Contact Information:

• Department of Architecture
• Faculty of Design and Architecture
• Universiti Putra Malaysia
• 43400 Serdang Selangor
• Malaysia
• Phone Number: +60 (0) 38948 4098
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Research Areas:

• Architecture, Green Design Informatics (Integrated Design Management), Timber Industrials, Development of theories and emerging computer-integrated applications for enhancing knowledge flows in sustainable integrated product development life-cycle.

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Ph.D. (Construction Engineering and Management), 2005, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
• Engineer Degree (Construction Engineering and Management), 2001 Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
• Master of Architecture, 1990 Southern California Inst. of Architecture, Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.
• Bachelor of Arts (Architecture), 1987 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Professional/Consulting Activities (Maximum of 3):

• Nik Aizan Nik Abdullah, Rahinah Ibrahim & Bakri Bakar. Affective Design of School Furniture for Primary and Secondary Schools, MYR Construction Sdn. Bhd. (Ref. UPMH/UPMCS/Project/; RM12,000) Project Leader for UPM Consultancy & Services Sdn. Bhd. Dec 2011.

Major Publications (Maximum of 5):

• Rahinah Ibrahim, Rusli Abdullah, Meor Mohammed Fared Meor Razali & Ali Ghaffarian Hoseini. “A Method and System for Providing and Managing Information of Prefabricated Construction Components Between Manufacturers and Architects”, MYPO PI2011005283, filed 2 Nov 2011
• Rahinah Ibrahim, Siva Jaganathan, Rosli Ismail and Rohani Hassan. “Architectonic Spacer Building System”. MYPO PI20097019, filed 1 October 2009.
• Ibrahim, R. 2011. Demystifying the arduous doctoral journey: The eagle vision of a research proposal. The Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, Vol. 9 (2): 130-140. (EBSCO).
• Pour Rahimian, F. and R. Ibrahim. 2011. Impacts of VR 3D sketching on novice designers’ spatial cognition during collaborative architectural design. Design Studies Vol. 32 (3): 255-291. Doi: 10.1016/j.destud.2010.10.03 (IF=1.714, Elsevier).
• Ibrahim, R. and F. Pour Rahimian. 2010. Empirical comparison on design synthesis strategies by architectural students when using traditional CAD and manual sketching tools. Automation in Construction Vol. 19: 978-987 (IF= 1.372, Elsevier)