Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hjh. Rahinah Ibrahim, AVS Integrated Design Management, Computer-Integrated Design and Construction, Multi-disciplinary Collaboration, Sustainable Product Development Tel : (603) 8946 4001, Fax: (603) 8946 0017 upm.rahinah@gmail.com
Education and Academic Qualifications
		Ph.D. (Construction Engineering and Management), 2005 - Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
		Engineer Degree (Construction Engineering and Management), 2001 - Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
		Master of Architecture, 1990 - Southern California Inst. of Architecture, Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.
		Bachelor of Arts (Architecture), 1987 - University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Award
		CIDB travel grant (Ref: LPIPM: PT/UYB/06/02-2(36) dated 16 Okt 2006) to present paper at Rabat, Morocco 12-14 Nov 2006 ( (RM20,738).
		Gold Medal - Pameran Reka Cipta dalam Penyelidikan dan Innovasi, organized by UPM. (22-24 August 2006).
		UPM travel grant (RUJ: UPM/AK/3/Bhg.4 dated 23 Mei 2006) to present poster at Eindhoven, the Netherlands 11-12 July 2006 (RM19,799).
		HRD Fund, Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Scholar. (2000 – 2004).
		Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo in recognition of outstanding and invaluable service to the community (9 December 2004).
		UPS Endowment Fund, Stanford University, Fellow. (Fall 2004).
Research Grant Received
	Bil Year Project Title Category Amount 1 July 2007 – June 2009 Feasibility study on developing a rapid spatial planning performance evaluation tool for SNA-designed architectural floor layouts during conceptual design phase. Research University Grant Scheme (RUGS) UPM RM 55,200.00 2 2007 Identification of pedagogies for the development of a transdisciplinary design curricula in Malaysian school of architecture. KPT Fundamental Research Grant RM 25,000.00 3 Sep 2000 – Jun 2005 Discontinuity in organizations: Impacts of knowledge flows on organizational performance. MOSTI RM 990,000.00 4 Sept – Dec 2004 Knowledge flows behaviors in sequential workflow processes (with researchers from Univ. of Southern California, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Stanford Univ. Carnegie-Mellon Univ., and North Dakota State Univ.) UPS Endowment at Stanford University. USD 3,760.00
Publication
	PATENTS
		1.	Abang Abdullah A.Ali, Mohd. Razali Abdul Kadir, M. S. Jaafar, Abdul Aziz A. Samad and Rahinah Ibrahim (2005)"Interlocking Mortarless Load Bearing Building Block System", USPTO 06907704 Cl. 52-605, 21st June 2005.
		2.	Abang Abdullah A.Ali, Mohd. Razali Abdul Kadir, M. S. Jaafar, Abdul Aziz A. Samad and Rahinah Ibrahim (2003), "Interlocking Mortarless Load Bearing Building Block System", File No. PI20001555, April 12, 2000, Patent Number MY-115629-A, 30 August 2003.
		3.	Abang Abdullah A.Ali, Mohd. Razali Abdul Kadir, M. S. Jaafar, Abdul Aziz A. Samad and Rahinah Ibrahim (2002), Certificate of Grant Patent for "Interlocking Mortarless Load Bearing Building Block System", No. GB2361254 (UK), 22 May 2002.
	COPYRIGHT
		1.	Rahinah Ibrahim and Allan Whitfield (eds.). 2006. ALAM CIPTA, Intl. J. ofn Sustainable Tropical Design Research and Practice. Penerbit UPM, Serdang (ISSN 1823-7231).
		2.	Rahinah Ibrahim (ed.). 2006. “Abstracts on Research Methodology in Design 2006.” Penerbit UPM, Serdang (ISBN 983-3455-73-5).
		3.	Rahinah Ibrahim. “Discontinuity in organizations: Impacts of knowledge flows on organizational performance.” United States Copyright Office (Reg. No. TX 6-137-572), Jan 2nd 2006. (80 units bought in 2005).
	JOURNAL ARTICLES– CITATION-INDEXED
		1.	Ibrahim, R., and M. E. Nissen. 2007. “Discontinuity in organizations: Developing a knowledge-based organizational performance model for discontinuous membership.” Intl. J. of Knowledge Management, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Jan-Mac: 18-36. (INFOSCI)
		2.	Richarde, R., and Ibrahim, R. 2006. “A methodology of sustainable design analysis of large scale buildings.” WIT Transactions on the Built Environment, Vol. 86: 185-193. (ISI/IEE)
	JOURNAL ARTICLES – NON-INDEXED
		1.	Ibrahim, R and R. Fay. 2006. Enhancing Cognition by Understanding Knowledge Flow Characteristics during Design Collaboration. ALAM CIPTA, Intl. J. on Sustainable Tropical Design Research and Practice, Vol. 1 (1), December: 9-17.
		2.	RA Azmeer, S.M. Mohd Salleh and R. Ibrahim. 2006. Integrating Product Emotions in the Industrial Design Education for Affective Customers Marketing. ALAM CIPTA, Intl. J. on Sustainable Tropical Design Research and Practice, Vol. 1 (1), December: 50-57.
		3.	Ibrahim, R. and A. Whitfield. 2006. Redefining the Sustainbale Design Research and Practice. ALAM CIPTA, Intl. J. on Sustainable Tropical Design Research and Practice, Vol. 1 (1), December: v-vi.
	CONFERENCE PAPERS – INTERNATIONAL
		1.	Bakhtiar, B., Ibrahim, R., Kamariah, D., and Zaiton, A. 2007. Creating Sustainable Affordable Housing Stock using Smart Growth Model. Accepted for Proceedings of the Conference on Sustainable Building South East Asia (SBSEA2007) organized by UTM in Kuala Lumpur 5-7 Nov.
		2.	Ibrahim, R., and M.N. Baharuddin. 2007. Marrying Communication System and Knowledge Flows Theories in Conveying Design Meanings to the Society . Accepted for Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Arts in Society organized by CommonGrounds at University of Kassel, Germany 21-24 August 2007.
		3.	PourRahimian, F., and Ibrahim, R. 2007. Using 3D Visualization to Enhance Multidisciplinary Collaboration among Non Co-located Professional Members. Proceedings of the World Engineering Congress 2007 (WEC2007) organised by Faculty of Engineering, UPM Penang 5-9 Aug.
		4.	Ibrahim, R. 2007. Qualitative Breakthrough for Innovations in Compled Engineering Processes – A case study in cross-disciplinary research approach. Accepted for Proceedings of the Malaysian Science and Technology Congress 2007 (MSTC2007). Organised by the Confederation of Science and Technology Associations of Malaysia (COSTAM) in Holiday Villa, Subang Sept. 4-6.
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