Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Separation Technology (eBook)

ICoST 2020 covers multidisciplinary perspectives on separation research and aims to promote scientific information interchange between academics, researchers, graduates and industry professionals worldwide. This conference provides opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish business or research relations and to find global partners for future collaboration.

Muhammad Abbas Ahmad Zaini obtained a PhD in Applied Chemistry from Chiba University, Japan in 2010. He is an Associate Professor at the School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, UTM Johor Bahru. His research interests mainly revolve around design and characterization of adsorbent materials and dielectric properties of agro-wastes in microwave-assisted production. He was part of the organizing committee and chief editor for ICoST 2013, 2017 and 2020. Currently, he is a director and principal researcher at the Centre of Lipids Engineering & Applied Research (CLEAR) in Ibnu-Sina Institute for Industrial & Scientific Research (ISI-SIR). Muhammad Abbas is a professional engineer (PEng) registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia, a professional technologist (PTech) with the Malaysia Board of Technologists, a chartered engineer (CEng) with the UK Engineering Council, and a member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE, UK).

 

Mazura Jusoh currently an Associate Professor at the School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Mazura does research in Chemical Engineering, specifically in cold separation. She focuses on water removal process involving ice cystallisation called freeze concentration. She currently has 64 indexed and non-indexed publications and 64 conference papers presented. She has been in the Editorial Board for a few Journals including Jurnal Teknologi (UTM) and Materials Today: Proceeding (Elsevier).

 

Norasikin Othman currently an Associate Professor at the School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Norasikin does research in Chemical Engineering, specifically in Liquid Membrane Technology. She focuses on wastewater treatment of organic and inorganic compounds and also in recovery of precious metal from chemical industry wastewater. She currently has more than 100 papers in indexed, non-indexed and conference proceedings. She has been in the Editorial Board for a few Issues in Jurnal Teknologi (UTM) Special Issues and Malaysian Journal of Applied Science.

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This book contains papers presented in the 3rd International Conference on Separation Technology 2020 (ICoST 2020) held from 15 to 16th August 2020 at Johor, Malaysia. This proceeding contains papers presented by academics and industrial practitioners showcasing the latest advancements and findings in field of separation technology. The papers are categorized under the following tracks and topics of research:Environment EngineeringBiotechnologyAbsorption and Adsorption TechnologyWastewater TreatmentICoST 2020 covers multidisciplinary perspectives on separation research and aims to promote scientific information interchange between academics, researchers, graduates and industry professionals worldwide. This conference provides opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish business or research relations and to find global partners for future collaboration.