PROFILE
UPM's Staff Profile
PROF. MADYA DR. ROZITA BINTI OMAR
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
rozitaom@upm.edu.my
PROFESSIONAL
NAME :
(Prof. Madya Dr.) Rozita Binti Omar
POSITION :
Profesor Madya
ENTITY :
Faculty Of Engineering
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2003
Bachelor of Science (Colorado School of Mines) Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Refining
1998
Master of Science (UPM) Bioprocess Technology and Fermentation
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2008
Senior Lecturer Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
2003
Lecturer Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, UPM
1999
Tutor Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, UPM
PROJECT
2008
Simultaneous Drying, Pyrolysis and Gasification of Sludge using Microwave for Syngas Prodcution
2006
Renewable Energy Production from Agro-industry Biomass using Microwave Technology
2006
Numerical modelling and simulation on temperature distribution of empty fruit bunch microwave pyrolysis
COURSE ATTENDED
2008
Process Modelling using Aspen Plus, Singapore
2007
Bengkel Analisis Terma 2007,Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SEMINAR
2008
Waste Management Conference and Exibition 2008, Sime Darby Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur
2008
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting 2008, Philadelphia, USA
2007
International Waste to Wealth Conference, PWTC Kuala Lumpur
2007
World Engineering Conference 2007, Pulau Pinang
2007
SOMChE 2007, UPM Serdang
RESEARCH AREA
Microwave Thermal Treatment of Biomass Waste
Waste To Energy
PUBLICATION
2024:
Dispersion Evaluation of Hydrogen Sulfide Inclusion in A Cryogenic Distillation Pilot Plant
2023:
SIMULATION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN STERILISATION PROCESS USING ASPEN PLUS AND RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY
2023:
Two-stage anaerobic digestion using protein-rich synthetic wastewater inoculated with anaerobic sludge
2023:
Ammonia conversion in an aquaponics system using activated carboncoated and non-coated bioball in the biological treatment tank
2022:
Emergency preparedness and response in palm oil mill and investigation of the employees' emergency preparedness knowledge and attitude
2022:
Combined Microwave-Assisted Subcritical Liquid Extraction of Chitosan from Crab Shell Waste
2021:
Performance of dynamic anaerobic membrane bioreactor (DAnMBR) with phase separation in treating high strength food processing wastewater
2021:
Harvesting Marine Microalgae Nannochloropsis sp. using Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) Technique
2021:
Dynamic anaerobic membrane bioreactor (DAnMBR) with phase separation for food processing wastewater treatment at mesophilic temperature: Characterization of cake layer
2021:
Pilot-scale comparison of non-coated and activated carbon-coated Cosmoball for removal of organic matter and nutrients from municipal wastewater
2020:
Kinetics Study of Microwave-Assisted Brine Extraction of Lipid from the Microalgae Nannochloropsis sp.
2020:
Comparison of sodium hydroxide and sodium bicarbonate pretreatment methods for characteristic and enzymatic hydrolysis of sago palm bark
2020:
Influence of Substrate to Inoculum Ratio (S/I) on the Treatment Performance of Food Processing Wastewater containing High Oil and Grease (O&G) in Batch Mode
2020:
Effect of pore size of monofilament woven filter cloth as supporting material for dynamic membrane filtration on performance using aerobic membrane bioreactor technology
2020:
Evaluation of the Interactive Effect Pretreatment Parameters via Three Types of Microwave-Assisted Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis on Sugar Yield
2020:
Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis of Biomass Waste: A Mini Review
2019:
Microwave-assisted Brine Extraction for Enhancement the Quantity and > Quality of Lipid Production from Nannochloropsis sp. Microalgae
2019:
Nutrient availability in sago bark and empty fruit bunch composts for the growth of water spinach and green mustard
2018:
Mass harvesting of marine microalgae using different techniques
2018:
Effective use of tannin based natural biopolymer, AFlok-BP1 to harvest marine microalgae Nannochloropsis
2018:
Development of a hybrid PSO-ANN model for estimating glucose and xylose yields for microwave-assisted pretreatment and the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass
2018:
Dynamic membrane applications in anaerobic and aerobic digestion for industrial wastewater: A mini review
2017:
Microwave-Assisted Pretreatment of Sago Palm Bark
2016:
Effect of microwave-assisted acid or alkali pretreatment on sugar release from Dragon fruit foliage
2016:
Microwave-assisted Dilute Acid Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Sago Palm Bark
2016:
Development of a hybrid PSO-ANN model for estimating glucose and xylose yields for microwave-assisted pretreatment and the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass
2016:
Recovery of diesel-like fuel from waste palm oil by pyrolysis using a microwave heated bed of activated carbon
2015:
MICROWAVE-ASSISTED PRETREATMENT OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS: A REVIEW
2014:
Conventional and microwave-assisted pyrolysis of rapeseed oil for bio-fuel production
2012:
Microwave Pyrolysis for Conversion of Materials to Energy: A Brief Review
2011:
Characterization of Empty Fruit Bunch for Microwave-assisted Pyrolysis