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Prof. Dato' Ir. Abang Abdullah
Abang Ali
(President of MySET)
Prof. Dato’ Ir. Abang Abdullah Abang Ali, received his Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Brighton and Master Degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Manchester. His area of interest is Civil/Structural and Materials Engineering.
His career began in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) as a lecturer in 1976. He was promoted as the Dean Faculty of Engineering from 1982 to 1988. Later, he was appointed as the Head of Housing Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering from 1990 to 2015, and was promoted to the post of Professor in Department of Civil Engineering. He was published over 240 publications mainly in structural engineering and engineering education.
He also affiliated with various organisations and industries such as Chairman, Board of Trustees, Malaysia Reconstruction Foundation (MyReF), Member Board of Director, Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT), Member Board of Governors, Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciencs (CUCMS), Professional Engineer and Board of Engineers, Malaysia (PEng).
Prof. Dato’ Ir. Abang Abdullah Abang Ali is a Fellow in Institution of Civil Engineers UK (FICE), Institution of Civil Engineers in Malaysia (FIEM), International Ferrocement Society (FIFS), Academy of Science Malaysia (FASc), Asean Academy of Engineering & Technology, Honorary Fellow. Currently, he is a President of Malaysian Society for Engineering & Technology (MySET) and a past President of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) and Federation of Engineering Institutions of Islamic Countries (FEIIC).
In addition, he has received numerous awards for excellence in research. His research team won a Gold Medal at the International Exhibition of Inventions and Innovations, Geneva, Switzerland in 2001 for the Putra Block. Moreover, he also was awarded CIDB R&D Award for his research on the Putra Block Building System. In 2008, he was conferred with Dato’ Paduka Mahkota Selangor (DPMS) by His Royal Highness the Sultan of Selangor.