Overview

Malaysia National Early Careers Committee webinar with a presentation and a live audience-driven Q&A session on Self-Cleaning Ultrafiltration System Producing Clean Water, a project which won the University of Malaya and Berqat Mechanic Engineering the the Water Award category during the IChemE Global Awards 2018. In December 2021, Malaysia was beset by some of the worst flooding of the century Days of torrential rain led to widespread floods which displaced more than 70,000 people and disrupted clean water supplies in many states in West Malaysia. Hence, there is a need for a self-sustainable drinking water supply system as a contingency option for flood relief applications especially in rural areas. The speaker and his team have designed an automated, self-cleaning, mobile ultrafiltration system, which has been installed in remote villages in Malaysia to produce clean water from various sources without the use of chemicals. The speaker will introduce the award-winning innovation and the potential for the mobile ultrafiltration system to supply drinking water for disaster mitigation and recovery applications including floods.

Speaker

Professor Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua, Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies) and Head, Centre for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilisation School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University

Professor Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua completed his PhD in 1992 at the University of Nancy 1, France. Before joining Sunway University, he served for more than 23 years at University of Malaya where he held many administration positions such as Deputy Dean at the Institute of Graduate Studies, Head of Chemical Engineering Department and Head of the Center for Separation Science and Technology. His research addresses the fundamental and technical issues related to water, energy and environment. He is interested in developing green solvents, sorbents and processes for CO2 capture and utilisation; treatment of water and wastewater using novel adsorbents and advanced electrochemical processes; production of biodiesel and transformation of its by-products to value-added chemicals; and providing safe water to communities in remote areas through the application of membrane technology. He has supervised the completion of 34 PhD and 25 Master’s students. His research has generated more than 220 articles in ISI-ranked journals and over 12,000 citations, and his h-index is 56.

Time

10:00–11:30 MYT.

Software

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This webinar is free of charge and open to all to attend, but if you wish to access the slides and a recording to replay on demand then you'll need to be a member of the Malaysia Members Group.