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Associate Professor Dr.Nasser Rostam Afshar

nrafshar@pwut.ac.ir, narafshar@yahoo.com, http://facultymembers.sbu.ac.ir/rostamafshar

+98 9123364880

Area of Expertise: Civil Engineering (Hydraulic Structures)

Research Areas: Spillway aerators, Cavitation, Hydro-electric power, Reservoir operation, Flood mitigation, Reservoir sedimentation, River control and training, Water resources Planning, Value Engineering.

  • Previous Academic and Other Relevant Appointments:

  • Associate professor (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak) (Sarawak-Malaysia)

  • Assistant  professor (Power and Water University of Technology) (Tehran-Iran)

  • Visiting professor (Amirkabir University, Uromieh University, Water and waste water Board )( Iran)

  • Rapporteur on Management of International River with World Meteorological Organization(WMO, Geneva)

  • Hydrological Adviser to Permanent Representative of Iran with WMO

  • HOMS National Reference Centre (HNRC) with WMO

  • Reviewer and Chairperson of National and International conferences

Administrative Duties and Other Responsibilities:

  • Co-leader for Review of Hydrological components in Hydropower projects in Sarawak-Malaysia

  • Member of Strategic planning committee (2013-2018), Faculty of Engineering, UNIMAS

  • Member of Internal Audit MQA, UNIMAS

  • Leader for Management Quality Assurance(MQA), Faculty of Engineering, UNIMAS

  • Chairperson, Report and oral examiner for Postgraduate and undergraduate program UNIMAS

  • Advisor to Vice Chancellor (Power and Water University of Technology), (Tehran- Iran)

  • Deputy Director :Water management organization (Tehran-Iran)

  • Managing Director :water Resources Research organization(Tehran-Iran)

  • Deputy Governor: West Azerbaijan-Iran

Professional Memberships:

Editorial Board Member of World Academy of Science and Technology (WAST)

  • Reviewer, Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture(USA)

  • Reviewer, Hydrology processes(UK)

  • Indian Association of Hydrologist(India)

  • International Association for Hydro- Environment Engineering and Research(France)

  • Founder and Member of Iran Water Resources Research Association(Tehran-Iran)

  • Founder and Member of Iranian Hydraulic Association(Tehran-Iran)

Thesis (Dissertation) supervised: More than forty thesis (UG, PG and PhD. students) supervised Publication: More than thirty papers published in National and International Journals and Conferences including two books and seven technical notes (Modules)

Special talks:

  • Value Engineering Workshop at Audit Department Malaysia, UNIMAS, UPM, UITM

  • Flow Past Spillway Aerators at PWUT(SBU), UNIMAS from 2008 to 2015.

Achievement Year 2015-16

As a lecturer, I have taught the following subjects:

1. KNS4393 Hydraulic Structures

2 .KNS2153 Hydraulics

3 .KNS6303 Civil Engineering Project Management

4 .KNS4673 Integrated Design Project II

5 .KNS2113 Fluid Mechanics

6 .KNS3143 Engineering Hydrology

7 .KNS6303 Advanced Surface and Groundwater Hydrology

8 .KNS4442 Integrated Design Project I

In research(A):

1. Supervised Five Final Year Projects(completed)

2. Supervising three Final Year Projects (in progress)

3. Supervised two Master Thesis(completed)

4. Supervising one Master Thesis by research and one by Course Work

5. Supervising one PhD student (Co-supervisor)

6. Co-Researcher for ERGS (RM 80,000) and SGS(RM 10,000)

In research(B):

Journal Papers:

1. Nasser Rostam Afshar, Ev Rochelle Ashzana Roger Sumail, (2016), “Factor Causing Time Delay in Construction, Malaysia”, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), ISSN: 2278-3075, Volume-5 Issue-8, pp.25-27.

2. Nasser. R.A., Hee. H.C., Ervina Junaidi, Martin Anyi, (2015), “Hydro-Rice Milling Machine)” International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT), 5(1), 1-4.

