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The 18th Postgraduate Colloquium Faculty of Science & Technology Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

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KEYNOTE SESSION

THE 18th POSTGRADUATE COLLOQUIUM

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

04th April 2018 (Wednesday) Dewan Persidangan, FST

Tentative Programme

02.30 pm : Registration of Presenters and Participants

03.00 pm : Arrival of Guests

03.20 pm : Recital of Doa

03.30 pm : Welcoming Address

YBhg. Prof. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Noor Azlan Ghazali

Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

: Keynote Speaker

YBhg. Dato’ Dr. Mohammed Noor Embi

“Graduate Research : Be Mindful of the Big Picture”

: Presentation of Souvenirs

: Photo session

05.00 pm : Refreshments


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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

GRADUATE RESEARCH: BE MINDFUL OF THE BIG PICTURE

Noor Embi

ABSTRACT

Key requisites for obtaining the Ph.D and Masters postgraduate degrees by research in the field of science

are the successful completion of graduate research and submission of theses. Prior to conferment of the

degree, postgraduate candidates are also required to publish their research findings in indexed journals.

The publication represents the candidate’s contribution to the pursuit of knowledge for scientific

advancement. Resolving an important issue or filling a major gap in the literature through high impact

journal publication thus becomes the ultimate goal of graduate research. Upon graduation, postgraduate

degree holders will likely continue research elsewhere and aspire to be leading researchers in the chosen

field. Graduate research should therefore extend beyond the university and aimed at developing students

to be future leaders of industry, government and the wider community. While successful graduate research

is considered to be an achievement in terms of making an impact to science, we should also be mindful of

the bigger picture of its potential outcome and impact towards societal & environmental well-being as well

as wealth creation. In our Research University ecosystem, most university laboratories rely heavily on

graduate students as the backbone for academic research. This is because there is paucity in numbers of

post-doctoral fellows involved in the research team. University research has an important role in an

innovation-led economy and leading research universities around the world are becoming powerful engines

of innovation. According to the definition by OECD, an innovation is the implementation of a new or

significantly improved product (goods or service), or process, or a new marketing method, or a new

organisational method in business practices, workplace organisation or external relations. A key feature of

an innovation is that it must have been implemented. A new or improved product is implemented when it is

introduced in the market. New processes, marketing methods or organisational methods are implemented

when they are brought into actual use in the firm’s operations. In a university set up, innovation is about

bringing R&D findings to the market. To achieve this mission, universities establish their own on-campus

technology transfer offices (TTOs). University TTOs work with researchers to develop new business

opportunities; identifying and sourcing investment, management and professional services. University R&D

is a hefty investment by the government and universities need to justify monies spent by the government

through commercialisation of their creative R&D outputs. It is important that graduate students understand

the potential impact of their proposed research not only to science but also to science business. Graduate

students can value-add their research efforts by thinking about innovation right from the beginning of the

graduate research project. The research universities in this country are already inculcating the culture of

innovation i.e. developing an organizational culture in R&D that embraces innovation as one of its core

values. Innovation is successful implementation of creative ideas; it is a function of creativity and

implementation. To ensure successful implementation of the innovation initiatives, it is imperative that we

inspect what we expect. As an example, there is a need to ensure researchers do not miss out on getting

deserving IPRs from their research findings. University TTOs need to educate researchers pertaining to the

importance of IPR as well as facilitate the process of IPR filing. More importantly, TTOs have the role of

creating awareness among researchers that there is no conflict between publishing research outcomes

and patent filing. The above treatise is an excerpt of my presentation on the given topic.


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ABSTRACT FOR PLENARY PRESENTATION


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School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Prof. Dr. Shukor Md Nor

Email: [email protected]

CURRENT TRENDS OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

ABSTRACT

In the world, wildlife research in the early 1970’s was focusing primarily on diseases, but currently on

management, habitat, diseases, demography, conservation and human activity. Other areas of studies

currently with less contribution are genetics, extractive use, invasive species and climate change. In

Peninsular Malaysia, however the trends in wildlife research is closely associated with the availability of the

wildlife habitat, population and distribution of wildlife species, especially large mammals, and issues related

to these species. The continuous rapid development of this country since the early 1970’s has reduced the

availability of the suitable wildlife habitat primarily at the west, followed by south and now at the north and

east of Peninsular Malaysia. During the early 1970’s to late 1980’s when the suitable wildlife habitat was

still plentiful, the research studies were primarily on the documentation of species (which include taxonomy

and diversity), and demography (which include population and distribution). In the early 1990’s, study on

wildlife ecology and habitat were the priority due to the need after realizing the suitable wildlife habitat will

be further reduced enormously. The impacts of forest lost was real after 2000 with the increased of road

kills and wildlife-human conflicts, and the reduction of population to near extinction of several rare species

(e.g. Sumatran rhinoceros), thus wildlife and habitat management became important aspects of study.

Wildlife management plan is now becomes so important and incorporated in environment protection law

(e.g. EIA and EMP). Along this period from 1970 until now, the research approaches also have changed

radically and lately with the introduction new techniques and technologies such as GIS and remote

sensing, molecular genetics, satellite and radio telemetry, camera trapping, and acoustics. Changed in

research approaches, strategies and objectives have created several challenges among others are lack of

funding to support high impact wildlife conservation projects, and limited number of wildlife experts.

mailto:[email protected]


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School of Biosciences and Biotechnology

Prof. Dr. Ismanizan Ismail Email: [email protected]

The Plant MicroRNAs: OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF ITS REGULATORY ROLES

ABSTRACT

A microRNA (miRNA) is a small non-coding RNA molecule (containing about 22 nucleotides) found in plants, animals and some viruses which function in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. The miRNA is encoded by eukaryotic nuclear DNA in plants and animals, and by viral DNA in certain viruses whose genome is based on DNA. MiRNA functions via base-pairing with complementary sequences within mRNA molecule. More than twenty years have elapsed (1993) since the discovery of a miRNA gene in Caenorhabditis elegans. Based on the research progress, we are approaching the nature of this small RNA species, which seems to be mysterious before. Since then, miRNAs research has revealed multiple roles in negative regulation (transcriptional degradation, and sequestering translational suppression). By affecting genes regulation, miRNAs are likely to be involved in almost all the biological processes in an organism. Until recently, a huge number of plant miRNAs (16,438) have been identified and characterized especially in the Arabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa, Zea mays and some other important crop plants. The complexities of the miRNAs roles in regulatory networking in every aspect of plant development and responses towards the environmental stresses have put great challenges on plant biotechnologists. As a matter of fact, the regulation of gene expression in plants has taken to another step involving interaction between the miRNAs molecules and transcription factors (key gene regulators), thus, adding to another level, the way plants control activities of their genes. In this regard, we are working on the potentials of miRNAs under certain plant stresses and their relation with the transcription factors. The aim is to finally draw the comprehensive view of miRNA-Transcription factors (miRNTF) network in that particular stress condition. Nevertheless, new challenge arises as the system becoming more and more complex. Indeed, a given miRNA may have multiple targets and a given target might similarly be targeted by multiple miRNAs. All these points evolving the plant miRNAs will be discussed and presented in brief by taking some examples of in silico analysis and wet lab experiments currently being carried out in our lab.



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School of Applied Physics

Dr. Sharifah Nabihah Syed Jaafar Email: [email protected]

METHYL LEVULINATE: PRODUCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

Today, the basic sources of energy are petroleum, coal, natural gas and nuclear power. As these sources

are depleting, the base of our energy supply should focus on renewable resources such as biomass. Oil

palm tree (OPT) is one of the most valuable commercial crops in Malaysia. The oil palm plantation area

increased started in 2010 until now and resulted to uncontrolled waste. Approximately, 8.6 million tonnes of

OPT waste were produced every year and the number might increase by 20% in 3-year time. Conventional

method of land clearing for oil palm replanting involves burning and decomposition as these methods are

fast and cheap. Consequently, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and suspended particles of unburned

carbon are released to the atmosphere, contributes to global warming and greenhouse effect. Specifically,

OPT sap is known to be rich in various metabolites especially free sugars. Therefore, provides seemingly

rich resources for the application of bio-chemicals synthesis particularly, methyl levulinate (ML) or 4-oxo-

pentanoic acid methyl ester. Methanolysis is the best method to convert OPT sap into ML at low

temperature. Reaction for ML undergoes two stages of reaction. First, condensation reaction is taking

place by producing methyl glucoside (MGO) and second, is the dehydration of MGO. The method is able to

give high purity of ML and low by-products such as humin. In addition, the method is a direct and green

method and the used methanol can be recycled. ML can be synthesized with the presence of catalyst

either homogenous or heterogeneous. The addition of catalysts such as zeolite, sulphuric acid and

aluminium sulphate will enhance the conversion of ML. ML can act as an oxygenative diesel additive

because the properties are similar to the bio-diesel fatty acid methyl ester (FAME). The produced biodiesel

can be classified under second generation of bio-fuels.



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School of Mathematical Sciences

Prof. Dr. Anuar Ishak Email: [email protected]

H-INDEX, G-INDEX AND HG-INDEX: INDICES TO CHARACTERIZE THE SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT OF RESEARCHERS

ABSTRACT

There are several measures and indices available in the literature to measure the research output of a researcher. Among them, the h-index introduced by Hirsch in 2005, has obtained a lot of attention from the scientific community. It is a simple single number incorporating both publication (quantity) and citation (quality or visibility) scores and hence has an advantage over the measures such as number of significant papers or number of citations to each of the x (say) most cited papers (which is not a single number). However, the h-index has disadvantages, as realized by Egghe in 2006, where the h-index is insensitive to an accidental set of uncited (or lowly cited) papers and also to one or several outstandingly highly cited papers. To overcome this, Egghe introduced the g-index, and proved that. The g-score will be higher than the h-score and what is interesting in this, the higher the number of citations in the top-class papers received, the higher the g-score will be. In 2010, the hg-index was introduced, to characterize the scientific output of researchers which is based on both h-index and g-index to try to keep the advantages of both measures as well as to minimize their disadvantages.



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School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology

Prof. Dr. Ishak Ahmad Email: [email protected]

CURRENT RESEARCH ON NANOCELLULOSE: PROCESSING AND APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNC) has unique properties which are different from the properties of cellulose at

the macro scale, in addition to having all the biodegradable attributes associated with its plant-based

source. Due to its nanoscale dimension, CNC is a promising renewable biomaterial in the future. Modified

CNC also expand its utilization in nano-related applications. The use of CNC into various applications

requires it to meet certain criteria and properties so that the resulting product has its added value for

commercialization. Research into the properties and applications of CNC has been done in the past five

years at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) to study the morphological, mechanical, chemical, and

thermal properties of CNC. A variety of CNC from different sources have been used as reinforcing fillers

for the preparation of nanocomposites with biodegradable and petroleum based polymers as a matrix.

Nanocomposites have been successfully developed with uniform dispersion and significantly improved

mechanical strength and thermal stability even at very low reinforcement content. Hydrogels with

remarkable sensitivity toward changes in pH are also prepared using gelatin and poly (acrylic acid)

reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals (CNC). Gamma irradiated hydrogels prepared by dispersion of CNCs

in gelatin also exhibited remarkably enhanced stiffness and swelling properties, which was ascribed to the

uniform distribution of CNCs and their increased crystallinity. The finding have shown the ability of the CNC

hydrogels to respond to different pH values along with its high mechanical stability suggested that CNC

hydrogels are promising candidates as drug carriers.



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School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Prof. Dr. Fredolin Tangang@Tajudin Mahmud

Email: [email protected]

CLIMATE CHANGE: FROM THE GLOBAL TO REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS, THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN INFLUENCING POLICY-MAKING PROCESS

ABSTRACT

Climate change has been recognized as the greatest challenge that humanity will face in the 21st century.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) key messages in its Fifth

Assessment Report (AR5) includes: 1. Human influence on the climate system is clear, 2. The more we

disrupt our climate, the more we risk severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts, and 3. We have the

means to limit climate change and build a more prosperous, sustainable future. Underpinning these

powerful messages is three decades of compilation of robust science on how human activities influence

the climate system, possible impacts of climate change and ways and means to deal with the problem.

From the First Assessment Report (FAR) that led to the establishment of the United Nations Framework

Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) to AR5 that provided input to Paris Agreement, undoubtedly,

robust science produced by the IPCC has influenced the policy-making process at the global and

international level and bringing countries in the world into working together in solving the problem.

However, how robust science plays a role in policy-making process at the regional and national level

remains unclear. Furthermore, robust science of climate change at the regional and national level may still

be less well developed, especially in developing regions such as Africa and Southeast Asia. In minimizing

the risk of climate change on critical sectors, community or infrastructures, robust climate scientific

information at local scales is required. IPCC assessment clearly indicated huge gaps of information on how

climate change has been and will be affecting critical sectors in the Southeast Asia region. What the

scientists must do in narrowing such gaps? As an example, this presentation will briefly describe a multi-

nation collaborative project called the Southeast Asia Regional Climate Downscaling (SEACLID)/CORDEX

Southeast Asia which aims to narrow climate information gaps in the Southeast Asia region. The project is

establishing a new entity called The Southeast Asia Regional Climate Information System (SARCCIS).

With a tagline of “Climate Information for Society”, SARCCIS aims to champion climate services in the

Southeast Asia region by providing free access to high-resolution multi-model climate projection to users

especially the Impact, Adaptation and Vulnerability (IAV) community. Hopefully, with availability to regional

climate change information in SARCCIS, IAV community in the region would be able to narrow knowledge

gaps and influence policy-making process, especially for countries in the region in devising and planning

adaptation strategies to minimize the impacts of climate change in decades to come.



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School of Biosciences and Biotechnology

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazlina Ibrahim Email: [email protected]

GONIOTHALAMIN, A STYRYLPYRONE DERIVATIVE WITH ANTIVIRAL PROPERTY

ABSTRACT

This plenary lecture is presented at the occasion of my 20th anniversary of my journey as a lecturer in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. I present herein my journey in research for almost 17 years starting from 2001 with goniothalamin, a styrylpyrone derivative (SPD), a compound with antiviral activity. The story begins with SPD, a compound isolated from a local plant Goniothalamus umbrosus known to induce apoptosis in cancer cells. On the other hand, herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) exhibit anti-apoptotic mechanism as an adaptive strategy to inhibit cellular apoptotic activity through the activity of viral proteins. Emergence of drug resistant virus variants after long-term treatment has emphasized the needs for alternative drug as a second line defence. Preliminary screening showed anti-HSV-1 of SPD was most effective when given after cells were infected (post-treatment) and the effect was dose and time dependent. Treatment with SPD reduced HSV-1 infectious progeny. The antiviral mechanism deviates from acylclovir (ACV) the commonly used anti-HSV-1 drug that targets thymidine kinase or DNA polymerase. Apart from apoptosis, SPD also causes cell cycle arrest that stops cells from dividing thus not allowing replication of virus. Another interesting observation was that Kelch like protein 24 (KLHL24) expression was regulated when SPD was exposed to cell and virus infected cells thus plays an important role in SPD antiviral activity. This observation has never before being reported in any known literature and the work is still ongoing. With the ability to affect in vitro virus infection, we proceed to determine the antiviral activity in in vivo studies. Using two SPD incorporated formulated products; we proved that antiviral activity was exerted when given at early infection stage. It is proposed that SPD triggered cytotoxic T cells which lead to viral clearance and thus reduced lesion formation. The in vivo studies showed SPD has limited potential as topical antiviral product and further understanding on the mechanism is yet to be resolved.



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School of Applied Physics

Dr. Rozidawati Awang Email: [email protected]

CARBON-BASED THIN FILMS BY HOME-BUILT rf-PECVD SYSTEM AT SCHOOL OF APPLIED

PHYSICS, UKM

ABSTRACT

Various deposition techniques can be employed in the fabrication of thin films. Common technique for the

fabrication of carbon based thin films is plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). A

commercialized PECVD system is technically expensive and lack of design modification flexibility to suit

the research requirements. A radio frequency PECVD (rf-PECVD) system was designed and built in-house

at the School of Applied Physics, UKM. The system was ensured to be in perfect working order and is

therefore able to produce good quality and reproducible thin films. The home-built system is equipped with

nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon based gases (methane and acetylene), initially used to fabricate carbon-

based thin films of hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-CH) and amorphous carbon nitride (a-CNx). The

unique properties of the films arise from the strong dependence of their properties on the bonding

configurations and the incorporation of hydrogen and/or nitrogen in the films due to the energy of the ionic

species and the composition of the gas mixture in the deposition process. Ion energy can be changed by

varying the deposition parameters such as discharge power, gas flow rate, electrode distance, deposition

temperature and pressure. Different measurements techniques can be used to characterize the carbon-

based thin films. The films morphology, cross section images and its thickness can be observed by field

emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). Ultra violet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy for optical

characteristic, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy for chemical bonding properties and Raman

scattering spectroscopy for structural characteristics. From the measurements results, the properties of thin

films that produced by rf-PECVD technique strongly depend on the deposition parameters and can be

explained from the deposition kinetics of the films.



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School of Mathematical Sciences

Prof. Dr. Noriszura Ismail Email: [email protected]

SOME STATISTICAL MODELS IN INSURANCE AND HEALTHCARE

ABSTRACT

Count data often display over-dispersion, and in some cases, excessive number of zero outcomes. In this study, we relate negative binomial, generalized Poisson, zero-inflated negative binomial, zero-inflated generalized Poisson, bivariate zero-inflated negative binomial and bivariate zero-inflated generalized Poisson regression models through mean-variance relationship, and suggest the application of these models for over-dispersed count data, zero-inflated and over-dispersed count data, and bivariate zero-inflated and over-dispersed count data. The regression models are fitted to the Malaysian insurance data, German healthcare data and Australian health survey data.



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School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ma’aruf Abd Ghani Email: [email protected]

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HAZARD ANALYSIS CRITICAL CONTROL POINT (HACCP) IN

MALAYSIA

ABSTRACT

HACCP System is a food safety assurance system through 7 principles to control the biological, chemical

and physical hazards. HACCP system in Malaysia is executed based on the MS1480:2007 - Hazard

Analysis Critical Control Point and prerequisite programmes according to MS1514:2009 - Good

Manufacturing Practice (GMP) For Food. The involvements of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play

a significant role in the food processing sub-sector in the country. A wide range of certification schemes

has been developed for HACCP and GMP, which involves ministries, government agencies and the private

sector. Various guidelines as a reference also developed by ministries and government agencies involved

in the certification programs offered to SMEs. Development of quality assurance programs and food safety

are intended to meet the level of achievement of the SMEs in the provision of quality and safe food.



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COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE

04thAPRIL 2018, WEDNESDAY TIME EVENT VENUE

7.30 am – 8.00am Registration Foyer of PPFG

8.30 am – 9.00 am Plenary

Session 1

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Prof. Dr. Shukor Md Nor

Session Chair: Dr. Marlia Mohd. Hanafiah

DEWAN ANUWAR MAHMUD (DAM)

School of Biosciences and Biotechnology Prof. Dr. Ismanizan Ismail

Session Chair : Prof. Dr. Aidil Abd Hamid DKG126G

School of Applied Physics Dr. Sharifah Nabihah Syed Jaafar

Session Chair : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hafizuddin Jumali DKG111F

School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology Prof. Dr. Ishak Ahmad

Session Chair : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Aishah Hasbullah BSL123BK

School of Mathematical Sciences Prof. Dr. Anuar Ishak

Session Chair : Prof. Dr. Kamarulzaman Ibrahim BSL123CK

9.00 am – 9.30 am Refreshments

9.30 am – 12.30pm Presentation

Session 1

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Biology

Ocean Science Conservation Biology

DKG111F

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Geology

BS1114F

School of Biosciences and Biotechnology Microbiology 1

DEWAN ANUWAR MAHMUD (DAM)

School of Biosciences and Biotechnology Microbiology 2

Molecular Biology Animal Sciences

DKG126G

School of Applied Physics Physics

Nuclear Science Industrial Safety Management

BS1115F

School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology Chemistry 1

BSL123BK

School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology Food Science

BSL123CK

School of Mathematical Sciences Mathematics 1

BS2113F


BS2114F

12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch

2.30 pm – 3.00 pm Registration Dewan

Persidangan

3.00 pm – 4.30 pm Keynote Session : “Graduate Research : Be Mindful of the Big Picture”

YBhg. Dato’ Dr. Mohammed Noor Embi Dewan

Persidangan

4.30 pm Refreshments


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05thAPRIL 2018, THURSDAY

TIME EVENT VENUE

8.00 am – 8.30 am Breakfast

8.30 am – 9.00 am Plenary

Session 2

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Prof. Dr. Fredolin Tangang@Tajudin Mahmud Session Chair: Dr. Marlia Mohd. Hanafiah

DEWAN ANUWAR

MAHMUD (DAM)

School of Biosciences and Biotechnology Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazlina Ibrahim

Session Chair : Prof. Dr. Aidil Abd Hamid DKG126G

School of Applied Physics Dr. Rozidawati Awang

Session Chair : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hafizuddin Jumali DKG111F

School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ma’aruf Abd Ghani

Session Chair : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Aishah Hasbullah BSL123BK

School of Mathematical Sciences Prof. Dr. Noriszura Ismail

Session Chair : Prof. Dr. Kamarulzaman Ibrahim BSL123CK

9.00 am – 9.30 am Refreshments

9.30 am – 12.30pm Presentation

Session 2

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Environmental Sciences

DEWAN ANUWAR

MAHMUD (DAM)

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Zoology

DKG126G

School of Biosciences and Biotechnology Plant Biotechnology

Genetics Molecular Biology

BS2113F

School of Applied Physics Material Science

BS2114F

School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology Chemistry 2

BSL123BK

School of Mathematical Sciences Statistics

BSL123CK

12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch

2.00 pm – 4.30 pm Presentation

Session 3

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Genetics

BS1114F

School of Biosciences and Biotechnology Biochemistry

BS1115F


Quality & Productivity Improvement Data Science & Analytics

DKG111F

4.30 pm Refreshments

End of Colloquium


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PRESENTATION SESSION 1


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th APRIL 2018, WEDNESDAY

SESSION 1 : SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES – BIOLOGY – OCEAN SCIENCE – CONSERVATION

BIOLOGY

Assessor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Haja Maideen Kader Maideen : Dr. Marlia Mohd Hanafiah : Dr. Simon Kumar Das

Venue : DKG111F Time : 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

Code Presenter/

Programme Title of Presentation Supervisor

BIO1 Mohd Amir Bin Zakaria P83754 PhD (Biology)

Population estimate of Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) in three main breeding sites Peninsular Malaysia

Prof. Dr. Shukor Md. Nor

BIO2 Azhari Bin Mohamad P84087 PhD (Biology)

Length-Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Neolissochilus Soroides (Pisces, Cyprinidae) at Sungai Tembat, Hulu Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia

Prof. Dr. Shukor Md. Nor

BIO3 Norshaqinah Binti Ayob P86189 PhD (Biology)

Distribution and Abundance of Vertebrate Roadkill in Langkawi Island, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia

Prof. Dr. Norhayati Ahmad Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muzzneena Ahmad Mustapha Dr. Juliana Senawi

BIO4 Noor Aslinda Ummi Binti Awang Besar P88797 MSc (Biology)

Resistance Status of Aedes aegypti Towards Different Insecticides in Selected Dengue Hotspot Area in Petaling District (Diptera: Culicinae)

Dr. Azman Sulaiman

OCS1 Nur Azwin Binti Razib P85654 PhD (Ocean Science)

The Relationship between Rastrelliger kanagurta and its Environmental Parameters in Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Malaysia using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Statistical Modeling Approaches

