, not just this particular text but any text literary, journalistic, engineering, visual, or mufti -medial. Paulo Friere has called such an approach to teaching a liberation pedagogy, in which professors are no longer the single source of knowledge in the classroom but rather are engaged in helping students move from passive recipients to active creators of knowledge and ideas. I continue to learn from experience and from the literature about the dynamics of teaching and about my discipline so I can improve my effectiveness as an instructor. |
TEACHING GOALS
| Teaching Goals Statement |
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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
| No. | Project Title | Grant Funders | Grant Amount | Duration | |
| Begin | End | ||||
| 1 | Temporal Sediment Yield Model of an Interconnected Cascading Reservoir System (ICRS) With Poorly Gauged Catchments | MOHE | RM88,670.00 | Sep 2019 | Aug 2022 |
| 2 | 3 Sediment Sampling at Rivers and Chenderoh Reservoir | TNBR | RM105,000.00 | Feb 2019 | Apr 2020 |
| 3 | Technical Research Collaborator In Performing Environmental Flow Study, Tekai Hydroelectric Project, District of Jerantut, Pahang Darul Makmur for Tenaga Nasional TNBR 660,282.00 March 2018 February 2020 CURRICULUM VITAE 7 Berhad | TNBR | RM660,282.00 | Mar 2018 | Dec 2021 |
| 4 | Engagement of Research Collaborator for Sediment Monitoring At Selected Rivers, Cameron Highlands Pahang. | TNBR | RM523,780.00 | Jul 2016 | Dec 2018 |
| 5 | Behavioral Of River Stability For Mountain Rivers In Malaysia | FRGS, MOHE | RM99,200.00 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2018 |
| 6 | Technical Collaborator In Performing Survey Works, InStream Flow Analysis And Habitat Suitability Modelling For Sungai Lemoi, Sungai Telom And Sungai Bertam (Downstream of Susu Dam) At Ulu Jelai, Cameron Highlands | TNBR | RM826,420.00 | Mar 2015 | Dec 2017 |
| 7 | A new Holistic Service Oriented Model for Wireless and Sustainable Flood Management: From monitoring to Emergency Response | LRGS | RM1,984,300.00 | Aug 2012 | Aug 2017 |
| 8 | Novel Activated Carbon Formulation for Waste Water Treatment Using Unconventional Agricultural Residues Dabai (Canarium Odontophyllum) Endocarb | FRGS, MOHE | RM72,000.00 | Feb 2010 | Nov 2013 |
| 9 | Integrated Multi-Criteria Fish Index(MCFI) for Mesohabitat Modeling in High Gradient Streams | MOSTI ESCIENCE | RM204,990.00 | Feb 2009 | Nov 2012 |
| 10 | Development of Total Bed Material Load Equation for High Gradient Rivers in Malaysia | MOSTI ESCIENCE | RM188,190.00 | Feb 2008 | Mar 2010 |
| 11 | Bed Roughness Coefficients for Natural Channels In Malaysia | FRGS, MOHE | RM50,000.00 | Feb 2008 | Mar 2010 |
CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES
| No. | Project Title | Company/ Organisation | Consultation Amount | Duration | |
| Begin | End | ||||
| 1 | Social Impact Assessment (SIA) untuk Cadangan Pembinaan Kilang Getah SMR di atas Lot 5624 (PT 2996), Mukim Telom Kiri, Daerah Kuala Muda, Kedah Darul Aman | Urban Physical Consultant | RM3,280.00 | Mar 2014 | Aug 2022 |
| 2 | Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Consultancy for proposed Development of part of Lot 634, 635 &v20002, Mukim 10, Lot 697 Mukim 12 (14.1 Ac land) Phase 2, Changkat Sungai Ara, Daerah Barat Daya, Pulau Pinang. | Kewira Jaya Sdn. Bhd. | RM48,000.00 | Sep 2011 | Mar 2012 |
| 3 | Development of GIS based Bintulu Port Facilities and Operation Management System | Bintulu Port Authority | RM99,190.00 | Mar 2009 | Dec 2010 |
JURNAL PUBLICATIONS
| No. | Jurnal Title | Organizer | Publisher | Indexed By | Date Published |
| 1 | Assessing and solving multicollinearity in sediment transport prediction models using principal component analysis | ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineeringthis link is disabled, | scopus | Nov 2021 | |
| 2 | Performance of reference critical shields stress and bed-load formular using different particle size representative: A case study for coarse bedded streams | International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology | scopus | Mar 2018 | |
| 3 | Occurrence of bed load transport in the presence of stable clast | International Journal of Sediment Research | scopus | Mar 2017 | |
| 4 | Behavioral of sediment transport at lowland and mountainous rivers: a special reference to selected Malaysian rivers | Environmental Earth Sciences | scopus | Mar 2017 | |
| 5 | Application of automated grain sizing technique (AGS) for bed load samples at Rasil River: A case study for supply limited channel | CATENA | scopus | Mar 2014 | |
