Staff Directory
Academic Qualifications
- Ph.D in Materials - Doctor of Engineering, University of Manchester
Syazwani Binti Mohd Zaki (Dr.)
Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING
syazwani_mohdzaki@iium.edu.my
3327
Area of Specialisation
- Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Engineering Materials ~ Polymers - Crosslinked hydrogel, graphene, water treatment, nanotubes, polymerization.
Professional Membership
- 2014 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Graduate Engineer), Board of Engineers Malaysia
- 2020 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Professional Member (MIMMM)), The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), UK.
- 2020 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Graduate Member), Instituition of Engineers Malaysia (IEM)
Teaching Responsibilities
| CAD AND SIMULATION | 2020/2021 |
| ENGINEERING CONCEPTUAL DESIGN | 2022/2023 |
| ENGINEERING DRAWING | 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL TRAINING | 2024/2025 2023/2024 |
| FINAL YEAR PROJECT II | 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 |
| FUNDAMENTAL OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING WORKSHOP | 2024/2025 |
| MATERIALS ENGINEERING LAB 4 | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 |
| MATERIALS ENGINEERING LAB II | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| MATERIALS ENGINEERING LAB IV | 2024/2025 2023/2024 |
| MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | 2021/2022 |
| POLYMERS | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| PROJECT & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 |
| PROJECT AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 2024/2025 2023/2024 |
| SEMICONDUCTORS | 2025/2026 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
| SEMINAR | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| Smart Materials | 2019/2020 |
| SOLID STATE ENGINEERING AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY | 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 |
| USRAH IN ACTION 1 | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| USRAH IN ACTION 2 | 2022/2023 |
Supervision
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Solar-Driven Water Purification: Advancing Polyvinyl Alcohol Chitosan Pani Hydrogel For Enhance Solar Vapor Generation In Freshwater Treatment.
Master
Completed
2025
Main Supervisor
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Development And Characterization Of Poly (Vinyl) Alcohol/Cellulose Nanofibril Hybrid Aerogel.
Master
Completed
2023
Co-supervisor
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Research Projects
Completed
| No data |
On-Going
| 2025 - Present | A Research-Based Framework for Integrating Simulation Tools into Materials Engineering Curriculum |
| 2024 - Present | A Research-Based Framework for Integrating Simulation Tools into Materials Engineering Curriculum |
| 2022 - Present | Elucidation of High-Performance Solar Vapor Generation inbuilt with PEGDA-PANI/Carbon Dots. |
| 2022 - Present | Energy Management System for RES and ESS Integration to the Islanded Microgrid |
| 2022 - Present | IMMOBILISED BIOSORBENT OF RED SEAWEED FOR HEAVY METAL REMOVAL |
| 2021 - Present | Graphene quantum dots encapsulated tremella-like structure NiCo2O4 in SPEEK as high-performance hybrid membrane for DMFC |
| 2020 - Present | High-efficiency hydrogel-based solar vapor for water purification |
| 2009 - Present | Advanced Materials and Surface Engineering (AMSERU) |
Publications
Articles
| 2025 | Solar-driven water purification: advancing PVA-Chitosan/PANI hydrogel to enhance solar vapor generation for freshwater treatment. IIUM Engineering Journal, 26 (1) pp. 450-465 |
| 2024 | Biosorption of anionic and cationic azo dye onto red macro alga: determination of the significant variables using resolution V fractional factorial design. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 134 () pp. 1-12 |
| 2024 | Gelling together. Materials World, 12 (6) pp. 38-40 |
| 2021 | Product design requirements for Kelulut hive. E-Bulletin TACTIC, () pp. 1-17 |
| 2021 | Towards smart & sustainable farming of Kelulut at IIUM. E-Bulletin TACTIC, 1 () pp. 1-17 |
Conference or Workshop Items
| 2025 | Optimisation of copper ion removal using immobilised red seaweed of Euchema Cottonii Sp. in a packed-bed filter via Response Surface Methodology (RSM). In: The 3rd International Conference for Environmental Sustainability and Resource Security (IC-ENSURES 2024), |
| 2023 | Development of PVA-Chitosan/PANi hydrogels for environmental applications. In: 3rd International Conference on Universal Wellbeing (ICUW) 2022, |
| 2023 | Investigation of microgels and double crosslinked microgels containing 2-carboxyethyl acrylate (CEA). In: 5th International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ICAMME2022), |
| 2023 | Strategies for improving photothermal conversion capabilities in hydrogel polymer materials for solar vapor generation. In: IIUM Engineering Congress 2023 (IEC ’23), |
Book Sections
| 2021 | The journey of untold sacrifications. In: Universiti Malaysia Pahang, ISBN: 978-967-2226-90-1, pp. 103-116 |