UTM-MPRC formerly known as GASTEG
Large natural gas reserves off-shore of the Peninsular Malaysia coast line promise a wide range of industrial opportunities to intensify gas utilisation in Malaysia, which would benefit the residential, commercial and industrial sectors. This has resulted in the growth of gas utilisation activities in the country, which include the development of various gas utilities and Services Company. So far, there is limited number of institution which focuses in training, research and services to support the gas industry.
With this in mind, UTM has taken the lead to form GASTEG in 1997, with the intention of becoming the coordination centre for activities undertaken by the local and international gas industry. GASTEG is responsible to plan various activities with regard to the gas industry, with a view of becoming a world class knowledge-based centre of excellence for the gas industry. It also aims to become a leader in providing training, services, consultancy, information dissemination and R&D for the development of the gas industry.
Research Area:
- Transmission and distribution of gas
- Pipeline transportation
- Conventional energy and renewable energy
- Gas engineering, metering and calibration
Group Member:
- PM Dr. Rahmat Mohsin
- PM Dr. Noor Shawal bin Nasri
- Zainal Zakaria
- Zulkifli Abd Majid
- Norhana binti Mohamed Rashid
- Zalilah Sharer
Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC)
Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), formerly known as Membrane Research Unit (MRU), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), is a research center for advanced membrane technology and new membrane applications. The mission and vision of AMTEC is to be a leader in membrane technology and applications especially in the Asia Pacific region and globally through innovation and creative technologies. The center produces postgraduate students in addition to training engineers, scientists, and technicians from Malaysia and abroad in membrane technology to enhance the nation human capital and productivity. AMTEC incorporates a business venture laboratory that is involved in the design, fabrication and commercialization of customized membrane module and membrane system for local and overseas applications. AMTEC is a platform for multidisciplinary research and development in the areas of science, engineering, industrial design, and commercialization in UTM and the Asian region.
The research program in Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC) involves fundamental and application study of various membrane-based separation processes including gas separation, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, nano filtration and ion exchange membranes for fuel cell. In particular, we study the effects of fabrication conditions of flat sheet and hollow fiber membranes on the structural properties and separation performance by adopting a combine effect of phase inversion and rheologically induced molecular orientation approach. The idea of enhance molecular orientation during membrane manufacturing enhances membrane performance has been successfully proven in membrane processes, such as gas separation, reverse osmosis, nano filtration, and ultrafiltration. This has led to the widespread interest in developing high performance membranes for gas-gas and liquid-liquid phase separation.
The research programs have been expended to include development of Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) -based carbon fiber as precursor for composite materials, development carbon membranes for gas separation and synthesis and production of carbon nanotubes for hydrogen storage for fuel cell application. These important areas which fall under nanomaterials and nanotechnology have generated widespread interest into developing an advanced material both for membrane and composite technologies. The research program in AMTEC, UTM is highly interdisciplinary and involves a number of international collaborations. Recently, the British Council approved a project under Prime Minister Initiative 2 Connect (PMI2) – Research Co-operation Award, which is in collaboration with Imperial College, London.
Research Areas:
• Membrane for gas and liquid separation
• Membrane for energy application (fuel cell and solar cell)
• Carbon fibre and carbon nanotube
Group members:
1. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi bin Ismail
2. Prof. Dr. Madzlan bin Aziz (FS)
3. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Azeman Mustafa
4. Dr. Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan bin Othman
5. Dr. Mukhlis bin A Rahman
6. Dr. Juhana bt. Jaafar
7. Dr. Muhammad Noorul Anam bin Mohd Norddin
8. Dr. Mohamad Fadil bin Abdul Wahab
9. Dr. Lau Woei Jye
10. Dr. Hasrinah bt. Hasbullah
11. Dr. Abdul Halim bin Mohd Yusof (FKK)
11. Pn Farhana bt. Aziz
12. Pn. Norhaniza Yusof