PROFESSIONAL
Dr Mohamad Fakri Zaky Bin Ja’afar is a senior lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, UPM. He graduated from the University Of Manchester, UK, with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture in 1993 and Bachelor of Architecture in 1996. Immediately upon graduation, he worked as a graduate architect with a few architectural firms in Kuala Lumpur and Malacca before Joining UPM in 1999. In 2009, he completed his doctorate in Built Environment at the University College London in the UK, specializing in thermal comfort in homes. His other research interests include sustainability, self-help housing and energy efficiency in built environments. He is also an accredited Green building Index Facilitator. In the department, he is currently teaching environmental physics and advance building technology. He had conducted and still conducting a few research projects especially in the environmental science. He has several PhD and Masters Students working under him in his research activities.
NAME :
(Prof. Madya Dr.) MOHAMAD FAKRI ZAKY BIN JA'AFAR
POST :
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ENTITY :
FACULTY OF DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE
FIELD OF SUPERVISION
ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES / GREEN ENGINEERING
EDUCATION
PHD
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Graduated : 2009
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Graduated : 1996
BACHELOR OF ARTS
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Graduated : 1992
JOURNAL PUBLICATION
1. Lifelong Learning Building
Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
2. Thermal comfort differences between polycarbonate and opaque roofing material installed in bus stations of Malaysia
Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
3. Mixed-mode ventilation in Malaysia's shopping malls: a taxonomy study
Journal type: Non Citation-Indexed
4. Natural ventilation provisions in terraced-house designs in hot-humid climates: Case of Putrajaya, Malaysia
Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
5. TRANSFORMING TERRACE HOUSING ROOFTOP TO GREEN ROOF IN KUALA LUMPUR – A STUDY ON ITS CONSTRUCTS & VARIABLES
Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
6. IEQ PERFORMANCE AND OCCUPANTS’ SATISFACTION OF A MIXED-MODE VENTILATED SHOPPING MALL IN HOT-HUMID CLIMATE OF MALAYSIA
Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
7. Indoor Environmental Quality performance of mixed-mode ventilated shopping malls in hot-humid climatic region
Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
8. Perception of IEQ Factors on Workplace Satisfaction Using Kano Satisfaction Model: A Case Study of Malls in Hot-Humid Climate
Journal type: MYCITE
9. Evaluating Ventilation for Thermal Comfort in Two Classrooms Types in Malaysian Secondary Classrooms
Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
PhD (Built Environment) (University College London)
Bachelor of Architecture (UNiversity of Manchester)
Bachelor of Arts (Architecture) (Hons)
SKILL
Green Building Index Facilitator
Building performance simulation
Sustainable building rating system
Indoor Environmental Quality monitoring
PROJECT
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Architecture, FRSB, UPM
PhD Candidate, University College London
Tutor, Dept of Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, UPM
Graduate Architect, deNan Architect, Melaka
Graduate Architect, AKitek KHP, Melaka
Trainee, Design Management PRactice, Bangsar
PUBLICATION
2023
Evaluating Ventilation for Thermal Comfort in Two Classrooms Types in Malaysian Secondary Classrooms
2018
Indoor Environmental Quality performance of mixed-mode ventilated shopping malls in hot-humid climatic region
2017
IEQ PERFORMANCE AND OCCUPANTS’ SATISFACTION OF A MIXED-MODE VENTILATED SHOPPING MALL IN HOT-HUMID CLIMATE OF MALAYSIA
2016
Indoor Environmental Quality performance of mixed-mode ventilated shopping malls in hot-humid climatic region
2016
TRANSFORMING TERRACE HOUSING ROOFTOP TO GREEN ROOF IN KUALA LUMPUR – A STUDY ON ITS CONSTRUCTS & VARIABLES
2015
Natural ventilation provisions in terraced-house designs in hot-humid climates: Case of Putrajaya, Malaysia
2013
Thermal comfort differences between polycarbonate and opaque roofing material installed in bus stations of Malaysia
2013
Natural Ventilation Provisions in Residential Buildings in Hot-humid Climates: Case of Malaysia
2012
A review of researches about human thermal comfort in semi-outdoor spaces
2011
Lifelong Learning Building