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muzzneena Ahmad Mustapha

OCS2 Mohd Fairoz Aflin Bin Roslan P89017 MSc (Ocean Science)

Description of Newly Sighted Sea Star Species in the Seagrass Meadows of Sungai Pulai Estuary, Johor

Dr. Mohammad Rozaimi Jamaluddin

OCS3 Nur Hidayah Binti Hamdan P90584 MSc (Ocean Science)

Single Versus Dual Stable Isotope Tracers to Determine Organic Source Contributions in Seagrass Sediments

Dr. Mohammad Rozaimi Jamaluddin

OCS4 Amirah Izzati Bt. Mohd Iskandar Sandakumaran P85505 MSc (Ocean Science)

Abundance of Benthic Dinoflagellates in Pulau Tinggi, Malaysia

Prof. Dr. Gires Usup

COB1 Ili Nadirah Binti Mohd Redzuan P89609 MSc (Conservation Biology)

The Moss Flora of Ulu Gombak Forest Reserve, Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia

Dr. Nik Norhazrina Nik Mohd Kamil


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SESSION 1 : SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES – GEOLOGY

Assessor : Dr. Nor Shahidah Mohd Nazer : Dr. Mohd Hariri Arifin

Venue : BS1114F Time : 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

Code Presenter/


GEO1 Hamzah Bin Hussin P85827 PhD (Geology)

Lineaments and Its Association to Groundwater Intrusion in Tunneling

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tajul Anuar Jamaluddin Dr. Mohd Hariri Arifin

GEO2 Muhammad Fahmi Bin Abdul Ghani P80757 PhD (Geology)

Coefficient of Restitution of Limestone Determined from Normal Drop Laboratory Test

Dr. Norbert Simon Dr. Goh Thian Lai

GEO3 Nurul Fairuz Diyana Bahrudin P76899 PhD (Geology)

Mapping of Major Tectonic Features by Euler Deconvolution Analysis of Malay Peninsular Gravity Data

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wan Zuhairi Wan Yaacob Prof. Dr. Umar Hamzah

GEO4 Nurul Afifah Binti Mohd Radzir P88076 PhD (Geology)

Regional Seismic Facies and Sedimentary Character of Deepwater NW Sabah

Prof. Dr. Che Aziz Ali Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kamal Roslan Mohamed

GEO5 Mohamad Anuri Ghazali P85924 PhD (Geology)

Determination of Slope Class at Stesen Janakuasa Sultan Mahmud, Kuala Berang, Terengganu Using Geological Terrain Mapping Method

Dr. Mohd Rozi Umur

GEO6 Adepehin Ekundayo Joseph P83533 PhD (Geology)

Textural and Petrological Characteristics of Possible Reservoir Sandstones in the Onshore Balingian Province, NW Borneo

Prof. Dr. Che Aziz Ali

GEO7 Amira Sofia Binti Rossdi P85512 MSc (Geology)

Types and Characteristics of Shoreline in Langkawi Archipelago

Prof. Dr. Che Aziz Ali Dr. Norbert Simon

GEO8 Afiq Farhan Bin Abdul Rahim P88982 MSc (Geology)

Comparative Analysis of Several Rock Slope Stability Rating System: A Case Study at Kajang SILK Highway

Dr. Goh Thian Lai


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SESSION 1 : SCHOOL OF BIOSCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY – MICROBIOLOGY 1

Assessor : Dr Mohd Fareed Mohd Sairi : Dr. Nazlina Haiza Mohd Yasin

Venue : DEWAN ANUWAR MAHMUD (DAM) Time : 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

Code Presenter/


MBIO1

Siti Noor Aqilah Mohammad Yusof P84098 PhD (Microbiology)

Effect of Growth and Domoic Asid Production by Nitzschia navis-varingica

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asmat Ahmad

MBIO2 Nurathirah Mat Nasir P84086 PhD (Microbiology)

Characterization of Pathogenic Vibro spp. From Ballast Water in Selected Port in Malaysia

Assoc.Prof. Dr. Asmat Ahmad Prof. Dr. Gires Usup

MBIO3 Ahmad Kamal Ghazali P83439 PhD (Microbiology)

Comparative Genomics of Local Burkholderia pseudomallei Strains

Prof. Dr. Sheeila Nathan Dr. Mohd. Firdaus Mohd. Raih

MBIO4 Rohaiza Ahmad Redzuan P85909 PhD (Microbiology)

Targeted selection of amino acid residues for site saturation mutagenesis to create variant libraries of Glaciozyma antarctica proline iminopeptidase

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Farah Diba Abu Bakar Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Munir Abd. Murad Dr. Shazilah Kamaruddin

MBIO5 Madihah Ahmad Zairun P85908 PhD (Microbiology)

Identification and Characterization of a Mating Signalling Gene From an Oil Palm Pathagen, Ganoderma boninense

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Munir Abd. Murad Dr. Izwan Bharudin

MBIO6 Ibrahim Mustafa Elshaafi P83688 PhD (Microbiology)

Antibacterial and Antioxidant Properties of fig (Ficus carica L.) Fruits and Leaves Grown in Malaysia

Dr. Norrakiah Abdullah Sani

MBIO7 Loo Shu San P81127 PhD (Microbiology)

Isolation and Characterisation of Eimeria tenella from Local Poultry Farm

Prof. Dr. Wan Kiew Lian

MBIO8 Nur Afifah Jamil P90462 PhD (Microbiology)

Isolation And Characterisation Of Phages Targeting Clinical P. Aeruginosa Carrying Virulence Genes

Dr. Norefrina Shafinaz Binti Md Nor

MBIO9 Fatiyah Md. Kilau P88468 MSc (Microbiology)

Isolation, Characterisation And Identification Of Lactic Acid Bacteria From Traditional Fermented Soy Sauce



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SESSION 1 : SCHOOL OF BIOSCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY – MICROBIOLOGY 2 – MOLECULAR BIOLOGY – ANIMAL SCIENCES

Assessor : Dr. Herryawan Ryadi Eziwer Dyari

: Dr. Sylvia Chieng Venue : DKG126G Time : 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

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MBIO10

Batul Shabbir Hussain Kagalwala P92699 MSc (Microbiology)

Effects of Medium Variation and Fermentation Time Towards the pH Level and Ethanol Content of Kombucha

Dr. Babul Airianah Binti Othman Dr. Mohd Shazrul Fazry Bin Sa`Ariwijaya Dr. Mohd Fareed Bin Mohd Sairi

MBIO11 Moh Yuen Mun P90289 MSc (Microbiology)

Screening of Pathogenic Aeromonas Hydrophila in the Water of Sea Surface Microlayer at Tenggol Island

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asmat Ahmad Prof. Dr. Lee Yook Heng

MOBIO1 Zatil Hanan Yahaya P88854 MSc (Molecular Biology)

Predicting and Data Mining of RNA-Ligand Pattern Interactions Against RNA Base Residue Arrangements

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Firdaus Bin Mohd Raih

MOBIO2 Hanis Hasan P88375 MSc (Molecular Biology)

Biodegradation of Selected Agricultural Wastes by Volvariella volvacea through Solid State Fermentation

Dr. Mohd Shazrul Fazry Bin Sa`Ariwijaya

MOBIO3 Aimera Farhana Samsuddin P85758 MSc (Molecular Biology)

Development of Erwinia mallotivora Transformation System and Functional Characterization of Effector Genes

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Munir Abd. Murad

MOBIO4 Umarqayum Abu Bakar P89758 MSc (Molecular Biology)

Evaluation of Anti-hyperglycemic and Pro-fertility Activity of Ficus carica Leaf Extract in Diabetic Induced Male Rats

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mahanem Mat Noor

MOBIO5 Nur Amira Kamal Rudin P88527 MSc (Molecular Biology)

Pro-libido Effect of Moringa oleifera Fruit Extract in Diabetic-induced Male Rats


MOBIO6 Nurul Ain Kamar Bashah P86117 MSc (Molecular Biology)

The Ameliorative Effect of Moringa oliefera Leaf Extract on Testicular Dysfunction of Diabetic Sprague Dawley Rats


