UTM Press - Edited Book

ADVANCED AND HYBRID MEMBRANES FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT

2021-04-05T14:38:09+08:00

This volume consists of 10 chapters focusing on the development and application of advanced and hybrid membranes in wastewater treatment using various conventional and advanced membrane technologies. This book aims to provide (1) better understanding of the mechanism of wastewater treatment from membrane technologies, (2) current information about technologies and limitations of wastewater treatment, (3) recent discovered solutions from experts for wastewater treatment, and finally (4) information on weaknesses of and solutions to membrane technologies for wastewater treatment. Topics covered in this book include overview of wastewater treatment, conventional technology process for wastewater treatment, recent advanced membrane technologies such as adsorptive, photocatalytic, forward osmosis, ceramic and metal organic framework membranes, and membrane distillation. The final chapter offers comprehensive discussion on the weaknesses of and solutions to advanced membranes for wastewater treatment. Materials presented in this book could be beneficial to wastewater management companies, research and development agencies, environment-related private and government agencies, researchers and students from the fields of science, engineering and the environment.

SELANGKAH KEARAH KELESTARIAN GLOBAL KEUSAHAWANAN NEGERI JOHOR

2020-08-18T08:01:14+08:00

Buku ini membincangkan tentang hala tuju keusahawanan global bagi mengekalkan kelestarian Industri Kecil Sederhana (IKS) di negeri Johor di samping memberi nafas baharu dalam membangunkan perusahaan yang berpotensi tinggi seperti hasil pertanian, penternakan dan perikanan. Model pendekatan dimensi yang digunakan adalah model triple helix melalui inisiatif Institut Inovasi Strategik Johor (IISJ) atau kini dikenali sebagai Johor Innovation Valley (JIVe). Buku yang mengandungi 10 bab ini mengupas isu-isu dan cabaran untuk mengekalkan kelestarian keusahawanan IKS sebagai hab sekuriti makanan, keperluan latihan yang komprehensif, dan juga pengenalan teknologi dan teknik terbaharu untuk meningkatkan hasil pertanian dan penternakan. Selain itu, buku ini juga menggarap peluang dan kaedah bagi memperkasa jaringan revolusi industri halal selain memberi pendedahan mengenai penggunaan platform digital sebagai kaedah jual beli, penjenamaan dan pemasaran produk halal paling efektif di peringkat global. Buku ini amat sesuai dijadikan rujukan buat semua golongan usahawan IKS yang ingin mengetahui cara mengubah kaedah perusahaan konvesional kepada penggunaan inovasi baharu yang lebih cekap dan berteknologi tinggi untuk produk dan perkhidmatan mereka, berpaksikan libatsama kepakaran Universiti, sokongan kerajaan negeri, dan juga penglibatan industri dalam pemerkasaan ekonomi masyarakat itu sendiri.

Geoinformation Technology for Malaysian Seas

2019-08-08T14:46:29+08:00

This book is unique as it tailored specifically the local researchers' studies that manifest the use of geo information technologies in oceanography for Malaysian seas. Sharing seas with other Asian countries entail Malaysia to strengthen the research in oceanography for the benefits of regional community. Moreover, in the era of climate change, there is a critical demand for continuous and real time ocean observation and monitoring. Hence, formulation of strategies and actions to adapt, monitor and mitigate the climate change impact at international, regional and national levels are on the horizon. The advancement of geoinformation technologies including remote sensing, geomatics and Geographic Information Science (GIS) and big data infrastructure have pushed the boundary that allow scientists to accurately model and predict various phenomena. Technologies for supporting data acquisition, management, analysis, modelling and forecasting related to ocean and seas at larger and local scales are now feasible without destructing the nature. The ten chapters in this book cover a wide range of topics from the recent satellite technologies for monitoring the ocean to spatial modelling of Malaysian seas and connecting oceanography data in big data infrastructure. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic which can be understood on its own. This book will be beneficial for passionate readers including students, researchers as well as environmentalist.

Current Techniques in Protein Sciences

2019-09-06T10:51:03+08:00

Proteins are the basic building blocks of life. They are defined as large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a variety of functions in the cell, including catalysing metabolic and biochemical reactions, assisting DNA replication, responding to external and internal stimuli, and transporting molecules from one location to another intracellularly or extracellularly. Protein studies are important in the fields of biomedicine, environmental sciences, and industrial applications. Understanding of how protein works at the molecular level assists in the development of new disease therapy, discovers and improves the activity of industrially-important enzymes, and reveals beneficial secondary metabolites in medicinals plants, among many other interesting applications. Molecular investigation of proteins requires specialised instruments and precise techniques. Other than the commonly used sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), and Western blotting (also known as protein immunoblotting), there are many other advanced techniques currently used. The techniques include surface plasmon resonance, mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, cryo-electron microscopy, and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. Computational techniques are also indispensable in supporting wet lab experiments, and to provide precious information not observable with any other methods. This research book is aimed at showcasing various research on proteins previously or currently being carried out at UTM. With the acquisition of increasingly sophisticated instruments, software, and the development of many new techniques, protein science research is currently on the rise. This book demonstrates UTM research capability on protein sciences, and hopefully will serve as the platform for networking among the established and the new researchers interested in the field.

Sustainable Constructions in Malaysia

2021-03-18T08:14:52+08:00

Sustainable Construction - Waste Materials as Aggregates Replacement is the book comprising of ten (10) chapters. Each of these chapters discusses a different type of industrial, agricultural and natural wastes that demonstrate promise for future use in construction industries. Recycling of those waste materials found in abundance, can avoid deleterious environmental hazards and their incorporation has actually produced products towards sustainable construction. The results presented in these studies are not only beneficial both economically and environmentally, but also provide the industry with technical information on valuable resources that has a key role in meeting the challenges of sustainable construction in today's world. The high demand of natural resources due to rapid urbanization and the disposal problem of industrial and agricultural wastes have created opportunities for utilising these wastes (building demolished waste, laterite aggregates, garnet, water treatment plant waste, plastic aggregates, palm oil clinker) as aggregates replacement in the concrete. Research has shown that waste materials incorporated in concrete could enable the construction industry to become more sustainable and economical but also a contributor to overcome other related ecological, sociological and economic problems associated with it.

ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA

2020-06-30T15:56:54+08:00

Sustainable energy supply is essential for realising Malaysia×³s vision to become a high-income country. This edited book comprises of ten chapters which cover topics on conventional and renewable energy research and applications available in Malaysia. The topics cover in this book include renewable energy generation using biomass and its potential, technology adopted in producing cleaner energy involving innovative process design and fuel cell system, carbon removal and energy carrier for solar cell and natural gas, and assessment of the energy applications from safety point of view. This book provides different insights to multidisciplinary researchers, scientists and professionals in exploring new developments in renewable energy, green technology and energy conservation for the future. We hope to highlight the benefits and challenges of Malaysia×³s energy supply with the aim of stimulating further discussion and research on future energy sector, energy policy revolution and national energy mix expansion strategy towards securing sustainability.

Aeronautical Analysis via Experimental and Computational Approaches

2021-03-18T08:10:23+08:00

This book describes the application of aeronautical analysis for conventional aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicle and helicopter. The recent progress in some aeronautical analysis are divided into two approaches, i) experimental and ii) computational. Experimental approach basically the exact solution for the real application analysis in aeronautical field and computational approach is basically the prediction analysis. This book is divided into two parts. The first part gathered the research on experimental approaches to analyse the performance of specific applications or aerodynamic characteristics. In the first chapter, is highlighted about the role of the aeronautics engineering in higher educational perspective. How important the aeronautics knowledge in Malaysia and national needs about this programs. In chapter two, there is highlighting about the development of the synthetic aero-jet actuators. The methodology is important to help the advanced research in aeronautics analysis in wind tunnel system. In addition, the wind tunnel system able to perform the aerodynamics characteristics on lifting surface body, helicopter tail shake and flight testing are explained in chapter three, four and five respectively. The first five chapter are shown how importance of experimental approach for aeronautical application. To complement the experimental approach, the second part will introduce the computational approach to perform aeronautical analysis. The making of decisions based on the computational approach is important to support the experiment approach for predicted value before experiment approach is implemented. Here, the knowledge about PID controller, stability augmentation system, numerical simulation and finite element analysis are explained in chapter six to chapter ten. The computational power needed to support advanced decision making based on automated calculations of big data and processes of the familiar analysis tools. Therefore, this book is suitable as a platform to the aeronautical designers to read and understand the analysis process for a specific problem. Both the researchers and students should find the material useful in their work.

