Engineering and Science
Externally Funded Research Projects
Ontology based query language for biological data
Dr Amandeep Singh Sidhu, Dr Sarinder Kaur Kashmir Singh, and Dr Low Siow Yong
(Funded by the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme)
Experimental investigation of micro emulsions formation and evolution in pipeline flow
Dr Sharul Sham b. Dol, Dr Law Ming Chiat, and Dr Mior b. Meor Said
(Funded by the Exploratory Research Grant Scheme)
Fundamental Model Development for Water Gas Shift Membrane Reactor for Greenhouse Gas Capture from Pre-combustion Processes
Dr Ujjal Kumar Ghosh, Jobrun Nandong, and Shufeng Shen
(Funded by the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme)
The Impact of Displacement on Traditional Ethnobotanical Knowledge of the Kelabit Community of the Bario Highlands of Sarawak
Dr Merlin Franco Francis and Assoc. Prof. Beena Giridharan
(Funded by the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme)
Studies on the Effect of Viscoelasticity on the Heat Tranfer Performance of AI203-Water Nanofluid in Circular and Noncircular Ducts
Assoc. Prof. Perumal Kumar, Assoc. Prof. Chua Han Bing, and Dr Rajamohan Ganesan
(Funded by the Exploratory Research Grant Scheme)
Innovative Vibration Isolation Systems for Equipments & Structures
Dr Leblouba Moussa, Dr Muhammad Ekhlasur, Assoc. Prof. Lau Hieng Ho, and Hidayati Asrah
(Funded by the Exploratory Research Grant Scheme)
Process Modeling and Optimization of Composting of empty Fruit Bunches from Oil-palm for Development of High Quality Organic Compost
Assoc. Prof. Chua Han Bing, Florence Wong, Dr Agus Saptoro, Freddie Panau, and Prof. Aaron Goh.
(Funded by Celltex Resources Sdn. Bhd.)
A Study on the Performance of Cold Formed Steel Built-Up I Sections
Assoc. Prof. Lau Hieng Ho, Dr Muhammad Ekhlasur, and Dr Leblouba Moussa
(Funded by Ecosteel Sdn. Bhd.)
Development of a Compartmented Fluidized-Bed Gasifier for Syngas Production and Power Generation from Biomass (Palm Wastes)
Dr Chua Han Bing, Chok Vui Soon, Wee Siaw Khur, Dr Hongming Yan and Dr Chandrasekar Srinivasakanaan
(Funded by the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation and Malaysian Palm Oil Board)
Design and Optimization of a Hydrophilic, Cross Flow Ultra-Filtration Membrane Unit for the Treatment of Oil-field Produced Water in Sarawak.
Dr Yudi Samyudia, Dr Tan Yin Ling
(Funded by Shell Malaysia Limited)
Development of Syngas Cleanup Technologies Suitable for Power Generation from Biomasss
Dr Alexander Gorin, Dr Chua Han Bing and Dr Md Raisul Islam
(Funded by Shell Malaysia Limited)
Fine Particle Formation by Rapid Expansion of the Supercritical Solution (RESS) of Bioactive Compounds of Piper nigrum L. – Design, Optimization & Experimental Studies.
Dr Yudi Samyudia, Freddie Panau, Dr Tan Yin Ling and Cheng Chin Fook
(Funded by Malaysian Pepper Board)
Dr Wong Kiing Ing, Kenneth Silek, Dr Nader Nassif Barsoum
(Funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)
Dr Nader Barsoum & Dr Wong Kiing Ing
(Funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)
Development of Food Microstructures to Reduce Sodium in Foods.
Dr Aaron Goh Suk Meng, Chye Fook Yee, Lau Shiew Wei, Farouq Twaiq.
(Funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)
Micromachining of Advanced Ceramics by Conventional and Non-Conventional Methods.
Moola Mohan Reddy, Dr Khaled Abou El Hossein
(Funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)
Hardware and Software Design of Body Sensor Network Device.
Dr Wong Kiing Ing, Dr Nader Nassif Barsoum
(Funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)
Electro-osmosis and Electro-stabilization Experiments on Soft Soils of North Sarawak.
Dr Kaniraj Shenbaga, Dr Lau Hieng Ho
(Funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)
Metabolic Control Analysis and Process Engineering of Ethanol Production from Agricultural Products using Extractive Fermentation Technology.
