University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL), Malaysia Institut T e k n o l o g i P e t r o l e u m Petronas (INSTEP), Creative Arts Technology & Science College (CATS), MERCU Resolution Sdn. Bhd, Setegap Ventures Petroleum Sdn. Bhd. (SVP), Malaysian Metal Resources Sdn. Bhd. (MMR) dan Universiti Ahmad Dahlan (UAD), Indonesia).

Faculty of Chemical and Natu-ral Resources Engineering (FKKSA), UMP was successfully organized 3rd International Conference on Chemical Engi-neering and Industrial Biotech-nology 2016 (ICCEIB 2016), held in the historical state of Malacca on 28th-30th Nov 2016. The event was officiat-ed by the Deputy Secretary-General (Management) Minis-try of Education Malaysia(MOE), Dato Kamel Mohamad. The conference was attended by 182 participations from local and international partici-pants (the United Kingdom, Sudan, Indonesia, Oman, Al-geria, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, New Zealand).

This year’s ICCEIB 2016 theme was ‘FEW: Emerging for the Sustainable Future’. FEW refers to the three essential elements that maintain and sustain the earth and its eco-system – Food, Water and Energy. As each component within the earth ecosystem is interdependent, serious efforts are needed to preserve the environment which also pro-vides us with the comfort of food, water and energy.

Towards the end, FKKSA was proud to announce the launching of the Journal of Chemical Engineering and Industr ial B io techno logy (JCCEIB) (Details on Page 2),

with the first issue published in March 2017.

In addition, seven Memo-randum of Understanding (MoU) documents have been exchanged during this event between UMP and its part-ners in order to forge prac-tical cooperative relation-ships with universities and corporations both locally and abroad. The seven organiza-tions are Infrastructure

ICCEIB2016 with the Theme ‘Food, Energy & Water’

FKKSA Signs MoU with MCOM

On 10th of November 2016, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) and Malaysian Cham-ber of Mines (MCOM) signed a memorandum of under-standing (MoU) to develop a Master degree programme in Science Mining (Mineral Technology). The signing ceremony was held on the sidelines of the 11th Asia-Pacific Mineral Resource Exhibition and Conference 2016 (APMREC2016) at

Kuala Lumpur recently. The APMREC2016 was officially opened by YB Dato Sri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, Minister of Natural Re-sources and Environment. The MoU was signed by UMP vice chancel-lor, Prof Dato’ Dr. Daing Nasir

Ibrahim and MCOM president Dato’ Seri Dr Mohd Ajib Anuar (Details on Page 2).

Official Newsletter of the Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering (FKKSA) Universiti Malaysia Pahang

VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1 SEP 16—FEB 17 ISSN 2180-2033

FOREWORD FROM DEAN In the name of Allah,

Most Gracious, Most

Merciful . Salawat &

salam to our prohet Muhammad SAW.

2016 and early 2017 was a time full of

changes and achievement as well as

challenge and opportunities. We expe-

rienced significant and continuous

achievements in research and develop-

ment. They were in the forms of

research projects established, post-

graduate students registered as well

as medals received by our researcher.

For that, I’m grateful to Allah that this

Faculty has been blessed with a group

of proactive and dedicated staff. For

the coming years , I look forward to

receive continuous support to achieve

excellence in all areas.

PROF. ZULKAFLI BIN HASSAN

DEAN OF FKKSA

Inside this issue:

Announcements 2

Achievements 3

Academic activities 4

Research activities 6

Community activities 7

EDITORIAL BOARD

Advisor: Prof. Zulkafli bin Hassan,

Editor: Dr. Khairatun Najwa Mohd Amin

Journalists Dr. Norashikin Mat Zain Dr. Nor Hanimah Hamidi Dr. Normazlinah Ahmad

Dr. Siti Hajar Noor Shaarani Dr. Rohana Abu

Zainatul Bahiyah Handani

dynamic, innovative and excellence

From page 1—The collabora-tion with MCOM was part of the efforts to ensure UMP con-tinued to remain competitive and relevant by offering tech-nical academic programmes.

