This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 2nd International Conference on Dam Safety Management and Engineering (ICDSME 2023), organized by the Malaysian National Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD), Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) and Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). With the theme resilient dams for resilient communities, the conference highlights dam safety and engineering issues by together dam professionals and experts around the world to discuss, reflect and share their experiences in addressing these issues.

Presents peer-reviewed papers from the 2nd International Conference on Dam Safety Management and Engineering Includes contributions from both industry and academia Highlights the latest developments in the area and discusses how to build sustainable dams with the environment in mind

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Prof. Ir. Dr. Lariyah Mohd Sidek is a professor at the Civil Engineering Deportment and Head of the Sustainable Technology and Environment Group (STEG) and Strategic Planning, at the Institute of Energy Infrastructure (IEI), UNITEN. She received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan; M.Sc. in Hydrology Engineering from University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK; and B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from University of Pittsburgh, USA. She has been actively involved in numerous research projects and consultancy services in the area of hydrotechnical, dam safety, hydrodynamic modeling, dam break analysis, reservoir sedimentation and flood forecasting. Currently, she is a president of Malaysian National Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD), executive member of the Malaysian Hydrological Society (MHS) and executive member of Water Resources Technical Division, Institution of Engineers Malaysia.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gasim Hayder Ahmed Salih is an Associate Professor at the Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), and an MIET and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) from the Engineering Council (UK). He teaches, conducts research and provides short courses and consultancy services to industry, especially in the field of water and wastewater assessment and monitoring. He is the Head of Water & Environmental Engineering Unit at the Department of Civil Engineering, and also serving as Head of Environment and Sustainable Development Cluster at the Institute of Energy Infrastructure (IEI); senior researcher for Sustainable Engineering Group UNITEN. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. He has extensive practical engineering, teaching, and management experiences. He has several publications of journals and books, reviewer for many top journals, member committee for several conferences, holds patents and has received national and international awards.

Dr. Ali Najah Ahmed received a B.Sc. degree in civil engineering from the University's of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq, in 2003 and an M.Eng. and Ph.D. in civil engineering from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) in 2009 and 2012, respectively. During the period between 2012 and 2015, he worked as a faculty member as a senior lecturer in the school of Ocean Engineering, University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Malaysia. Dr. Ali currently working as a senior lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, National Energy University (Universiti Tenaga Nasional-UNITEN) in Malaysia since 2015. His research interests include the application of machine learning in water resources management. In addition to that, he carried out different studies related to dam optimization using meta-heuristic techniques. He also has been involved in research related to the application of machine learning in the field of air quality, solar radiation and waste management.

Prof. Dr. Ignacio Escuder-Bueno is with the Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. He has more than 25 years of experience in dam governance and dam safety around the world, having participated in the development of several dam safety recommendation guides in different countries.

Ir. Dr. Hidayah Basri is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Energy Infrastructure and Civil Engineering Department at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). Her background is in water engineering, focusing on reservoir inflow forecasting. She is actively involved in various international and national research grant in dam safety and flood evaluation. As a professional engineer, she is also involved with engineering consultancy work with private and government agencies. She holds a position as the secretary of the Malaysian National Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD). At the international level, she is the member of Young Professional Forum (YPF) of International Commission of Large Dams (ICOLD) and representative of YPF at the ICOLD Technical Committee for Public Awareness and Education. Her research interest includes hydrological forecasting, dam safety and emergency response plan.

Klappentext

Debris Flow Simulation for Dam Safety Assessment in Malaysia.- Debris Flow Modelling for Sabo Dams at Gunung Jerai.- Dam Safety: Highlighted Issues and Reliable Assessment for the Sustainable Dam Infrastructure.- Multiple Debris flows as emerging threat to dam safety in Malaysia.- Debris Flow Mapping at Sungai Mandi, Santubong, Sarawak.

Inhalt

Debris Flow Simulation for Dam Safety Assessment in Malaysia.- Debris Flow Modelling for Sabo Dams at Gunung Jerai.- Dam Safety: Highlighted Issues and Reliable Assessment for the Sustainable Dam Infrastructure.- Multiple Debris flows as emerging threat to dam safety in Malaysia.- Debris Flow Mapping at Sungai Mandi, Santubong, Sarawak.