WORK-LIFE OF WORKING WOMEN IN MALAYSIA:ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

2019-07-14T09:55:00+08:00

The aim of this edited book is to highlight the issues and challenges faced by Malaysian working women using nine empirical studies on working women from various professions in Malaysia including engineers, academics, nurses, and others. The primary motive of this edited book is to understand the reasons for the lower participation rate of women as compared to male participation in the labor market. Statistics have shown that women are better educated and want to work, however their participation is hindered by various work-life issues and challenges. The issues and challenges presented in this edited book include topics on self-esteem, career advancement, retention of women, work-life balance, organizational work-family support, work engagement, self-efficacy, career satisfaction, flexible work, gender discrimination, competence acquisition, and learning transfer. It is hoped that the results of the studies presented in this edited book could help shed light on understanding the lower participation rate of women in the Malaysian labour market.

Lightweight Materials for Structural Applications

2020-04-30T22:18:27+08:00

This book is primarily intended to give an overview on the current use of lightweight materials in structural applications. This book aims to provide a guideline for reviewing and understanding the theory and uniqueness of each lightweight material. Various types of lightweight materials are described to show their feasibility with number of structural applications including in automotive, aviation, marine and civil industries. This book covers the metallic, non-metallic, polymer, composite and various other lightweight materials. The approaches presented in this book have prevalently been employed in real world application namely finite element and experimental techniques. As a reference, the data of each material obtained from experimental tests can be used for further subsequent analyses.

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING IN PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

2020-06-07T14:19:42+08:00

The aim of this book is to highlight the role of Additive Manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing technology in assisting product design and development activities. The book comprises 11 chapters which cover various aspects of AM technologies, materials, and applications. The first chapter discusses the fundamental overview of AM. The following chapters then discuss the use of AM in various emerging AM applications such as lattice designs, tooling fabrications, tissue engineering, biomedical devices, robotic part productions, wind turbine fabrications, and consumer product development. Performance analysis of components fabricated by AM in terms of microstructure and mechanical properties is also presented. Each chapter brings in valuable insights on how AM can be integrated as part of product design verification and final product fabrication. Hence, this volume provides readers the awareness of AM technologies and their potentials, either in research-based or product commercialisation activities. The book is intended for a broad audience ranging from academic researchers to those who are in the industry, interested in gaining basic knowledge on how AM can be used during product design and development activities.

THERMODYNAMICS AND ENERGY CONVERSION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

2020-01-28T20:13:13+08:00

Energy has appeared as a major actor for present day's local and global-level environmental and societal challenges such as resources depletion, global warming and climate change. Energy efficiency and alternative energy sources are the twin-pillars that can address the contemporary energy related challenges. Energy efficiency gap houses across the entire energy conversion value chains. This book describes the technology and scientific understanding of thermodynamics and energy conversion methods as well as the fundamental principles of energy economic issues.

This book consists of 10 chapters. Chapter 1 provides a background of the issues discussed in this book and provides a brief summary of each chapter. Every year, a huge amount of wastes are generated in palm oil industry. Chapter 2, 3 and 4 address several energy conversion issues from palm wastes to useful bioenergy. Natural gas is a major source of global electricity generation, chapter 5 discusses the effect of natural gas constituent on its flame behaviour and propagation in route to combustion for power generation.

Chapter 6 and 7 discuss the thermoelectric technology as a tool for cooling and power generation purposes. Chapter 8 presents an experimental study of friction force generation from wood based material on a heat engine. Chapter 9 performs an energy efficiency analysis for a combined cycle power plant and the last chapter introduces the concept of energy economics to enhance economic efficiency in energy conversion process.

The readers of this book with a basic understanding of thermodynamics can recognize the problems associated with several energy conversion processes and can play a role to reap up the energy efficiency potentials that leads to sustainable energy.

ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS

2019-09-26T10:13:20+08:00

This book comprises of 13 chapters focusing on issues and development of antibacterial agents. The content is divided into two main segments, focusing on issues and types of antibacterial agents. The types of antibacterial agents discussed in this book can be divided into three main groups: organic, inorganic and hybrid organic-inorganic including biosynthesized silver nanoparticles, metal-loaded zeolites and kaolinites, carbon nanotubes, titania, essential oils, natural products, nanofiber, organo-modified metal-loaded zeolite and metal-organic-framework. Chapters in this book present research and reviews on development of these antibacterial agents in terms of their fundamental principles, characteristics, antibacterial assays and mechanisms. This book provides guidelines to researchers, scientists or professionals from industries who are involved in developing new antibacterial agents.

ISSUES AND TECHNOLOGY IN WATER CONTAMINANTS

2019-12-17T12:05:15+08:00

This book consists of 11 chapters that address the current issues and technologies in water contaminants. The contents are divided into three relevant themes, such as recent significant issues on water contaminants, treatment technology for inorganic contaminants, and treatment technology for organic contaminants. Over time, the water environment has become contaminated with thousands of chemical compounds that are discharged from sewage and industrial effluent. New emerging pollutants, such as microplastics and antibiotics, deserve particular attention due to their recalcitrant nature. Due to that, several technologies to treat these pollutants are discussed in this book including adsorption, phytoremediation, enhanced biological phosphorus removal, anaerobic process, and biogranules technology. Understanding these issues, prospects and challenges in harnessing the available technology are crucial to ensure sustainable solutions that will not bring further damage to the environment. This book provides an insight to multidisciplinary researchers, scientists and professionals in exploring new technology and improving current technology for the treatment of various pollutants in water and wastewater.

Forensic Engineering: Lessons Learnt through Experience

2019-08-29T09:25:02+08:00

Forensic engineering is the investigation of materials, products, structures or components that fail or do not operate or function as intended, causing personal injury or damage to property. From a legal perspective, forensic engineering is a fact-finding mission to learn the most probable cause or causes of a failure. The field also deals with retracing processes and procedures leading to accidents in operation of vehicles or machinery.

The edited book consists of ten (10) chapters. The first and second chapters focused on the fundamental of forensic engineering and the importance of data integrity in forensic investigation. Later, the book will bring readers to the process and investigation of forensic engineering based on lessons learnt from geotechnical and structural failures in chapter three (3) until ten (10).

The case studies involved in this edited book are the effect of induced slope instability on a sheet pile wall failure, investigation in failures of temporary structure, shop building and bridges. The case studies also involved structural assessment projects for a three storey accommodation flat and precast concrete structure during a construction.

This book inspired by the crucial needs of a forensic engineer for a real reference and case studies in a field of forensic engineering. The case studies which provided in this book will assist practitioners to carry out a sound methodology and findings investigation that will be used as a reliable proof in a courtroom. This book is important in the sense that it provides a detail explanation on overview of forensic engineering case studies specifically in Malaysia. It also can be used for outside Malaysia with similar faulty and accidental issues.

Advances in Biomedical Image and Signal Processing: Current Trend

2019-08-15T13:12:50+08:00

Advances in Biomedical Images and Signal Processing: Current Trend is a compilation of research works conducted by Biomedical Instrumentation and Electronics (bMIE) research group. It includes biosignal and image processing technique utilizing current available technology in solving some rehabilitation engineering issues. This book contains information on current methods in developing medical diagnostic tools. The chapters in this book discusses methods of biosignal such as brain signal (EEG), muscle signal (EMG), heart signal (ECG) as well as biomedical image processing on different types of body part images. In addition, discussion of statistical analysis, hardware fabrication and software development are also included in this book. The book hopes to become a source of reference to researchers as well as students who wish to capitalize on the latest technologies in biomedical images and signal processing.

Recent Trends in Power System Planning and Design

2019-09-03T13:07:15+08:00

This book focuses on research work related to aspects of planning, design and operation of electrical power system that cover generation, transmission and substation. Studies reported in this book mostly involve simulation approaches validated by experimental results to highlight that modern power system requires proper planning and design in order to warrant balanced, reliable, secure and safe operation. This book contains 11 chapters which are divided into three broad areas: generation, transmission and distribution. The first part of this book presents introduction to renewable energy as an alternative energy solution which includes system design for grid-connected and off-grid system. The second part of this book elaborates the applications of FACT devices in transmission system to improve efficiency with renewable energy for enhancing overall performance. The final part covers research work related to distribution side of the power system. This part includes studies on load monitoring and application of distribution system technologies as well as its impact to system performance. This book is beneficial for students and engineers who wish to enhance their knowledge on power system area as well as for researchers who are interested to understand further topics in power system research.

STUDIES IN CONTROL AND SYSTEM AUTOMATION

2018-12-09T09:50:56+08:00

This Edited Book focuses on control and system automation, which involves simulation and experimental research based work in the area of electrical, mechanical, manufacturing and process industries. The first part of this book presents the design of controllers using conventional PID and Artificial Intelligence techniques for a diverse range of dynamic systems. Furthermore, this book discusses the development of automation system for various industrial applications including embedded system, software engineering, management tools and optimization process in order to enhance the stability, accuracy, and efficiency of the system as well as the quality of productions. The simulation and experimental based work presented in this book can be explored, which in line with the current innovation related with Industrial Revolution 4.0.

Scientific Approaches to Crime Investigations

2018-08-12T15:25:44+08:00

Due to the overly-publicised information about the use of scientific approaches in crime investigations and because criminals are getting more educated nowadays, continuous developments in forensic science appear imperative. This fact is further accentuated by the high complexity of crimes that we are dealing with, as well as the possible loss of evidence due to degradations and 'clean-up' process undertaken by criminals to cover-up their trails. In this regard, forensic scientists are responsible to rapidly move multiple steps ahead of the criminals to ensure that justice can be upheld.

While most forensic books described the basic theories and applications of science in forensic investigations alone, detail discussions on the current developments and perspectives of several pertinent fields in forensic science remain scarce. Hence, specific discussions on the current trend/issues in fingerprint, forensic entomology, forensic toxicology, several forensic pattern recognition techniques, capillary electrophoresis and chromatographic methods, fire investigations, inter kingdom communications between necrobiomes and insects of forensic importance as well as forensic diatomology will be made in this book. Considering that books with similar focus in the market remain scarce, the publication of this edited book would prove necessary to serve as reference materials for forensic scientists as well as forensic investigators and legal practitioners.

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND APPLICATION VOLUME II

2019-05-30T08:37:21+08:00

Biomedical Research and Application Volume II is a compilation of 11 book chapters that apply the knowledge of engineering principles and design concepts in the medical field to improve the healthcare of the community. The book begins with an introduction to biomedical research and application and review of recent works and literature published globally. Among the benefits are the improvement of lives of patient and health care and a clearer understanding on biomedical research among engineering students. This book is written in order to help the engineering students who are working in the biomedical engineering field an idea on how biomedical engineering knowledges and concepts can be applied. This book can cater and attract the interest of researchers in the biomedical field. A wide spectrum of case studies is covered ranging from brain activity research, tissue engineering, biomedical image processing and biomedical instrumentation. All these topics included in this book consist of the latest and recent development of biomedical engineering.

