Assistant Professor Dr. Yeap Swee Pin
Assistant Professor | Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
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Academic Qualifications
PhD Nanoscience and Technology
BEng Chemical Engineering
Areas of Interest
Fabrication of Flexible Electronic Devices with Composite Nanoparticles
Environmental nanoremediation: Nanoparticle Synthesis, Functionalization, Characterization, and Performance Evaluation
Magnetic nanoparticles and its magnetophoresis behaviours
Role of Environmental Media on the Fate and Transportation of Nanoparticles
Professional Bodies
- Graduate Engineer of the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) (Membership number: 108965A)
- Regular member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) (Membership number: 30812484)
Research
Research Grant
- Name of grant:Pioneer Science Incentive Fund (PSIF)
Funder: UCSI University
Project Title: Development of Polymer Flocculation-Assisted Magnetic Sedimentation Technique for Fast Separation of Highly Stabilized Magnetic Nanoparticles
Duration:2 years (Jan 2018 - Dec 2019)
Role: Project Leader
Amount: RM 21881.50
Status: On-going - Name of grant: Pioneer Science Incentive Fund (PSIF)
Funder: UCSI University
Project Title: ReCorrosion Study for Monoethanolamine Based Hybrid Solution in CO2 Absorption Unit
Duration:2 years (Feb 2017 - Jan 2019)
Role: Project Leader
Amount: RM 24700.00
Status: Completed - Name of grant: RU-PRGS
Funder:USM
Project Title: Colloidal Stability of Magnetic Nanoparticles: Influence of Surface Coating to Large Scale Engineering Applications
Duration:2 years
Role: Project Leader
Amount: RM 8500
Status: Completed
Current research projects
- Deposition of electrosterically stabilized nanoparticles on flexible and stretchable solid substrate and its role on physicochemical properties of the formed composites
- Polymer Flocculation-assisted Magnetic Sedimentation Technique for Rapid Isolation of Highly Stabilized Magnetic Nanoparticles
- Interfacial Interactions of Bare and Functionalized Amphoteric Nanoparticles with Environmental Media and Its Nanotoxicity Impact.
Publications
- Kee Chun Chon, Swee Pin Yeap,Interfacial Interactions of Bare and Functionalized Nanoparticles with Quartz Sand: Role of Humic acid and Coexisting Divalent Cations, Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, 100213, ISSN 2215-1532,
- Swee Pin Yeap, Syh Yan Tia, Induced rapid magnetic sedimentation of stabilized-Fe3O4 nanoparticles by bridging and depletion flocculation, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Volume 142, Pages 53-61, ISSN 0263-8762
- Yeap, Swee Pin; Lim, JitKang; Ngang, Huey Ping; Ooi, Boon Seng; Ahmad, Abdul Latif, Role of Particle–Particle Interaction Towards Effective Interpretation of Z-Average and Particle Size Distributions from Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) Analysis, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 18, Number 10, October 2018, pp. 6957-6964(8)
- Swee Pin Yeap, JitKang Lim, Boon Seng Ooi, Abdul Latif Ahmad, Feasibility of Electrostatic-Mediated Post-Functionalization to Induce Long Term Colloidal Stability and Stability After Freeze Drying of Amphoteric Nanoparticles, Colloid and Interface Science Communications, Volume 23, Pages 14-20, ISSN 2215-0382
- Swee Pin Yeap, Permanent agglomerates in powdered nanoparticles: Formation and future prospects, Powder Technology, Volume 323, Pages 51-59, ISSN 0032-5910.
- Sim Siong Leong, Wei Ming Ng, JitKang Lim and Swee Pin Yeap, Chapter 3: Dynamic Light Scattering: Effective Sizing Technique for Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles, in Handbook of Materials Characterization, S.K. Sharma, Editor 2018, Springer International Publishing: Cham. p. 77-111.
- Sim Siong Leong, JitKang Lim, Siew Chun Low, Rohimah Mohamud and Swee Pin Yeap, Chapter 10: Current Progress in Magnetic Separation-Aided Biomedical Diagnosis Technology, in Clinical Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles: From Fabrication to Clinical Applications, Nguyen TK Thanh, Editor 2018, CRC PRess
- Swee Pin Yeap, JitKang Lim, Boon Seng Ooi, and Ahmad, A.L., Agglomeration, colloidal stability, and magnetic separation of magnetic nanoparticles: collective influences on environmental engineering applications. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 19 (2017): 368.
- Sim Siong Leong, JitKang Lim, and Swee Pin Yeap Working principle and application of magnetic separation for biomedical diagnostic at high- and low-field gradients. Interface focus 6 (2016): 20160048.
- Swee Pin Yeap, Ahmad, A.L., Boon Seng Ooi, and JitKang Lim, Manipulating cluster size of polyanion-stabilized Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticle clusters via electrostatic-mediated assembly for tunable magnetophoresis behavior. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 17 (2015): 403.
Award and Recognitinos
- Bronze medal (2019), Penang Innovation, Invention, and Research Design Competiton
- Young Researcher Award (2017 - 2018), Faculty of Engineering Technology & Environment, UCSI University
- Best New Lecturer Award (2016), UCSI University
- Sanggar Sanjung Award (2014), USM Malaysia
- Sanggar Sanjung Award (2012), USM Malaysia
- Gold Medal (2011), British Invention Show, London, UK.
- Gold Medal (2011), National Research & Innovation Competition, Malaysia
