Speakers

Hoay Beng GOOI received his PhD degree from The Ohio State University, Columbus. He was Assistant Professor with Lafayette College, Easton, and Senior Engineer/Team Leader with EMPROS (now Siemens), Minneapolis, where he was responsible for the design, testing and coordination of domestic and international energy management system projects. In 1991, he joined School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore as Senior Lecturer and later promoted to Associate Professor. He was Deputy Head of Power Engineering Division, EEE, NTU, Chairman of Fundamentals of Engineering Examination (Electrical) Sub-Committee for Professional Engineers Board Singapore, and Co-Director, Singapore Power (SP) Group-NTU Joint Lab. He served in EE Standards Committee of Singapore Standards Council and was Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and Editor of IEEE Power Engineering Letters. In 2021, he won Outstanding Associate Editor Award, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. He taught Energy Management System courses for Power System Control Centre in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. His project team won the award from the 2023 Carbon Emission Reduction contest organized by OPAL-RT
He is a Life Fellow of IEEE, a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania, USA and Singapore, a member of Energy Technical Committee, Institution of Engineers Singapore, and an IEEE IES Distinguished Lecturer. He serves in Editorial Board of IEEE Access. He is a faculty member of School of EEE, NTU and an independent microgrid consultant in Singapore. His current research interests include energy transition, renewable energy resources, peer-to-peer energy trading, and digitalizing energy.

Prof. Ir. Dr. Raizal Saifulnaz Muhammad Rashid is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). His career began in 1999 as a Resident Engineer at EDP Consultant. Later that same year, in December, he was appointed as an Engineer at UPM. After earning his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from The University of Adelaide, Australia, in 2008, he joined UPM as a lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2009 and later to Associate Professor in 2014. In 2021, he was promoted to full Professor. Prof. Raizal served as Head of the Department of Civil Engineering from 2014 to 2019. In 2024, he was appointed as Deputy Dean (Academic, Student Affairs, and Alumni). He is also a registered Professional Engineer with a Practicing Certificate under the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and an ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer.
Prof. Ir. Dr. Raizal Saifulnaz Muhammad Rashid is highly active in both teaching and research, demonstrating a strong commitment to his field. He regularly teaches core Structural Engineering courses, such as Tall Buildings, Bridges, and Assessment & Rehabilitation of Structures, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His research interests is in reinforced concrete structures and the strengthening using Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP). As the principal investigator, he has secured research grants totaling more than RM 1 million and has collaborated on numerous other projects. His work has been widely recognized, with many of his publications appearing in high-impact journals, including Quartile 1 (Q1), Quartile 2 (Q2), and Scopus-indexed journals. Prof. Raizal has also supervised numerous Master’s and PhD students in Structural Engineering and frequently serves as an thesis examiner at both national and international levels. Additionally, he is deeply involved in engineering education and quality assurance, serving as a panel member for the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) and the Engineering Technology Accreditation Council (ETAC). He has also been appointed as an External Assessor for Civil Engineering programs across Malaysia and internationally. He serves as Associate Director for the Engineering Technology Accreditation Council with the Board of Engineers Malaysia, a position he will hold until 2024.
He is widely involved with the industry for consultations and professional work, collaborating with organizations such as Public Works Department (JKR), Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB), SIRIM Berhad, and the Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM). He is actively engaged with DSM as a member of the Standards Committee within the Industry Standard Committees, where he helps develop guidelines for Building, Construction, and Civil Engineering.