As at November 2023
Dr Noorfidza Yub Harun is a Senior Lecturer from Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). She obtained her first degree in BEng (Hons.) in Chemical and Process Engineering from University Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1993, MSc in Env. Ener. Engineering (Chemical Engineering) from University of Sheffield in 2001, MSc in Forest Engineering (2011) and PhD in Mechanical Engineering (2017) from University of New Brunswick, Canada. For research publication, she has published more than 50 indexed journal papers with H-index of 13. Her research interest including biomass bioenergy, biomass waste utilization, wastewater treatment, adsorption and waste-to-energy. To date, there are 4 PhD and 3 MSc will be graduating under her supervision. She received various research grants from both national and international such as FRGS from MOHE, Yayasan UTP, Matching grant from Universitas Muhammadiyah, Surakarta, Indonesia.
Waqas, S. and Harun, N.Y. and Lock, S.S.M. and Alsaadi, A.S. (2024) Energy-efficient single-stage membrane rotating biological contactor for wastewater treatment. Bioresource Technology Reports, 25.
Waqas, S. and Harun, N.Y. and Arshad, U. and Laziz, A.M. and Sow Mun, S.L. and Bilad, M.R. and Nordin, N.A.H. and Alsaadi, A.S. (2024) Optimization of operational parameters using RSM, ANN, and SVM in membrane integrated with rotating biological contactor. Chemosphere, 349.
Abioye, K.J. and Harun, N.Y. and Sufian, S. and Yusuf, M. and Jagaba, A.H. and Waqas, S. and Ayodele, B.V. and Kamyab, H. and Alam, M. and Gupta, M. and Gill, H.S. and Rezania, S. and Chelliapan, S. and Kang, K. (2024) Optimization of syngas production from co-gasification of palm oil decanter cake and alum sludge: An RSM approach with char characterization. Environmental Research, 246.
Imanto, T. and Wikantyasning, E.R. and Nurwaini, S. and Amalia, M. and Sambudi, N.S. and Harun, N.Y. (2024) PREPARATION AND SOLID-STATE CHARACTERIZATION OF KETOPROFEN-SUCCINIC ACID-SACCHARIN CO-CRYSTAL WITH IMPROVED SOLUBILITY. International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics, 16 (1). pp. 275-279.
Abioye, K.J. and Harun, N.Y. and Sufian, S. and Yusuf, M. and Jagaba, A.H. and Ekeoma, B.C. and Kamyab, H. and Sikiru, S. and Waqas, S. and Ibrahim, H. (2024) A review of biomass ash related problems: Mechanism, solution, and outlook. Journal of the Energy Institute, 112.
Abioye, K.J. and Harun, N.Y. and Saeed, A.A.H. (2023) A Brief Review of Solving Biomass Ash Deposition with Aluminum-Silicate Based Additives and Future Perspective of Kaolin. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 98. pp. 27-32.
Waqas, S. and Harun, N.Y. and Sambudi, N.S. and Abioye, K.J. and Zeeshan, M.H. and Ali, A. and Abdulrahman, A. and Alkhattabi, L. and Alsaadi, A.S. (2023) Effect of Operating Parameters on the Performance of Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge for Wastewater Treatment. Membranes, 13 (8).
Rahim, N.A. and Harun, N.Y. and Saeed, A.A.H. and Bilad, M.R. (2023) Green Route Synthesis of Amorphous Silica from Oil Palm Decanter Cake: From Literature Review to Experiments. Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology, 8 (2). pp. 141-156.
Abioye, K.J. and Harun, N.Y. and Sufian, S. and Yusuf, M. and Khan, M.I. and Jagaba, A.H. and Sikiru, S. and Waqas, S. and Kamyab, H. and Al-Enizi, A.M. and Sehgal, S.S. and Gupta, M. and Rezania, S. and Ibrahim, H. (2023) Kinetics and thermodynamic analysis of palm oil decanter cake and alum sludge combustion for bioenergy production. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 36.
Abioye, K.J. and Harun, N.Y. and Sufian, S. and Yusuf, M. and Kamyab, H. and Hassan, M.A. and Jagaba, A.H. and Sikiru, S. and Ubaidullah, M. and Pandit, B. and Dhaliwal, N. (2023) Regulation of ash slagging behavior of palm oil decanter cake by alum sludge addition. Chemosphere, 330.
Waqas, S. and Harun, N.Y. and Sambudi, N.S. and Bilad, M.R. and Abioye, K.J. and Ali, A. and Abdulrahman, A. (2023) A Review of Rotating Biological Contactors for Wastewater Treatment. Water (Switzerland), 15 (10).
