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Academic Qualification
- Ph.D in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ( Bionanotechnology ) - Doctor of Philosophy, National University of Singapore
Ricca Rahman Binti Nasaruddin (Dr.)
Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING
riccanasaruddin@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
Research Experiences:
- Improvement of biosensor performances by integration of gold and silver-based internal and external labels (current work with industry)
- Syntheses and applications of red palm oil nanoemulsion for food and biomedical applications (current)
- Syntheses and applications of activated carbon from biomass wastes such as durian skin and manufacturing wastes such as carbon chips of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (current)
- Syntheses of ligand-protected gold, silver and bimetallic gold-silver nanoclusters and nanoparticles for catalysis and antimicrobial application (current)
- Syntheses, characterizations and catalytic applications of ligand-protected gold and gold-silver nanoclusters (Ph.D.)
- Extraction of high value chitin from shrimp shell waste (side project of Ph.D.)
- Development of metal nanocluster catalysts for gas remediation (side project of Ph.D)
- Production of biodiesel from sludge palm oil by enzymatic transesterification (MSc.)
- Optimization of citric acid production from oil palm empty fruit bunches by artificial neural network (FYP)
Research Interests:
- Development of functional nanomaterials (noble metal nanoclusters/nanoparticles, metal oxide nanoparticles, nanoemulsions) for catalysis, electronics, biomedical, food and environmental applications.
- Fundamental understanding and molecular dynamic of metal nanocluster and metalloenzyme
- Functionalization of nanomaterials with biogenic ligands/stabilizers/supports for catalysis and biomedical application (antimicrobial applications)
- Toxicology of nanomaterials for safety and health regulatory
- Waste to wealth - Conversion of agricultural/domestic/manufacturing wastes into value added products (such as activated carbon, catalysts, etc)
- Process optimization - Artificial Neural Network (ANN)
Area of Specialisation
- Engineering Tech ~ Engineering And Technology ~ Chemical Engineering ~ Catalyst and Reactions - Catalytic application of metal nanocluster
- Engineering Tech ~ Engineering And Technology ~ Food Engineering ~ Waste Handling and Processing - Fractionation of shrimp shell waste for high value chitin
- Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology ~ Biocatalyst - Enzymatic transesterification of sludge palm oil by lipase for biodiesel production
- Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Energy Technology ~ Biomass Energy Technology (Including Biogas and Biofuel) - Production of biodiesel from sludge palm oil
Professional Membership
- 2011: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Graduate Engineer), Board of Engineers Malaysia
- 2017 - 2019: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Regular Member), American Chemical Society
Teaching Responsibilities
BIOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING LAB II | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 2 | 2023/2024 2022/2023 |
CHEMICAL PROCESS SAFETY | 2023/2024 |
ENGINEERING DRAWING | 2020/2021 2018/2019 |
Integrated Design Project | 2018/2019 |
PROJECT I | 2018/2019 |
REACTION ENGINEERING | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
REACTOR DESIGN AND ANALYSIS | 2023/2024 |
SEMINAR | 2018/2019 |
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ISSUES, POLICIES AND PRACTICES | 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ISSUES, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES | 2023/2024 2022/2023 |
TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
THERMODYNAMICS | 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
USRAH IN ACTION 1 | 2021/2022 |
USRAH IN ACTION 2 | 2022/2023 |
Research Projects
Completed
2020 - 2022 | Building an Entrepreneurial Mindset among Malaysian Leaders and Educators |
2018 - 2022 | Engineering ultrasmall gold-silver alloy nanoparticles for antimicrobial application. |
On-Going
2022 - Present | Elucidation on the mechanism of postbiotic-gold nanoparticles (K12-AuNPs) on the inhibition of Candida auris virulence factors in oral cancer candidiasis model. |
2021 - Present | COVID-19 nanoRTK Development and Commercialisation |
2019 - Present | Investigating the immobilization of silver nanoparticle (AgNP) catalyst on activated carbon (AC) derived from durian's skin. |
2019 - Present | UNRAVELLING CATALYTIC MECHANISM OF HIGH ENTROPY ALLOYS (HEAs) FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT AZO DYE REMOVAL IN FENTON REACTION |
Publications
Article
Conference or Workshop Item
2023 | Investigating the synthesis of activated carbon from carbon chips of carbon fibre reinforced polymer for the removal of methylene blue. In: Proceeding of 5th International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ICAMME2022), |
2022 | Effect of stabilizers in the synthesis of silver nanoparticles and Methylene blue oxidation. In: 6th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE 2021), |
2022 | Evaluating the potential of chitin extracted from shrimp shell wastes as support material of gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) for catalysis. In: 6th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE 2021), |
2020 | Engineering gold-silver nanoclusters (Au-Ag NCs) for antimicrobial application. In: Nanotechnology Symposium 2020, |
2019 | Structural transformation and ligand dynamic of gold nanocluster during a catalytic reaction. In: Southeast Asia Catalysis Conference, |