ANS1 Puvaratnesh A/L Subramaniam P89018 MSc (Animal Sciences)

The Effects of Ficus Carica Fruit Extract on the Blood Glucose Level and Sperm Quality of Streptozotocin Induced Male Rats



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SESSION 1 : SCHOOL OF APPLIED PHYSICS – PHYSICS – NUCLEAR SCIENCE – INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Assessor : Dr. Adlyka Ainul Annuar : Dr. Aznan Fazli Ismail : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Hafez Mohd Isa (USIM)


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PHY1 Idahwati Binti Sarudin P87407 PhD (Physics)

Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Zonal Velocity in the Monthly Variations Over Southeast Asia

Dr. Nurul Shazana Abdul Hamid Prof. Dr. Mardina Abdullah

PHY2 Wan Nur Izzaty Binti Ismail P86050 PhD (Physics)

Longitudinal Profile of Equatorial Electrojet Derived from Ground and Satellite Based Magnetometer

Dr. Nurul Shazana Abdul Hamid Prof. Dr. Mardina Abdullah

PHY3 Abdullahi Shittu P87579 PhD (Physics)

Effect of Room Size on the Total Effective Dose Received by the Dweller and the Radiological Risks Assessment from Tile

Prof. Dr. Supian Samat Dr. Aznan Fazli Ismail Prof. Dr. Mohamad Samudi Yasir

PHY4 Mohd Hafizudin Bin Kamal P88968 MSc (Physics)

Revisiting the Creation and Annihilation Operator for Their Physical Meaning

Dr. Mohd Amir Radhi Othman

PHY5 Norhani Binti Muhammad Nasir Annadurai P88966 MSc (Physics)

Statistical Study of Equatorial Geomagnetic Crochets

Dr. Nurul Shazana Abdul Hamid

NSC1 Siti Nur Ain Binti Sulaiman P89432 PhD (Nuclear Science)

Estimation of Core Inventory and Source Term for the RTP Research Reactor Under Severe Accident

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faizal K.P. Mohamed

NSC2 Ahmad Hayaton Jamely Bin Mohd Salehuddin P90474 MSc (Nuclear Science)

Recovery of Thorium Through Solvent Extraction Method by using Di-(2-ethylhexyl) Phosphoric Acid in Different Aqueous Media

Dr. Aznan Fazli Ismail Dr. Mohd Idzat Idris

NSC3 Siti Norsyafiqah Binti Mohd Mustafa P90475 MSc (Nuclear Science)

Size-Specific Dose Estimate of Computed Tomography Thorax-Abdomen-Pelvis in Institut Kanser Negara

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faizal K.P. Mohamed

ISMG1 Zulkifli Bin Abu Bakar P79490 PhD (Industrial Safety Management)

Effect of Fiberglass Dust Cast to Respiratory Health among Ordthopedic Clinic Staffs

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Irman Abdul Rahman Prof. Dr. Amran Ab. Majid Dr. Anuar Ithnin

http://www.hotcourses.com.my/study/course/malaysia/master-of-science-radiation-and-nuclear-safety-coursework/54695942/program.html


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SESSION 1 : SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY – CHEMISTRY 1

Assessor : Prof. Dr. Rusli Daik : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Aishah Hasbullah : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Azwani Shah Mat Lazim

Venue : BSL123BK Time : 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

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CHEM1 Noriah Abdul Rahman P88818 PhD (Chemistry)

Potential of Nitrochitosan Solid Biopolymer Electrolyte

Dr. Sharina Abu Hanifah Dr. Nadhratun Naiim Mobarak Dr. Mohd Sukor Su'ait

CHEM2 Regina Sisika A/P Sonthanasamy P90318 PhD (Chemistry)

Binding Mechanisms of Carbon dots to Bovine Serum Albumin

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamad Azwani Shah Mat Lazim Dr. Tan Ling Ling@Chong Ling Ling

CHEM3 Khairul Basyar Baharudin P88257 PhD (Chemistry)

Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties of Mesoporous Structure of Ni-A1-SBA-15

Dr. Darfizzi Derawi

CHEM4 Sofian Ibrahim P89259 PhD (Chemistry)

Characterizing Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Radiation-Peroxide Vulcanized Natural Rubber Latex Films Prepared at Various Irradiation Doses

Prof. Dr. Khairiah Badri

CHEM5 Zaitun Ghazali P80647 PhD (Chemistry)

Confinement and Characterization of Deep Eutectic Solvent Based on Choline Chloride/Alcohol into Nanosilica for CO2 Capture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rizafizah Othaman Prof. Dr. Mohd Ambar Yarmo

CHEM6 Siti Aishah Mohd Ali P84178 PhD (Chemistry)

Growth and Phenolic Constituents Production in Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa var. UKMR-2) as Influenced by Irrigation Treatment

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jalifah Latip Dr. Che Radziah Che Mohd Zain

CHEM7 Suhaila Sapari P90543 PhD (Chemistry)

Antibacterial and computational study of novel disubstituted benzoyl thiourea derivatives

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Aishah Hasbullah Prof. Dr. Lee Yook Heng Dr. Tan Ling Ling@Chong Ling Ling

CHEM8 Nadrahtul Huda Misral P93155 PhD (Chemistry)

Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of Mono Thiourea Derivatives as Antibacterial Agent

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Aishah Hasbullah

CHEM9 Nurul Hidayah Abdul Razak P90317 PhD (Chemistry)

Potential Ionophore for Detection of Metal Ions Using New Tris-Allyl Thiourea

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Aishah Hasbullah Prof. Dr. Lee Yook Heng Dr. Tan Ling Ling@Chong Ling Ling

CHEM10 Norzita Yacob P80498 PhD (Chemistry)

Effect of Cellulose Fiber Loading on the Properties of Starch-Based Films

Prof. Dr. Khairiah Badri

CHEM11 Mohammad Fauzul Azim Mohd Khairudin P89015 MSc (Chemistry)

Hydrophobic Gamma Irradiation Gelatin Aerogel

Prof. Dr. Ishak Ahmad


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SESSION 1 : SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY – FOOD SCIENCE

Assessor : Dr. Saiful Irwan Zubairi : Dr. Haslaniza Hashim : Dr. Noor Soffalina Sofian Seng

Venue : BSL123CK Time : 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

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FS1 Farah Nadiah Mohd Fazil P80263 PhD (Food Science)

Effect of Processing Parameters on the Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activities of Clinacanthus nutans leaves Extract using Response Surface Optimization

Dr. Saiful Irwan Zubairi

FS2 Nur Ilida Mohamad P88195 PhD (Food Science)

Isolation and Identification of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Local Pickled Mango with Antibacterial Potential


FS3 Nur 'Aliah Daud P86052 PhD (Food Science)

Physicochemical og Glycan Extracted from Swiftlet's Edible Nest (Genus Collocalia) and Its Potential as Prebiotic

Dr. Salma Mohamad Yusop Dr. Lim Seng Joe

FS4 Wan Rosnani Awg Isa P57723 PhD (Food Science)

Application of Palm-based Fat in Ice Cream Formulation

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamad Yusof Maskat

FS5 Hamad Mohamad Salah P85851 PhD (Food Science)

Effects of Potential Probiotics on Gut Microbiota from Obese Subjects

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamad Yusof Maskat

FS6 Mohd Nazri Mohd Zafar P86239 PhD (Food Science)

Variation in Antioxidant Capacities in Common Variant Teas and Spiced Teas

Prof. Dr. Wan Aida Wan Mustapha

FS7 Fathia G.Moh. Shakhtour P52527 PhD (Food Science)

Lipid fraction composition and fatty acid profile of marinated vacuum packed Oreochromus niloticus (Freshwater fish) and Selaroides leptolepis (marine fish) fillets during frozen storage


FS8 Farah Faiqah Fazial P83934 PhD (Food Science)

Physicochemical Changes Of Tuna Fish (Euthynnus affinis) Throughout Refrigerated Storage Condition. A preliminary Study