Dr Jobrun Nandong
(Funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)
Remote Access Power Systems (RAPS)
Dr. Bijan Rohani, Nabil Afifi, Hor Hen Son, Balakrishna Singam
Isolated Communities’ Telecommunication Network (ICTN) – Phase I: Feasibility Study of Technologies
Nabil Afifi, Dr Bijan Rohani & Balakrishna Singam
Funded under the Curtin Sarawak Collaborative Research Scheme (CSCR)
Development of efficient palm oil biodiesel purification process by cavitation-induced two-stage microwave heating.
Dr Ulugbek Azimov, Dr Taufiq Yap, Dr Agus Saptoro, Dr Wee Siaw Khur, and Jason Chia Keh Leong.
Numerical and Experimental Studies of Micro Emulsions Pipeline Flow Behavior .
Dr Sharul Sham b. Dol, Dr Ulugbek Azimov, Prof. Yudi Samyudia, Assoc Prof. Ir. Dr Shaharin Anwar Sulaiman, and Dr Mior Azaman Meor Said
Speech Intelligibility Enhancement Using Psychoacoustics Approaches
Low Siow Yong, Dr Zang Zhuquan, Sven Nordholm, Lenin Gopal
Improved Method for Greenhouse Gas Capture using Solvent Systems
Dr Ujjal Kumar Ghosh, Dr Perumal Kumar, Agus Saptoro
Recovery of Edible Functional Fibers from Fruit Peel Waste
Dr Aaron Goh Suk Meng, Jobrun Nandong, Tay Chen Lim, Chaiwut Gamonpilas
Pelleting Oil Palm Waste for Efficient Syngas Production
Lai Zhenyue, Dr Aaron Goh Suk Meng, Dr Chua Han Bing, Dr Teng Wan Dung
Innovation Design and Fabrication of Car Gear Rotor by using A12TiO5 – Based Functional Graded Materials
Zeya Oo, Dr Sujan Debneth, Dr Tan Chong Keng, Moola Mohan Reddy
Dr Thien Thien Kyaw
An Investigation on the Sustainability and Adaptability of Light Steel House to Address the Local Environment Design &Construction Phase
Dr Lau Hieng Ho, Andrew White, Dr Jayakumar Muthuramaligam, Law Puong Ling (UNIMAS)
Design and Implementation of Power Efficient Algorithm for Information Signal Processing
Dr Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Dr Zang Zhuquan, Dr Wong Kiing Ing, Mohd Amaluddin Yusoff
Extraction of Algae Oil for the Production of Transport Liquid Biofuel
Dr Ngu Ling Ngee, Farouq Twaiq, Lau Shiew Wei, Subhash (USM), Sharif (UM)
Implementation of an Optimal Energy Saving System for Phase 2 at Curtin Sarawak Campus
Nader Barsoum, Kenneth Adan Silek, Dr Wong Kiing Ing, Rabi W. Yousif Habash
Funded under the Curtin Sarawak Research Fund Scheme
MMSE Based Transceiver Design for Non-Regenerative MIMO Relay Systems
Lenin Gopal
Sustainable Management of Surface Water Resources (lakes and rivers) in and around Miri City, Sarawak, Malaysia
Dr Prasanna Mohan Viswanathan
Rheological and Forced Convective Heat Transfer Characteristics of Some Metal Oxide Nanofluids
Dr Perumal Kumar
Application of Membrane Pervaporation for Separation of Organics from Industrial Waste Streams
Dr Ujjal Kumar Ghosh
Alternative Material for Car Gear Rotor using Aluminium based Metal Matrix Composites
Dr Sujan Debneth
Waveform set design and implementation to UWB communication system.
Mohd Amaluddin,Dr Zang Zhuquan
A pilot study of pollutant dispersion around a coastal headland using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH).
Dr Law Ming Chiat, Dr Tang Fu Ee
Modelling stormwater runoff quantity and quality using USEPA SWMM for an urban residential catchment.
Carrie Ho, Dr Tang Fu Ee
Mechanical Properties of Layered Food Composites
Dr Aaron Goh Suk Meng
Dynamic Neural Network and Gaussian Process based Model predictive Control of a Palm Waste Boiler
Agus Saptoro
Development of Ink-Jet Printed Starch-Based Polymer Electrolyte
Tay Chen Lim
Investigation of the application of mesoporous silica fiber as alternative for bleaching earth in palm oil processing.
