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Staff
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Research group (RG) / Research centres
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Broad area of research
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Specific area of research
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Research link with Nottingham UK
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Prof Dominic Foo
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Sustainable Process Integration (SPI) RG; Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies; Centre of Sustainable Palm Oil Research
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Process integration
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- Waste minimisation
- Carbon emission reduction
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Dr Jon McKechnie
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Prof Suyin Gan
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Combustion and Fuels RG; Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies
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Energy and fuels
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- Biofuels production
- Combustion and emissions
- Environmental remediation
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Prof Chung Lim Law
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Future Food Malaysia
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Food Processing and Engineering
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- Food preservation
- Food quality and safety
- Dehydrated food, fruits and vegetables and drying Technology
- Fluidised bed technology
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Dr Nicholas Watson
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Dr Yi Jing Chan
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Water and Wastewater Treatment; Centre of Sustainable Palm Oil Research
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Wastewater treatment, renewable energy
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- Wastewater treatment
- Biogas technology
- Bioreactor Design
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Dr Nishanth Chemmangattuvalappil
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Sustainable Process Integration (SPI) RG; Centre of Sustainable Palm Oil Research
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Chemical Product design
Process Design
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- Integrated biorefinery
- Design of solvents and ionic liquids
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Dr Ching Lik Hii
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Future Food Malaysia (Co-Director)
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Food Processing and Engineering
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- Drying & dehydration
- Heat & mass transfer
- Food properties & quality
- Underutilized materials
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DDr Hon Loong Lam
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Sustainable Process Integration (SPI) RG; Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies; Centre of Sustainable Palm Oil Research
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Network synthesis
and optimisation
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- Biomass Supply chain
- Network optimisation and debottlenecking
- Green operational management
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Dr Phei Li Lau
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Polymer Composites RG
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Environment
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- Recycled composites for energy harvesting
- Artificial enzymes for carbon absorption
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Dr Anca Pordea; Dr Rachel L. Gomes
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Dr Lai Yee Lee
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Water and Wastewater Treatment; Combustion and Fuel, Sustainable Environments
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Nanotechnology; Biomass & Biofuel
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- Adsorptive removal of pharmaceuticals, dyes, heavy metals, and VOCs
- Synthesis of nanomaterials - graphene oxide, quantum dots, carbon nanotubes for environmental pollution control
- Preparation of agricultural waste and biomass based adsorption systems
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Prof Sean Rigby
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Dr Siew Shee Lim
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None
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Biomaterials and waste water treatment
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- Nanomaterials or composite materials for tissue engineering
- Nanomaterials for waste water treatment
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Dr Ifty Ahmed
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Dr Sze Pheng Ong
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Future Food Malaysia
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Food Processing and Engineering
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- Food processing & dehydration
- Plant & food microstructure
- Phytochemical & natural antioxidants
- Modelling & simulation (food product quality)
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Dr Pau Loke Show
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Future Food Malaysia
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Bioprocess Engineering
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- Extraction of bio products
- Synthesis of ionic liquid
- Fermentation & enzymes
- Biopolymer & Microalgae
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Dr Suchithra Thangalazhy Gopakumar
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Combustion and Fuels; Centre of Sustainable Palm Oil Research
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Biomass and Biofuels
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- Biomass pre-treatment
- Biomass thermochemical conversion
- Biofuel upgrading
- Extraction of bio-chemicals
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Dr Senthil Kumar Arumugasamy
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None
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Process Modelling and Control
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- Artificial Neural Networks
- Model Predictive control
- Biopolymerization
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Prof Derek Irvine
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Dr Ianatul Khoiroh
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Green and Renewable Technologies
Advanced Materials
Future Food Malaysia
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Separation and Purification
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- Applied thermodynamics
- Greener separation processes
- Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration
- Ionic liquids and complex fluids
- Molecular dynamics simulation
- Climate smart engineering
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Dr Anna Croft
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Dr Vasanthi Sethu
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Water and Wastewater Treatment; Centre of Sustainable Palm Oil Research
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Environmentally friendly technologies for water and wastewater
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- Biosorption technology
- Coagulation and Flocculation technology
- Material recovery and recycling from waste water
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Dr Joyce Tiong
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Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (NATAM)
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Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials
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- Catalytic synthesis and reactions
- Advanced nanomaterials
- Nanoemulsions
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Dr Sara Kazemi Yazdi
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Water and Wastewater Treatment
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Sustainable water and wastewater treatment
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- Sustainable drainage systems design
- Optimisation methods in storm water drainage
- Flood prevention and storm water quality.
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Ir Assoc. Prof. Dr Chong Chien Hwa
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Water and Wastewater Treatment & Future Food Malaysia
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Wastewater Engineering & Drying Technology
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| Ir Dr Wan Yoke Kin |
Sustainable Process Integration (SPI); Water and Wastewater Treatment
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Process synthesis, design and optimization; Wastewater Engineering |
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