Abioye, K.J. and Harun, N.Y. and Umar, H.A. and Kolawole, A.H. (2023) Study of Physicochemical Properties of Palm Oil Decanter Cake for Potential Syngas Generation. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 99. pp. 709-714. ISSN 22839216
Sambudi, N.S. and Sithambaran, Y. and Hui, K.C. and Nugraha, M.W. and Kamal, N.A. and Harun, N.Y. and Sufian, S. (2022) Modification of Kaolin with Carbon Quantum Dots as Composite for Methylene Blue Removal: Literature Review and Experiment. Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology, 7 (2). pp. 311-336. ISSN 25281410
Sambudi, N.S. and Lin, W.Y. and Harun, N.Y. and Mutiari, D. (2022) Modification of Poly(lactic acid) with Orange Peel Powder as Biodegradable Composite. Polymers, 14 (19). ISSN 20734360
Waqas, S. and Harun, N.Y. and Bilad, M.R. and Samsuri, T. and Md Nordin, N.A.H. and Shamsuddin, N. and Nandiyanto, A.B.D. and Huda, N. and Roslan, J. (2022) Response Surface Methodology for Optimization of Rotating Biological Contactor Combined with External Membrane Filtration for Wastewater Treatment. Membranes, 12 (3). ISSN 20770375
Waqas, S. and Harun, N.Y. and Sambudi, N.S. and Arshad, U. and Nordin, N.A.H.M. and Bilad, M.R. and Saeed, A.A.H. and Malik, A.A. (2022) SVM and ANN Modelling Approach for the Optimization of Membrane Permeability of a Membrane Rotating Biological Contactor for Wastewater Treatment. Membranes, 12 (9). ISSN 20770375
Afolabi, H.K. and Nasef, M.M. and Hadi Sapiaa, N.A. and Harun, N.Y. and Ting, T.M. and Hui, T.T. (2021) Highly boron-selective adsorbent by radiation induced grafting of N-vinylformamide on polyethylene/polypropylene sheet followed by hydrolysis and glycidol treatment. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 182. ISSN 0969806X
Afolabi, H.K. and Nordin, N.A.H. and Nasef, M.M. and Harun, N.Y. and Ting, T.M. and Saeed, A.A.H. (2021) Isotherms for adsorption of boron onto new fibrous adsorbent containing glycidol ligands: Linear and nonlinear regression methods. In: UNSPECIFIED.
Afolabi, H.K. and Nasef, M.M. and Nordin, N.A.H.M. and Ting, T.M. and Harun, N.Y. and Saeed, A.A.H. (2021) Isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamics of boron adsorption on fibrous polymeric chelator containing glycidol moiety optimized with response surface method. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 14 (12). ISSN 18785352
Waqas, S. and Bilad, M.R. and Huda, N. and Harun, N.Y. and Md Nordin, N.A.H. and Shamsuddin, N. and Wibisono, Y. and Khan, A.L. and Roslan, J. (2021) Membrane filtration as post-treatment of rotating biological contactor for wastewater treatment. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13 (13). ISSN 20711050
Saeed, A.A.H. and Harun, N.Y. and Sufian, S. and Bilad, M.R. and Nufida, B.A. and Ismail, N.M. and Zakaria, Z.Y. and Jagaba, A.H. and Ghaleb, A.A.S. and Al-Dhawi, B.N.S. (2021) Modeling and optimization of biochar based adsorbent derived from Kenaf using response surface methodology on adsorption of CD2+. Water (Switzerland), 13 (7). ISSN 20734441
Saeed, A.A.H. and Harun, N.Y. and Bilad, M.R. and Afzal, M.T. and Parvez, A.M. and Roslan, F.A.S. and Rahim, S.A. and Vinayagam, V.D. and Afolabi, H.K. (2021) Moisture content impact on properties of briquette produced from rice husk waste. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13 (6). ISSN 20711050
Saeed, A.A.H. and Harun, N.Y. and Sufian, S. and Bilad, M.R. and Zakaria, Z.Y. and Jagaba, A.H. and Ghaleb, A.A.S. and Mohammed, H.G. (2021) Pristine and magnetic kenaf fiber biochar for cd2+ adsorption from aqueous solution. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (15). ISSN 16617827
Saeed, A.A.H. and Harun, N.Y. and Sufian, S. and Afolabi, H.K. and Al-Qadami, E.H.H. and Roslan, F.A.S. and Rahim, S.A. and Ghaleb, A.A.S. (2021) Production and characterization of rice husk biochar and kenaf biochar for value-added biochar replacement for potential materials adsorption. Ecological Engineering and Environmental Technology, 22 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 27197050
Saeed, A.A.H. and Harun, N.Y. and Sufian, S. and Ghaleb, A.A.S. and Jagaba, A.H. and Mohammed, H.G. and Abdulrab, H.Q.A. (2021) Removal of Cadmium (II) from Aqueous Solution by Rice Husk Waste. In: UNSPECIFIED.
