
Assistant Professor Ir. Ts. Dr. Kiew Peck Loo
PEng
Assistant Professor | Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
 [email protected]
Academic Qualifications
PhD Chemical Engineering
BEng Chemical Engineering
Areas of Interest
Extraction
Wastewater Treatment
Natural Resources and Waste Utilization
Optimization and Modelling
Professional Bodies
- Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) – Graduate Engineer (No. 93667A)
- The Institutions of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) – Graduate Membership (No. 72650)
Research
Research Grants
- Name of grant: Pioneer Scientist Incentive Fund(PSIF)
Funder: UCSI University
Project Title: Development of Bioflocculant for Wastewater Clarification
Duratinos: 2 years
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: RM25000
Status: Active - Name of grant: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
Funder: Malaysia Ministry Of Higher Education
Project Title: Deciphering mechanisms of magnetic-induced-adsorption to enhance adsorption in anisotropic nano-ferrimagnetic composite
Duratinos: 3 years
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: RM135000
Status: Active - Name of grant: Young Scientist Incentive Fund (YSIF)
Funder: UCSI University
Project Title: Simultaneous Removal of Copper and Fluoride from Wastewater by Adsorption of Chicken Eggshell
Duratinos: 2 years
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: RM25000
Status: Completed
Current Research Project
- Evaluation of green apple peel extract as a sustainable metal corrosion inhibitor
- The inhibitive and adsorptive characteristics of orange peel extract on metal in acidic media
- Statistical optimization for microwave-assisted banana peel bioflocculant extraction and the flocculation process
- Optimization of methylene blue removal by magnetized papaya seeds: Synthesis and adsorption studies
- Extraction of chitosan from fish scale for food preservation and shelf-life enhancer
Publications
- Simultaneous Removal of Copper and Fluoride from Wastewater by Adsorption Using Chicken Eggshell
- Screening of Significant Parameters Affecting Zn (II) Adsorption by Chemically Treated Watermelon Rind
- Semi-continuous Cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris Using Chicken Compost as Nutrients Source: Growth Optimization Study and Fatty Acid Composition Analysis
- Potential of Banana Peels as Bio-Flocculant for Water Clarification
- Chicken Eggshell as Biosorbent: Artificial Intelligence as Promising Approach in Optimizing study
- "A Novel Polyclonal Rabbit Immunoglobulin G Crystallisation Approach Using 3D Nanotemplate"
- Isolation of Nanocrystalline Cellulose (NCC) from Palm Oil Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB): Preliminary Result on FTIR and DLS Analysis
- Kinetics and Modeling of Pepsin Soluble Collagen (PSC) Extraction from the Skin of Malaysian Catfish (Hybrid Clarias sp.)
- Screening of Significant Factors in Collagen Extraction from Hybrid Clarias sp. Using a Statistical Tool
- A Hybrid of Back Propagation Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm for Optimization of Collagen Extraction from Malaysian Cultured Catfish (Hybrid Clarias sp.)
- Extraction of Acid and Pepsin Soluble Collagen from Selected Malaysian Freshwater Fish Muscles: Modified Lowry’s Measurement Method
- The Influence of Acetic Acid Concentration on the Extractability of Collagen from the Skin of Hybrid Clarias sp. and Its Physicochemical Properties: A Preliminary Study
- Isolation and characterization of collagen from the skin of Malaysian catfish (Hybrid Clarias sp.)
- Jewel of the Seabed: Sea Cucumbers as Nutritional and Drug Candidates
- Screening and Empirical Kinetic Models of Collagen Extraction from Selected Malaysian Freshwater Fish
- Collagen Extraction from Malaysian Cultured Catfish (Hybrid Clarias Sp.): Kinetics and Optimization of Extraction Conditions Using Response Surface Methodology
Conferences
- International Conference on Science, Technology & Social Sciences, Pahang, Malaysia, 20 – 22 November 2012
- International Conference of Environment (ICENV), Penang, Malaysia, 11 – 13 December 2012
- International Conference on Information and Convergence Technology for Smart Society, Bangkok, Thailand, 21 – 24 January 2015
- 4th Asia Conference on Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 14 – 18 July 2016
- 5th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering 2017 (ICAME2017), Krabi, Thailand, 16 – 18th August 2017