The mining industry is still playing an important role in supporting the economic de-velopment of Malaysia. Ma-laysian total mineral reserves was reported in between RM500 billion to RM1 trillion. On the other side of mining industrial ranked by Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Min-ing Companies 2014, Malay-sia ranks as the least attrac-tive jurisdiction in the world for investment in mining sector.

By having MCOM as the UMP partner, the establish-ment of the post graduate programme offered by FKKSA

will fulfill the current mining industry needs. Currently, ap-propriate human capital with advanced knowledge and technology on mining is in short supply, even though Malaysia has huge untapped and abun-dant mineral resources.

The initiative is an effort to support the continuous growth of the industry in order to put Malaysia as one of the world-class mining players. With the aim towards the sustainability and implementation of Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) in mining operation, this initia-tive is also a commitment to address the global issues in which the Chamber will act as an industrial advisor.

The master degree program will be offered this September. In addition, a new master de-gree program will also be offered this year by FKKSA which Master degree in process plant operation.

“Admission starting on September 2017/2018”

New Master

Degree

Programmes by

FKKSA

FKKSA Journals: MyCM and JCEIB

“Master of Science (Process Plant Operation)”

“Master of Science Mining

(Mineral Technology)

Page 2 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Journal of Malaysian Critical Metals (MyCM) (ISSN: 0128-2257) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-

access journal published by the Rare Earth Research Center,

Universiti Malaysia Pahang.

This journal is published in both printed and online versions.

MyCM carries original and full-length articles that reflect the

latest research and developments in both theoretical and practi-

cal aspects related to Malaysian’s critical metals. The Editor-in-

Chief of MyCM is Prof. Dato’. Ir. Dr. Badhrulhisham bin Abdul

Aziz.

Scopes for MyCM are:

Fundamental aspects of critical metals

Processing and refining of critical metals

Urban mining and occurrences of critical metals

Environmental protection and impact of critical metals

Recycling of critical metals resources

Current situation and development of critical metals industry

Application of critical metals

Global R&D of New Materials based on critical metals More info on MyCM can be found at http://mycm.ump.edu.my

Journal of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Biotechnology (JCEIB) (ISSN: 2421-8802) is an open-access journal published by Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. The JCEIB will be published twice a year (March and Septem-ber) and the first volume of this journal will be available on March 2017. The Editor-in-Chief of JCEIB is Prof. Dr. Abdu-rahman Hamid Nour. Scopes for JCEIB are: Reaction Engineering - kinetics, mechanisms, catalysis Advanced Materials - nanomaterials, biocomposite, polymer, mining Separation Processes and Transport Phenomena - membrane technology Process Systems Engineering - simulation, heat integration, process safety and health in Industry Environmental Engineering - wastewater treatment, pollution control Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering All articles are freely available for everyone to read, down-load and distribute. No fees will be charged for the publica-tion. More info on JCEIB can be found at http://jceib.ump.edu.my

http://jceib.ump.edu.my

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2016 is the ninth year FKKSA Laboratory acquires and maintains the international standards certification OHSAS 18001: 2007, EN 1722: 2011, ISO 14001: 2004. This laboratory has been granted accreditation for the next three years. This recognition began in 2007 where FKKSA Lab became the first laboratory to be integrated with the Safety & Health Man-agement Systems OHSAS18001: 1999. In 2010, FKKSA also received the OHSAS 18001: 2007, MS 1722: Part 1: 2005 & ISO 14001: 2004.

