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Lawal Billa

Associate Professor,

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  • workRoom B1C02 Block B
    Malaysia Campus
    Jalan Broga
    43500 Semenyih
    Selangor Darul Ehsan
    Malaysia
  • work+6 (03) 8924 8766
  • fax+6 (03) 8924 8018

Biography

Lawal has background in GIS and geomatics engineering. He has taught is related subjects that include geographical information systems, remote sensing; geospatial engineering and water resources. He has extensive experience in the applications of geospatial sciences and technologies in Geo-science environment; hydro-informatics and urban environments.

Teaching Summary

Course Convener: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems ; Earth Observation; &

Global Environmental Processes .

Course Contributor: Global environmental change

Research Summary

Lawal's research interests are in the applications of geospatial sciences and technologies in Geo-science environment( monitoring, mapping and modeling); hydro-informatics( flood disasters,… read more

Selected Publications

  • BILLA, L., MANSOR,S. B. and MAHMUD, A. R., 2012. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 33(9), 2892-2908
  • BILLA, L., MANSOR, S., AND MAHMUD,A.R., 2011. Journal of Flood Risk Management. 4(4), 318-327
  • ALFUGURA, A., BILLA, L., PRADHAN, B., 2011. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science. 95(4.20), 395-400
  • KAH MUN WAN and LAWAL BILLA, 2018. ) Post-flood landuse damage estimation using improved normalized difference flood index (NDFI3) on LandSat 8 OLI TIRS dataset : December 2014 floods Kelantan,Malaysia. Arabian Journal of Geoscience.

Current Research

Lawal's research interests are in the applications of geospatial sciences and technologies in Geo-science environment( monitoring, mapping and modeling); hydro-informatics( flood disasters, hydro-meteorology and water resources) and urban environments (planning, landuse change).

