Min Lee Lee

Contact

• workRoom B1C14
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work+6 (03) 8725 3484
• MinLee.Lee@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Min Lee obtained both his Bachelor's and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2005 and 2009, respectively. He is a professional engineer registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia.

Expertise Summary

Areas of Research Interest

• Rainfall-induced landslide
• Bio-mediated ground improvement
• Engineering geology

Teaching Summary

1. CIVE1008 Geotechnics 1

2. CIVE3035 Geotechnics 3

2. CIVE4113 Group Design Project

3. CIVE4115 Geotechnical Modelling

Research Summary

1. Impacts of Climate Change on Drainage and Transportation Infrastructures in Malaysia

2. 3D Building Information Modelling Through Automated Digitization and Integration of Soil Exploration Data

Selected Publications

• ZHAO, JIANJUN, ZHANG, HANYUE, YANG, CHANGXIN, LEE, LEE MIN, ZHAO, XIAO and LAI, QIYI, 2020. Experimental study of reservoir bank collapse in gravel soil under different slope gradients and water levels NATURAL HAZARDS.
• SOON, NG WEI, LEE, LEE MIN, KHUN, TAN CHEW and LING, HII SIEW, 2014. Factors Affecting Improvement in Engineering Properties of Residual Soil through Microbial-Induced Calcite Precipitation JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. 140(5),
• LEE, MIN LEE, NG, KIM YEONG, HUANG, YUK FENG and LI, WEI CHAO, 2014. Rainfall-induced landslides in Hulu Kelang area, Malaysia NATURAL HAZARDS. 70(1), 353-375
• LEE, MIN LEE, NG, WEI SOON and TANAKA, YASUO, 2013. Stress-deformation and compressibility responses of bio-mediated residual soils ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. 60, 142-149

