Service

Lecturer - Nov. 2002

Senior Lecturer – Jan. 2005

Assoc. Prof. - April 2007

 

Academic Qualifications

BSc (Chemistry), Colorado School of Mines, 1993

BEng (Chemical and Petroleum Refining Eng.), Colorado School of Mines, 1993

PhD (Polymer Synthesis and Technology), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2002

 

Area of Expertise

Biopolymers, Palm-Based Polymers and Composites, Polyurethanes, Advanced Materials

 

Professional Qualifications

Certified Chemist by Institut Kimia Malaysia (Membership No. A 2061 4499/ 2003)

Certified Auditor ISO/IEC 17025

Certified Auditor ISO 9000 series

Certificate in 7 QCC Tools to Continuous Improvement (QMS)

 

Publications

Pioneering research in the utilization of vegetable oils especially palm oil) and their biomasses. Have more than 68 publications including books, patents, standards, international journals, international proceedings and conferences. 2 patents, 1 Book, 14 International Journals, 15 Proc. of International Conferences, 17 Proc. of National Conferences, 1 Chapter in a Book, 4 Invited/Keynote Papers, 4 Technical Reports, 2 MS/ SIRIM Standards, 2 Laboratory Manual (Module), 2 video for TV (Inovasi & Wanita Hari ini), 1 Radio program (Best Tani), 3 articles in Magazines/ Newspapers (An-Nur, Utusan Malaysia, New Sunday Times) and some abstracts for exhibitions.

 

Research Projects

2 IRPA project as project leader RM310,000

2 Short Term Projects as project leader RM26,500

1 FRGS project as project leader RM61,000

2 ScienceFund project as project leader RM259,000

1 Yayasan Felda projects as a co-researcher RM198,000

Total (project leader/research head) RM854,500

3 ScienceFund projects as a co-researcher RM240,000

2 FRGS projects as a co-researcher RM171,000

3 ScienceFund project as co-researcher RM480,000

 

Selected Research Projects

• Magnetic Behaviour of Polyurethane Composites Containing Polyaniline-Coated Manganese-Zinc Ferrite (Jan2008-Dec 2009)

• Green Envelope and Breathing Construction Materials. RM97,500.00 (Jan 2007- Dec 2008)

• Synthesis of surface conductive polyurethane films (Jan 2007-Dec 2008)

• Preparation of polyurethanes from multifunctional palm-based esters (Dec 2003-July 2006)

• Preparation and characterization of Polyurethane polyol from RBD palm kernel oil (June 2000-Dec 2002)

 

Graduate Research Supervision

2 Ph.D. (in progress), 13 Masters (6 completed)

 

Selected Administration

• Graduate Studies Coordinator

- June 2006 - June 2008

- June 2008 - June 2010

• Quality Manager, Makmal ALIR, UKM (2006– 2008)

• Internal Auditor for ISO/IEC17025, UNIPEQ Laboratory, UKM Holdings (2003-present)

• Committee, ISO9001:2000 internal audit committee, UKM (2006-present)

 

Product + Invention

• Process for the production of vegetable oil-based polyurethane polyols (MY PI 2004 4695)

• Process for the production of wood composites from renewable natural resources (MY -135552-A)

• The environmentally friendly polyurethane polyol from palm kernel oil

• The eco-friendly fiberboard from oil palm resources

• Palm-based sound absorbing and thermal insulating home

• Indigenous coating material as anti-corrosion agent

• Sound-absorbing and thermally insulated home from oil palm resources

• Palm-based Construction Materials

• Versatile oil palm fibers for wood composites

 

Awards

• Gold Medal, Seoul International Invention Fair (SIIF 2008)/Seoul

• Silver Medal, ITEX2008/ MOSTI & MINDS

• 2007 Excellent service Award, UKM Quality Day 2008

• Silver Medal, MTE2007/MOSTI & MINDS

• Young Researcher Award , Malam Sarjana Bestari 2 2007/UKM

• Gold Medal, PECIPTA07/MOHE

• Excellence Teaching Award, Malam Sarjana Bestari 1 2006/UKM

• Young Researcher Award, Malam Sarjana Bestari 1 2006/UKM

• Silver Medal, 17th International Invention Innovation Industrial Design & Technology Exhibition ITEX2006/ MINDS & MOSTI

• 2 Bronze Medals , Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE2006)/ MOSTI

• 2004 Excellent service Award, UKM Quality Day 2005

• Gold Medal, 32nd International Exhibition of Invention/Geneva/ Salon des Invention

• Excellence Scientist Award 2004, Ministry of Higher Education

• Gold Medal, Ekspo Penyelidikan & Innovasi/ UKM

• Bronze Medal, Expo S&T 2003/MOSTE

• Gold Medal, Ekspo Penyelidikan & Innovasi/ UKM

• Gold Medal with congratulation from jury (Special award), 30th International Exhibition of Invention/Geneva/ Salon des Invention

• Gold award, NSF Workshop/Ministry of Science Technology & Environment

• Silver Award, Kolokium FST 2002/ Faculty of Science & Technology/UKM

• Silver award, Expo S&T 2001/MOSTE

 

Recognition of Expertise

• Associate, Malaysia Institute of Chemisty (2003 - present)

• Fellow, Malaysia Oil Scientists and Technologists’ Association (2003 - Present)

• Assessor, IKM Laboratory (2005-present)

• Technical Comm., Malaysian Standard Committee for General Purpose Chemicals, SIRIM Berhad

• Evaluator, NSF scholarship, Bidang Teknologi berasaskan pelan induk perindustrian (IMP2), MOSTI (2006-present)

• Reviewer of International Journal/Proceeding.

 

International Networking + Linkages

• Visiting Scientist, McGill University, Canada

• Visiting Scientist, Concordia University, Canada

• Visiting Scientist, National University of Singapore, Singapore

• Visiting Scientist, Kyoto University, Japan

• Grenoble Institute of Technology, France

• Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

• MacDiarmid institute of Advanced Materials in nanoTechnology, New Zealand

 

Consultancies

5 projects.

 

Conferences + Seminars

More than 69 conferences, seminars and short courses attended.

 

Services to Society

MQF/MQA moderator for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, member of Kumpulan Kerja Perlindungan Harta Intelek UKM, moderator for Kursus Inventori Makmal, exhibitor for yearly event of Anugerah Harta Intelek Negara

 

Total Undergraduate Teaching and Supervision Contact Hours per Semester

• 2002-2008 - (Semester 1 = average of 250 hours, Semester 2 = average of 230 hours)

• Average contact hour per semester – 240 hours

• 14 semester & 112 credit hours.