Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (ChEE)
Department Members
The Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (ChEE) serves the Bachelors and Master by Taught Course programmes under the department. The department formed with 37 full time academic member, who are mainly chemical engineering, and environmental sciences/engineering background with diverse research interests to serve the undergraduat and postgraduate programs offered by the department. Currently, the department has two (2) Japanese academicians and one (1) other international academicians. The Japanese academics recruitment are done through Japanese Universities Consortium (JUC), according to qualification, performance, and department’s need.
Head of Department (HOD)
Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Dayang Norulfairuz Abang Zaidel
Head of Department/ Associate Professor (DS54)
Ph.D. (Bioprocess Engineering)
M.Sc. (Food Engineering)
B.Eng. (Chemical)
Room No.: 07.05.01
Email: dnorulfairuz@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Enzymatic processes, carbohydrate chemistry, food hydrocolloids, food rheology, functional food
Professor
Prof. Dr. Tomoya Tsuji, 辻 智也
Professor (VK7)
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) Tohoku University
M.Sc. (Engineering) Tohoku University
B.Eng. (Chemical) Tohoku University
Room No.: 05.14.01
Email: t.tsuji@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Phase Equilibrium, Equation of State, Thermodynamics
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud El-Sayed Nasef
Professor (VK7)
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) UTM M.Eng. (Chemical) UTM
B.Sc. (Chemistry) Minoufia University
Room No.: 05.05.01
Email: mohdmahmoud@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Nanofibers and application, Ion Exchange Materials, Adsorption and Reaction Engineering, Green Processes, Fuel Cell
Prof. Ir. Dr. Muhamad Ali b.Muhammad Yuzir
Professor (VK7)/ Adminstrative Director, Office of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation), UTM Kuala Lumpur
PhD (Environmental Eng.)
M.Sc (Environmental Eng.)
B.Eng (Civil Eng.)
Room No.: 10.25.01
Email: muhdaliyuzir@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Water Quality, Water Treatment, Wastewater Engineering, Biotechnology Engineering, Solid Waste Management, Membrane Filtration for Drinking Water
Prof. Dr. Siti Hamidah Binti Mohd Setapar
Professor (VK7)
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
M.Eng. (Chemical)
B.Eng. (Chemical – Bioprocess)
Room No.: 10.02.01
Email: siti-h@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Chemical separation processes, extraction technologies, micellar nano-technologies, bioproduct development
Prof. Dr. Azila bt. Abdul Aziz
Professor (VK7)
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
M.Sc. (Biochemical Engineering)
B.Sc. (Biomedical Engineering)
Room No.: 07.09.01
Email: r-azila@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Controlled Delivery of Active Ingredients
Associate Professor
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Koji Iwamoto
Associate Professor (DS14)
Ph.D. (Biology Science)
M.Sc. (Biophysics & Biochemistry)
Room No.: 05.04.01
Email: k.iwamoto@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Phycology, Plant Physiology
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shaza Eva bt Mohamad
Associate Professor (DS14)
Ph.D. (Biology)
M.Sc. (Biotechnology)
B.Sc. (Biochemistry)
Room No.: 04.21.01
Email: shaza@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Biotransformation , Molecular Biology, Biodegradation. Biofuel from Biomass , Microalgae
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norhayati bt. Abdullah
Associate Professor (DS14) (on sabbatical leave)
Ph.D. (Biosciences)
M.Eng. (Environmental)
B.Eng. (Civil)
Room No.: 10.24.01
Email: norhayati@utm.my
Personal Website
Google Scholar
Area of Expertise: Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Engineering, Aerobic Granulation, Palm Oil Mill Effluent
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aznah binti Nor Anuar
Associate Professor (DS14)/ Deputy Director of Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Center
Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering)
M.Eng. (Environmental)
B.Eng. (Environmental)
Room No.: 05.31.01
Email: aznah@utm.my
Personal Website
Google Scholar
Area of Expertise: Water and Wastewater Engineering, Natural and Low Cost Water Supply/Treatment, Engineering Education
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roshafima binti Rasit Ali
Associate Professor (DS14)/ MJIIT Acting Deputy Dean (Academic and Student Affairs) & MJIIT Postgraduate Academic Manager
Ph.D. (Polymer Engineering)
M.Eng. (Polymer)
B.Eng. (Chemical)
Room No.: 10.04.01
Email: roshafima@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Biopolymer, Bioplastic Packaging, Biocomposites,
