Organising Committee
Professor Adarsh Kumar Pandey
Prof. Pandey is currently working as Professor at Research Centre for Nano-Materials and Energy Technology (RCNMET), School of Engineering and Technology, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University, Malaysia. He is leading the PhD in Sustainability Science and Technology program at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University. Prior to this he worked at University of Malaya Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC), University of Malaya, Malaysia. He did his PhD in Energy from SMVD University, India. He has published more than 134 research papers as per Scopus data base as well filed 5 patents on different solar energy technologies. Besides, he is author of books and book chapters. Prof. Pandey has recieved more than 4000 citations and h-index 30 till date as per google scholar data based (For more details on publications and citations please browse his ). He is listed in top 2% Scientist in the world by Stanford University and Elsevier BV. Till now he has secured and managed more than 2 million Ringgits of research grants as PI/CO-PI. Prof. Pandey delivered more than 30 keynote/invited lectures in International conferences/Workshops and Seminars. His current area of research involves but not limited to Sustainable Energy Technologies, Advanced Energy Materials, Nano Enhanced Phase change materials (NePCMs), Solar PV and PVT, Dye sensitized solar cells etc.
- Head of Centre
- Distinguished Research Professor
Distinguished Professor Saidur Rahman
Professor Saidur Rahman is a Distinguished Research Professor and Head of the Research Centre for Nano-Materials and Energy Technology at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University. He was Chair Professor in the Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM). Prior to joining KFUPM, he worked for 18 years at University of Malaya, a premier research university in Malaysia. Thomson Reuters awarded him as a highly-cited researcher for being among the top 1% of researchers with most cited documents in his research field from 2014 to 2016. Professor Rahman also won the highest accumulation citation award from University of Malaya for four consecutive years from 2011 to 2014. A number of his papers was listed among the top 25 articles in ScienceDirect published by Elsevier Limited. He has published more than 350 journal papers and a majority of them are in top-ranking journals. He has more than 16,000 citations with an h-index of 60 in Google Scholar. To-date, Professor Rahman has supervised more than 65 postgraduate students and has secured and managed more than RM10 million in research grants in Malaysia. He is currently working on improving the performance of solar thermal system with the application of nanofluids and phase change materials.
Assoc Prof Dr Zafar Said
Dr Tan Kim Han
Dr. Tan Kim Han received his tertiary education at the University of Malaya (UM), where he earned a B.Eng. (Hons.) in Materials Science in 2008. As a scholar, he continued to pursue a Master of Eng. with a major in Nanotechnology at UM and completed it in 2012. He obtained his PhD in Advanced Materials & Nanomaterials from UM under a scholarship provided by the local government in 2019. He has worked on different materials such as nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes, & intermetallic compounds for applications in energy storage, optoelectronics, & electromagnetic absorbers. Currently, he is working on 2D nanomaterials. Several scientific research papers have been published internationally. He was one of the members of a team that won medals in research competitions, Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE, KL 2012) and International ​Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (23rd ITEX 2012), for their work in developing eco-saving coatings in roofing systems. He peer-reviewed some research papers for an international journal. At present, he works as research fellow at the Research Centre for Nano-materials and Energy Technology (RCNMET), School of Engineering & Technology, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University.
Dr Norulsamani binti Abdullah
Norulsamani Binti Abdullah (N. Abdullah) is a post-doctoral research fellow at Research Centre for Nanomaterials and Energy Technology (RCNMET), School of Engineering and Technology, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University. She obtained her Bachelor with Honours (Chemical Engineering) and PhD (Fuel Cell Engineering) from National University of Malaysia (UKM) in 2013 and 2018. She has awarded with the change of status from Master to PhD on 2015 from Academic Management Centre of UKM due to the excellent master research achievement. She has an experience as a research assistant at Fuel Cell Institute, UKM from 2014 to 2017 and continues her career as project-based researcher at RCNMET, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University in 2019 to 2020. She has published several journal articles in peer-reviewed and high impact factor (top 10%) journals especially on renewable energy, catalysis and nanomaterial.
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Dr Kalidasan Balasubramanian
Dr B Kalidasan is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from Anna University Chennai and holds Master of Technology in Energy and Environmental Engineering from VIT University-Vellore, India. He has published over 65+ papers (as on 10th Sep 2024), including articles in International Materials Review, Chemical Engineering Journal, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Energy Storage and much more. He is a receipt of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University Doctor of Philosophy Postgraduate Degree Studentship, and Awards such as Rising Star Awar, Best Paper Award, Best Poster Award, Best Presenter Award, Best Outgoing Student Award, Best Innovation Awards.
Ms Aisha Ridzuan
Dr Hazim Khir
- Senior Executive - Laboratory
Ms Atikah Aini Abdullah
Mr Md Abu Zaed
Mr Anas Islam
Mr Yasir Ali Bhutto
Mr Geoffrey Katiedzo Aligula
Mr Shahriar Raian
Mrs Basra Sultana
Mr Aman Yadav
Mr Muppana Veera Nagendra
Mr. Noraz Khairi
INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
- Prof. Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
- Prof. Zhenjun Ma, Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia
- Dr. S.K. Tyagi, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.
- Dr. Vineet V. Tyagi, Associate Professor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, India.
- Dr. Richa Kothari, Professor, Central University Jammu, India
- Dr. Tangellapalli Srinivas, Associate Professor, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India.
- Prof. P Abdul Salam, Professor, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand.
- Dr. Iftikhar Hussain, Postdoctoral Researcher, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
- Prof. Dr. Wenye Lin, Professor, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
- Prof. Dr. R Jeyalakshmi, Professor, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India
- Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Associate Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Therese May G. Alejandrino, Director - Technopreneurship and Collaborative Applied Research (TechnoCoRe), Technological Institute of the Philippines, Philippines
- Dr. DJ Donn Matienzo, DOST PCIEERD Balik Scientist / Business Development Head - TechnoCoRe Catalyst, Technological Institute of the Philippines, Philippines
- Dr. C. Subramaniyan, Assistant Professor, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India
- Assoc. Prof. Ruben Sudhakar, Associate Professor and former HoD, Department of Energy and Environment, NIT Tiruchirappalli, India
- Prof. Dr. R. Senthil, Professor, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
- Dr. M. Kathiresan, Senior Scientist, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Senthil Raja, Associate Professor, Department of Mechatronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu, India.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
- Arshad Adam Salema, Associate Professor and Course Director of Master of Applied Engineering, Monash University Malaysia
- Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr Farihahusnah Hussin, Associate Professor, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University, Malaysia
- Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad, Senior Lecturer, UMPEDAC, University of Malaya, Malaysia
- Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Kumaran Kadirgama, Professor, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al Sultan Abdullah, Malaysia
- Ir. Dr. Amares Singh Gill, Senior Lecturer II, Taylor’s University, Malaysia
- Dr. Nur Izzah Nabilah Haris, Senior Lecturer, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Md. Hasanuzzaman, Associate Professor, UMPEDAC, University of Malaya, Malaysia
- Dr. Nabila A Karim, Senior Research Fellow, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia