Nanotechnology in Water and Wastewater Treatment

Associate Professor Amimul Ahsan has nearly 15 years research, teaching, and industry experience. He has published extensively in water and environmental engineering, including 9 books, 16 book chapters, and over 125 journal articles. He has received 14 international awards, including “Who's Who in the World 2015,” “Leading Engineers of the World 2013,” and the “Vice Chancellor Fellowship Award (Science and Technology)” from Sultan Selangor (Chancellor, UPM) in 2015. He is editor-in-chief of five journals in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Malaysia, and founder of the Journal of Desalination and Water Purification and the Journal of Advanced Civil Engineering Practice and Research. He is involved with several collaborative research projects globally and has a Scopus h-index of 22.He was a former faculty member of the Department of Civil Engineering and key researcher at the Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia. Dr. A.F. Ismail is a Professor at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), where he is the Founding Director of the Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre. He served as Dean of Research for the Materials and Manufacturing Alliance at UTM and was UTM’s 7th Vice Chancellor from 2021 to 2024. Dr. Ismail has received several awards, including the highly coveted Mustafa Prize (2023), often referred to as the “Muslim Nobel Prize.” With more than 74,000 overall citations, he is a highly cited researcher in "Separation and Purification Technology" (Elsevier) and has made several contributions to membrane science, particularly in polymeric, inorganic, and mixed matrix membranes for applications such as water treatment, desalination, gas separation, hemodialysis, fuel cells, and palm oil refining. Dr. Ismail also plays active roles in the scientific community, serving as Chairman of the Malaysia Membrane Society (MyMembrane) and Vice President of the Aseanian Membrane Society.

• 1. Principles and Mechanism of Adsorption for the Effective Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent for Water Reuse2. Locally Derived Activated Carbon From Domestic, Agricultural and Industrial Wastes for the Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent3. Nanoparticles as a Powerful Tool for Membrane Pore Size Determination and Mercury Removal4. Overview of Potential Applications of Nano-Biotechnology in Wastewater and Effluent Treatment5. Applications of Emerging Nanomaterials for Oily Wastewater Treatment6. Comparative Impact Assessment of TiO2 and ZnO Nanoparticles to Rocket (Eruca sativa L) Plant7. Photocatalytic Decolorization of Two Remazol Dyes Using TiO2 Impregnated Pumice Composite as Catalyst8. Application of Nanomaterials for the Removal of Heavy Metal From Wastewater9. Application of Nanoparticles for Disinfection and Microbial Control of Water and Wastewater10. Forward Osmosis (FO) for Removal of Heavy Metals11. Nanoparticles Enhanced Coagulation of Biologically Digested Leachate12. Chitosan Nanocomposite Application in Wastewater Treatments13. Application of Semiconductor Nanoparticles for Removal of Organic Pollutants or Dyes From Wastewater14. Nanofiltration Membrane Technology Providing Quality Drinking Water15. Application and Future Prospects of Reverse Osmosis Process16. Nanoengineered Materials for Water and Wastewater Treatments17. Nanotechnology Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment