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Prof Dato' Ir Dr A Bakar Jaafar FASc
Founding Director & Research Fellow
UTM Ocean Thermal Energy Centre
A mechanical engineer by profession, an environmental scientist by specialisation, and a maritime expert by current pre-occupation. Has served in the professional civil service of Malaysia over 22 years; turned around a privatised company on environmental quality monitoring and data management; commercialised an industrial patent; pioneered the incubation of dehydration technology for tropical fruits and produce; provided consultancy services and advice on matters relating to waste management, and extended continental shelf; and working toward: (i) an eventual adoption of the promoted "Indifferent Consumers-pay" Principle as an enviro-economic policy instrument in solid waste managemet (www.eu-swmc.org); and (ii) a techno-economic feasibility of ocean thermal energy potential in the Sabah Trough, Malaysia
Specialties: Environmental consultancy and advisory services on matters relating to extended continental shelf, and privatization of environmental services, and drafting & formulating environmental laws and regulations, guidelines, procedures and standards.