| Summary: | PEKAN, 6 October 2025 – A young researcher from the Faculty of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering Technology (FTKMA), Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Ts. Dr. Nurizzatul Atikha Rahmat, 36, made history by successfully developing the country’s first small-scale and modular Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel (BLWT), fully designed in-house.
This high-technology facility, named the Small-Scale and Modular Quasi-Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, is an innovative facility specially designed to understand how airflow around buildings affects the comfort and well-being of urban residents.
It is also used to evaluate wind responses on high-rise buildings through facade pressure analysis.
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