RESEARCH INTERESTS

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Artificial Intelligence, Process Safety, Healthcare Engineering, Catalyst

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Bachelor Degree      (Chemical Engineering), School of Engineering, University Malaysia Sabah (2009)

• Master Degree      (Chemical Engineering), School of Chemical Engineering, University Science      Malaysia (2011)

• Ph. D Degree (Chemical      Engineering), Faculty of Engineering, University Technology PETRONAS      (2016)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Lecturer, School of      Science and Engineering, Manipal International University (2016)

• CFD Specialist, Jimmy      Lea and Chartered Engineers (2015)

• Research Officer, Research      Centre for CO₂ Capture (in collaboration with PETRONAS Research      Sdn. Bhd.), University Technology PETRONAS, (2012 - 2014)

• Research Officer, Research      Centre for CO₂ Capture (in collaboration with PETRONAS Carigali      Sdn. Bhd.), University Technology PETRONAS, (2011)

HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS

• Xiamen University Malaysia Research Fund (XMUMRF)

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATION

• Z.H. Ban, K.K. Lau, A.M. Shariff, In-line physical desorption unit—Part 1: Conceptual design and numerical analysis, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Volume 117, Pages 792-809, 2017.

• Z.H. Ban, K.K. Lau, A.M. Shariff, In-line physical desorption unit—Part 2: Optimisation analysis, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Volume 117, Pages 810-830, 2017.

• Z.H. Ban, K.K. Lau, and A.M. Shariff, CFD modelling of most probable bubble nucleation rate from binary mixture with estimation of components’ mole fraction in critical cluster, Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Volume 28, Issues 3, Pages 655 – 668, 2016.

• Z.H. Ban, K.K. Lau, and A.M. Shariff, “Bubble Nucleation and Growth of Dissolved Gas in Solution Flowing Across a Cavitating Nozzle, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Volume 773-774, Pages 304-308, 2015.

• Z.H. Ban, K.K. Lau, and A.M. Shariff, Prediction of the bubble nucleation rate in a quasi-stable cavitating nozzle using 2D computational fluid dynamics and enhanced classical nucleation theory, Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, Volume 9, Issues 1, Pages 247-258, 2015.

• Z.H. Ban, K.K. Lau, and A.M. Shariff, “Modelling of Bubble Growth in Supersaturated Solution using Computational Fluid Dynamics - Population Balance Model (CFD-PBM) Approach.” Defect and Diffusion Forum, Volume 362, Pages 200 – 208, 2015.

• Z.H. Ban, K.K. Lau, and A.M. Shariff, CFD Simulation for Bubble Nucleation Rate of Dissolved Gas. Journal of Applied Sciences, Volume 14, Pages 3369-3372, 2014.

• Z.H. Ban, K.K. Lau, and A.M. Shariff, Supersaturated Gas Bubble Formation Across an Orifice, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Volume 625, Pages 562 - 565, 2014.

• Z.H. Ban, K.K. Lau, and A.M. Shariff, Physical Absorption of CO2: A Review. Advanced Materials Research, Volume 917, Pages 134 - 143, 2014.

• A.L. Ahmad, Z.H. Ban, B.S. Ooi. Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling High Viscous Fluid in Rotating Corrugated Spacer: Shear Stress Effect. Journal Applied Science, Volume 11, Pages 3640-3644, 2011.

• A.L. Ahmad, Z.H. Ban, B.S. Ooi. CFD Modeling of Rotating Spiral Wound Membrane with Corrugated Spacer: Shear Rate Effect. Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 5 (2), Pages 234, 2011.

• A.L. Ahmad, Z.H. Ban, B.S. Ooi, A three-dimensional unsteady hydrodynamic profile of a reciprocating membrane channel, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 365, Issues 1–2, Pages 426-43, 2010.