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Professor Dr. Mohamed Kheireddine ArouaProfessor Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua completed his PhD in 1992 at the University of Nancy 1, France. He worked at University of Malaya for 23 years before joining Sunway University in 2017. 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 to completion 35 PhD and 25 Master’s students. His research has generated more than 250 articles in ISI-ranked journals and over 22,000 citations, and his h-index is 73 according to Google Scholar database. He was listed by Clarivate Analytics as top 1% highly cited researcher in 2018 and 2019. He is also recognized in Stanford University list as top 2% world scientist for career long as well as single year impacts in 2019,2020, 2021, and 2022.
In 2018 he was the recipient of the IChemE Global Award in Water Category. Recently his water project won the 1st Place in the Innovative R&D Award (International Institutions award) at the 3rd Cycle of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award.
Topic of Keynote : Green Solvents for CO2 Capture and Utilization
Dr. Indran SuyambulingamDr. Indran received B.E. in Mechanical Engineering in 2009 from St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering, Chunkankadai, Nagercoil, which is affiliated with Anna University, Chennai, India. He completed M.E. Engineering Design from Park College of Engineering and Technology, Kaniyur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, and was honored with a Gold Medal by Anna University in 2011. He finished his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Anna University, Chennai, in 2015 and was awarded INSPIRE fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (DST), for pursuing his research work. After completing Ph.D., he joined as Associate Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rohini College of Engineering & Technology, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, and served there until December 2021. He is a Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and an Associate Member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG). He serves as a Member of the Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME) and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), India. He is the recipient of the Innovative Technological Research & Dedicated Teaching Professional Award from JETR Convention on Innovative Technological Scientific Research Strategies in Science, Engineering and Medical Technology organized by Innovative Scientific Research Professional Malaysia (ISRPM), held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2017. He got selected as a Young Scientist and participated in the training program sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Govt. of India, and Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. He is a reviewer for more than 40 international journals and has published more than 70 articles in high-quality international peer-reviewed SCI and Scopus Indexed journals, and 11 book chapters. He has presented more than 40 research articles at national and international conferences. He has filed one Indian patent in the area of polymer composites research. His research interests include Prosthetics Development, Biomaterials, Nanocomposites, Material Characterization, Tribology, Agro-Waste Utilization, and Characterization of Natural Fibers and their Composites.
Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr.-Ing. Joewono Prasetijo Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr.-Ing. Joewono Prasetijo is affiliated with Industry Centre of Excellence for Railway (ICoE-REL), Department of Transportation Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). He completed his Diploma Postgraduate and Master of Science in Road and Transportation Engineering at IHE – Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Then, he was a Research Fellow at Transportation Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan. He completed his PhD (Doktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.)) in Traffic and Transportation Engineering at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. He has contributed immensely in Transportation sector development in Malaysia. He was the Chairman for Working Group on Concrete Sleepers and Bearers, Malaysia Railway Industry Standard (MRIS), SIRIM Berhad. Currently, he is serving as a member in Committee of Expert Working Group of Public Transport – Road Congestion (EWGPTC), Ministry of Transport Malaysia and Technical Committee on Malaysia Railway Industry Standard (MRIS), SIRIM Berhad. He is an Engineering Technologist registered with Board of Engineers Malaysia and a Certified Trainer of Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF).