Staff Directory


Wan Mohd Fazli Bin Wan Nawawi

Academic Qualifications

  • Chemical Engineering Research - Doctor of Philosophy, Imperial College London
  • MASTER OF SCIENCE (BIOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING) - Masters Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia

Wan Mohd Fazli Bin Wan Nawawi (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)

Associate Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING

wanmohdfazli@iium.edu.my
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Area of Specialisation


  • Engineering Tech ~ Engineering And Technology ~ Chemical Engineering ~ Other Chemical Engineering n.e.c. - Chemical Engineering Research


Professional Membership


  • 2018 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Graduate Engineer), Board of Engineers Malaysia


Teaching Responsibilities


ADVANCED BIOSEPERATION PROCESSES 2017/2018
BIO NANOTECHNOLOGY 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
BIO NANOTECHNOLOY 2019/2020
BIONANOTECHNOLGY 2024/2025
BIONANOTECHNOLOGY 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017
BIOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING LAB I 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 1 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS I 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2 2024/2025
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II 2024/2025 2023/2024 2018/2019
Integrated Design Project 2018/2019
MATERIAL SCIENCES FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEER 2021/2022 2020/2021
MATERIAL SCIENCES FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
Nanobiotechnology 2022/2023
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2023/2024 2022/2023
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 2022/2023 2019/2020
PROJECT I 2023/2024 2018/2019


Supervision


Synthesis Of Polyvinyl Alcohol-Polyethylene Glycol Hydrogel Reinforced With Nanocellulose From Empty Fruit Bunch.
Ph.D Completed 2024 Co-supervisor
Coaxial Electrospinning Of Fugal-Based Materials For Membrane Production.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
Chitin Nanofiber From Fungal Source For Fabrication Of Nanopaper And Reinforcing Element In Pla-Based Composite.
Master Completed 2022 Main Supervisor
Development Of Polyvinyl Alcohol/Starch/Nanocellulose Fiber Biocomposite Film Incorporated With Lemongrass Essential Oil.
Master Completed 2019 Co-supervisor
The Properties Of Silylated Polyvinyl Alcohol Based Foams Reinforced By Microfibrillated Cellulose (Mfc).
Master Completed 2019 Co-supervisor
Influence Of Post-Processing Techniques On 3d Printed Pla Copper Composite.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2018 - 2022 A novel technique of orienting chitin nanofiber using directed growth of fungi for enhanced bionanocomposite mechanical performance.
2016 - 2020 Renewable Chitin-based Nanomaterials from Mushroom Waste: Investigating the Effect of Decoloration on Resulting Chitin Thin Film
On-Going
2023 - Present Scaling-up the production of nanocellulose (NC) from oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB) by green chemicals assisting with ultrasonication
2022 - Present Investigation on method for immobilizing and germinating fungal mycelium spore using coaxial electrospinning for microplastic filtration system
2004 - Present Bio-Environmental Engineering Research Centre (BERC)
- Hydrogen production and ammonium removal from industrial wastewater using microbial electrolysis cell (MEC)


Awards & Recognition


03 Nov, 2022 Gold Medal - International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by Institutions of Higher Learning (PECIPTA22) International
24 Sep, 2022 Bronze Medal (Team Category) - Kejohanan Sukan Staf antara Universiti Malaysia (SUKUM) 2022 National
25 Jul, 2022 Best Teaching Innovation in Experiental Learning - Kulliyyah of Engineering KCDIO
27 Jul, 2021 Staff Sport Award (Individual-Male) - TAKRIM 2021 (University Quality Day 2021) University
09 Jul, 2020 Staff Sport Award (Individual-Male) - TAKRIM 2020 (University Quality Day 2019) University
09 Jul, 2020 Special Recognition during COVID-19 as an IIUM Frontliners - IIUM Takrim Month 2020 University
05 Mar, 2020 Staff Sport Award - Individual (Male) - Kulliyyah of Engineering KCDIO
25 Jul, 2019 Staff Sport Award (Team-Male) - TAKRIM 2019 (University Quality Day 2019) University
06 Mar, 2019 Best Team Award - University Staff Sport Award (USSA) 2019 University
06 Mar, 2019 Best Team Manager - University Staff Sport Award (USSA) 2019 University
16 Aug, 2018 Gold Medal (Team Category) - Kejohanan Sukan Staf antara Universiti Malaysia (SUKUM) 2018 National
16 Aug, 2018 Bronze Medal (Individual Category) - Kejohanan Sukan Staf antara Universiti Malaysia (SUKUM) 2018 National
09 Jul, 2017 Recognition in Local Newspaper and University for Pitch Your Product 2017 (PYP17) event - Sinar Harian & International Islamic University Malaysia National
13 May, 2017 Silver Medal - 28th International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition 2017 (ITEX2017) International


Publications


Articles

2025 Polyvinyl alcohol-polyethylene glycol/glycerin hydrogel enhanced physicochemical characteristics: statistical composition. Chemical And Natural Resources Engineering Journal, 9 (1) pp. 47-59
2024 A review on chitin dissolution as preparation for electrospinning application. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 265 () pp. 1-16
2024 Effect of incorporating cellulose nanofibers and lemongrass essential oil in polyvinyl alcohol-polyethylene glycol/glycerin hydrogel for wound dressing. IIUM Engineering Journal, 25 (2) pp. 99-115
2023 Entangled cellulose nanofibers produced from sugarcane bagasse viaalkaline treatment, mild acid hydrolysis assisted with ultrasonication. Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences (JKSUES), 35 (1) pp. 24-31
2023 Optimum yield of empty fruit bunches cellulose nanofibers by deep eutectic solvent and ultrasonication. Chemical Engineering and Technology, 47 (1) pp. 56-67
2023 Screening of deep eutectic solvent mixtures for treating empty fruit bunches to obtain cellulose nanofiber. Materials Today: Proceeding, () pp.
2021 Antibacterial, mechanical and thermal properties of PVA/Starch composite film reinforced with Cellulose Nanofiber of Sugarcane Bagasse. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, () pp.
2021 Graphene-chitin bio-composite polymer based mode locker at 2 micron region. Optik, 245 () pp. 1-12
2021 Influence of the pre-treatment of nanofibers obtained from mushrooms on the mechanical properties of the paper. Polimery, 66 (9) pp. 1-6
2021 Physicochemical properties of fungal chitin nanopaper from shiitake (L. edodes), enoki (F. velutipes) and oyster mushrooms (P. ostreatus). Carbohydrate Polymer, 281 () pp. 1-7
2020 Alginate and alginate composites for biomedical applications. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 16 (3) pp. 280-306
2020 Crustacean chitin nanomaterial as reinforcement for bio-based polymer. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, () pp. 1-12
2020 Effect of y-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPS) and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) towards preparation of oil absorbent foams from polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) reinforced with microfibrillated cellulose (MFC). Journal of Renewable Materials, 8 (7) pp. 739-757
2020 High porosity cellulose nanopapers as reinforcement in multi-layer epoxy laminates. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 131 () pp. 1-9
2020 Nanomaterials derived from fungal sources - Is It the new hype?. Biomacromolecules, 21 (1) pp. 30-55
2020 Plastic to elastic: fungi-derived composite nanopapers with tunable tensile properties. Composites Science and Technology, 198 () pp.
2020 Polyamidoamine dendrimers: favorable polymeric nanomaterials for lipase activation. Materials Today Communications, 26 () pp. 101492
2020 Surface properties of chitin-glucan nanopapers from Agaricus bisporus. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 148 () pp. 677-687
2019 Biosurfactant as the next antimicrobial agents in pharmaceutical applications. Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 13 (3) pp. 9950-9951
2019 Chitin nanopaper from mushroom extract: natural composite of nanofibers and glucan from a single biobased source. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7 (7) pp. 6492-6496
2018 Biodegradable mushroom-based transparent paper. International Journal For Technological Research In Engineering, (Special Issue) pp. 14-18
2018 Evaluation of water absorption of polyvinyl alcohol-starch biocomposite reinforced with sugarcane bagasse nanofibre: optimization using two-level factorial design. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 368 (012005) pp.
2017 Extraction of lycopene from tomato waste using solid state fermentation. International Food Research Journal, 24 (Suppl) pp. 416-421
2014 Isolation and selection of new biosurfactant producing bacteria from degraded palm kernel cake under liquid state fermentation. Journal of Oleo Science, 63 (8) pp. 795-804
2011 Optimization of process conditions for extraction of biosurfactant. Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 7 (13) pp. 2156-2161
2010 Utilization of sludge palm oil as a novel substrate for biosurfactant production. Bioresource Technology, 101 () pp. 9241-9247
Conference or Workshop Items

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),
2021 Chitin fiber from mushroom as reinforcement for biobased polymer. In: 6th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE 2021),
2021 Liquid-phase exfoliated graphene-MoS2 based saturable absorber for Q-switched Erbium Doped fiber laser. In: 4th Photonics Meeting 2021 (PM21),
2020 Graphene-based saturable absorber for passive Q-switching erbium doped fiber laser. In: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE),
2020 Passively Q-switched tri-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with aluminium-based saturable absorber. In: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE),
2019 Graphene in chitin based passive Q-switcher. In: Photonics Meeting 2019, The 2nd Annual Conference and Workshop,
2018 Evaluation of water absorption of polyvinyl alcohol-starch biocomposite reinforced with sugarcane bagasse nanofibre: Optimization using two-level factorial design. In: Wood and Biofiber International Conference (WOBIC2017),
2018 Optimization Study of Decolorization Process of Oyster Mushroom's Chitin Thin Film. In: International Conference Biotechnology Engineering 2018 (ICBioE '18),
2018 Surface functionalisation of Microfibrillated Cellulose (MFC) of cocoa pod husk with Ƴ-Methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPS). In: The 3rd International Conference on Green Chemical Engineering and Technology (GCET 2017),
Book Sections

2024 Enzyme-assisted cellulose nanofibers production. In: SpringerLink, ISBN: , pp. 1-20
2024 Enzyme-assisted cellulose nanofibers production. In: Springer, ISBN: 978-94-007-6724-9, pp. 1053-1072
2020 Isolation of Nanocellulose Fibers (NCF) from cocoa pod (Theobroma cacao L.) via chemical treatment combined with ultrasonication. In: Springer, Singapore, ISBN: 978-981-15-4741-6, pp. 97-105
2019 Nanomaterials in drug delivery system. In: Springer, ISBN: 978-3-319-99601-1, pp. 233-248
2011 Microbial fermentation for producing surface active agent by using palm oil mill effluent isolate. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181505, pp. 119-125