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Past Research

1. Dynamic Behaviours of Tropical Residual Soils under Cyclic Loadings of High-Speed Railways

2. Dynamic Responses of Tropical Residual Soil

3. Factors Affecting Dynamic Behaviours of Tropical Residual Soils

4. Biomediated Soil Improvement

5. Effect of Microbially Induced Calcite Cementation on the Shear Strength and Permeability of Tropical Residual Soil

• TEH, Y.Y., WONG, J.L. and LEE, M.L., 2023. Effect of fines content on soil moisture responses to wetting & drying cycles Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 129,
• LI, W., CHU, Y., DENG, G., CAI, H., XIE, D. and LEE LEE, M., 2023. Study of shear induced stress redistribution in gap-graded soils by discrete element method Computers and Geotechnics. 156,
• SIM, KWAN BEN, LEE, MIN LEE and WONG, SOON YEE, 2022. A review of landslide acceptable risk and tolerable risk Geoenvironmental Disasters. 9(1), 3
• HABIBULLAH, HAFIY SYAFIQY, LEE, MIN LEE and WONG, SOON YEE, 2022. Correlation between undrained shear strength and liquidity index of soils in Malaysia In: E3S Web of Conferences. 03004. 10
• SIM, K.B., LEE, M.L. and WONG, S.Y., 2022. A review of landslide acceptable risk and tolerable risk Geoenvironmental Disasters. 9(1),
• DENG, J., ZHAO, J., ZHAO, X., YU, J., LEI, C., LEE, M. and HUANG, R., 2022. Effect of Glutinous Rice Slurry on the Unconfined Compressive Strength of Lime-Treated Seasonal Permafrost Subjected to Freeze-Thaw Cycles KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. 26(4), 1712-1722
• LEE, M.L., KOO, C.H., CHONG, S.Y. and CHIN, D.J., 2022. Laboratory and Numerical Studies of Rainfall Infiltration into Residual Soil Slope Improved by Biomediated Soil Cover Water (Switzerland). 14(5),
• WONG, J.L., LEE, M.L., TEO, F.Y. and LIEW, K.W., 2022. A Review of Impacts of Climate Change on Slope Stability Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. 178, 157-178
• LEE, L.M., 2022. Design and construction of soil nail reinforced soldier pile wall as a temporary shoring system for deep excavation–a case study International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. 16(7), 850-864
• HABIBULLAH, H.S., LEE, M.L. and WONG, S.Y., 2022. Correlation between undrained shear strength and liquidity index of soils in Malaysia In:
• LIM, J.S., TAN, C.Y., MAH, Y.S., LEE, M.L. and TEO, F.Y., 2022. Numerical modelling of urban stormwater management with grassed road divider as bioretention system In:
• CHONG, YI HONG, LEE, MIN LEE, KOK, SIEN TI and WONG, SOON YEE, 2021. A Parametric Study of Piled Raft Foundation in Clay Subjected to Concentrated Loading International Journal of Integrated Engineering. 13(4), 263-274
• ZHAO JJ, WAN X, SHI YB, WEI JB and LEE ML, 2021. Deformation Behavior of Mining beneath Flat and Sloping Terrains in Mountainous Areas Geofluids. 6689966
• LEE, M.L., LEE, Y.L., GOH, S.L., KOO, C.H., LAU, S.H. and CHONG, S.Y., 2021. Case studies and challenges of implementing geotechnical building information modelling in malaysia Infrastructures. 6(10),
• LI, W.C., DENG, G., ZHANG, Q., ZHONG, Q., SUN, X.X. and LEE, M.L., 2021. Comparison of Continuum Stresses in Granular Material Computed by Volume Average Approach and Boundary Average Approach under Static and Quasi-Static Conditions International Journal of Applied Mechanics. 13(8),
• ZHAO, JIANJUN, ZHANG, HANYUE, YANG, CHANGXIN, LEE, LEE MIN, ZHAO, XIAO and LAI, QIYI, 2020. Experimental study of reservoir bank collapse in gravel soil under different slope gradients and water levels NATURAL HAZARDS.
• LI, W.C., DENG, G., LIANG, X.Q., SUN, X.X., WANG, S.W. and LEE, M.L., 2020. Effects of stress state and fine fraction on stress transmission in internally unstable granular mixtures investigated via discrete element method Powder Technology. 367, 659-670
• LEE, LEE MIN, 2020. Design and construction of soil nail reinforced soldier pile wall as a temporary shoring system for deep excavation - a case study INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING.
• LEE ML, CHEAH WT, LAU SH, LEE XS, ABDULLAHI AM and WONG SY, 2020. Evaluation of practicality of virtual design and construction (VDC) with 5D building information modelling (BIM) through a case study In: 2nd International Conference on Materials Technology and Energy. 943. 1-7
• LIM, JUN XIAN, CHONG, SIAW YAH, TANAKA, YASUO, ONG, YING HUI and LEE, MIN LEE, 2020. Influence of Consolidation Pressure on Stress-Deformation Responses of Bio-mediated Residual Soil in Malaysia INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING.
• LI, WEI CHAO, DENG, GANG, CAO, WEN, XU, CHONG, CHEN, JIAN and LEE, MIN LEE, 2019. Discrete element modeling of the Hongshiyan landslide triggered by the 2014 Ms 6.5 Ludian earthquake in Yunnan, China ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES. 78(16),
