Badrul Nizam Ismail obtained his MSc in Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures from Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany in 2006. Currently he is a lecturer in Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. He was a Geotechnical Engineer in G&P Geotechnical Consultant, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2003-2004).