Prof. Masyhur Irsyam is a Professor in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Intitute of Technology (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia. He graduated from the University of Michigan, USA in 1991. Prof. Irsyam has specialties in the areas of seismic hazard analysis, soil improvement, and foundation engineering. He is currently the president of the Indonesian Society for Geotechnical Engineering (HATTI), chair of the National Team for Revision of Sesimic Hazard Maps of Indonesia established by the Ministry of Public Works of Indonesia in 2009, head of the Research Center for Disaster Mitigation (PPMB) of ITB, chair of the Geotchnical Engineering Division of ITB, Coordinator of National Implementation Team for Development of Seismic Risk Maps for Big Cities in Indonesia established by the Coordinator Ministry of Public Welfare of Indonesia in 2011, and member of the Advisory Board for Building Construction for Jakarta and Bandung City. He is first author of “Dinamika Tanah dan Fondasi Mesin (Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundations)” (ITB Publication).
Masyhur Irsyam has been actively practicing as a foundation, geotechnical, and geotechnical earthquake expert in major projects of infrastructures in Indonesia such as: inter island long span bridges (Jembatan Suramadu, Jembatan Cipada, Jembatan Ciujung, and Jembatan Cikubang), high rise buildings; toll roads, railway tracks, power plants, port and harbours, and runways. As the Chair of the Team for Revision of Seismic hazard Maps of Indonesia he actively involves in the developments of Indonesian Codes and Standards related to the field of geotechnical and earthquake engineering and in the development of seismic microzonation map for big cities in Indonesia. As the Head of the Research Centre for Disaster Mitigation (PPMB) ITB, he actively involves in the national and international activities related to Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia, especially related to earthquake hazard.
