Assistant Professor Dr Moon Wei Chek
Assistant Professor
Academic Qualifications
Graduate of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)
Graduate Technologist, MBOT
Graduate Engineer, BEM
PhD in Civil Engineering (Earthquake Engineering)
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering)
Professional Bodies
- Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)
- The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)
- Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT)
- Malaysian National Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD)
Research
- Sustainable design of tsunami-resilient structures
- Green technology and waste-to-wealth application
- Hazard and disaster risk mitigation
Publications
Journal:
- Moon, W. C., Sidek, L. M., Lau, T. L., Puay, H. T., Majid T. A., Wahab A. K. A. and Teo, F. Y. 2022. A shared vision on the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Malaysia: Hazard assessments, post-disaster measures and research. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(8), 1088.
- Sidek, L. M., Chua, L. H. C., Azizi, A. S. M., Basri, H, Jaafar, A. S. and Moon, W. C. 2021. Application of PCSWMM for the 1D and 1D-2D Modeling of Urban Flooding in Damansara Catchment, Malaysia. Applied Sciences, 11(19), 9300.
- Sidek, L. M., Jaafar, A. S., Majid, W. H. A. W. A., Basri, H, Marufuzzaman, Fared, M. M. and Moon, W. C. 2021. High-Resolution Hydrological-Hydraulic Modeling of Urban Floods Using InfoWorks ICM. Sustainability, 13(18), 10259.
- Moon, W. C., Puay, H. T. and Lau, T. L. 2021. Investigations on the effect of roof types on wave impinging a building: A hybrid experimental-numerical approach. Coastal Engineering, 164, 103836.
- Moon, W. C., Puay, H. T. and Lau, T. L. 2020. Robust and efficient 3-D numerical model for the hydrodynamic simulation of tsunami wave on land. Advances in Water Resources, 146, 103762.
- Moon, W. C., Lau, T. L. and Puay, H. T. 2020. Experimental investigations of tsunami loading on internal wall of a building with various openings and wall configurations. Coastal Engineering, 158, 103691.
- Moon, W. C., Lau, T. L. and Puay, H. T. 2019. Conservative and oscillationless semi-Lagrangian schemes for tsunami modelling. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 63(2), 274-286.
- Moon, W. C., Law, C. L., Liew, K. K., Koon, F. S. and Lau, T. L. 2019. Tsunami force estimation for beachfront traditional buildings with elevated floor slab in Malaysia. Coastal Engineering Journal, 61(4), 559-573.
- Moon, W. C., Chiew, L. Q., Cheong, K. W., Tee, Y. C., Chun, J. B., and Lau, T. L. 2019. An experimental study for estimating tsunami wave forces acting on building with seaward and landward macroroughness. Ocean Engineering, 186, 106116.
- Moon, W. C. and Palaniandy, P. 2019. A Review on Interesting Properties of Chicken Feather as Low-Cost Adsorbent. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 11(2), 136-146.
- Moon, W. C., Palaniandy, P., Yusoff, M. S. and Dahlan, I., 2017. Adsorption studies on heavy metal removal from synthetic wastewater by pyrolyzed chicken feather fiber. Desalination and Water Treatment, 62, 307-315.
Research Book:
- Moon, W. C. and Lau, T. L. 2022. Tsunamis: Detection Technologies, Response Efforts and Harmful Effects, Nova Science Publishers, ISBN: 979-8-88697-483-6.
Others (Online Article):
- Moon, W. C. 2022. Waste-to-Wealth: Biomass-derived Ash as Renewable Supporting Materials for Photocatalysis. (Url: https://insightsatmahsa.blogspot.com/2022/07/waste-to-wealth-biomass-derived-ash-as.html)