Dr Ngu Ling Ngee
Forced Convection Heat Transfer from Wall Surface in Packed Beds at High Reynolds Numbers.
Alexander Gorin
Developing Thermophilic Baterial Consortium for Biodegradation of Empty Fruit Bunches from Oil Palm.
Dr Chua Han Bing
Floating Structure in Sensitive Watercourse Tourist Destinations: Life-Cycle Analysis of a Waterborne WWF Visitor-Centre for the Kinabatangan River.
Dr Tang Fu Ee
Study on High Strength High Performance Concrete in Marine Environment.
Dr Jayakumar Muthuramaligam
Interaction of surface Radiation and Mixed Convection in Horizontal Rectangular Ducts.
Dr Rajamohan Ganesan
An Efficient Logic Synthesis Approach with Testability using MODD.
Dr Ashutosh Kumar Singh
Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of Anodized Aluminium through the Optimization of Anoding Process.
Lau Shiew Wei
A Numerical Study on Heat Generation and Temperature Distribution
Cheng Chin Fook
Direct Numerical Simulation of Acoustic Waves in a 2D Cavity.
Cheng Chin Fook
An Investigation of Engineered Wetlands as Waste and Stormwater Treatment in Sarawak.
Dr Tang Fu Ee
Property integration with regeneration placement for continuous and batch processes.
Dr Tan Yin Ling
Development of Comprehensive, Multi-dimensional Computational Combustion Models\ for Pulverised Coal-Fired or Biomass-Fired Utility Boilers
Dr Hongming Yan
Wireless Communication Network for Rural Areas – Case Study.
Nabil Afifi
Kinetics of Catalytic Degradation of Plastic Wastes using Thermal Gravimetric Analysis
Dr. Ibrahim J. M. Dubdub and Dr. Farouq Twaiq
The Use of Evolutionary Algorithms for Computer Controlled Characters in Massively Multiple Online Games
Johannes Herrmann
A new Dynamic Priority Allocation Scheme for the Code Division Multiples Access (CDMA) ALOHA packet radio system
Sashigaran Sivathasan
End-to-End Perceptual Speech Quality Measurement
Dr. Bijan Rohani
Computational Modeling and Control of RESS Particle Formation Systems for Thermally Sensitive Materials and Organic Solutes.
Dr Yudi Samyudia
Electro-osmotic stabilization of soft soils of Sarawak
Dr Kaniraj Shenbaga
Separation of oil and suspended solids in Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME)
Florence Wong Pin Sing and Dr. Ibrahim Dubdub (Bintulu Lumber Development Sdn. Bhd. funded in kind)
Small-scale production of bio-ethanol as a sustainable source of fuel for remote
rural communities in developing countries
Freddie Panau, Jobrun Nandong, Dr Chua Han Bing, and Dr Barbara Stauble.
Predictive modeling of surface roughness when end-milling of mould steels using carbide cutting inserts.
Dr Khaled Abou El Hossein
Monitoring and evaluation of Renewable Energy Systems for Rural Sarawak.
Than Soe
Optimization of Hybrid Renewable Energy System in Sarawak.
Nader Barsoum
Strength of Reinforced Concrete Columns using High Strength Reinforcing Steel.
Djwantoro Hardjito
Characterization of Functionally-graded Aluminium Titanate Ceramics.
Zeya Oo
Construction Waste Minimisation: A Sarawak Experience.
Dr Lau Hieng Ho & Carrie Ho
Design and Implementation of an Adaptive Fuzzy Servo Controller on an FPGA IC Board.
Dr Wong Kiing Ing
Preliminary study on the engineering properties database of low calcium fly ash-based geopolymer concrete.
Djwantoro Hardjito
A Numerical Study on Heat Generation and Temperature Distribution during Drilling of Bone.
Dr Raisul Islam, Dr Chua Han Bing, Dr Khaled Abou, Dr Sarder Sadique
Synthesis and Characterization of Composite Microporous-Mesoporous Zeolitic Material as Cracking Catalyst.
Dr Farouq Twaiq
Upgrading Characteristics of Palm Oil Waste by Using a Pretreatment Technique to Obtain Higher Energy Efficiency During Gasification.
Veena Doshi
Partitioning methodology to promote re-use of components in embedded system design.
Mohd Amaluddin Yusoff
