Preliminary/Primary School  

Not much I can recall during this first stage of my formal education. 

Secondary School

Have had great time enjoying my teenage life in this school

University

University Technology of Malaysia. -- Chemical Engineering Department

First degree

Upon completion of my secondary education, to be more precisely, passed the SPM examination (equiv to O' level), I've been admitted by University Technology of Malaysia in year 1994. This is a milestone of my learning curve towards the world of Chemical Engineering. During this 5-years course, I've  learnt some basic engineering subjects such as heat/mass transfer/balances, engineering maths, thermodynamics (I was told this is "bible" of Chemical Engineering, I think indeed), operational units of process engineering, basic process unit design, engineering economics, chemistry subjects (e.g. organic and inorganic) etc. Besides, in my forth year study, I attached to one of the largest Oleochemical plant in Malaysia, Pan-Century Edible Oil, for my 5-month industrial training, where I've given opportunity to have inside look of how actual chemical process works. During my final year, I was assigned to a thesis topic entitled "Entrainer minimization in Azeotropic Distillation using PRO II" under the supervision of Dr. Zainuddin Abd. Manan. Here, I was introduced to use a Wondows-based process simulator, PRO/II, to model and simulated azeotropic distillation system, towards the goal of minimisation of entrainer, in which will directly reduce feedstock consumption and waste treatment.

(Download B.Eng thesis abstract)

Master in Chemical Engineering

After having done my first degree, Dr. Zainuddin, again offered me another challenging Master research opportunity to further investigate potentiality of palm oil process retrofitting using UNIX-based process simulator, ASPEN Plus (r). This research has a twofold goal, aiming to improve productivity and energy efficiency by attempting to retrofit process operating parameters and structure. Dr. Zainuddin, who has an excellent industry link, has collaborated this research with a local Palm Oil refinery, this move has successfully benefit both parties. This research exploited another valuable area of  computer aided process design (CAPD) and retrofit in the oleochemical industries and yielded few publication from the results attained. Special acknowledgment need to be cited to Dr. Zainuddin, who has also inspired me to further my research to another level at my current university -- UMIST.

(Download M.Eng thesis abstract)

University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)

Corrosion and Protection Centre

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)