Noor Fitrah Abu Bakar, PhDAssociate Professor

Head of Particle Engineering TechnologyFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTMEmail: fitrah@salam.uitm.edu.my

Phone: +60355436224Fax: +60355436300

PARTICLE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

RESEARCH GROUP

Name of RIG : Particle Engineering Technology

Tier : 5

Leader : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noor Fitrah Abu Bakar

CoRe : Frontier Materials and Industrial Application (FMIA)

Registered Faculty : Chemical Engineering

Registration date

(Senate Approval) :

UiTM Niche Area : Chemical & Advanced Materials

RIG Niche Area :

Research on applying particle engineering technologies

including electric-force assisted techniques, microwave

assisted techniques, crystallization, drying and gasification

for production of material and nanomaterial for

pharmaceutical, energy, food, oil and gas applications

TIER 5 – RESEARCH INITIATIVE GROUP (RIG)

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MEMBERS FACULTY QUALIFICATION

NICHE

Picture DR. NOOR

FITRAH ABU

BAKAR

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

PhD Particle and

Nanomaterial

Processing

Picture PROF. DR .

NORAZAH ABD

RAHMAN

CHEMICAL

ENGINEERING

PhD Particle Processing

and Green Technology

Picture DR. NORNIZAR ANUAR

CHEMICAL

ENGINEERING

PhD Crystalllization

Picture PN. SYAFIZA ABD HASHIB

CHEMICAL

ENGINEERING

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Drying Technology

Picture SITI NORAZIAN ISMAIL

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

MSc. in Environmental Eng.

Nanomaterial

Technology and Energy Engineering

Picture DR. IHSAN MOHD YASSIN

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

PhD Computer Engineering

ACHIEVEMENT(2015-2017)

ACHIEVEMENT 2015 2016 2017

Master Degree – Enrolled/On-Going 14 14 20

Master Degree - Graduated 4 4 1

PhD – Enrolled/On-Going 9 15 20

PhD – Graduated - 2 2

No. of research grants 17 16 21

Total value of research grants (RM) 420,000 313,000 2,490,000

Total publication (Indexed Journals) 20 33 26

Total publication (Non-indexed Journals) 10 10 8

IPR (Patent, Industrial design, Copyright) 1 0 0

Assoc. Prof Dr. Noor Fitrah Abu BakarFaculty of Chemical Engineeringfitrah@salam.uitm.edu.my

BACKGROUND•PhD, Tokyo Uni. of Agriculture and Tech., Japan•MEng., Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)•BEng. (Hons), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

NICHE AREA: Particle and Nanomaterial Processing

TeachingExperience

(years)

15

32 4

Citation H-index

RESEARCH INTEREST

SUPERVISION

On-Going

5 5MSc PhD

1Graduated

PhDMSc

RESEARCH GRANT

2 INTERNATIONAL

19 NATIONAL

17 UNIVERSITY

PUBLICATION

INDEXED ARTICLES

NON-INDEXED ARTICLES

20 348

EXPERTISE

• Nanomaterials Synthesis & Application• Oil & Gas Application• Pharmaceutical Application• Biomaterial Application• Computational Modelling

• Electrospraying Technique• Electrospinning Technique• Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD)• Fluidization Technology• Granulation Technology

Prof Dr. Norazah Abd RahmanFaculty of Chemical Engineeringnoraz695@salam.uitm.edu.my

BACKGROUND•PhD, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)•MSc., University of Brunel, UK•BSc, University of Missouri, Rolla, USA

NICHE AREA: Particle Processing and Green Technology

TeachingExperience

(years)

27

297 3

Citation H-index

RESEARCH INTEREST

SUPERVISION

On-Going

6 12MSc PhD

4Graduated

PhDMSc

RESEARCH GRANT

1 INTERNATIONAL

21 NATIONAL

16 UNIVERSITY

PUBLICATION

INDEXED ARTICLES

NON-INDEXED ARTICLES

36 5419

EXPERTISE

• Particle Processing• Microwave technology• Non Destructive Testing• Clean Technology

• Mixing Processes• Energy and Environment• Thermochemical conversion• Fluidization• Drying

Dr. Nornizar Binti AnuarFaculty of Chemical Engineeringnornizar@salam.uitm.edu.my

BACKGROUND•PhD, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)•MSc., Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)•BEng. (Hons), University of Bradford, UK

NICHE AREA: Crystallization

TeachingExperience

(years)

21

30 3

Citation H-index

RESEARCH INTEREST•Crystallization• Solution Chemistry • Thermochemical Properties of Solution•Process Modelling and Simulation