FKKSA Laboratory received MSOSH OSH Gold Class II

Double Victory at BIS 2016: Gold

and Bronze Medal Award

Congratulations to Mr. Mohd Najib Bin Razali and his team members Mr. Musfafikri Bin Musa and Prof Dato’ Dr Rosli Bin Mond Yunus on their achievement at the British Invention Show 2016 (BIS 2016) held on October 19th to 22nd, 2016 at Babrican Convention Centre, London, United Kingdom. The project entitled “Eco-Friendly Bitumen From Industrial Wastes” got Gold Medal in International Invention of The YearAwards (Industrial Category) and Bronze Medal in Design Category.

Medals at ITEX’16 Mr. Mohd Najib Razali & team (GOLD) “Eco-friendly modified bitu-men from industrial wastes (from waste to wealth)” Dr. Sumaiya Zainal Abidin & team (GOLD) “A new invention of sulfonat-ed hypercrosslinked ex-change resin (SHER)” Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maksudur Rahman Khan & team (SILVER) “Photosynthesis: Turn CO2 into fuel”

Gold Medal Awards at iENA2016

and ITEX’16

Congratulations to Dr. Dai-Viet N. Vo for his invention which have been awarded a gold medal at International Trade Fair Ideas Inventions New Products (iENA 2016) on 27th-30th October 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany. His novel invention entitled “Multi-functional Ni/SBA-15 catalyst for syngas pro-duction” also won a gold medal at 27th International Inven-tion & Innovation Exhibition (ITEX’16) on 12th-14th May 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

FKKSA Won Medals at MTE 2017

Congratulations on winning the silver and bronze medals at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2017. The event was held from February 16 to February 18, 2017 at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) in Kuala Lumpur. The silver medal was won by Professor Dr Abdurahman Hamid Nour (FKKSA) with product NS-16-1: A Green Surfactant for Crude Oil Stabili-zation. The bronze was won by Prof. Dr Arun Gupta (FKKSA) with the results of the investigation "Novel Formulation of Biodegradable Materials for Food Packaging", Prof. Dr Hay-der A Abdulbari (FKKSA) with product research PD2-PRO (Portable Fever Detector), Prof. Dr. Maksudur Rahman Khan (FKKSA) to research "Li-ION Battery From Industrial Waste Water", Prof. Dr. Ir Said Nurdin (FKKSA) with the results of the study entitled "E-KALFASOF: Eco-Friendly, Lemongrass Kaffir Lime Fabric Softener".

ACHIEVEMENTS

Gold and Silver Medals at 2016 KIDE

Congratulations to undergrad-

uate students under supervi-

sion of A.P. Dr. Jolius Gimbun,

Dr. Ruzinah Isha and A.P Dr.

Norazwina Zainol. They won

gold, silver medal and special

award at Kaohsiung Interna-

tional Invention & Design Ex-

po (KIDE), in Kaohsiung, Tai-

wan on 9th-12th December

2016.

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Univeritas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta Indonesia

Student from UNNES grind-ing the fibre

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

From 1st February to 28th February 2017 our

faculty received two (2) students from

Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Negeri Semarang

(UNNES) and had their industrial training

under KTP project : Transfer Of Vacuum

Assisted Separation Process Knowledge For The

Improvement Of Thermo-Mechanical Process

Using Steam Explosion Unit For The Cellulose

Production From Oil Palm Frond (OPF).

Rizqi Azzaidan and M. Syarif Abdullah have

been supervised under Dr. Saidatul Shima

Jamari. They have been exposed to the

cellulose pilot plant and its technology which

located in LCSB palm oil mill Lepar. One month

of industrial training, they managed to

produce microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) from

empty fruit bunch using steam explosion

method.

Universitas Negeri Semarang’s Student – Industrial

Training at FKKSA

On 7th September 2016, five (5) students

from Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD),

Indonesia and Guizhou University of

Engineering Science (GUES), China have

registered as a student in FKKSA, UMP

under student exchange programme

between UMP with UAD and GUES. This

programme is a good milestone towards

strengthening the academic quality and UMP

branding at the international level. The

students attended the lecture session in FKKSA for one semester starting from 7th September 2016

until 30th January 2017. In addition, this programme would encourage good networking between

universities generally at the international level and specifically in Asia region.