  • LAWAL BILLA and SUE WALKER, 2019. Climate change impact on environmental geoscience, Introduction Geoscience Frontiers. 361-362
  • KAH MUN WAN and LAWAL BILLA, 2018. ) Post-flood landuse damage estimation using improved normalized difference flood index (NDFI3) on LandSat 8 OLI TIRS dataset : December 2014 floods Kelantan,Malaysia. Arabian Journal of Geoscience.
  • NSB ALIAS, L BILLA, A MUHAMMAD and A SINGH, 2018. Acta Horticulturae.
  • A SINGH, L BILLA, MB SOKOTO, A LADO, MI ABDOUL-AZIZ, S SINGH, 2015. In: Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015). 29. 26-27
  • YEN YI LOO, LAWAL BILLA and AJIT SINGH, 2015. Geoscience Frontiers. 6(6), 817–823
  • BILLA, L., PRADHAN, B. and YAKUUP, A., 2014. Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology. 22(1), 193-212
  • AMANI, A., MANSOR, S., PRADHAN, B., BILLA, L. and PIRASTEH, S., 2014. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 7(4), 1517-1527
  • MAHMUD, A. R., AWAD, A. and BILLA, L., 2013. Journal of Science and Technology: Pertanika Journal (JST). 21(2), 463-476
  • AL-SHALABI, M., PRADHAN, B., BILLA, L., MANSOR, S. and ALTHUWAYNEE, O. F., 2013. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing. 41(2), 405-416
  • SALLEH T. DAQAMSEH, SHATTRI MANSOR, BISWAJEET PRADHAN, LAWAL BILLA and AHMAD RODZI MAHMUD, 2013. Geocarto International. 28(6), 546-560
  • AL-SHALABI, M., BILLA, L., PRADHAN, B., MANSOR, S. and AL-SHARIF, A. A. A., 2013. Environmental Earth Sciences. 70(1), 425-437
  • BILLA, L. and PRADHAN, B., 2013. Journal of Science and Technology: Pertanika Journal (JST). 21(2), 477-488
  • BILLA, L., MANSOR,S. B. and MAHMUD, A. R., 2012. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 33(9), 2892-2908
  • BILLA, L., MANSOR, S., AND MAHMUD,A.R., 2011. Journal of Flood Risk Management. 4(4), 318-327
  • ALFUGURA, A., BILLA, L. , BISWAJEET ,B., AHMED,M.T., AND SAMIH, R.,, 2011. Disaster Advances. 4(4), 20-28
  • BILLA, L., ASSILZADEH, H., MANSOR, S., MAHMUD, A.R., AND GHAZALI,A.H.,, 2011. Central European Journal Geo-science. 3(3), 309-317
  • ALFUGURA, A., BILLA, L., PRADHAN, B., 2011. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science. 95(4.20), 395-400
  • LAWAL BILLA, AHMED RODZI MAHMUD, SAIED PIRASTEH, SHATTRI BIN MANSOR, ABDUL-RASHID MOHAMED SHERIF and ADZAH ADAM, 2010. Landslide in Malaysia, natural hazard or manmade: A review of techniques and future with geospatial technologies The Malaysian Surveyor: The professional Journal of the Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia. 45(2), 59-64
  • L. BILLA., A. R. MAHMUD, S. PIRESTEH, A. R.M. SHERIFF, S. B. MANSOR and A. ADAM, 2010. Landslide in Malaysia, natural hazard or human induces In: World Engineering Congress 2010. 2nd – 5th August 2010, Kuching, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • BILLA, L., MANSOR, S., MAHMUD, A. R. and GHAZALI, A. H., 2006. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 27(23), 5225-5234
  • BILLA, L., MANSOR, S. B., MAHMUD, A. R and GHAZALI, A. H., 2006. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. 15(2), 233-240
  • Model Application for Severe Weather and Early Flood Forecasting(Gold Medal): 5th Malaysia Technology Expo 2006, Invention and Innovation Competition. Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia 2006. At: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia02/23/2006 00:00:00-02/25/2006 00:00:00.
  • LAWAL BILLA, SHATTRI MANSOR, AHMAD RODZI MAHMUD and ABDUL HALIM GHAZALI, 2005. . In: PETER VAN OOSTEROM, SIYKA ZLATANOVA and ELFRIEDE FENDEL, eds., Geo-information for Disaster Management 516 illus. XXVI. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 1357-1379: 1434
  • LAWAL BILLA, SHATTRI MANSOR, AHMAD RODZI MAHMUD and ABDUL HALIM GHAZALI, 2005. Tropical Rainfall Intensity Model for Real time Operational Flood Forecasting and Early Warning. In: Brunei International conference on Engineering and Technology, Institut Teknologi, Bandar Seri Brunei, Begawan, Brunei Darulssalam , 15-18 August 2005.
  • L. BILLA,, S. MANSOR, A. R. MAHMUD and A. H. GHAZALI, 2005. Integration of Hydro-meteorological Modeling from Real-time AVHRR Data with Hydrodynamic Simulation for Operational Flood Forecasting in Malaysia In: ISPRS, Remote Sensing Arabia 8-11 May2005 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia..
