
Assistant Professor Dr. Lee Kiat Moon
Head of Department, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering | Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
 [email protected]
Academic Qualifications
PhD
BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering
Areas of Interest
Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass
Anerobic in wastewater treatment
Biogas Production
Carbon capture and storage
Surfactant Adsorption
Professional Bodies
Graduate Engineer of Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)
Research
Research Grants
- Name of grant: UCSI University Pioneer Scientist Incentive Fund (PSIF)
Funder: UCSI University
Project Title: Synthesis of environmental friendly nanocrystalline cellulose pickering emulsion
Duration: 10th March 2017 - 30th September 2018
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Amount: RM 25,000
Status: Completed
Current Research Project
- Study on different wave irradiation on lignocellulosic pretreatment using deep eutectic solvent (DES)
- Treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) using anaerobic digester for biogas production
- Enhancement of oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) pretreatment using deep eutectic solvents (DES) incorporated with ultrasonic irradiation
- Enhancing delignification and subsequent enzymatic saccharification of oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) by ultrasound assisted-organosolv pretreatment
- Impact of mineralogical variations in reservoir rocks and surfactant adsorption
Publications
- Thi, S., Lee, K.M. (2019). Comparison of deep eutectic solvents (DES) on pretreatment of oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB): cellulose digestibility, structural and morphology changes. Bioresource Technology.
- Al-Shorgani, N.K.N., Al-Tabib, A.I., Kadier, A., Zanil, M.F., Lee, K.M., Kalil, M.S. (2019). Continuous butanol fermentation of dilute acid-pretreated de-oiled rice bran by Clostridium acetobutylicum YM1. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 4622.
- Lee, K.M., Zanil, M.F. (2019). Interval type-2 fuzzy logic with Karmen-Mendel algorithm for sequential ionic liquid dissolution-solid acid saccharification. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 94(4), 1073-1081.
- Ang, T.N., Chan, C.-H., Ngoh, G.C., Lee, K.M., Yoon, L.W., Chua, A.S.M. (2016). Assessment of cellulosic biomass saccharification by molten Brönsted acidic 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulphate ([EMIM][HSO4]) via kinetic studies. BioResources, 11(1), 1349-1358.
- Lee, K.M., Ngoh, G.C., Chua, A.S.M. (2015). Ionic liquid-mediated solid acid saccharification of sago waste: Kinetic, ionic liquid recovery and solid acid catalyst reusability study. Industrial Crops and Products, 77, 415-423.
- Lee, K.M., Ngoh, G.C., Chua, A.S.M., Yoon, L.W., Ang, T.N. & Lee, M.G. (2014). Comparison study of different ionic liquid pretreatments in maximizing total reducing sugars recovery. BioResources, 9(1), 1552-1564.
- Lee, K.M., Ngoh, G.C. & Chua, A.S.M. (2013). Process optimization and performance evaluation on sequential ionic dissolution-solid acid saccharification of sago waste. Bioresource Technology, 130, 1-7.
- Ang, T.N., Yoon, L.W., Lee, K.M., Ngoh, G.C., Chua, A.S.M. & Lee, M.G. (2011). Efficiency of ionic liquids in the dissolution of rice husk. BioResources, 6(4), 4790-4800.
Contributions to Society
- “Engineering for All 2.0” organized by Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, IChemE Student Chapter and Hands of Hope, 16th March 2019
- Judge for the First® Lego® League Malaysia 2018 organized by Sasbadi, Malaysia, 2nd – 4th November 2018
- Academic Editor of Research Communication in Engineering Science & Technology (RCEST) by Asian Scientific Journal, 24th September 2018 – 31st December 2019
- “My One-Day Uni-Life 4.0” organized by Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, UCSI University and Hands of Hope, 30th June and 7th July 2018
- “Engineering for All” organized by Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, IChemE Student Chapter, IET Student Chapter and Hands of Hope, 9th June 2018
- Industry Panel for the Final Year Project Conference, ENGENIUS 2018 organized by University of Malaya, Malaysia, 14th May 2018
- External Examiner for 2nd MJIIT Chemical Engineering Design Seminar organized by Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), 19th April 2018
- Judge for the Present Around the World 2018 organized by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) On Campus, UCSI Malaysia, 6th April 2018
- Reviewer for article in Green Engineering for Campus Sustainability published by Springer, 2018
- Reviewer for article in Chemical Engineering Transactions Journal, 2018
- Reviewer for article in Process Biochemistry, 2018
- Associate Editor of Progress in Energy and Environment, 2017-2019
- IET Volunteer, 2017-2018
- Judge for the First® Lego® League Malaysia 2017 organized by Sasbadi, Malaysia, 14th – 16th July 2017
- Judge for The 13th Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Research Day ChemEng URD 2017 organized by University of Malaya, Malaysia, 20th June 2017
- Reviewer for article in Waste Management, 2017
- Judge for the 7th EURECA Research Conference 2016 organized by Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, Malaysia, 7th – 8th December 2016
- Judge for the 4th IEM Design Competition 2015/2016 organized by Institute of Engineers Malaysia, 28th May 2016
- Reviewer for article in ASEAN Engineering Journal, 2016-2017