Badr Abdullah Author

Farid Wajdi Akashah is an Associate Professor in the Department of Building Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, and a Senior Consultant at UPUM Sdn Bhd. He holds a Ph.D. in Fire Safety Engineering from Ulster University, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Building Surveying from Universiti Malaya. He also holds a Visiting Professor appointment at the School of Architecture, Universidad de Navarra, Spain. His expertise focuses on health and safety in building operations, with emphasis on fire safety and regulatory compliance. He has more than 15 years of academic experience and has taught and consulted in building services, fire safety audit, and building risk assessment. His work links safety, compliance, and operational efficiency in occupied buildings. He is a Registered Building Surveyor, a Member of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia, and a Professional Technologist registered with the Malaysia Board of Technologists.
Azlan Shah Ali is a Senior Professor in the Department of Building Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. His expertise is in building surveying, with particular interest in refurbishment and sustainable building operations. He joined Universiti Malaya in 2004 and was promoted to full professor in July 2013. He has held several academic leadership positions, including Dean, Deputy Dean, and Head of Department at the Faculty of Built Environment. His academic and consultancy work includes building condition assessment, maintenance management, refurbishment, and sustainable asset management. He is also a Visiting Professor at Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, and Tashkent University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Uzbekistan, and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and the Chartered Association of Building Engineers. 
Dr. Badr Abdullah is the Program Leader of Architectural Engineering & Building Services Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment at LJMU. Dr. Abdullah is also a Reader in Sensor Applications. He has extensive research interests spanning a wide range of unique applied science and technologies for the design, development and applications of sensors to suit a wide range of industries such as built environment, energy, environmental monitoring, manufacturing and healthcare.