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Engineering and Science

Ongoing Externally Funded Research Projects

• Development of a Compartmented Fluidized-Bed Gasifier for Syngas Production and Power Generation from Biomass (Palm Wastes)
  Dr Chua Han Bing, Chok Vui Soon, Wee Siaw Khur, Dr Hongming Yan and Dr Chandrasekar Srinivasakanaan
  (Funded by the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation and Malaysian Palm Oil Board)

• Metabolic Control Analysis and Process Engineering of Ethanol Production from Agricultural Products using Extractive Fermentation Technology.
  Jobrun Nandong
  (Funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)

• Micromachining of Advanced Ceramics by Conventional and Non-Conventional Methods.
  Moola Mohan Reddy, Dr Khaled Abou El Hossein
  (Funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)

• Electro-osmosis and Electro-stabilization Experiments on Soft Soils of North Sarawak.
  Dr Kaniraj Shenbaga
  (Funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)

• Design and Optimization of a Hydrophilic, Cross Flow Ultra-Filtration Membrane Unit for the Treatment of Oil-field Produced Water in Sarawak.
  Dr Yudi Samyudia, Tan Yin Ling
  (Funded by Shell Malaysia Limited)

• Development of Syngas Cleanup Technologies Suitable for Power Generation from Biomass.
  Dr Alexander Gorin, Dr Chua Han Bing and Dr Md Raisul Islam
  (Funded by Shell Malaysia Limited)

• Fine Particle Formation by Rapid Expansion of the Supercritical Solution (RESS) of Bioactive Compounds of Piper nigrum L. – Design, Optimization & Experimental Studies.
  Dr Yudi Samyudia, Freddie Panau, Tan Yin Ling and Cheng Chin Fook
  (Funded by Malaysian Pepper Board)

• Hardware and Software Design of Body Sensor Network Device.
  Dr Wong Kiing Ing

• (Funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)

• Ongoing Research Projects Funded by CSRF Scheme
• Forced Convection Heat Transfer from Wall Surface in Packed Beds at High Reynolds Numbers.
• Alexander Gorin

• Partitioning methodology to promote re-use of components in embedded system design.
  Mohd Amaluddin Yusoff

• Property integration with regeneration placement for continuous and batch processes.
  Tan Yin Ling

• Developing Thermophilic Baterial Consortium for Biodegradation of Empty Fruit Bunches from Oil Palm.
  Dr Chua Han Bing

• An Investigation of Engineered Wetlands as Waste and Stormwater Treatment in Sarawak.
  Dr Tang Fu Ee

• Floating Structure in Sensitive Watercourse Tourist Destinations: Life-Cycle Analysis of a Waterborne WWF Visitor-Centre for the Kinabatangan River.
  Tang Fu Ee

• Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of Anodized Aluminium through the Optimization of Anoding Process.
  Lau Shiew Wei

• Direct Numerical Simulation of Acoustic Waves in a 2D Cavity.
  Cheng Chin Fook

• Interaction of surface Radiation and Mixed Convection in Horizontal Rectangular Ducts.
  Rajamohan Ganesan
• An Efficient Logic Synthesis Approach with Testability using MODD.
  Ashutosh Kumar Singh

• Upgrading Characteristics of Palm Oil Waste by Using a Pretreatment Technique to Obtain Higher Energy Efficiency During Gasification.
  Veena Doshi

Completed Externally Funded Research Projects

• Remote Access Power Systems (RAPS)
  Dr. Bijan Rohani, Nabil Afifi, Hor Hen Son, Balakrishna Singam

• Isolated Communities' Telecommunication Network (ICTN) - Phase I: Feasibility Study of Technologies
  Nabil Afifi, Dr Bijan Rohani & Balakrishna Singam

• Completed Research Projects Funded by CSRF Scheme

• Development of Comprehensive, Multi-dimensional Computational Combustion Models\ for Pulverised Coal-Fired or Biomass-Fired Utility Boilers
  Dr Hongming Yan

• Wireless Communication Network for Rural Areas - Case Study.
  Nabil Afifi

• Kinetics of Catalytic Degradation of Plastic Wastes using Thermal Gravimetric Analysis
  Dr. Ibrahim J. M. Dubdub and Dr. Farouq Twaiq

• The Use of Evolutionary Algorithms for Computer Controlled Characters in Massively Multiple Online Games
  Johannes Herrmann

• A new Dynamic Priority Allocation Scheme for the Code Division Multiples Access (CDMA) ALOHA packet radio system
  Sashigaran Sivathasan

• End-to-End Perceptual Speech Quality Measurement
  Dr. Bijan Rohani

• Computational Modeling and Control of RESS Particle Formation Systems for Thermally Sensitive Materials and Organic Solutes.
  Dr Yudi Samyudia

• Electro-osmotic stabilization of soft soils of Sarawak
  Dr Kaniraj Shenbaga

• Separation of oil and suspended solids in Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME)
  Florence Wong Pin Sing and Dr. Ibrahim Dubdub (Bintulu Lumber Development Sdn. Bhd. funded in kind)

• Small-scale production of bio-ethanol as a sustainable source of fuel for remote
  rural communities in developing countries
  Freddie Panau, Jobrun Nandong, Dr Chua Han Bing, and Dr Barbara Stauble.

• Predictive modeling of surface roughness when end-milling of mould steels using carbide cutting inserts.
  Dr Khaled Abou El Hossein

• Monitoring and evaluation of Renewable Energy Systems for Rural Sarawak.
  Than Soe

Optimization of Hybrid Renewable Energy System in Sarawak.
Nader Barsoum

Strength of Reinforced Concrete Columns using High Strength Reinforcing Steel.
Djwantoro Hardjito

Characterization of Functionally-graded Aluminium Titanate Ceramics.
Zeya Oo

Construction Waste Minimisation: A Sarawak Experience.
Dr Lau Hieng Ho & Carrie Ho

Design and Implementation of an Adaptive Fuzzy Servo Controller on an FPGA IC Board.
Dr Wong Kiing Ing

Preliminary study on the engineering properties database of low calcium fly ash-based geopolymer concrete.
Djwantoro Hardjito