Student Exchange from

Indonesia and China at FKKSA

Final presentation by students from Universitas Negeri Sema-

rang

Guizhou University of Engineering Science, China.

Prof Kim Pickering was invited as a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Chemical and Natural Re-sources Engineering, UMP for one month (28th November 2016 to 27th December 2016). During this period, she was involved in number of seminar and workshop. She started with the keynote speech at the conference (ICCCEIB 2016) in Bayou Resort, Malacca, organized by the Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering. Af-ter coming back to Gambang, the kick off meeting with the Head of clusters and Faculty management was chaired by the Dean of the Faculty on 5th December. Following kick off meeting, there was a knowledge sharing meeting with the members of Advanced Materials group.

Professor Dr. Kim Pickering as a Visiting Professor at

FKKSA, UMP

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On the 5th of February 2017, 10 academics staffs of FKKSA attended a special courses ‘UMP- Chemical plant opera-tion familiarization program that took 5 days at Institut Teknologi Petroleum Petronas (INSTEP) Batu Rakit, Kuala Ter-engganu, Terengganu.

T h i s s p e c i a l c o u r s -es significantly introduce the oil and gas plant starting from the pre commissioning until the shut down process of the plant. Besides, the academics also have a clear picture of pilot scale production plant including the utilities, equipment, process control and safety in industry.

Academics staffs have a really

good exposure and all the knowledge gain may significantly disseminate to the students afterwards. This program was fully sponsored by FKKSA in mission to prioritize the education level into the highest level.

‘UMP-Chemical Plant Operation Familiarization Program’

at INSTEP

students involved in this programme that who is taking the plant design subject. This visit purposely was organized to give an exposure to the chemical plant as well as an oppor-tunity for students to clear up their curiosity related to chemi-cal processes and ‘real job’ as chemical engineer.

Visit to RP Chemicals (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

The site visit took place in RP Chemicals (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. on 3rd November 2016. This company is the sole manufactur-er of purified terephtalic acid (PTA) in Malaysia with a capacity of 610 KMT and located in the state of Pahang about 25 km from Kuantan. It is one of the most reliable PTA plants in South East Asia. 55 students and 3 lecturers have joined the visit. UMP team have been greeted warmly by the management and engineers from the company. Most of the

“RP Chemicals (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. is the

manufacturer of purified terephtalic acid (PTA)”

FKKSA academic staff on-site at INSTEP

Discussion on plant design subject with the CEO of PETROFAC-RNZ

On 28th of July 2016, Plant design team of FKKSA has invited Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Petrofac-RNZ, Ir. Rozali Ahmad to give a talk entitle ‘Industrial

Overview & Expectation on Plant Design’. Petrofac-RNZ company has a lot of experience in plant design consist of conceptual design, ‘Front End Engineering Design (FEED)’ and detailed design. This company has a proven track record and expertise in the international oil and gas sector, chemical and power industries. The talk also was given by Dato’ Prof Ir Dr. Badhrulhisham Abd Aziz, UMP. He shared briefly on the case study of Plant Design: 250, 000 bpd Pe-troleum Refinery in Kedah. This shar-ing talk was organized to provide information to the lecturers on indus-trial design work practice and super-vising.

Plant Design Series Talk with CEO of PETROFAC-RNZ

INDUSTRIAL ENGAGEMENT

Page 6 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

In 2016 a total of RM2.5 million fund have been granted to

the FKKSA’s researchers. 47% of funding comes from FRGS,

31% from KTP, 12% from UMP grant and 5% draw out from

PRGS. FKKSA is one of the highest FRGS receiver among UMP

applicants which is around 14 researchers that have been

granted with total RM 1.5 million funding . Meanwhile PRGS

granted around RM 200k to P.M. IR. Dr. Ahmad Ziad b.