ADVANCES IN BIOSCIENCES VOLUME IV

2019-05-30T08:23:41+08:00

This volume consists of 13 chapters focusing on various fields of Bioscience. The simplicity of the content was aimed in attracting readers from general science and non-science background. The multidisciplinary nature of the chapters in this book comprises niche areas on Plant Biology and Genetics, Ecology and Conservation, Environmental Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Bioremediation and Phytoremediation and Biofuel Production. Topics covered in this book range from genetic diversity, turning cassava from waste to wealth, plant secondary-product for green agrochemical to the potential effects of heavy metals on carbohydrate contents of cow-pea. Also included are chapters on bioremediating microbes and phytoplankton distribution in reservoir, waste-water analyses of heavy metal composition in industrial effluents, fungal species as a biological control agent against crop diseases, as well as some fundamental aspects and issues addressing biorefinery and molecular identification of organisms important for bioremediation. Advances in various fields in bioscience continue to play major roles in the search for solutions-problems affecting mankind and further enable the improvement of societal economy by converting waste-to-wealth. This book presents and elucidates the use of biological tools with different fields using varied methods and experimental procedures. It aims to provide guidelines and offer a primary outlook on the field for students, researchers and the profession.

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING AND SIMULATION FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

2019-03-10T17:03:09+08:00

Computational modeling and simulation for biomedical applications have facilitated scientists and researchers in their quests to explain complex biomedical behaviors and systems virtually. It has opened-up hidden views which help researchers to make deliberate decisions in improving recent innovation while reducing the overall time, cost and materials required. Unimaginable effects and reactions caused by nature can now be represented in clearer schematics and diagrams. These versatile tools have allowed researchers to accurately conclude and predict various phenomenon prior to implementing them in real applications. Advancements in computational ability have pushed the boundaries even further. For instance, a damage mechanics of glenoid labrum can now be simulated in rocking horse phenomena (RHP) by using multiple virtual pegs even before it gets fabricated. This book showcases several successful studies that manifest the use of various computational simulation approaches in solving biomedical and bioengineering problems. It covers a wide range of topics from ankle and foot bones development to breast cancer and renal screening simulations. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic which can be understood on its own. This book will be beneficial for students, engineers, researchers as well as medical practitioners.

SENSOR AND ITS APPLICATION: SERIES 4

2019-03-10T11:28:03+08:00

This book introduces several topics that can be beneficial to several groups of professionals particularly engineers in order to successfully design experiments and system measurements in sensor applications. In addition to descriptions of common measurement systems, the book also describes computerized data acquisition systems, common statistical techniques, and guidelines for planning and documenting experiments. More comprehensive studies of available literature and consultation with product vendors are appropriate when engaging in a significant real-world experimental program. Through this book, the reader can expect to add their knowledge in experimental and instrumentation system design and practical experience.

PROGRESS IN APPLIED MATERIALS SCIENCE

2019-03-10T11:44:33+08:00

Progress in Applied Materials Science gives an insight of materials used in medical fields such as bioactive components in osseointegrated implant, drug delivery system, antibacterial agent and cosmetic as well as in the environment fields such as anode materials, adsorbent and analytical sensor. The focused materials discussed in this book include biomaterials (hydroxyapatite, collagen and stainless steel), carbon-based materials (carbon nanotubes, activated carbon and other types of carbon), clay (kaolinite and other types of clay minerals) and polymer. Each chapter in this book discusses the fundamental aspects of the materials and their example of their application. The chapters also review current research related to applied materials science. This book is thus beneficial to researchers working on developing these materials for various applications.

PLANT SCIENCE AND ITS APPLICATION

2019-03-10T13:02:37+08:00

This volume consists of 14 chapters focusing on plants and their applications in various industries. The contents are divided into several themes following the introduction, including growth and development of plant science, biochemical and physical properties as well as plants as medicine. Plants are synonymous with our everyday life as they could be sources of foods and they contribute to the ecosystem. In today's modern world, applications of plants in various industries are becoming the focal point in providing safer and environmental-friendly solutions. Medicinal plants are already available in the market and their applications to improve human's health are always prioritized by our researchers. This book records research that has been done on plants in Malaysia. Several medicinal plants are reviewed, focusing on their bioactive compounds and how they have benefited humans and animals' health. Several chapters outline the contributions of plants as environmental-friendly solutions and improvements to existing procedures. Applications of different plants using current experimental procedures as presented in this book could provide proofs, guidelines or references for students, researchers and professionals in the industries.