Dr. Saiful Irwan Zubairi Dr. Tan Ling Ling@Chong Ling Ling

FS9 Nurul Azrianti Abdul Aziz P83598 MSc (Nutrition)

The Effect of Physical Activity and Calcium Intake on Bone Mineral Density among Primary School Children in Selangor

Dr. Norlida Mat Daud

FS10 Nurul Shahirah Aziz P90545 MSc (Food Science)

Comparison of Oleoresin, Total Phenolic Content and Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Waste Water and Pericarp Waste from White Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) Retting

Prof. Dr. Wan Aida Wan Mustapha Dr. Noor Soffalina Sofian Seng


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SESSION 1 : SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES – MATHEMATICS 1

Assessor : Dr. Mohd Almie Alias : Dr. Sakhinah Abu Bakar


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MATH1 Anis Nurnabila Mohd. Radzi P65909 PhD (Mathematics)

Consistent Rope Skipping in Short Term Memory Enhancement: A Practical Intervention

Dr. Azmin Sham Rambley

MATH2 Alshammari, Mohammad Darwish S P84969 PhD (Mathematics)

Adaptation of Residual Power Series Method to Solve Fredholm Fuzzy Integro-Differential Equations

Prof. Dr. Ishak Hashim Mohd Almie Bin Alias

MATH3 Mohd. Anuar Jamaludin P86230 PhD (Mathematics)

Numerical Solutions of Boundry Layer Flow Over a Nonlinearly Permeable Shrinking Sheet With Slip Effects

Prof. Dr. Roslinda Mohd. Nazar

MATH4 Obadah Said Solaiman P86228 PhD (Mathematics)

Solving Nonlinear Equations Using New Efficient Second Derivative-Free Iterative Method

Prof. Dr. Ishak Hashim

MATH5 Alshammari, Saleh Mughayran K P84968 PhD (Mathematics)

Applications of Fractional Power Series Approach in Solving Fractional Volterra Integro-Differential Equations

Prof. Dr. Ishak Hashim

MATH6 Syed Mohamad Sadiq Syed Musa P88380 PhD (Mathematics)

Streamflow Data Analysis Using Persistent Homology

Prof. Dr. Mohd. Salmi Md. Noorani Dr. Fatimah Abdul Razak

MATH7 Mohammad Hussein Salem Alaroud P88377 PhD (Mathematics)

An Analytical Numerical Method for Fuzzy Fractional Fredholm Integro-Differential Equation

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rokiah @ Rozita Ahmad Dr. Ummul Khair Salma Din


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SESSION 1 : SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES – MATHEMATICS 2

Assessor : Prof. Dr. Abd Ghafur Ahmad : Dr. Fatimah Abdul Razak


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MATH8 Ireen Munira Ibrahim P73181 PhD (Mathematics)

Estimating Optimal Resource Capacities in Emergency Department

Assoc Prof. Dr. Liong Choong Yeun Dr. Sakhinah Abu Bakar

MATH9 Hassan Ayidh M Almutairi P80272 PhD (Mathematics)

Quasi-Centroids Of Four Dimensional Leibniz Algebras

Prof. Dr. Abd. Ghafur Ahmad

MATH10 Yousef Ali Abed Al Qudah P86049 PhD (Mathematics)

Fuzzy Parameterised Complex Multi-Fuzzy Soft Expert Sets

Dr. Nasruddin Hassan

MATH11 Siti Raihan Halilan P86257 PhD (Mathematics)

Characteristics of Aging Related Proteins in Old Age

Dr. Sakhinah Abu Bakar

MATH12 Gazlia Umat P74244 PhD (Mathematics)

Comparisons Of Lower Limb Muscle Forces Of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Subject And Normal Subject

Assoc Prof. Dr. Azmin Sham Rambley

MATH13 Roslah Arshad P90279 PhD (Mathematics)

Evaluating the Efficiency of Stock Performance: A Cobb-Douglas Function in Stochastic Frontier Analysis Approach

Prof. Dr. Zaidi Isa

MATH14 Mohd. Nazran Mohammed P83692 PhD (Mathematics)

Faber Polynomial Coefficient Estimates For A Subclass of Analytic Bi-Univalent Involving Fox-Wright Function

Prof. Dr. Maslina Darus

MATH15 Ali Mahmoud Mohammad Jaradat P70776 PhD (Mathematics)

Construction Of Multi-Soliton Solution For The Two-Mode Of (3+1)-Dimentional Gradner-Type Equation

Prof. Dr. Mohd. Salmi Md. Noorani


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SESSION 2 : SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES – ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Assessor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tukimat Lihan : Dr. Marlia Mohd Hanafiah : Dr. Wan Mohd Razi Idris

Venue : DEWAN ANUWAR MAHMUD (DAM) Time : 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

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ES1 Muhammad Rendana P89046 PhD (Environmental Sciences)

Field Investigation of Soil Organic Carbon and Soil Respiration Rate from Paddy Cultivation Area of Alor Senibong Kedah, Malaysia

Dr. Wan Mohd Razi Idris Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tukimat Lihan Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zulfahmi Ali Rahman

ES2 Norhaslinda Binti Arun P67332 PhD (Environmental Sciences)

Oviposition behaviour on different strata of Legume Pod Borer, Maruca vitrata Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on French bean’s flowers in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.

Prof. Dr. Idris Abd. Ghani

ES3 Mohan Kumar A/L Manikam P90280 PhD (Environmental Sciences)

Pollutants Removal from Sewage Wastewater Using Palm Oil Fuel Ash

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Azhar Abdul Halim Dr. Marlia Mohd Hanafiah Dr. Hassimi Abu Hasan

ES4 Tawfiq J H Banch P85931 PhD (Environmental Sciences)

Characterization of Leachate from Ampar Tenang Closed Landfill Site, Selangor, Malaysia

Dr. Marlia Mohd Hanafiah

ES5 Muhammad Mansoor Shaikh P85932 PhD (Environmental Sciences)

Contamination of Btexs from Plastic Pipes Used for Drinking Water Supply


ES6 Mahmood Jamal Abdulhasan Aljaberi P88736 PhD (Environmental Sciences)

Public Awareness on Solid Waste Management: A Case Study in Al-Nassyriah City, Iraq


ES7 Haikal Bin Ismail P85468 PhD (Environmental Sciences)

A Preliminary Study on E-Waste Generation from Households in Malaysia


ES8 Royston Uning P83537 PhD (Environmental Sciences)

Measurement Of Isoprene Sea-To-Air Fluxes At The Ocean-Atmosphere Interface Using Floating Flux Chamber

Prof. Dr. Mohd Talib Latif Dr. Md Firoz Khan

ES9 Mohd Famey Bin Yusoff P81774 PhD (Environmental Sciences)

Trend and Seasonal Variation of Nocturnal Surface Ozone in Malaysia (2005 – 2015)

Prof. Dr. Mohd Talib Latif Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liew Ju Neng Dr. Md Firoz Khan


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SESSION 2 : SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES – ZOOLOGY

Assessor : Prof. Dr. Norhayati Ahmad : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ng Yong Foo

Venue : DKG126G Time : 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

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ZOO1 Rawdzan Binti Mat Ali P84113 PhD (Zoology)

Identification and Diversity Analysis of Pheromone Biosynthesis Activating Neuropeptide (PBAN) in the Small White, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)


ZOO2 Noor Farehan Ismail P86146 PhD (Zoology)

Lethal Effect ff Insecticdes on Elaeidobius kamerunicus (Coleoptera: Curcunieolidae), the Oil Palm Pollinator

Prof. Dr. Idris Abd. Ghani Dr. Nurul Wahida Othman

ZOO3 Wan Nur Madihah Binti Wan Abd Halim P88867 PhD (Zoology)

The Diversity and Abundance of Potential Hymenopteran Parasitoids Community Associated with Metisa plana (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) in Three Highly Infested Oil Palm Plantations in Peninsular Malaysia

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Salmah Yaakop

ZOO4 Abdullah Muhaimin Bin Mohammad Din P89045 PhD (Zoology)

Estimating the Species Richness of Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Between Elevations at Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Salmah Yaakop

ZOO5 Suhana Binti Yusof P85808 PhD (Zoology)

Abnormality and Mortality of Irradiated Immature Stages of the Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) by Gamma Irradiation

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Salmah Yaakop Dr. Nurul Wahida Othman

ZOO6 Syarifah Zulaikha Binti Syed Ahmad P85926 PhD (Zoology)

Infestation Of Rice-Feeding Secondary Pests In Klang, Selangor Warehouses

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Salmah Yaakop Dr. Marlia Mohd Hanafiah

ZOO7 Mohd Masri Bin Saranum P81733 MSc (Zoology)

Life Cycle Study of cabbage Head caterpillar, Crocidolomia binotalis

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wee Suk Ling

ZOO8 Noor Nasuha Bt Abd Aziz P88798 MSc (Zoology)

Specificity in brood pollination of Ficus deltoidea complex and Blastophaga sp.



