Hanapi Mat - Associate Professor (Ph.D)

Ph.D., DIC (Chem. Eng.) : Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK. (1994) 
M.Sc. (Chem. Eng.)	 :	Bradford University, UK (1987)
B.Sc. (Chemistry)	 :	National University of Malaysia, Malaysia (1988)

1983 : Chemist, Chemistry Department of Malaysia.
1984 : Tutor, Department of Chemistry, National University of Malaysia, Sabah Campus.
1988 : Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technology University of Malaysia.
2001 : Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technology University of Malaysia

Separation Technology, Waste Treatment, Utilization and Recycling, and Oil and Gas 
Processing and Utilization

• Transport Processes
• Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
• Unit Operation
• Thermodynamics

• Chemical Processes
• Environmental Management System
• Advance Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

• Member, American Institute Chemical Engineers (MAIChE).
• Associate Member, Institute Chemical Engineers, U.K (AMIChemE).
• Member, Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K (MRSC).
• Associate Member, Malaysian Institute of Chemistry (AMIC).
• Member, The Malaysian Islamic Academy of Science.

• University Senior Scholarship Awards, 1982.
• Book Prize in Chemistry, 1983.
• Imperial College Ure Bursary Award, 1994.
• Old Centralian Grant Award, 1994.
• Excellence Service Award, 1998.
• The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation Fellowship Award, Visiting Research Fellow, Kyushu University, 2000.
• UNESCO/China –The Great Wall Fellowship Award, Visiting Senior Scholar, Zhejiang University, 2002.
• The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation Travel Award, 2003.

• Oil and Gas Processing and Utilization: i) Development of zeolite and activated carbon as natural gas adsorbents for pressure swing adsorption (PSA) and adsorptive natural gas storage (ANG);
  ii) Heat and mass transfer analysis in LPG storage operation; and iii) Crude oil emulsion characterization, stability and demulsification process.
• Waste Treatment, Utilization and Recycling: i) Precious metal extraction from industrial waste using conventional extraction processes and emulsion liquid membrane; and ii) Agricultural waste utilization for organic acids production.
• Separation Technology: Protein, antibiotics and organic acids separation using reverse micelles, liquid membrane and reactive extractions.

6 selected recent international refereed journal publications related to the different topics of my current research:

• Suresh P. and H.B. Mat; Separation of Antibiotics Using Reverse Micelles, Analytical Chemistry Symposium of Malaysia, UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, November 6-7, 1998.
• Moch Busairi A. and H.B. Mat; Pineapple Waste Utilisation for Organic Acid Production, 10th National Biotechnology seminar, Selangor, Malaysia, October 27-28, 1998.
• Zakaria Z., Firas N.R., M.N. Abdul rahman and H.B. Mat; Characterisation of Liquid Petroleum Gas System: 1. Continuous Exhaustion Operation, Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering (RSCE), Bandung, Indonesia, October 29-31, 2001.
• Firas N.R. and H.B. Mat, Adsorptive Natural Gas Storage, Submitted to Chemical Engineering Science, 2002.
• Yuliusman, H.B. Mat and N. Othman; Selective Extraction of Silver From Pure and Photographic Waste Solutions, 9th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (APCChE) Congress, Christchurch, New Zealand, September 25-27, 2002.
• Firas N.R., H.B. Mat and Z. Zakaria; On-Board Natural Gas Storage: Hindrances for Commercial Applications, 9th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (APCChE) Congress, Chrischurch, New Zealand, September 25-27, 2002.

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