Sulaiman. Other than that, Pre-commercialization fund and

industries also have granted almost RM 100k to A.P. Dr.

Fatmawati Adam, Dr. Abdul Aziz Mohd Azoddein, Dr.

Noormazlinah Ahmad and Mr. Najib Razali on the basis of

their successful fundamental research work.

Successful Grant Application in 2016

Journal and

Conference Papers

NO PROJECT LEADER TITLE AMOUNT (RM)

1 PM. Dr. Hayder Active Drag Reduction Technique for Enhancing the Liquid-Liquid Mixing Intensity in Micromixers 75,000

2 Dr. Ramesh Kantasamy Experimental Measurement and Numerical Investigation of Thermophysical Prop-erties of Binary Fuel Oxygenate Mixtures to Reduce Emission from Vehicles for a Greener Environment

119,800

3 AP Ir. Dr. Ahmad Ziad Sulaiman

Kinetic Correlations of Gas liquid Mass Transfer Coefficient and Oxygen Uptake Rate of Heterologous Protein Cultivation by Sonobioreactor 97,000

4 Dr.Wan Hanisah Wan Ibrahim Modelling Rare Earth Element Leaching and Residual Separation Systems 100,000 5 AP Dr. Jolius Gimbun Elucidation of thermal degradation kinetics of Labisia pumila’s polyphenols 101,800 6 Ir. Dr. Siti Zubaidah Sulaiman The influence of duct size and fuel concentration on the flame and pressure char-

acteristic towards the secondary explosion. 124,200

7 AP Ir. Dr. Said Nurdin Kinetics and Thermodynamics Analysis of Phytosterol Esters Synthesis from CocoaShell Waste and Transesterified Jatropha Oil (CSW-TJO) over Impregnated Egg Shell Catalyst (IESC)

103,800

8 AP Dr. Mazrul Nizam Abu Seman

Enhancement of Forward Osmosis (FO) membrane resistance towards reverse so-lute diffusion (RSD) mechanism through UV-grafting surface modification technique

117,800

9 Malyanah Mohd Taib Synthesis and characterization of Novel Thermo Responsive Ionic Liquid as a Draw Solution in Forward Osmosis Membrane Process 122,300

10 Mohd Najib Razali Rheological and Structural Characterization of Emulsified Modification Bitumen Synthesized from Industrial Wastes 110,800

11 Prof Dato’ Dr. Rosli Mohd Yunus

Interaction of nanoparticle on bioresin synthesis by in-situ reaction and its effects on the formulation of heat resistant paint 113,500

12 AP Dr. Kamal Yusoh Synthesis of hydrophilic graphene via green sonomechanical method to improve the interaction of Polyvinylalcohol (PVA)/graphene nanocomposites 129,800

13 Dr. Jun Haslinda Shariffuddin Kinetics and mechanistic studies of photocatalytic degradation of POME over lan-thanum doped calcium oxide derived from cockle shells 68,000

14 Dr. Rohayu Jusoh Mechanism and Kinetic Study of Pesticide Degradation by Electrosynthesized Sil-ver Nanoparticles in Ionic Liquid 115,963

Table 1: FRGS receiver in FKKSA

Approximately 119 journal and confer-ence papers ranked by SCOPUS have been published in 2016 by FKKSA’s

researcher.

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“Love yourself enough to live a healthy lifestyle”

Year 6 students had fun activities at Agro Resort Semuji

A healthy lifestyle talks by Dr. Wan Hafizuddin and weighing program to start the weight loss challenge 2017.

COMMUNITY SERVICES

In collaboration with UMP Advanced Education and ECER, FKKSA have organized an intensive program (Qgen 2016) for Year 6 students on 21st to 23rd October 2016 took place at Agro Resort Semuji, Gambang, Kuantan Pahang. Three primary schools were invited which are Sek. Keb. Tanah Putih, Sek. Keb. Panching and Sek. Keb. Gam-bang. Basically, this is a moti-vational programme with ‘life independence’ concept. The objective of this programme is to increase awareness and guide the students with Islamic and good attitudes. Other

than that, this programme also will provide the students with practical exercise in Quran recitation, Solah, and animal slaughtering in Islamic way as well as communication skill.