• LEE MIN LEE, JASMINE WONG SZE MING, KOK SIEN TI, LAU TECK LEONG and YEONG TUCK WAI, 2019. Empirical equations for predicting pile/soil setup effect In: 11th International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering in Tropical Regions, GEOTROPIKA 2019 and 1st International Conference on Highway and Transportation Engineering, ICHITRA 2019; Kuala Lumpur; Malaysia; 27 February 2019 through 28 February 2019. 527. 012014
• LIM, JUN XIAN, LEE, MIN LEE and TANAKA, YASUO, 2018. Effcet of Fine Content on Soil Dynamic Properties JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 13(4), 851-861
• TAN, S.H., WONG, S.W., CHIN, D.J., LEE, M.L., ONG, Y.H., CHONG, S.Y. and KASSIM, A., 2018. Soil column infiltration tests on biomediated capillary barrier systems for mitigating rainfall-induced landslides Environmental Earth Sciences. 77(16),
• CHONG, S.Y., KASSIM, K.A., LEE, M.L. and LAU, S.H., 2018. Geotextile Encapsulation as Protection to Lime Column under Shear Load In: 2018 International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering, ICCEE 2018.
• LIM, J.X., CHONG, S.Y., TANAKA, Y. and LEE, M.L., 2018. Anisotropically Consolidated Undrained Compression Test on Residual Soil In: 2018 International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering, ICCEE 2018.
• LIM, J.X., LEE, M.L. and TANAKA, Y., 2018. 1g shaking table tests on residual soils in malaysia through different model setups Geomechanics and Engineering. 16(5), 547-558
• LIM, JUN XIAN, LEE, MIN LEE and TANAKA, YASUO, 2017. Systematic Approaches for Signal Processing of Soil Shaking Table Test 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EURO ASIA CIVIL ENGINEERING FORUM (EACEF 2017). 138,
• YONG, KOO KEAN, XIAN, LIM JUN, LI, YANG CHONG, LEE, LEE MIN, TANAKA, YASUO and ZHAO JIANJUN, 2017. Shaking table test on dynamic behaviours of tropical residual soils in Malaysia KSCE JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING. 21(5), 1735-1746
• YEW, MING KUN, YEW, MING CHIAN, SAW, LIP HUAT, ANG, BEE CHIN, LEE, MIN LEE, LIM, SIONG KANG and LIM, JEE HOCK, 2017. Enhancement of Durability Properties of Heat-treated Oil Palm Shell Species Lightweight Concrete GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY. 1828,
• TANAKA, Y. and LEE, M. L., 2017. Laboratory Study on Dynamic Properties of Compacted Residual Soil in Malaysia Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA.. 47(4), 89-96
• LEE, M. L. and TANAKA, Y. CHONG S.Y., 2017. An Overview of Slope Failures during Monsoon Seasons in Malaysia Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA.. 47(4), 144-151
• LI, WEI CHAO, DAI, F. C., WEI, YING QI, WANG, MING LONG, MIN, HONG and LEE, LEE MIN, 2016. Implication of subsurface flow on rainfall-induced landslide: a case study LANDSLIDES. 13(5), 1109-1123
• SAADATKHAH, NADER, MANSOR, SHATTRI, KASSIM, AZMAN, LEE, LEE MIN, SAADATKHAH, REZA and SOBHANMANESH, ALI, 2016. Regional modeling of rainfall-induced landslides using TRIGRS model by incorporating plant cover effects: case study in Hulu Kelang, Malaysia ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES. 75(5),
• ZHAO J, XIAO J, LEE ML and MA Y, 2016. Discrete element modeling of a mining-induced rock slide. SpringerPlus. 5(1), 1633
• LEE, M. L., LEE, C. W., LIAN, C. Y. and TANAKA, Y., 2016. Development of Data Acquisition System for Consolidated Undrained Triaxial Test Soft Soil Engineering International Conference. 136(1), 27-29
• GOFAR, N., RAHARDJO, H. and LEE, M. L., 2016. Field Monitoring of Suction Distribution in Coarse-Grained and FineGrained Residual Soil. In: Unsaturated Soil Mechanics From Theory to Practice- Chen et al (Eds) 6th AP-UNSAT2015 Guilin, China. 679-684
• LEE, M. L., WONG, K. N., CHIN, C. W. and TANAKA, Y., 2016. Maintained Load Test and Bi-Directional Static Load Test on Bored Piles Proceedings, 19th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference & 2nd AGSSEA Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• CHIN, D. J., LEE, M. L. and CHONG, S. Y., 2016. Potential Application of Bio-mediated Soil for Slope Stabilization Proceedings, Putrajaya International Built Environment, Technology and Engineering Conference.
• SAADATKHAH, NADER, KASSIM, AZMAN, LEE, LEE MIN and RAHNAMARAD, JAFAR, 2015. Spatiotemporal regional modeling of rainfall-induced slope failure in Hulu Kelang, Malaysia ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES. 73(12), 8425-8441
• SAADATKHAH, NADER, KASSIM, AZMAN and LEE, LEE MIN, 2015. Hulu Kelang, Malaysia regional mapping of rainfall-induced landslides using TRIGRS model ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES. 8(5), 3183-3194
