Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biomass Utilization and Sustainable Energy; ICoBiomasSE 2024; 2-3 September; Penang, Malaysia

This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 4th International Conference on Biomass Utilization and Sustainable Energy 2024 (ICoBiomasSE 2024) organized by the Centre of Excellence for Biomass Utilization (COEBU), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), held at Penang in MalaysiaThis book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 4th International Conference on Biomass Utilization and Sustainable Energy 2024 (ICoBiomasSE 2024) organized by the Centre of Excellence for Biomass Utilization (COEBU), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), held at Penang in Malaysia from 2nd to 3rd of Sept. The theme of the conference "Nurturing Sustainability through Net Zero Emissions, Circular Economy and Academia-Industry Collaboration" has been selected to address the escalating environmental concerns through initiatives such as achieving net-zero emission, embracing circular economy principles and strengthening the academia-industry partnership for a sustainable future. The contents are broadly divided into seven parts: (1) sustainable biomass resources for decarbonising the economy, (2) biomass conversion technologies for bioenergy (3) biomass conversion to intermediates and products, (4) bioeconomy sustainability, impacts and policies, (5) bioenergy integration, and (6) techno-economic in biomass energy. It provides a platform to college or graduate students, professionals, researchers, academicians, policy makers and industries working in the areas of biomass utilization and sustainable energy to solve long-standing environmental issues for healthier planet. It may also be of interests for environmentalist and materialists who work on planning, engineering, and management fields. 

Dr. Hui Lin Ong is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. She obtained her Ph.D. majoring in Advanced Materials, from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia in 2010. Her research interests are in the areas of nanomaterials from agricultural waste and polymer-based nanocomposites for packaging, membranes, and energy storage applications.

Dr. Siti Jamilah Hanim Mohd Yusof is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Perlis, Malaysia. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Her field of interests is pretreatment technologies and biomass utilization.

Dr. Noor Hasyierah Mohd Salleh is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. She obtained her Ph.D. majoring in Bioprocess Engineering, from Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia in 2015. Her research interests are on fermentation, plant extraction, and fungicide formulation from agricultural waste/material for agriculture applications.

Dr. Khairul Farihan Kasim is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology specializing in phytochemistry and natural product research. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Massey University, New Zealand.

Dr. Noor Shazliana Aizee Abidin is currently a Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. She was a Program Chairperson for Postgraduate for Graduate Studies of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis from 2019 to 2020. She obtained her Ph.D. majoring in Biosystems Engineering, from Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia in 2019. Her research interests are on functional food from agricultural waste and mango Harumanis Perlis composite flour for incorporated into staple food, noodles, breads, biscuits, and others.