The committee of this pro-gramme mostly is the staff and lecturers of FKKSA. Meanwhile the facilitators for the activi-ties are students from FKKSA. This opportunity may create awareness among FKKSA staff and students towards social problem occurred among teenagers and encouraged leadership skill in FKKSA stu-dents. Many activities have

been done during three days of the programme including motivational talk, survival tips (animal slaughtering in Islamic way) and sports. The closing ceremony was officiated by YB Dato’ Mohd Zaili bin Haji Be-sar, Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Panching.

QGen 2016 — FKKSA To Community

The FKKSA technical and wel-fare club have organized a “Healthy lifestyle campaign” activity starting with the hiking at Bukit Sulai near Sekolah Kebangsaan Gambang. The program dated 9th February 2017 started at 9 am to 11.30 am involved at least 40 staffs. There are several plans ahead in this program includ-ing hiking in Bukit Pelindung and Bukit Panaroma, the fa-mous beautiful scenery of

Kuantan. In addition, “5 km charity fund run” with the cooperation of Pahang International Mara-thon will also be conducted on 12th March 2017. FKKSA will award staff with a good healthy lifestyle with a cash money of RM1000 on two categories which are male and female. The moni-toring of staffs weight that involve in this program was conducted monthly starting from 22nd Feb-ruary 2017.

FKKSA Healthy Lifestyle Campaign 2017

Al-Fatihah. It is a great sadness that in 25th February 2017, we have loss our precious students Muhammad Zahid Hamidi bin Mohd Hasan and Muhammad Azrul bin Khairudin due to the drowning at Berkelah water-fall, Gambang, Kuantan. Both students are 20 years old and still pursuing their study in Diploma Chemical Engi-neering (Chemical Plant). Donation for both students was collected over one night from FKKSA staffs and RM 2430 has been collected. FKKSA representatives, Prof. Zulkafli bin Hassan and Dr. Nur Hidayah Mat Yasin has visited family members of Muhammad Zahid Hamidi at Muar, Johor on 26 February 2017. At the same time, Dr. Mior Ahmad Khusairi has made his way to Kampung Banggol Perdong Manir, Kuala Terengganu to visit fam-ily members of Muhammad Azrul.

The Loss of Our Precious Students

Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering (FKKSA) Universiti Malaysia Pahang Lebuhraya Tun Razak 26300 Gambang Pahang Darul Makmur Malaysia

Phone: +609-549 2838/2888 Fax: +609-549 2889 E-mail: fkksa@ump.edu.my http://fkksa.ump.edu.my

A novel Hard Capsule project lead by Assoc. Prof Dr Fatmawati Adam and the team

members for drug delivery purposes to replace the present gelatin based hard capsule.

More than 40 % of capsule were produced from porcine skin and bones. The capsule

used the seaweed raw material from seaweed local source. The project started in 2014

and was funded by Ministry of Science & Technology Industry, Malaysia under e-Science

grant about RM200 000. At present, the project continuing for under UMP-Community

Technology Solution Platform Fund grant about RM80 000. The project has patented a

novel formulation of hard capsule in the addition crosslinkers. A laboratory scale Capsule

Dipping Machine also was designed and fabricated to produce a hard capsule product

prototype. The final goal of project is provide the solution for Halal Pharmaceutical In-

dustry to serve 1.6 billion Muslims and 200 million vegetarians population.

VEGETARIAN CAPSULE FOR DRUG DELIVERY By: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatmawati Adam

Site visit and project progress presentation with senior officers and technical panels from MOSTI (right) and Assof. Prof. Dr. Fatmawati and team shows the seaweed and capsule (left).

RESEARCH IN FOCUS