Rakmi Rahman

Envirosource Technical Advisor for green products; Formerly Professor in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), the National University of Malaysia

“Things that grow too fast are normally not good for human habitation. We always have to live with developers. They have plenty of money. Let them make their money, but maybe a bit slower.”

During the thirty-years Dr. Rakmi was a Professor in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Malaysia (UKM), she pioneered solutions to waste management and water treatment problems. Her research interests span industrial wastewater recycling and oil removal systems to river basin management and aquifer recovery. She applies what she knows to controversial projects, such as one seeking to protect threatened sea grass beds in Johor. With NGO help and extensive internet/media attention, she was able to have an artificial island removed so the sea grass could be restored. Now retired from academia, Rakmi serves as technical advisor to Envirosource, a company that supplies eco-friendly waste management, water treatment and resource recovery technologies.