Starch and Fiber based Green Packaging, Liquid Natural Rubber
Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Dayang Norulfairuz Abang Zaidel
Head of Department/ Associate Professor (DS54)
Ph.D. (Bioprocess Engineering)
M.Sc. (Food Engineering)
B.Eng. (Chemical)
Room No.: 07.05.01
Email: dnorulfairuz@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Enzymatic processes, carbohydrate chemistry, food hydrocolloids, food rheology, functional food
Assoc. Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Liew Peng Yen
Associate Professor (DS14)
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
B.Eng. (Chemical)
Room No.: 05.11.01
Email: pyliew@utm.my
Personal Website
Google Scholar
Area of Expertise: Process System Engineering, Process Integration, Life Cycle Assessment, Resource and Energy Conservation, Industrial Utility System Optimisation, Sustainability
Senior Lecturer
Dr. Nurul Bahiyah binti Ahmad Khairudin
Senior Lecturer (DS13)/SMJC Programme Coordinator
Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Technology)
M.Eng. (Biochemical)
B.Eng. (Chemical – Bioprocess)
Room No.: 04.23.01
Email: r-bahiah@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Molecular Simulations, Structural Bioinformatics
Sr. Dr. Shuib b. Rambat
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D. (Surveying Engineering)
M.Eng. (Surveying)
B.Eng. (Surveying)
Room No.: 05.19.01
Email: shuibrambat@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Low-Cost Remote Sensing System, GIS, Parallel Processing
Ir. Ts. Dr. Mariam Firdaus bt. Mad Nordin
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D. (Chemical & Process)
M.Eng. (Chemical & Process)
B.Eng. (Biochemical & Process)
Room No.: 06.36.01
Email: mariamfirdhaus@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Bioprocessing, Product Quality, Downstream Process, Agricultural Waste
Ts. Dr. Pramila Tamunaidu
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D. (Energy Science)
M.Eng. (Chemical)
B.Eng (Chemical)
Room No.: 05.17.01
Email: pramila@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Biomass, Biofuel, Bioplastics, Wastewater Treatment, Solid Waste Management
Ts. Dr. Nor Ruwaida binti Jamian
Senior Lecturer (DS13)/ MJIIT International Liaison Coordinator
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
M.Eng. (Chemical)
B.Eng. (Chemical)
Room No.: 05.09.01
Email: ruwaida.kl@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Air Pollution Control, Environmental Engineering
Dr. Nurfatehah Wahyuny binti Che Jusoh
Senior Lecturer (DS13)/ MJIIT Quality & Strategy Manager
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
B.Eng. (Chemical)
Room No.: 05.07.01
Email: nurfatehah@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Wastewater Treatment, Adsorption Process, Photocatalytic Reaction, Material Sciences
Dr. Fazrena Nadia binti Md Akhir
Senior Lecturer (DS13)/ MMJJ Programme Coordinator
Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences)
M.Sc. (Biotechnology)
B.Sc. (Biology)
Room No.: 05.02.01
Email: fazrena@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology, Environmental Microbiology, Cancer Immunotherapy
Dr. Nabilah Binti Zaini
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D. (Gas Engineering)
B.Eng. (Chemical-Gas)
Room No.: 05.18.01
Email: nabilah.zaini@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Carbon Capture and Storage, Hydrogen Storage System, Carbon Fixed Filtration, Gold Extraction
Ir. Dr. Tan Lian See
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
M.Sc. (Chemical Engineering)
B.Eng. (Chemical)
Room No.: 04.13.01
Email: tan.liansee@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Membrane Technology, Water Purification Technology
Ts. Dr. Faizah bt Che Ros
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D. (Systems Innovation)
M.Eng. (Civil)
B.Eng. (Civil)
Room No.: 04.07.01
Email: crfaizah@utm.my
Personal Website
Google Scholar
Area of Expertise: Flood, Hydrology, Debris Flow, Dam Break, Sediment
Dr. Norhuda binti Abdul Manaf
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
M.Eng. (Safety, Health & Environment)
B.Eng. (Chemical)
Room No.: 04.14.01
Email: norhuda.kl@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Process System Engineering, Matlab Simulation, Model Predictive Control
Ts. Dr. Khairunnisa binti Mohd Paad
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
M.Eng. (Chemical)
B.Eng. (Chemical)
Room No.: 05.32.01
Email: khairunnisa.kl@utm.my
Personal Website
Google Scholar
Area of Expertise: Environmental Sciences (wastewater, atmospheric, pollution and health-care), Nano-synthesis and nano-engineering, instrumental design and simulation, Engineering education
Ts. Dr. Abd Halim Md Ali
Senior Lecturer (DS13)/ Head of Malaysia-Japan Advance Research Centre
Ph.D. (Chemical Eng.)