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SESSION 2 : SCHOOL OF BIOSCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY – PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY – GENETICS – MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Assessor : Dr. Noor Liyana Binti Sukiran : Dr. Nurulhikma Md Isa


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PLB1O1

Mohamad Hafizzudin Mohd. Fedeli P89429 MSc (Plant Biotechnology)

Analysis of The Mitochondrial Genome of Rafflesia azlanii

Prof. Dr. Wan Kiew Lian Assoc Prof. Dr. Mohd. Firdaus Raih

PLB1O2 Mohammad Abid Ahmad P85998 MSc (Plant Biotechnology)

Air Root Pruning Improve Seedling Root Growth Performance of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Che Radziah Che Mohd. Zain Prof. Dr. Rusli Daik

PLBIO3 Sakinah Idris P90315 MSc (Plant Biotechnology)

Deep Water Culture System to Induce Shoot-bud Proliferation of Arundina graminifolia

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Che Radziah Che Mohd. Zain

PLBIO4 Mohd. Fairuz Md. Suptian P90526 MSc (Plant Biotechnology)

Growth Performance of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) var. MRQ 76 Cultivated under System of Rice Intensification

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Che Radziah Che Mohd. Zain Dr. Mohd. Shahrul Mohd. Nadzir

GEN1 Farah Afiqah Baharuddin P86837 MSc (Genetics)

The Effect of Drought Stress On Rice Morphology and ABP57 Expression

Dr. Noor Liyana Binti Sukiran Prof. Dr. Zamri Zainal

GEN2 Norsharina Md. Saad P84169 MSc (Genetics)

Construction of Plant Expression Vector Harbouring Oak 1 Gene Encoding Kalata B1 Protein

Prof. Dr. Zamri Zainal

MOBIO7 Chin Qiong P88853 MSc (Molecular Biology)

Characterisation of the Rafflesia sharifah-hapshaiae Mitochondrial Genome

Prof. Dr. Wan Kiew Lian


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SESSION 2 : SCHOOL OF APPLIED PHYSICS – MATERIAL SCIENCE

Assessor : Dr. Chen Ruey Shan : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nasri A.Hamid ((UNITEN) : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khamirul Amin Matori (UPM)


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MTSC1 Hazwani Husna Binti Abdullah P87576 PhD (Materials Science)

The Effect of Kenaf Fiber Processing on Color and Moisture Regain

Prof. Dr. Sarani Zakaria Dr. Sharifah Nabihah Syed Jaafar

MTSC2 Nur Adilah Binti Abu Hassan P92704 MSc (Materials Science)

Expanded Biocomposite Based on Polylactic Acid and Kenaf Fiber

Prof. Dr. Sahrim Hj. Ahmad

MTSC3 Nurul Aishah Binti Mohd Amran P90527 MSc (Materials Science)

Tensile Properties and Thermal Stability of Nanocomposite Poly-Lactic Acid/Liquid Natural Rubber Filled Graphene Nanoplates

Prof. Dr. Sahrim Hj. Ahmad

MTSC4 Fakhrul Rifdi Bin Omar P87584 MSc (Materials Science)

The Morphology of Pb-Free Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu Solder Reinforced by NiO Nanoparticles

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norinsan Kamil Othman

MTSC5 Nyak Syazwani Binti Nyak Mazlan P92204 MSc (Materials Science)

Effect of Coagulant and Drying Methods on Regenerated Cellulose Membrane

Prof. Dr. Sarani Zakaria Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chia Chin Hua

MTSC6 Nor Hazirah Binti Mohd Akhirudin P88994 MSc (Materials Science)

Potential of Calcium Silicate as a Coating Material on Maghemite (g-Fe2O3) for Hyperthermia Treatment

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roslinda Shamsudin

MTSC7 Arizan Binti Masli P89487 MSc (Materials Science)

Sol-Gel Synthesis of Calcium Silicate Powder

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roslinda Shamsudin


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SESSION 2 : SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY – CHEMISTRY 2

Assessor : Prof. Dr. Lee Yook Heng : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rizafizah Othman : Dr. Nurfaizah Abu Tahrim

Venue : BSL123BK Time : 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

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CHEM12 Jamilah Karim P74114 PhD (Chemistry)

Effect Of Silica Surface Modification in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [Bmim] [BF4] - Poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropene)(PVDF-HFP) Ionogel

Dr. Nur Hasyareeda Hassan Prof. Dr. Azizan Ahmad

CHEM13 Nik Muslihuddin Nik Sulaiman P90546 MSc (Chemistry)

Controllable Green Synthesis of Highly Luminescent Carbon Nanodots from Gadong Starch via Pyrolysis Method

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamad Azwani Shah Mat Lazim Prof. Dr. Lee Yook Heng

CHEM14

Muhammad Hilman Abdul Mustapa P88938 MSc (Chemistry)

Adsorption of Methylene Blue by Rubber Gel with Carbon Black Based on Liquid Natural Rubber

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamad Azwani Shah Mat Lazim

CHEM15 Mariah Zuliana Dzulkipli P88827 MSc (Chemistry)

Studies on Electrochemical Behaviour of PVdF-HFP based Ionic Liquid Ge Polymer Electrolyte

Dr. Nur Hasyareeda Hassan

CHEM16 Maryam Mohamad Mokhtarom P90316 MSc (Chemistry)

Study and Evaluation of Incorporation of Thiourea in Hydrogel Starch-based as an Adsorbent for Heavy Metals Removal using Microwave Technique

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamad Azwani Shah Mat Lazim

CHEM17 Muhammad Fadhli Kamaruzaman P90547 MSc (Chemistry)

Synthesis and Characterization of Nickel and Cobalt Species within SBA-15

Dr. Darfizzi Derawi

CHEM18 Ahmad Tajudin Abdul Rahman P93255 MSc (Chemistry)

Synthesis, Characterization and DFT studies of Tripodal Thiourea Derivatives as Antibacterial Agents

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Aishah Hasbullah

CHEM19 Sharifah Nur Atikah Al Yahya Syed Firzatul Akbar P89219 MSc (Chemistry)

Fabrication of Poly(Acrylamide-co-Ethyl Methacrylate)/Silver Nanowires Membrane

Dr. Sharina Abu Hanifah Dr. Nurul Huda Abd Karim

CHEM20 Mohamad Shahrul Fizree Idris P92203 MSc (Chemistry)

New Approach on The Modification of Liquid Natural Rubber using Microwave Technique

Dr. Siti Fairus Mohd Yusoff

CHEM21 Fazira Firdaus P93013 MSc (Chemistry)

Swelling and Dye Sorption Studies of Rubber-Based Hydrogel

Dr. Siti Fairus Mohd Yusoff

CHEM22 Mohd Ashraf Shamsuddin P86835 MSc (Chemistry)

Synthesis and Molecular Docking Studies of pyranopyrazole Derivatives Target Enzyme in Plasmodium Falciparum

Dr. Nurul Izzaty Hassan Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jalifah Latip


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APRIL 2018, THURSDAY SESSION 2 : SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES – STATISTICS

