Gross Pollutant Traps to Enhance Water Quality in Malaysia

Prof. Lariyah Mohd is a Professor of Civil Engineering Department and Head of Sustainable Technology and Environment Group, Institute of Energy Infrastructure at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). She has actively involved in research related to hydrology, water resources, dam safety, hydrodynamic flood modeling, reservoir sedimentation, stormwater & urban drainage. She is one of the inventors of an innovative sustainable urban drainage system namely Bio-Ecological Drainage Systems (BIOECODS) and Principal Investigator for GPTs Expert System called DeGPT, DSS for Dam EAP and Flood Mitigation software. She is a Professional Engineer since 2003 (P. Eng. No.: 11742) and a corporate member of IEM (M25289) and a panel expert of detailed environmental impact assessment (DEIA). Currently, she is the President of Malaysia National Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD) and Chairman, Technical Committee ICOLD for Dam Safety. She has published more than 300 articles in the local and international journal, conference proceedings, and technical publications.