M.Sc. (Environmental Eng.)
B.Sc. (Biological and Agricultural Eng.)
Room No.: 05.15.01
Email: abd.halim@utm.my
Personal Website
Google Scholar
Area of Expertise: Environmental Engineering, Plasma Catalysis, Non-thermal Plasma, Agricultural Waste Management, Safety and Health
Ir. Ts. Dr. Vekes Balasundram
Senior Lecturer (DS13)/ MJIIT Lab Manager
Ph.D. (Gas Engineering)
B.Eng. (Chemical)
Diploma (Chemical Eng. – Process Plant)
Room No.: 10.33.01
Email: vekes@utm.my
Personal Website
Google Scholar
Area of Expertise: Heterogeneous Catalysis, Reaction Engineering, Biomass Conversion, Plastic Waste Conversion, Biofuels, Pyrolysis Kinetics, Process Modelling and Analysis using Response Surface Methodology (RSM)
Dr. Liew Wai Loan
Senior Lecturer (DS13) / MJIIT Green Manager
Ph.D. (Civil Engineering)
B.Tech. (Environment)
Room No.: 10.28.01
Email: wlliew@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Wastewater Treatment Processes (High-Rate Biological Systems), Materials Engineering (Wastes Conversion / Recycle), Experimental Design and Process Optimization, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Impacts Modelling (Life Cycle Assessment), Environmental Processes Modelling
Dr. Zatil Izzah binti Ahmad Tarmizi
Senior Lecturer (DS13)/ MMJS Programme Coordinator
Ph.D.
M.Sc. (Chemistry)
B.Sc. (Industrial Chemistry)
Room No.: 10.16.01
Email: zatil.izzah@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Material Chemistry, Biochemistry, Functional Polymeric Material
Ir. Ts. Dr Kiew Peck Loo
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
B.Eng. (Chemical)
Room No.: 4.11.01
Email: plkiew@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Wastewater Treatment, Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Wastes/Natural Resources, Bioplastics Synthesis
Dr. Nurul Zainab binti Along
Senior Lecturer (DS13)/ MDRM Programme Coordinator
Ph.D. (Architecture – Disaster Management)
M.Sc. (Applied Marine Science)
B.Sc. (Aquatic Resource Science Management)
Room No.:
Email: nurulzainab.along@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Disaster Risk Management, Community based Disaster Risk Reduction, Indigenous Local Knowledge
ChM. Dr. Eleen Dayana binti Mohamed Isa
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D.
M.Sc. (Inorganic Chemistry)
B.Sc. (Chemistry)
Room No.: 07.34.01
Email: eleendayana@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Nanomaterials, Inorganic materials, Photocatalysis, Drug delivery
Dr. Fatin Syahirah binti Othman
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D.
B.Sc. (Biology Industry)
Room No.: 05.35.01
Email: fatin.syahirah@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Microalgae, Biofuel from Biomass, Molecular Biology, Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Phycology, Biodegradation, Bioengineering, Biochemistry
Dr. Khamarrul Azahari bin Razak
Senior Lecturer (DS13)/ DPPC Director
Ph.D. (Remote Sensing)
M.Sc. (Geomatics Engineering)
B.Eng.
