Industrial Project

Industrial / Institution Collaborators:

  1. RIPCOL INDUSTRIES Sdn. Bhd.
  2. Twolink Sdn. Bhd.
  3. Biotajmeel Cosmeceutical Sdn. Bhd.
  4. Biolina Sdn. Bhd.
  5. Ventura Agro Entreprise
  6. The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Serdang Selangor

Research Projects / Funding:

Principal Investigator & Project Leader

i. 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

ii. 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

iii. 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

iv. 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

v. 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

vi. Project: Removal of microalgae protein from rubble golve

Financial source: TwoLink Sdn Bhd

Duration: July 2019 – July 2020

Amount: MYR73,000.00

vii. 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

viii. 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

ix. 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

x. 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

xi. 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

xii. 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

xiii. 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

xiv. 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

xv. 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

xvi. 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

xvii. 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

xviii. 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

xix. 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

xx. 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 – 15th May 2020

Amount: RM30,000

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

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