Industrial Project

1. Project: Microalgae as Animal Feed Supplement

Financial source: MCI Bio-Tech Sdn Bhd

Duration: 01 May 2023 – 30 April 2025

Amount: MYR 250,800

2. Project: Sustainable Low Carbon Footprint Spirulina Cultivation

Financial source: Prospect Bio-Tech Company Limited

Duration: 01 May 2023 – 30 April 2025

Amount: MYR 214,800

3. Development and efficacy of a smart Integrated Microalgae-Aquaculture Recirculating System (IMARS) for sustainable aquaculture farming in Malaysia

Financial source: CURTIN MALAYSIA, UMT, UNM, UTS and UTP

Duration: 01 Jan 2023 – 31 Dec 2026

Amount: MYR 200,000 (Matching Research Grants)

4. Project: Extraction of Lipids from Microalgae Using Liquid Biphasic Flotation (LBF) Method

Financial source: Ventura Agro Entreprise

Duration: 01 September 2020 – 31 August 2023

Amount: MYR 231,600.00

5. Project: Designing of Simultaneous Cultivation of Spirulina and Extraction of Pigment (phycocyanin) System

Financial source: Biolina Sdn. Bhd.

Duration: 01 Nov 2020 – 31 Oct 2023

Amount: MYR 319,786.00

6. Project: Organic Rapid energy Composter (OREC) for conversion of food- and bio-waste into renewable energy source

Financial source: MENTARI ALAM EKO (M) SDN. BHD.

Duration: 1st October 2020 – 31st March 2023

Amount: MYR 240,440.00

7. Project: An investigation on algal proteins partitioning mechanism in ionic liquid biphasic flotation system

Financial source: MyPAIR-PHC-Hibiscus, Ministry of Education, Malaysia

Duration: May 2020 – April 2022

Amount: MYR 45,000.00

8. Project: Study of the separation efficiency of three phase flotation system in protein recovery from Chlorella vulgaris microalgae

Financial source: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Ministry of Education, Malaysia

Duration: September 2019 – September 2022

Amount: MYR181,300.00

9. Project: Removal of microalgae protein from rubble golve

Financial source: TwoLink Sdn Bhd

Duration: July 2019 – July 2020

Amount: MYR73,000.00

10. Project: Coconut virgin oil production based on two-phase system

Financial source: Public-Private Research Network (PPRN)

Duration: July 2019 – September 2020

Amount: MYR24,000.00

11. Project: Converting wastewater to bioenergy and bio-products using microalgae technology

Financial source: The Society for Biotechnology, Japan

Duration: January 2019 – December 2020

Amount: JPY 300,000

12. Project title: Efficient recovery and downstream process of valuable bioproducts using aqueous two-phase flotation at industrial scale

Financial source: Prototype Research Grant Scheme (PRGS), Ministry of Education, Malaysia

Duration: January 2016 – December 2018

Amount: RM 110,000

13. Project title: Study of Partitioning Behavior of Ionic Liquids Based Aqueous Two-Phase Systems to Improve Bio-Separation Process of Microbial Lipase from Fermentation Broth

Financial source: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Ministry of Education, Malaysia

Duration: November 2015 – October 2018

Amount: RM 100,800

14. Project title: Extraction of bio ingredients from indigenous fruits

Financial source: Research Programme (FoodPLUS), Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC)

Duration: September 2015 – December 2018

Amount: RM 142,415

15. Project title: Study of Lipase Partitioning Behavior in Ionic Liquids based Aqueous Two-phase Systems to Improve Bio-separation Process of Microbial Lipase from Fermentation Broth

Financial source: MTSF, Malaysia Toray Science Foundation, Science & Technology Research Grant

Duration: June 2015 – May 2017

Amount: RM 15,000

16. Project title: Development of an efficient and cost-effective enzyme recovery system using recyclable aqueous two-phase flotation

Financial source: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI-02-02-12-SF0256)

Duration: January 2014 – December 2016

Amount: RM 193,500

17. Project title: Improved downstream processing through phase formation and biomolecular partitioning in aqueous two-phase flotation

Financial source: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Ministry of Education, Malaysia

Duration: June 2013 – November 2015

Amount: RM106, 000

18. Project title: Up-scale microalgae culture system integrated with solar power

Financial source: Capital Equipment below 50K (Dean’s Budget)

Duration: June 2013 – November 2015

Amount: RM 33,500

19. Project title: Extraction and Purification of Green Polymers Using Aqueous Two-Phase System (ATPS)

Financial source: Dean’s Scholarship Faculty of Engineering, UNMC

Duration: 1st September 2013 – September 2016

Amount: RM 114,000

20. Project Title: Bio-plastic production from microbial lipase using an aqueous two- phase green system

Financial source: Collaboration with Public Universities and Government Agencies

Project period: September 2013 – March 2014

Amount: RM10,000

21. Project Title: Product of critic acid from microbial using extractive fermentation aqueous two – phase system

Financial source: Collaboration with Public Universities and Government Agencies

Duration: September 2013 – September 2014

Amount: RM4,000

22. Project Title: Production of citric acid

Financial source: Dean’s Undergraduate Research Scheme 2013 (DURS 2013)

Duration: September 2013 – June 2014

Amount: RM 6,000

23. Project Title: Studies of aqueous two- phase system

Financial source: Dean’s Undergraduate Research Scheme 2014 (DURS 2014)

Duration: June 2013 – September 2014

Amount: RM4,000

Co-Investigator

I. Project Title: Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Organic Acid for Upgrading of Biogas to Bio-Natural Gas (BioCng)

Financial source: Universiti Tenaga Nasional

Project period: 16th May 2019 – 15^th May 2020

Amount: RM30,000

II. Industrial project with Davis Sdn Bhd (MYR15K): 1 man-day for 12 months project.

III. Industrial project Boustead Plantation: 1 man-day for 4 months project