PhD (Policy & Planning Sciences – RiskEngineering)

Dr Md FaizShah is an experienced academic with more than fifteen years of internationalteaching, research, and supervision experience across Australia, Japan, SaudiArabia, and Bangladesh. He specialises in project management, risk andresilience, applied research, and higher education leadership. He completed hisPhD in Policy and Planning Sciences (Risk Engineering) at the University ofTsukuba, Japan, under the prestigious Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship,followed by postdoctoral research in disaster and emergency management.

Dr Shahteaches postgraduate and undergraduate courses in project management, researchmethodology, applied research, and MBA units at APIC, and supervises Master ofResearch students at HELI. His research focuses on disaster risk reduction,seismic vulnerability, risk communication, and community resilience, with astrong record of peer‑reviewed publications, competitive grants, andinternational conference presentations. He has collaborated with governmentagencies, NGOs, and industry partners on emergency preparedness and resilienceinitiatives.

Dr Shah iscommitted to student‑centred learning, academic integrity, and innovativecurriculum design, and brings a strong industry‑engaged perspective to histeaching and supervision.

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