RESEARCH INTERESTS

Wastewater treatment, Waste-to-energy, Photocatalysis, Catalysis

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• B. Eng (HONS.) Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia (2014)

• Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical Engineering), Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia (2017)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia (2018)

• Technical Engineer, SNStar Enterprise, (2015-2018)

HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS

• Scholar of Doctoral Scholarship Scheme (DSS) – 1st June 2016 – 31st May 2017

• Dean list for all semesters (2010-2014).

• Hadiah Kecemerlangan Petronas Penapisan (Terengganu) Sdn. Bhd.

• Silver medal at PECIPTA 2013, KLCC

• Bronze medal at CITReX 2013, UM

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATION

• Ng, K.H., Cheng, Y. W., Lee, Z. S., Khan, M. R., Lam, S. S., & Cheng, C. K. (2018). Experimental evaluation and empirical modelling of palm oil mill effluent steam reforming. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43, 15784 – 15793.

• Ng, K. H., Cheng, Y. W., Lee, Z. S., & Cheng, C. K. (2018). A study into syngas production from catalytic steam reforming of palm oil mill effluent (POME): A new treatment approach. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

• Cheng, Y. W., Lee, Z. S., Chong, C. C., Khan, M. R., Cheng, C. K., Ng, K. H., & Hossain, S. S. (2018). Hydrogen-rich syngas production via steam reforming of palm oil mill effluent (POME) – A thermodynamics analysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

• Cheng, Y. W., Chang, Y. S., Ng, K. H., Wu, T. Y., & Cheng, C. K. (2017). Photocatalytic restoration of liquid effluent from oil palm agroindustry in Malaysia using tungsten oxides catalyst. Journal of Cleaner Production, 162, 209-215.

• Ng, K. H. & Cheng, C. K. (2017). Restoration of liquid effluent from palm oil agroindustry in Malaysia using UV/TiO2 and ZnO photocatalytic system. Journal of Environmental Management, 196, 674 – 680.

• Ng, K. H. & Cheng, C. K. (2017). Photocatalytic degradation of palm oil mill effluent over ultraviolet-responsive titania: Successive assessments of significance factors and process optimization. Journal of Cleaner Production, 142, 2073 - 2083.

• Ng, K. H. & Cheng, C. K. (2017). Optimization of Photocatalytic Degradation of Palm Oil Mill Effluent in UV/ZnO system based on Response Surface Methodology. Journal of Environmental Management, 184, 487-493.

• Ng, K. H. & Cheng, C. K. (2016). Photo-polishing of POME into CH4-lean biogas over UVresponsive ZnO photocatalyst. Chemical Engineering Journal, 300, 127-138.

• Ng, K. H., Lee, C. H., & Cheng, C. K. (2015). Photcatalytic degradation of recalcitrant POME waste over silver doped titania: Photokinetics and scavenging studies. Chemical Engineering Journal, 286, 282-290.

• Cheng, C. K., Deraman, M. R., Ng, K. H., & Khan, M. R. (2015). Preparation of titania doped argentum photocatalyst and its photoactivity towards palm oil mill effluent degradation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 112, 1128-1135.

• Ng, K. H. & Cheng, C. K. (2015). A Novel Photomineralization of POME over UVResponsive TiO2 Photocatalyst: Kinetics of POME Degradation and Gaseous Product Formations. RSC Advances, 5, 53100-53110.