Sustainability Challenges and Delivering Practical Engineering Solutions

Dr. Gasim Hayder is a MIET and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) from the Engineering Council (UK), and he is a senior lecturer at the Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), where he has been a faculty member since 2013. He teaches, conducts research and provides short courses and consultancy services to industry, especially in the fieldof water and wastewater assessment and monitoring. He is the Head of Water & Environmental Engineering Unit at the Department of Civil Engineering, and also served as Head of Unit 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; M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia; and B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan. He has extensivepractical engineering, teaching and management experience. He has written several publications, holds patents and has received national and international awards.

Introduction.- An Assessment of Dry Animal Dung to Power Generation and Investigation of A Possible Solar-Biogas Synergy.- An Assessment of the effects of Environmental factors on postharvest storage of some crops cultivated in Kaduna.- Analysis of Garment Manufacturing Process: A Case study (SUR Military and Civil clothing Factory).- Application of Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process for Replan of Omdurman Islamic University Main Campus to ensure Sustainable Environment.- Biological Nitrogen Removal of Monoethanolamine (MEA) from Petrochemical Wastewater using Activated Sludge Process.- Biological Organic Removals of Monoethanolamine (MEA) in an Activated Sludge System.- Bioremediation of Domestic Wastewater Using Pistia Stratiotes and Lemna Minor Plants.- Comparative Review of Global and Malaysian Green Building Rating Systems: Literature review.- Determination of Quality Parameters of Biodiesel from Feedlot Manure for Optimization of Production Process Conditions.- Developing performance dashboard for operational KPIs of water distribution network.- Development of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Predicting Water Quality Parameters for Effective Project Management in A Complex River System.