Saeed, A.A.H. and Harun, N.Y. and Nasef, M.M. and Afolabi, H.K. and Ghaleb, A.A.S. (2021) Removal of cadmium from aqueous solution by optimized magnetic biochar using response surface methodology. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 132. pp. 119-126. ISSN 23662557
Saeed, A.A.H. and Harun, N.Y. and Sufian, S. and Siyal, A.A. and Zulfiqar, M. and Bilad, M.R. and Vagananthan, A. and Al-Fakih, A. and Ghaleb, A.A.S. and Almahbashi, N. (2020) Eucheuma cottonii seaweed-based biochar for adsorption of methylene blue dye. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12 (24). pp. 1-15. ISSN 20711050
Saeed, A.A.H. and Harun, N.Y. and Zulfani, N. (2020) Heavy metals capture from water sludge by kenaf fibre activated carbon in batch adsorption. Journal of Ecological Engineering, 21 (6). pp. 102-115. ISSN 22998993
Othman, F.E.C. and Yusof, N. and Harun, N.Y. and Bilad, M.R. and Jaafar, J. and Aziz, F. and Salleh, W.N. and Ismail, A.F. (2020) Novel activated carbon nanofibers composited with cost-effective graphene-based materials for enhanced adsorption performance toward methane. Polymers, 12 (9). ISSN 20734360
Mulyati, S. and Muchtar, S. and Arahman, N. and Syamsuddin, Y. and Mat Nawi, N.I. and Harun, N.Y. and Bilad, M.R. and Firdaus, Y. and Takagi, R. and Matsuyama, H. (2020) Two-step dopamine-to-polydopamine modification of polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane for enhancing anti-fouling and ultraviolet resistant properties. Polymers, 12 (9). ISSN 20734360
Harun, N.Y. and Jian, T.M. and Jusoh, N. and Ramli, R.M. (2019) Application of response surface methodology to investigate the effect of different variables on fusion slagging index. In: UNSPECIFIED.
Jusoh, N. and Yeong, Y.F. and Lock, S.S.M. and Harun, N.Y. and Yusoff, M.H.M. (2019) Effect of a different number of amine-functional groups on the gas sorption and permeation behavior of a hybrid membrane comprising of impregnated Linde T and 4,4'- (hexafluoroisopropylidene) diphthalic anhydride-derived polyimide. Polymers, 11 (11). ISSN 20734360
Shahhiran, A.F. and Ramli, R.M. and Zawawi, A. and Zaid, H.F.M. and Harun, N.Y. (2019) Modification of TiO2/AC catalyst for visible light degradation of ionic liquid contaminated wastewater: Effect of Cu loading on the characterization and efficiency. In: UNSPECIFIED.
Harun, N.Y. and Parvez, A.M. and Afzal, M.T. (2018) Process and energy analysis of pelleting agricultural and woody biomass blends. Sustainability (Switzerland), 10 (6). ISSN 20711050
Zawawi, A. and Ramli, R.M. and Harun, N.Y. (2018) Synergistic effect of adsorption-photodegradation of composite TiO2 /AC for degradation of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride Kesan sinergistik penjerapan-fotopenguraian dari bahan komposit TiO2 /AC untuk mengurai 1-butil-3-metillimidazolium klorida. Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences, 22 (4). pp. 648-658. ISSN 13942506
Harun, N.Y. and Afzal, M.T. (2016) Effect of Particle Size on Mechanical Properties of Pellets Made from Biomass Blends. In: UNSPECIFIED.
Harun, N.Y. and Afzal, M.T. (2015) Chemical and mechanical properties of pellets made from agricultural and woody biomass blends. Transactions of the ASABE, 58 (4). pp. 921-930. ISSN 21510032
Harun, N.Y. and Afzal, M.T. (2015) Combustion behavior and thermal analysis of agricultural and woody biomass blends. Advances in Environmental Biology, 9 (15). pp. 34-40. ISSN 19950756