Jabatan Sains Bumi dan Alam Sekitar

Prof. Madya Dr Wan Zuhairi Wan Yaacob

BSc (UKM), MSc, PhD (Cardiff)
Tel: +6 03 8921 5390 I Fax: +6 03 8921 5490 I E-mail: yaacobzw@ukm.edu.my

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Kepakaran

  • Geologi dan geoteknik persekitaran
  • Bahan geo-serap
  • Penilaian tapak persekitaran dan risiko
  • Permodelan air bawah tanah dan pencemaran

 

Penyelidikan

  • Physical modeling at high g-force environment using a bench top and mini geotechnical centrifuge.
  • Development of geo-sorbent materials for environmental applications
  • The use of bacteria enzyme & ESA for remediation of oil contaminated ground.

 

Pengajaran

  • STAG3162 Mikrostruktur dan Penafsiran Peta Topografi
  • STAG3322 Isu dan Penilaian Sekitaran
  • STAG3342 Geosekitaran dan Pengaruh Antropogenik
  • STAG1232/1013 Sistem Bumi
  • STAG2073/2092 Teknik Pemetaan Geologi
  • STAG3073 Geologi Sekitaran
  • STAG3974 Latihan Ilmiah I
  • STAG3994 Latihan Ilmiah II

 

 

 

First Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility in Malaysia. This centrifuge was developed to assist geoscientists and engineers in Malaysia to experiment their experimental model in a high g-force environment.

new advanced material of Nano Zero Valent Iron (nZVI) for groundwater treatment was successfully developed at Geology Laboratory in UKM.

Effective Microbe (EM) Enzymatic Study and Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) Investigation (Research collaboration with UKM-USM-TNBR)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Penerbitan Terpilih

  • Mustapha Atta , Wan Zuhairi WY, Othman Jaafar 2015. The potential impact of leachate-contaminated groundwater of an ex-landfill site at Taman Beringin Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Environmental Earth Sciences. 73 (7): 3913-3923
  • Ho Kuok How & Wan Zuhairi WY, 2015. Synthesis and Characterization of Marine Clay-Supported Nano Zero Valent Iron, American journal of environmental sciences 05/2015; 11(2):115-124
  • N.Aishah Zarime · Wan Zuhairi WY· L. Sivarama Krishna 2015. Adsorption of Nickel and Zinc by Residual Soils, American journal of environmental sciences 11/2015; 10(6):523-529.
  • L. Sivarama Krishna · A. Sreenath Reddy · Wan Zuhairi WY · M.R. Taha · A. Varada Reddy 2014 Indian Jujuba Seed Powder as an Eco-Friendly and a Low-Cost Biosorbent for Removal of Acid Blue 25 from Aqueous Solution. The Scientific World Journal. Volume 2014, Article ID 184058.
  • Ismail N and Yaacob WZW 2018. Application of electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) for slope failure investigation: A case study from Kuala Lumpur. Jurnal Teknologi. 80: 79-86.
  • Sivarama Krishna, L., Soontarapa, K., Yuzir, A., Kumar, V.A., Zuhairi, W.Y.W. 2017. Kaolin-nano scale zero-valent iron composite(K-nzvi): Synthesis, characterization and application for heavy metal removal. Desalination and Water Treatment, 100, pp. 168-177.