•Crystallization Technique•Molecular Modelling Technique• Solution Chemical Thermodynamics• Fluidization Processing

SUPERVISION

On-Going

5 3MSc PhD

1Graduated

PhDMSc

RESEARCH GRANT

10 NATIONAL

14 UNIVERSITY

PUBLICATION

INDEXED ARTICLES

NON-INDEXED ARTICLES

9 145

EXPERTISE

Siti Norazian IsmailFaculty of Chemical Engineeringazian83@salam.uitm.edu.my

BACKGROUND•PhD, Tokyo Uni. of Agriculture and Tech., Japan (on-going)•MEng., Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)•BEng. (Hons), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)NICHE AREA: Nanomaterial Technology and Energy Engineering

TeachingExperience

(years)

8

5 2

Citation H-index

RESEARCH INTEREST•Nanomaterials•Advanced-IGCC

• Nanomaterial• Polymer for Composite • Electrospraying• Coal pyrolysis and gasification• Fluidization

SUPERVISION

Graduated

MSc

RESEARCH GRANT

1 NATIONAL

2 UNIVERSITY

PUBLICATION

INDEXED ARTICLES

NON-INDEXED ARTICLES

4 1

1

EXPERTISE

Syafiza Abd HashibFaculty of Chemical Engineeringsyafiza0358@salam.uitm.edu.my

BACKGROUND• PhD student, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)• MEng., Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)• BEng. (Hons), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

NICHE AREA: Drying Technology

TeachingExperience

(years)

8

3 1

Citation H-index

RESEARCH INTEREST• Drying Technology• Process Separation• Particle Processing• Electric Force Assisted Technique

• Spray drying• Biomaterial • Electrospraying• Electrospinning• Co-crystallization via cryogenic milling

RESEARCH GRANT

4 NATIONAL

8 UNIVERSITY

PUBLICATION

INDEXED ARTICLES

NON-INDEXED ARTICLES

4 11

EXPERTISE

IndustrialExperience

(years)

8

SUPERVISIONOn-Going

3 MSc

Ir. Dr. Ahmad Ihsan Mohd Yassin, CEng.Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Computer)ihsan_yassin@salam.uitm.edu.my

BACKGROUND• PhD, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia• MSc., Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia• BSc. Electrical Engineering (Information Systems)

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia

NICHE AREA: Advanced Computation, Electrical Engineering

TeachingExperience

(years)

10

366 9

Citation H-index

RESEARCH INTEREST• Fuzzy logic• Neural Network• Deep Learning• System Identification• Optimization

• System Modelling• Pattern Classification• Forecasting• Artificial Intelligence

RESEARCH GRANT

5 NATIONAL

10 UNIVERSITY

PUBLICATION

INDEXED ARTICLES

NON-INDEXED ARTICLES

128 62

EXPERTISE

SUPERVISION

On-Going

5 10MSc PhD

0Graduated

PhDMSc1

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Niche Area and Relevance of RIGis formed to foster research on applying

particle engineering technologies including

electric-force assisted techniques, microwave

assisted techniques, crystallization, drying

and gasification for production of material and

nanomaterial for pharmaceutical, energy, food, oil andgas applications

Research activities emphasize on the following areas:

1. Development of latest and advanced

techniques and processes for synthesizing and

characterizing of material and nanomaterial

based on experimental, mathematical modeling

and simulation

2. Development of new materials including

advanced specialty chemicals and biomaterial

for pharmaceutical, energy, food, oil and gas

application

3. Knowledge and technology transfer to

industrial partners including chemical design,

improvement of processes for clean and

optimized production

Electric Force Assisted Techniques

Syringe pump

High voltage supply

Ejected fibre

Needle

Rotating

collector

Ti

O2suspensi

on

Un-depositUn-depositBulk

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Electrospraying

Electrospinning

DRY PROCESS WET PROCESS

Electrophoresis

Electrophoretic1

2

3

4

Synthesizing

Nanoparticles

• Pharmaceutical

• Enzyme

• Semiconductor

Synthesizing

Nanofibres

• Pharmaceutical

• Enzyme

• Coating

• Sensor

Other application

• Water treatment

• Bioactive

compound

separation

Temperature

Indicator

Distillate

Sample

Vapor

Outlet

Quartz

Vessel

Microwave

cavity

Empty Fruit Bunch Charcoal Particles

Fresh Fruit Bunch Extracted oil

Pyro

lysis

Empty Fruit Bunch

Extr

acti

on

Iso

lati

on

Crystalline cellulose

Microwave Assisted Technology

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Crystallization of L-isoleucine

+L-isoleucine

Water

Power

Supply

Overhead

Stirrer

Water

In

+ -

Refrigerated

Bath

Refrigerated

Bath

Valve

Valve

Water

Out

Observation of crystallization temperature

Calculation of nucleation kinetics and rate

Molecular dynamic modelling

Cell construction

0V 5VCell refinement

Dynamic

simulation

Analysis

Molecular modelling technique isused to predict behaviour ofmolecular interactions betweensolute and solution prior tonucleation, between molecules andatoms within crystals and betweenclustering solutes in solution.