Room No.: 6.32.01
Email: khamarrul.kl@utm.my
Area of Expertise:
Lar. Dr. Rohayah binti Che Amat
Senior Lecturer (DS13)/ MSUD Program Coordinator
Ph.D. (Architecture)
M. Architecture
B. Landscape Architecture
Room No.: 06.37.01
Email: rohayah.cheamat@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Historic Urban Landscape, Urban Studies, Heritage and Conservation and Landscape Architecture.
Ts. Dr. Mohammad Hussaini bin Wahab
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D. (Regional Environmental System)
M.Eng (Architecture and Civil)
B.Eng. (Architecture and Building)
Room No.: 06.31.01
Email: hussaini.kl@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Architecture Planning and Design, Urban Design, Urban Identity
Dr. Wan Nurul Mardiah binti Wan Mohd Rani
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D. Urban Studies
M.Sc. (Built Environment)
B. Urban and Regional Planning
Room No.:
Email: wnurul.kl@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Urban Studies, Sustainability, Sustainable Cities, Climate and Disaster Resilient Cities
Dr. Ahmad Aiman bin Azmi
Senior Lecturer (DS13)
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering)
B.Eng. (Chemical Engineering)
Room No.: 10.16.01
Email: ahmadaiman.a@utm.my
Area of Expertise: Renewable energy, Ocean energy, Ocean thermal energy conversion, Desalination
Lecturer
Professor Amal Bakti (Voluntary)
Prof. Ir. Megat Johari Megat Mohd Noor
Professor Amal Bakti
Prof. Dr. Mohd Rashid Mohd Yusoff
Professor Amal Bakti
Adjunct and Visiting Professor
Dato' Seri Ir. Dr. Zaini Ujang
Adjunct Professor (April 2025- Mar 2026)
Malaysia Qualifications Agency
Prof. Masahiko Horrie
Adjunct Professor (Dec 2024- Dec 2025)
Meiji University, Japan
Prof. Dr. Jerry Y.Y. Heng
Visiting Professor (Jun 2023- May 2024)
Chemical Engineering Department
Imperial College London, UK.
Ir. Johan Adam Leong
Adjunct Professor (July 2023 - June 2024)
Operation Superintendent
EnQuest Petroluem Production Malaysia Limited
Dr. Sivapalan Karthiravale
Adjunct Professor (July 2023 - June 2024)
Head
Environmental Prevention and Innovation Centre Sdn Bhd
Dr. Shahrul Azman Zainal Abidin
Adjunct Professor (July 2023 - June 2024)
Head of Offering Management
Honeywell Industrial Innovation, Honeywell Malaysia
Ts. Raja Shazrin Shah bin Raja Ehsan Shah
Adjunct Professor (July 2023 - June 2024)
Managing Director
Galaxy Tech Solutions (KL) Sdn. Bhd.
Industry Advisory Panel
Ts. Dr. Sivapalan Kathiravala
IAP for SMJCH, MMJS & MMJJ
Director
Environmental Preservation and Innovation Center (EPIC) Sdn Bhd
Ir. Johan Adam Leong
IAP for SMJCH
Operantion Superintendent
EnQuest Petroluem Production Malaysia Berhad
Azizah bt Haji Abu Bakar
IAP for SMJCH
Assistant Manager
Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn. Bhd.
Hong Wai Onn
IAP for SMJCH
Principanl Consultant
WE ACT Services Sdn. Bhd.
Ir. Lee Wei Choew
IAP for SMJCH
Organo (Asia) Sdn. Bhd.
Ir. Mohamed Haniffa Abdul Hamid
IAP for MMJS & MMJJ
Council member
Malaysian Water Association
Wan Mohd Ridhwan Wan Mohd Hanizan
IAP for MMJS & MMJJ
Senior Operations Engineer
Hess Corporation
Ahmad Zafuan Mohamed Kassim
IAP for MMJS & MMJJ
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Technical Staff