• ZHAO, JIAN-JUN, LEE, MIN-LEE, LIM, SIONG-KANG and TANAKA, YASUO, 2015. Unconfined compressive strength of PET waste-mixed residual soils GEOMECHANICS AND ENGINEERING. 8(1), 53-66
• SAADATKHAH, NADER, KASSIM, AZMAN, LEE, LEE MIN and YUNUSA, GAMBO HARUNA, 2015. Quantitative Hazard Analysis for Landslides in Hulu Kelang area, Malaysia JURNAL TEKNOLOGI. 73(1), 111-121
• SAADATKHAH, NADER, KASSIM, AZMAN and LEE, LEE MIN, 2015. Susceptibility Assessment of Shallow Landslides in Hulu Kelang Area, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and Frequency Ratio GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. 33(1), 43-57
• LEE, M. L., ZHAO, J. J, KOO, K. Y. and YANG, C. L., 2015. Overviews of factors affecting dynamic properties of tropical residual soil In: The 3rd International Conference on Advances in Civil Structural and Enviromental Engineering, Novotel Zurich City-West.
• XUE, LEI, QIN, SIQING, SUN, QIANG, WANG, YUANYUAN, LEE, MIN and LI, WEICHAO, 2014. A Study on Crack Damage Stress Thresholds of Different Rock Types Based on Uniaxial Compression Tests ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING. 47(4), 1183-1195
• SOON, NG WEI, LEE, LEE MIN, KHUN, TAN CHEW and LING, HII SIEW, 2014. Factors Affecting Improvement in Engineering Properties of Residual Soil through Microbial-Induced Calcite Precipitation JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. 140(5),
• LEE, MIN LEE, NG, KIM YEONG, HUANG, YUK FENG and LI, WEI CHAO, 2014. Rainfall-induced landslides in Hulu Kelang area, Malaysia NATURAL HAZARDS. 70(1), 353-375
• LI, WEI CHAO, WEN, YAN FENG, CAI, HONG, XUE, MIN CHEN, XIE, DING SONG and LEE, LEE MIN, 2014. Discussion of "Critical Hydraulic Gradients of Internal Erosion under Complex Stress States" by DS Chang and LM Zhang JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. 140(11),
• LEE, M. L., 2014. Bio-Mediated Soil : A Sustainable Ground Improvement Technique Jurnal Geoteknik, HATTI & ISGE.. 9(1), 1-10
• LEE, MIN LEE, NG, WEI SOON and TANAKA, YASUO, 2013. Stress-deformation and compressibility responses of bio-mediated residual soils ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. 60, 142-149
• HUANG, RUNQIU, ZHAO, JIANJUN, JU, NENGPAN, LI, GUO, LEE, MIN LEE and LI, YANRONG, 2013. Analysis of an anti-dip landslide triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China NATURAL HAZARDS. 68(2), 1021-1039
• SOON, NG WEI, LEE, LEE MIN, KHUN, TAN CHEW and LING, HII SIEW, 2013. Improvements in engineering properties of soils through microbial-induced calcite precipitation KSCE JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING. 17(4), 718-728
• LIM, SIONG KANG, TAN, CHER SIANG, CHEN, KAH PIN, LEE, MIN LEE and LEE, WAH PENG, 2013. Effect of different sand grading on strength properties of cement grout CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS. 38, 348-355
• LI, WEI CHAO, LEE, LEE MIN, CAI, HONG, LI, HONG JIE, DAI, F. C. and WANG, MING LONG, 2013. Combined roles of saturated permeability and rainfall characteristics on surficial failure of homogeneous soil slope ENGINEERING GEOLOGY. 153, 105-113
• LEE, M. L., 2013. Bio-mediated Soil: A Future Trend of Soft Ground Improvement International Seminar HATTI SUMSEL 2013: Geotechnical Engineer Role in Infrastructure Development on Soft Soil, Hotel Aston Palembang, Indonesia.
• LEE, M. L., 2013. Bio-mediated Soil Improvement and Its Potential Application for Slope Stabilization Seminar Hasil Penyelidikan Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi, EDC Hotel UUM, Kedah, Malaysia, , 2013. 3, 2-3
• LEE, LEE MIN, SOON, NG WEI, KHUN, TAN CHEW and LING, HII SIEW, 2012. Bio-mediated Soil Improvement under Various Concentrations of Cementation Reagent PROGRESS IN INDUSTRIAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, PTS. 1-5. 204-208, 326-329
• LI, WEI CHAO, LI, HONG JIE, DAI, F. C. and LEE, LEE MIN, 2012. Discrete element modeling of a rainfall-induced flowslide ENGINEERING GEOLOGY. 149, 22-34
• LEE, LEE MIN, 2012. Reply to the discussion by Weichao Li on "Performances of two instrumented laboratory models for the study of rainfall infiltration into unsaturated soil, Engineering Geology, 117(1-2): 78-89" ENGINEERING GEOLOGY. 127, 86-87
• KASSIM, AZMAN, GOFAR, NURLY, LEE, LEE MIN and RAHARDJO, HARIANTO, 2012. Modeling of suction distributions in an unsaturated heterogeneous residual soil slope ENGINEERING GEOLOGY. 131, 70-82
• LEE, M. L., NG, W. S. and TANAKA, Y., 2012. Compressibility of Residual Soil Subjected to Microbial Treatment Geotechnique, Construction Materials & Environment (GEOMATE Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
