{"id":12,"date":"2015-03-08T04:06:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T04:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fec.utm.my\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2023-03-21T02:28:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T02:28:31","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/overview\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About FEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 iforces-speaker-card  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1><span style=\"font-size: 64px\">About FEC<\/span><\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 iforces-speaker-card  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Forensic Engineering Centre<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 iforces-speaker-card  et_pb_text_align_justified et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>FEC is an interdisciplinary centre for research, consultancy and graduate and professional training in forensic study on building and infrastructure related areas. Although it was officially formed in 2015, most of the FEC members have carried out many forensic investigations and structural assessment projects since early 1990s when they were working under Civil Engineering Testing Unit (CETU).  Today, CETU, which was accredited with ISO 17025 since 2004, is the most prominent laboratory test partner of FEC.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_specialty et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_row et_block_row et_d4_element\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4    et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_0 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_blurb_position_left et_block_module et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><span class=\"et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off et_pb_animation_off_tablet et_pb_animation_off_phone et-pb-icon\">9<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><span>Mission<\/span><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">We are committed to provide services and disseminate knowledge in forensic engineering to the general public and to promote and develop research in the forensic area from a multidisciplinary approach.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_1 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_blurb_position_left et_block_module et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><span class=\"et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off et_pb_animation_off_tablet et_pb_animation_off_phone et-pb-icon\">9<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><span>Vision<\/span><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p>To be a national academic service centre of information and services for forensic engineering activities.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5   et_pb_specialty_column  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row_inner et_pb_row_inner_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_d4_element et_pb_column_inner et_pb_column_inner_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/10\/CSR-Larkin-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/10\/CSR-Larkin-1.jpg 652w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/10\/CSR-Larkin-1-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" class=\"wp-image-5941\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_2 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_blurb_position_left et_block_module et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><span>Objective<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><ul>\n<li>To provide advisory and consultancy services to public and private agencies on forensic engineering issues.<\/li>\n<li>To disseminate knowledge in forensic engineering through conferences and postgraduate academic programs, to encourage further networking.<\/li>\n<li>To stimulate, encourage and enhance research programs in forensic engineering related areas, with particular emphasis on failure investigation, structural assessment and repair.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">To facilitate collaboration across the Faculty of Civil Engineering, other faculties in UTM and other relevant agencies and institutions in Malaysia, through the creation of research interests and consultancy services to the society.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>To provide facilities for strengthening professional training and postgraduate courses related to forensic engineering studies offered by related faculties.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">To provide technical program in the field of forensic engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_3 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_blurb_position_left et_block_module et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><span>Company Profile<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/online.anyflip.com\/nyyqd\/ykao\/mobile\/index.html\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1414\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/03\/Research-Centre-Company-Profile-2023.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Research Centre &amp; Company Profile 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/03\/Research-Centre-Company-Profile-2023.png 1414w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/03\/Research-Centre-Company-Profile-2023-1280x1810.png 1280w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/03\/Research-Centre-Company-Profile-2023-980x1386.png 980w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/03\/Research-Centre-Company-Profile-2023-480x679.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1414px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-11346\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_code et_pb_code_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_code et_pb_code_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11312,"featured_media":0,"parent":208,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>The Forensic Engineering Centre, FEC was established in February\u00a02015, as an effort to integrate available expertise in various fields at UTM to understand and to overcome complex problems related to the forensic engineering.<\/p><p>FEC is an interdisciplinary centre for research, consultancy and graduate and professional training in forensic study on building and infrastructure related areas. Although it was officially formed in 2015, most of the FEC research fellows and\u00a0associate research fellows have vast experience in forensic studies and investigation through consultancy works since early 1990s when they were working under Civil Engineering Testing Unit (CETU).\u00a0 Today, CETU, which was accredited with ISO 17025 since 2004, is the most prominent laboratory test partner of FEC.<\/p><p>FEC \u00a0activities and interests encompass several broad areas, and it is a flexible organization allows for response to new issues as they arise. Current areas of emphasis include :<\/p><ul><li>\u00a0Failure investigation (collapse due to construction accident, natural hazard such as flood, earthquake)<\/li><li>\u00a0Structural assessment (evaluation of structures which are prone to be affected by failure or disaster)<\/li><li>\u00a0Retrofit\u00a0 (repair of building due to structural defect or hazard \/ disaster)<\/li><\/ul><p>FEC members have carried out many forensic investigations\u00a0 and structural assessment projects during the last past years.\u00a0 Courses and in-service training for public and private sector were also conducted, such as the short course on laboratory accreditation to ISO 17025, hands-on trainings on laboratory instrumentation, etc. In the academic development, the Master of Forensic Engineering, a multi-discipline course combining civil engineering subjects as well as mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering, has been offered by the university.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11347,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/11347"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/fec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}