PETALING JAYA: Former higher education director-general Prof Datuk Dr Radin Umar Radin Sohadi has recently been appointed as vice-chancellor of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) beginning Jan 1, 2011 until Dec 31, 2013.
His experience in the academic field for the past 24 years replaces Prof Tan Sri Datuk Dr Nik Mustapha R. Abdullah, who will end his period of appointment as vice-chancellor on Dec 31, 2010.
Widely experienced in the higher education field, Prof Radin has been the university’s deputy vice-chancellor (Academic and International Relations) from 2005 to 2006.
He was also the institution’s Engineering faculty dean from 1999 to 2004, and has expertise in the Road Safety Engineering field.
Prof Radin was awarded a PhD in Road Trafic Engineering from Birmingham University in 1996, a Masters degree in Engineering in the field of Transport and Trafic Engineering from the University of Sheffield in 1985 and a Bachelors Degree in Engineering (Hons) in the field of Civil and Structural Engineering in 1984.
In the area of research, Prof Radin has headed 14 research projects and over 100 journal publications of high impact, apart from receiving 22 awards and recognitions both locally and overseas.
Having been the director-general of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros), he received the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award from the UK in 2005, which acknowledges the contributions and innovations of the recipient in the advancement of road safety.
Meanwhile, Prof Dr Mohd Saleh Jaafar, 47, has been appointed as UPM’s deputy vice-chancellor (Research and Innovation) for the next three years, beginning Jan 1, 2011 until Dec 31, 2013.
Prof Mohd Saleh replaces Prof Datuk Dr Abu Bakar Salleh, who ends his period of appointment on Dec 31, 2010.
Prof Mohd Saleh holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree from the Michigan State University, US, a Masters degree in Science from Michigan Ann Arbor, US, and a PhD from the University of Sheffield, UK.
Prof Mohd Saleh joined UPM in 1988, beginning his career as a lecturer at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and was appointed as Assoc Prof in 2001 leading up to his appointment as Prof at the faculty in 2009.
He was the Head of the Civil Engineering Faculty in 1996 until 2006 before his appointment as the deputy dean (Academic), and later as the Engineering Faculty dean in Oct 2007.
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