• KASSIM, A., GOFAR, N., MOKHTAR, N. A. and LEE, M. L., 2012. Suction Distributions Of Heterogeneous Residual Soils With Relict Discontinuities APSEC-ICCER Surabaya, Indonesia.
• LEE, M. L., NG, W. S., TAN, C. K. and HII, S. L., 2012. Bio-mediated Soil Improvement under Various Concentrations of Cementation Reagents In: International Conference on Civil Architectural and Hydraulic Engineering (ICCAHE 2012), China.
• NG, W. S., LEE, M. L. and HII, S. L., 2012. An Overview of the Factors Affecting Microbial-Induced Calcite Precipitation and its Potential Application in Soil Improvement Proceeding, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 2012, Kuala Lumpur. 62, 723-729
• LEE, LEE MIN, KASSIM, AZMAN and GOFAR, NURLY, 2011. Performances of two instrumented laboratory models for the study of rainfall infiltration into unsaturated soils ENGINEERING GEOLOGY. 117(1-2), 78-89
• GOFAR, N., LEE, M. L. and KASSIM, A., 2011. Stability of Unsaturated Slopes Subjected to Rainfall Infiltration In: Proceedings, The 4th International Conference on Disaster Prevention and Rehabilitation. Diponegoro University, Semarang,Central Java, Indonesia. 158-167
• KASSIM, A., GOFAR, N. and LEE, M. L., 2011. Effect of Relict Discontinuities on Water Flow in Heterogeneous Residual Soil Seminar & Workshop on Development of Rock Mass Classification in Wet Tropical Region, UniTEN, Selangor, Malaysia.
• GOFAR, N., KASSIM, A. and LEE, M. L., 2011. Effect of Relict Joint on the Mass Permeability of Residual Soil In: Proceeding, 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabitation 2011, Semarang, Indonesia. 17-20
• MATLAN, S. J., LEE, M. L. and GOFAR, N., 2010. Back Analysis of Rainfall Induced Slope Failure by PERISI Model In: Proceeding, International Conference on Geotechnical and Highway Engineering (geotropika), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
• LEE, LEE MIN, GOFAR, NURLY and RAHARDJO, HARIANTO, 2009. A simple model for preliminary evaluation of rainfall-induced slope instability ENGINEERING GEOLOGY. 108(3-4), 272-285
• GOFAR, N., LEE, M. L. and KASSIM, A., 2009. Extreme Rainfall for Slope Stability Evaluation In: Proceedings, International Symposium on Prediction and Simulation Method for Geohazard Mitigation, IS Kyoto, Japan.
• GOFAR, N. and LEE, M. L., 2009. Short Notes: PERISI: A Computer Program for Preliminary Evaluation of Rainfall-Induced Slope Instability Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering. 21(2), 235-240
• KASSIM, A., GOFAR, N. and LEE, M. L., 2008. Numerical Simulation of Infiltration through Unsaturated Soil Column Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering. 20(2), 211-222
• KASSIM, A., GOFAR, N. and LEE, M. L., 2008. Laboratory Model for Rainfall Infiltration in Layered Soil Slope In: Proceedings, International Conference on Geotechnical and Highway Engineering (geotropika), Kuala Lumpur.
• GOFAR, N., LEE, M. L. and KASSIM, A., 2008. Response of Suction Distribution to Rainfall Infiltration in Soil Slope Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, EJGE.. 13, 1-13
• GOFAR, N., LEE, M. L. and KASSIM, A., 2008. Instrumented Soil Column Model for Rainfall Infiltration Study In: Proceeding International Conference on Geotechnical and Highway Engineering (geotropika), Kuala Lumpur.
• GOFAR, N. and LEE, M. L., 2008. Extreme Rainfall Characteristics for Surface Slope Stability in the Malaysian Peninsular Journal of Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards (Georisk).. 2(2), 65-78
• GOFAR, N. and LEE, M. L., 2008. Integration of Extreme Rainfall in the Evaluation of Slope Stability Proceeding th ISGE Annual Science Meeting 2008. Bandung, Indonesia.
• KASSIM, A., GOFAR, N., MOKHTAR, N. and LEE, M. L., 2006. The Effect of Transient State Rainfall on Stability of a Residual Soil Slope In: Proceedings, International Conference on Slope, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur.
• LEE, M. L., LO, S. C. and GOFAR, N., 2006. The Effect of Wall Rigidity and Deformation on Lateral Earth Pressure Distribution In: Proceedings, The 1st Regional Postgraduate Conference on Engineering and Science..
• LEE, M. L., GOFAR, N. and KASSIM, A., 2006. The Effect of Vegetation Cover on Suction Variation Proceeding, National Seminar on Civil Engineering Research (SEPKA)..
• KASSIM, A., GOFAR, N. and LEE, M. L., 2006. A Study of Infiltration on Unsaturated Layered Soil Column Proceeding, National Seminar on Civil Engineering Research (SEPKA)..
• GOFAR, N., LEE, M. L. and KASSIM, A., 2006. Effect of Surface Boundary Condition on Rainfall Infiltration Jurnal Teknologi, UTM.. 44, 63-70
• GOFAR, N., LEE, M. L. and MARWAN, A., 2006. Transient Seepage and Slope Stability Analysis for Rainfall-Induced Landslide: A Case Study Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering. 18(1), 1-13