  • LAWAL BILLA, SHATTRI MANSOR, AHMAD RODZI MAHMUD and ABDUL HALIM GHAZALI, 2005. Modeling Rainfall Intensity from NOAA AVHRR Data for Operational Flood Forecasting in Malaysia In: Fourth Malaysia Remote Sensing and GIS Conference and Exhibition, Operationalisation of remote sensing and spatial technologies for nation development,5-6 April 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. MRSS Conference.
  • Rainfall Intensity modeling for Operational Flood forecasting in Malaysia(Bronze Medal): Exhibition of Invention, Research & Innovation, UPM 2005. At: UPM Serdang, Selangor Malaysia03/01/2005 00:00:00-03/19/2005 00:00:00.
  • SHATTRI MANSOR and LAWAL BILLA, 2005. Spatial Information Technology and its impact on Disaster Planning and Management in Malaysia: Institute of Advanced Technology Bulletin Institute of Advanced Technology, UPM.
  • LAWAL BILLA, SHATTRI MANSOR, AHMAD RODZI MAHMUD and ABDUL HALIM GHAZALI, 2005. Flood Forecasting and Inundation uncertainity Assessment In MIKE 11 GIS Modeling In: International Advanced Technology Congress ATCi 2005:Meeting the Challenges in Globalization through Advanced Technology. 6-8 December 2005 Putrajaya, Malaysia. 119
  • MANSOR, S. B., SHARIAH, M.A., BILLA, L., SETIAWAN, I. and AL-JABAR, F, 2004. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. 13(5), 364 -373
  • BILLA, L., MANSOR, S.B. and MAHMUD, A. R., 2004. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. 13(5), 356 - 363
  • BILLA L, SHATTRI B. M, MAHMUD A. R and WONG T. H., 2004. Compositing of NOAA - AVHRR data for Spectral Change Detection of NDVI during the Monsoon and Dry of Malaysia In: International Symposium and Exhibition on Geoinformation (ISG2004) 21-23 Sept 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • LAWAL BILLA, SHATTRI MANSOR and AHMAD RODZI MAHMUD, 2004. Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting Using Cloud- Based Techniques on AVHRR Data In: ISPRS 2004 Congress. April 14-17 2004 Istanbul, Turkey.
  • SHATTRI MANSOR, MOHAMMED ABU SHARIAH, LAWAL BILLA, IWAN SETIAWAN and FISAL JABAR, 2004. Spatial Technology for Risk Management In: FIG Working Week Athens, Greece, May 22-27, 2004.
  • LAWAL BILLA, SHATTRI MANSOR, AHMAD RODZI MAHMUD and ABDUL HALIM GHAZALI, 2004. Integration of RS, GIS and MIKE 11 Hydrodynamic Modeling for Flood Early Warning: A case study of the Langat river basin Malaysia In: MapAsia 2004 Conference 26th – 29th August 2004 Beijing, China.
  • LAWAL BILLA, SHATTRI MANSOR, AHMAD RODZI MAHMUD and ABDUL HALIM GHAZALI, 2004. ) Flood Early Warning System Development Using RS and GIS In: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Postgraduate conference 17-18 Jun 2004 UPM,Serdang Mlalaysia.
  • Advanced Flood Early Warning using RS and GIS (Nowcasting)(Bronze Medal): Exhibition of Invention, Research & Innovation, UPM 2004. At: UPM Serdang, Selangor Malaysia07/08/2004 00:00:00-07/10/2004 00:00:00.
  • BILLA L, MANSOR S, MAHMUD A R and AHMED N, 2003. A heuristic approach to flood early warning using GIS and RS In: Advanced Technology Congress 2003 (SPACE) Putra Jaya, Malaysia May 21-22, 2003.
  • MANSOR S and BILLA L, 2003. Automated process for SST extraction from AVHRR data received at ITMA ground satellite station In: Seminar on the application of remote sensing and GIS for landslide and coastal zone management. 25-27 Sept. 2003, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • MANSOR S, BILLA L and JABER F, 2003. L–Band Reception of NOAA-AVHRR and GMS-5 Satellite Data for Real-time Research Applications In: International symposium and exhibition on geoinformatics 2003, 13 –14 Oct.2003, Shah Alam, Selangor.
  • Tropical Fish Forecasting System (Troffs)(Silver Medal).: Exhibition of Invention, Research & Innovation, UPM 2003. At: UPM Serdang, Selangor Malaysia08/30/2003 00:00:00-09/10/2003 00:00:00.
  • BILLA L, YAAKUP A.B and IBRAHIM M, 2000. Waste collection optimization using GIS A Model Building Experience in Petaling Jaya In: National Conference on Urban and challenges. Developing solutions for the cities in the 21st CenturyUPM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. May 2000.
  • BILLA L, YAAKUP AB and IBRAHIM M, 2000. GIS and Solid Waste Collection Modeling: Developing a Database for Multi- Criteria Solutions to Waste Collection in Malaysia In: The 17th Earoph World Planning Congress Conference, Center for Global and Urban Dynamics. Chong-Nyang, Seoul, Korea. 11-14 August 2000.
  • YAAKUP A.B and BILLA L, 1999. The Impact of information technology in Landscape Development for the New Millennium In: Pedagogy and Landscape Architecture Design, UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Sept. 1999.

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