3. Nasser R. Afshar, Efarina. A. Hamit, (2015), “Rain harvesting in Kota Samarahan.” International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology (IJRET), 2(4), 587-591.

4. Hussain, K. W. Yusof , M. R. Mustafa & N. R. Afshar, (2015), “Application of statistical downscaling model (SDSM) for long term prediction of rainfall in Sarawak, Malaysia.” WIT Transactions on Ecology and The Environment, © 2015 WIT Press, Vol 196, 269-278.

In research(C):

Conference Proceeding:

1. N. R. Afshar1,a, H.C. Hee2, (2016),“Hydro-Rice Huller”, 3rd International Conference on Agricultural and Food Engineering, 23-25 August, 2016, UPM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2. H.N. Tay, Nasser R. Afshar, (2015), “Evaluation of Runoff coefficient (Samarahan).” Published by Research Publishing, ISBN: 978-981-09-4587-9, doi: 10.3850/978-981-09-4587-9_P19. 137,144. www.rpsonline.com.sg

3.Valarie Siti Julius, Nasser R. Afshar, (2015), “Technical Evaluation of Existing Dam in Sarawak a case study Batang Ai’s Dam” Published by Research Publishing. ISBN: 978-981-09-4587-9, doi: 10.3850/978-981-09-4587-9_P19. 146,152. www.rpsonline.com.sg

Grants:

1. Design and Efficiency Testing of a New Approach to Water Draining System in Slope(FRGS),2013

2. Value Engineering for Optimized Micro Hydro Green Energy Island Construction Contracts Solution for Interior Sarawak (SGS), 2014

3. Development of Mathematical Model for Prediction of Impact of Climate Change on Rainfall Magnitude in Asajaya Basin in Sarawak (SPGS), 2016

4. Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Electrification Designs and Cost Benefit Analysis for Rural Applications (SPGS), 2016

5. Design and Development of A 500W Micro Hydro System for Rural Communities in Sarawak (SFRC), 2016

6. Mechanistic and Economical Analyses of Green IBS Storm Pav (SPTDG), 2016

Consultancy:

Co-leader for Review of Hydrology for hydropower dam in Sarawak

(RM 336,000) with Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB)

Innovation:

Hydro-Rice Milling Machine for Rural Area in Sarawak

Special Talks on the following topics:

1. Workshop “Application of Value Engineering in Civil Engineering Projects In UITM”

2. Workshop “Application of Value Engineering in Civil Engineering Projects In UNIMAS

3. Application of Value Engineering in Hydropower Projects In SEB

4. Ground Water Assessment in Asajaya Basin in JKR

Contribution To The University :

1. Panel member for Proposal Defense

2. Internal and Member of Viva voce examination for Postgraduate student

3. Internal and Member of Viva voce examination for PhD student

4. Member of Encon 2015

5. Member of Encon 2016

6. Member of short courses

7. Member of Post graduate studies

8. Report and Oral Examiner for Under graduate and Postgraduate students

9. IDP I and II Evaluator

Professional Memberships:

1. Fellow researcher for JKR Research Centre.

2. Advisory Committee for International Conference on Research Advances in Communication, Computation, Electrical Science and Structures

3. Editorial Board Member of World Academy of Science and Technology (WAST)

4. Reviewer, Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture (USA)

5. Reviewer, Hydrology processes (UK)

6. Reviewer, International Journal of Science and Technology (Thailand)

7. Reviewer UeJCE of Civil Engineering, FK,UNIMAS(Malaysia)

8. Reviewer, Journal Intelek UiTM Perlis (Malaysia)

9. Reviewer, International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (Malaysia)

10. Indian Association of Hydrologist (India)

11. International Association for Hydro- Environment Engineering and Research(France)

12. Founder and Member of Iran Water Resources Research Association (Iran)

13. Founder and Member of Iranian Hydraulic Association (Iran)

Contribution to The Community:

1. Give guidance to young lecturers, especially water group

2. Member of Kuching Yayasan Salam