Advanced-Integrated Gasification

Combined Cycle (A-IGCC)

Steam 700oC

Exhaust gas

Steam 600oC

Steam turbineSynthesis gas

Gas turbine 17000C class

Air

Exhaust gas

Water

Features:

❑Gasifier: Triple bed circulating fluidised

bed operated at (700-900oC)

❑Steam as gasifying agent instead of O2

❑Endothermic heat for downer pyrolysis

and gasification supplied gas turbine and

riser

❖ Technical requirements to achieve 53-57 thermal efficiency

• High density circulating fluidised bed gasifier

TBCFB gasifier

Gas treatment unit

gasifierGas

turbineSteamturbine

Heat, Q

C

Downer

Gasifier

Riser

Char, light tar, heavy tar

H2, CO, CO2, CH4, H20

Solids Gaseous

Concentrated

pineapple

Pineapple particles

Encapsulation of Ananas Comosus with Centella Asiatica via Spray drying technique

This work is conducted to

investigate the capabilities of spray

dryer in Ananas Comosus

encapsulation and to model the

oxidation inhibitor through lower

energy requirement and minimizing

the amount of Maltodextrin and

substitution with Centella Asiatica

as encapsulation matrix. This study

will combine the encapsulation inlet

temperature and substitution of

Maltodextrin with Centella Asiatica,

which should be able to reduce the

amount of extensive energy usage

and retaining Ananas Comosus

nutritional properties.

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System Identification

Application of advanced Artificial

Intelligence for:

● Disease diagnosis

● Autonomous vehicle

● Biometrics applications (face detection

and gait recognition.

Deep Learning & Artificial Intelligence

Mathematical modeling of various

systems and phenomenon:

● Stock market prediction

● Modeling of electromechanical

systems.

System Identification

Discovery of optimal parameters in various

systems using Particle Swarm Optimization

and Artificial Bee Colony algorithms.

Optimization

Design & development of various

database-driven applications using

MySQL, PHP, MATLAB and C.

Database & Application Development

Research Expertise

2010-2014: Particle Engineering Technology

2010

2011

2012

2014

2010 -2017 Collaborators

Student:

BASHARIAH BASARUDDIN

Supervisor:

DR. NOOR FITRAH ABU

BAKAR

2012~STUDENT RESEARCH ATTACHMENT

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mic

Vis

it @

(東京農工大学

), 1

1-2

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NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

20-30 AUGUST 2017 · NAGAOKA, JAPAN

2015~INBOUND RESEARCH ATTACHMENT

Student: Amina Bedoui,

National school of

Engineers of Gabes

Tunisie, Gabes

University, TUNISIE

Supervisor:

Prof. Dr. Norazah Abd

Rahman

Co-Supervisor:

Dr. Siti Shawalliah Idris

CRYSTAL GROUP INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

THE 48TH CRYSTALLOGRAPHY SUMMER SCHOOL 2015, ERICE, ITALY

ACTS2014 & CGOM11, NARA, JAPAN, 2014 CGOM12 & BACG2016, LEEDS, 2016 ICGSCE 2017, MALAYSIA, 2017

CRYSTAL GROUP MEETING, MALAYSIA, 2014

7 Gold MedalsProf AsadullahProf Ku Halim Ku hamidDr Siti Shawalliah IdrisDr Zulkifli Abdul RashidNorhasyimi Rahmat Habsah Alwi Amizon azizan

iiD2015

INVENTION, INNOVATION AND DESIGN EXPOSURE 2015

GOLD: Prof Ku Halim Ku HamidCatalytic Reaction in Methyl EstherExcellence Award

GOLD: Dr. Siti Shawalliah IdrisMicrowave Assisted Pyrolysis: Innovative Disposal Solution for High Moisture Content Waste

GOLD: Dr. Zulkifli Abd RashidSmart Vapour Cloud Explosion incident identifier tool Analysis (SAVii) for Chemical Industries (CPI)

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