| 6 | Preparation and Characterization of Phosphoric Acid Activated Carbon from Canarium Odontophyllum (Dabai) Nutshell for Methylene Blue Adsorption | Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment. International Congress of Chemistry and Environment | scopus | Mar 2014 | |
| 7 | Near bed turbulence measurement with acoustic doppler velocimeter (ADV) | KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering | scopus | Mar 2013 | |
| 8 | Total bed material load equation for high gradient rivers | Journal of Hydro-environment Research | scopus | Feb 2010 | |
| 9 | Integrated Triangular Irregular Network (ITIN) Model for Flood Plain Analysis. | International Journal of Geoinformatics | scopus | Feb 2009 | |
| 10 | Multiple linear regression model for total bed material load prediction | Journal of Hydraulic Engineering | scopus | Mar 2006 | |
| 11 | Flood risk mapping for Pari River incorporating sediment transport | Environmental Modelling & Software | scopus | Feb 2003 |
BOOKS PUBLICATIONS
| No. | Book Title | Organizer | Publisher | Indexed By | Date Published |
| 1 | Total Bed Material Load Equation Development for Mountain Rivers: Worked Example | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG | ISBN: 978-3-8454-3039-3 | Mar 2011 | |
| 2 | Sediment Transport Modeling (STM) and Flood Risk Mapping in GIS | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG | ISBN 978-3-8383-4733-2 | Mar 2010 |
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
| No. | Awards Title | Events | Date Received |
| 1 | UiTM Excellence Servive Award (APC) | Jan 2020 | |
| 2 | Best Research Award 2018 | Majlis Anugerah Akademik Universiti 2018 (AAU) Peringkat Cawangan UiTM Pulau Pinang | Mar 2018 |
| 3 | Best Research Award (Science and Technology) | Majlis Anugerah Akademik Universiti 2018 (AAU) Peringkat UiTM | Mar 2018 |
| 4 | Certificate of Merit for obtaining Highest private research grant in the University given by UiTM Pulau Pinang. | Feb 2017 | |
| 5 | Certificate of Merit (Silver Award) for highest numbers of consultation projects | by UiTM Pulau Pinang. | Feb 2017 |
INNOVATION AND INVENTION
| No. | Project Title | Events | Participation or Award | Date Received |
| 1 | Sediment Transport Predictor Tool for Mountain Rivers in Malaysia, HGRSed 1.0 | MALAYSIA TECHNOLOGY EXPO | SILVER AWARD | Mar 2009 |
| 2 | AFAG Project Management IENA for developing New Sediment Transport Predictor Tool for Mountain Rivers, HGRSed 2.0 | IENA Nuremberg, | IENA09, Nuremberg Gold Award | Feb 2009 |
COMMUNITY SERVICES
| No. | Type of Service | Program | Date |
| 1 | Technical advisor for Jawatan Kuasa Gangguan Bekalan Air Taman Seruling Emas dan Kawasan Sekitar | Jawatan Kuasa Gangguan Bekalan Air Taman Seruling Emas dan Kawasan Sekitar | Jan 2022 |
| 2 | Charity | 5KM MGBC Eco Power Run 2016 | Feb 2016 |
| 3 | Charity | Starwalk Penang 2013 | Feb 2013 |
FINAL YEAR PROJECT SUPERVISION (Latest 10 FYP)
| Bil. | Student Name | FYP Topic | FYP Area | Semester Session |
| 1 | WAN NOR ASYIKIN BINTI W AHMAD | DEVELOPMENT OF A WORKABLE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN FOR A COMMERCIAL DURIAN PLANTATION BY INTEGRATING SPATIAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE | WRES | 20232 |
| 2 | MUHAMMAD BADRUL AMIN BIN MUSA | OPTIMUM SPATIAL INTERPOLATION AND CATHCNMENT DELINEATION METHOD FOR DESIGN FLOW PREDICTION | WRES | 20224 |
| 3 | NORNAJIHAH BINTI KHAIRUL | DESIGN FLOW PREDICTION BY USING SPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR AN UNGAUGED CATCHMENT | WRES | 20222 |
| 4 | FATIN HAMIMAH BINTI MOHD TARMIDI | DISCREPANCY ANALYSIS IN USING VARIOUS TIME OF CONCENTRATION EQUATIONS FOR DESIGN DISCHARGE PREDICTION FOR AN UNGAUGED CATCHMENT | WRES | 20222 |
| 5 | NUUR ANNIE INTAN SYAHIRA BINTI AHMAD | MULTICRITERIAL VERIFICATION OF PROPOSED NEW ROAD ALIGNMENT SUITABILITY FOR CAMERON HIGHLANDS,PAHANG | WRES | 20214 |
| 6 | MUHAMMAD AZAM BIN RAZALI | ESTIMATION OF SEDIMENT YIELD BASED ON TEMPORAL FLOW VARIATION FOR SUNGAI TELOM CATCHMENT AREA. | WRES | 20212 |
| 7 | NOOR AINA SYAHIRA BINTI AHMAD MAUWARI | SEDIMENT YIELD ESTIMATION BASED ON THE TEMPORAL FLOW VARIATION FOR SUNGAI HABU CATCHMENT AREA | WRES | 20212 |
| 8 | NUR INSYIRAH BINTI AMBOK ASEK | ESTIMATION OF SEDIMENT YIELD BASED ON TEMPORAL FLOW VARIATION FOR UPPER BERTAM CATCHMENT AREA. | WRES | 20212 |
| 9 | NUR MIRZA ATIRAH BINTI MOHAMAD RASUL | ESTIMATION OF SEDIMENT YIELD BASED ON TEMPORAL FLOW VARIATION FOR SUNGAI RINGLET CATCHMENT AREA. | WRES | 20212 |
| 10 | NUR WAFINA BINTI MUHAMAD ZAHIDI | ASSESSMENT OF INSTREAM FLOW INTEGRITY FOR TEKAI RIVER AT THE DOWNSTREAM OF TEKAI DAM, JERANTUT, PAHANG | WRES | 20204 |