Sunday, 6 May 2012

Dr. Pauziah Hanum Abdul Ghani



 
Dr. Pauziah Hanum Abdul Ghani

Environmental Management System Expert


Dr Pauziah Hanum has 29 years of experience in the field of environment management science. A Doctoral graduate from University Putra Malaysia in Environmental Management Science, she has worked in a very diverse job scope of the environmental science which includes EIA, Water Quality, Marine Pollution, Toxic Waste Management, and Water Restoration. Her doctoral thesis concentrated in the development of knowledge-based system for river water quality management. Her years with the Department of Environment and National Research Institute of Hydraulic of Malaysia had given her hands-on experience in environmental management. Her association with DOE and NAHRIM had given her the opportunity to work with different ministries, universities and agencies in the field of procedures and practice with regards to the Malaysian Environmental Laws, Environmental Impact Assessment review and project approval, monitoring of marine, air and noise pollution, curriculum development and performance assessment in competency based training,  advisory and consultancy work with local authorities in lake restoration, advisory work in water management to the Ministry of National Resources and Environment and had made her one of the country experts in river water quality management. Her international exposure includes her paper presentations and as country expert in round table discussion in Japan and ASEAN countries. Her post graduate studies at the Institute of Hydrological Engineering in Delft, Holland and given her international exposure in European Union countries on the practices of environmental management science.

Among her consultancy work includes:                        

·         Rehabilitation and restoration of water quality in Kuala Lumpur Lake garden, 2010/2011, Shah Alam Lake water quality, 2011
 
·         TNB wastewater improvement project, 2011
·         YKK Manufacturing, Johor (Technical Advisor), 2011
·         EIA for Agriculture College, Tangga Batu, Kedah. 2010
·         Study on domestic drinking water filters in Malaysia, 2009.
·         EIA for Agriculture College, Tangga Batu, Kedah. 2010
·         Study on domestic drinking water filters in Malaysia, 2009.
Some of her works were published to be shared among environmental practitioners in:

·         Pauziah Hanum Abdul Ghani, Mohd. Kamil Yusoff, Latifah Abd. Manaf and Mohamed bin Daud, 2010. Building Knowledge-Based System for River Water Quality Management. Journal of Environmental Hydrology, Vol. 18 Paper 21, 2010.
·         Pauziah Hanum Abdul Ghani, Mohd. Kamil Yusoff, Latifah Abd. Manaf and Mohamed bin Daud, 2009. Ammonium Ion Trend in Selected Malaysian River, World Applied Science Journal. (World Applied Sciences Journal 6(3):442.448,2009)
·         Pauziah Hanum Abdul Ghani, Mohd. Kamil Yusoff, Latifah Abd. Manaf and Mohamed bin Daud, 2009. Knowledge-based System for River Water Quality Management (European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 33 No.1 (2009), pp153-162.
 
Her academic achievement includes winning Gold Medalist in Research Invention and Innovation, Universiti Putra Malaysia for her work in the development of the expert system in river management. She had recently been certified as Asian Productivity Organization trainer in Green Technology under a certification program with APO and Malaysia Productivity Corporation Malaysian.