Assessor : Dr. Saiful Izzuan Hussain : Dr. Sakhinah Abu Bakar

Venue : BSL123CK Time : 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

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STAT1 Halim Shukri Kamaruddin P63343 PhD (Statistics)

Statistical Comparison of Projection Malaysia Mortality Rate by using Lee-Carter Model and Lee-Carter Extension of Hyndman-Ullah

Prof. Dr. Noriszura Ismail

STAT2 Zaida Rahayu Yet P78603 PhD (Statistics)

Probabilistic Modelling Of Solar Irradiation Frequency Using

Dr. Nurulkamal Masseran Dr. Noratiqah Mohd. Ariff

STAT3 Nik Sarah Nik Zamri P84157 PhD (Statistics)

The Statistical Distributions of Unreported Accidents In Malaysia

Dr. Zamira Hasanah Zamzuri

STAT4 Safinah Sharuddin P64827 PhD (Statistics)

A Bootstrap Based Nonparametric Analysis of Variance (NANOVA) on RNA-seq Data of Yeast Glaciozyma Antarctica PI12

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nora Muda

STAT5

Alshaimaa Ibrahim Elsayed Elwasify P88763 PhD (Statistics)

Long Memory And Forecasting Of EGX30

Prof. Dr. Zaidi Isa

STAT6 Siti Mariam Saad P70778 PhD (Statistics)

The exploration of time scale dependency behaviour in Peninsular Malaysia rainfall data

Prof. Dr. Abdul Aziz Jemain

STAT7 Rezzy Eko Cakara P90633 MSc (Statistics)

Rainfall Comparative Analysis Multi Kernel Support Vector Regression Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (MKSVR-SARIMA)

Dr. Sakhinah Abu Bakar

STAT8 Siti Aisyah Mohammed P87593 MSc (Statistics)

Analysis of Relationships between Malaysia’s Islamic and Conventional Stock Markets using Wavelet Techniques

Dr. Mohd. Aftar Abu Bakar

STAT9

Khaldoon Mohammad Kayed Alhyasat P89225 MSc (Statistics)

On Some Reviews of a Simple Random Sampling and Ranked Set Sampling with Reference to Pareto Distribution

Prof. Dr. Kamarulzaman Ibrahim

STAT10 Zakiatul Wildani P93752 MSc (Statistics)

Generalized Space-Time Autoregressive Forecasting of Chili Prices

Prof. Dr. Kamarulzaman Ibrahim (Head of Postgraduate)


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SESSION 3 : SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES – GENETICS

Assessor : Prof. Dr. Kalaivani a/p Nadarajah : Dr. Noor Haza Fazlin Hashim (NAHRIM)

Venue : BS1114F Time : 2.00 pm – 4.30 pm

Code Presenter/


GEN1 Kayal Vizi Karuppannan P86229 PhD (Genetic)

Sex Determination among Elephas Maximus Faecal Samples Collected from Selected Sampling Plots in Taman Negara National Parks, Peninsular Malaysia

Prof. Dr. Badul Munir Md. Zain Assoc. Prof. Dr. Salmah Yaakop

GEN2 Nur Syafika Binti Mohd Yusof P88882 PhD (Genetic)

Phylogenetic Relationships of Island Flying Fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) along the East and West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia based on Cytochrome b Sequences

Prof. Dr. Badrul Munir Md. Zain Prof. Dr. Shukor Md. Nor Dr. Juliana Senawi

GEN3 Nurul Azmina Binti Abdul Malik P84118 MSc (Genetic)

Isolation and Characterisation of Chitin Elicitor Binding Protein (CEBiP) gene in Oryza sativa variety UKMRC9

Prof. Dr. Kalaivani Nadarajah

GEN4 Nurhani Binti Mat Razali P90560 MSc (Genetic)

Characterisations of Transposable Element (TE) Landscape in Rhizoctonia solani

Prof. Dr. Kalaivani Nadarajah


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SESSION 3 : SCHOOL OF BIOSCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY–BIOCHEMISTRY

Assessor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazlina Ibrahim : Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Bin Shahidan

Venue : BS1115F Time : 2.00 pm – 4.30 pm

Code Presenter/


BIOC1 Nur Shazwani Mohd. Pilus P86186 PhD (Biochemistry)

The Potential of Molecular - Docked Human Like-Epidermal Growth Factor From Stichopus horrens In Enhancing Cell Proliferation of Primary Fibroblast Cells

Dr. Nurul Yuziana Binti Mohd Yusof

BIOC2 Siti Muneerah Mohd. Abd. Rahman P83394 PhD (Biochemistry)

Effect of Labisia pumila Var. alata and Var. pumila Water Extracs on Wound Healing In Rats

Dr. Nurul Yuziana Binti Mohd Yusof

BIOC3 Nurkhalida Mohammad Khalil P88641 MSc (Biochemistry)

Antioxidant Activity of Apple Snail Crude Extracts

Dr. Mohd. Fareed Mohd. Sairi Assoc. Prof. Dr. Syarul Nataqain Binti Baharum

BIOC4 Nor Nadia Fadiha Aizuddin P86033 MSc (Biochemistry)

Anti-Malarial And Cytokine-Modulating Effects Of Sodium Tungstate In Murine Models Of Cerebral And Severe Malaria

Prof. Dr. Hasidah Mohd. Sidek

BIOC5 Nagesswary A/P Ganesan P90288 MSc (Biochemistry)

Potential Of Repurposing The Anti-Malarial Drug Chloroquine For Treatment Of Acute Melioidosis Infection

Prof. Dr. Hasidah Mohd. Sidek


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SESSION 3 : SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES – MATHEMATICS 3 – QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT – DATA SCIENCE AND ANALYTICS

Assessor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liong Choong Yeun : Dr. Wan Rosmanira Ismail : Dr. Noratiqah Mohd Ariff

Venue : DKG111F Time : 2.00 pm – 4.30 pm

Code Presenter/


MATH16 Suhailywati Ramli P84074 PhD (Mathematics)

Extended Mean-Variance Model with Fuzzy Price

Dr. Saiful Hafizah Jaaman

MATH17

Nur Fariha Syaqina Mohd. Zulkepli P88379 PhD (Mathematics)

Haze Detection Using Persistent Homology

Prof. Dr. Mohd. Salmi Md. Noorani Dr. Nurlkamal Masseran

MATH18 Nurul Ashikin Abdul Rahman P94243 MSc (Mathematics)

A Systematic Review on The Problems with Mathematical Proving

Cik Miza Muntaz Ahmad

QP1

Ruhaidi Azmi P87575 PhD (Quality & Productivity Improvement)

Innovation Capability and Organization Performance in Malaysian Public Sector : A Conceptual Framework

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nur Riza Suradi

QP2

Siti Nurfadhilah Arsad P73944 PhD (Quality & Productivity Improvement)

The Impact of Parental Engagement on Child Performance and Development : A Review

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zainol Mustafa

QP3

Maizatul Hana Mohammad Som P84081 PhD (Mathematics)

The Effect of Personality Traits on Innovative Behaviour : A Preliminary Study Amongst Engineering Student

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nur Riza Suradi

ASD1

Asma' Mahadi P93871 MSc (Data Science and Analytics)

Generalized Linear Model Multivariate Poisson with Artificial Marginal (GLM-MPAM): Application of Vehicle Insurance


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Muhammad Syahir Mohamad Zaki P93883 MSc (Data Science and Analytics)

Electrical Load Data Smoothing using Radial Basis Penalized Spline Full Search Algorithm



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CLOSING CEREMONY AND HI-TEA

THE 18th POSTGRADUATE COLLOQUIUM FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

06th April 2018 (Friday)

Anggerik, Hall, Bangi Golf Resort Bandar Baru Bangi

Tentative Programme

02.30 pm : Registration of Presenters and Participants

02.45 pm : Arrival of Guests

03.00 pm : Recital of Doa

03.15 pm : Welcoming Address

YBhg. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Kassim

Dean

Faculty of Science & Technology

03.30 pm : Hi-Tea

04.30 pm : Presentation of Souvenirs

05.30 pm : End of Ceremony

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