RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Nanocellulose, Nanoemulsion, Ultrasonic Cavitation

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering), Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus), Malaysia (2011)

• M.Phil. (Chemical Engineering), Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus), Malaysia (2008)

• B.Eng. (Hons) (Chemical Engineering), Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus), Malaysia (2007)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Research Fellow, Environmental Management & Systems Engineering Lab, Kyung Hee University, Korea (2018).

• Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment, UCSI University (2015-2017).

• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment, UCSI University (2013-2015).

• Lecturer, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment, UCSI University (2011-2013).

HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS

• Promising Researcher Award, UCSI University, Malaysia (2016).

• Best Presenter Award, International Conference on Informatics, Environment, Energy and Applications (IEEA 2016), Hongkong (2016).

• Bronze Medal, International Engineering Invention & Innovation Exhibition (i-ENVEX 2015), Malaysia (2015).

• Best New Lecturer Award, UCSI University, Malaysia (2014).

• 1st Place (Poster presentation), 21st MSMBB Annual Scientific Conference, Malaysia (2014).

• Gold Medal, International Engineering Invention & Innovation Exhibition (i-ENVEX 2014), Malaysia (2014).

• Gold Medal, Malaysia Invention & Design Society Special Award (MINDS), Malaysia (2014).

• Bronze Medal, Novel Research and Innovation Competition (NRIC 2013), Malaysia (2013)

• Finalist, World Engineers Summit 2013 (WES 2013) Young Engineers Competition, Singapore (2013).

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATION

• KhangWei Tan, Sungku Heo, MeiLing Foo, Irene MeiLeng Chew, ChangKyoo Yoo* (2019) An insight into nanocellulose as soft condensed matter: challenge and future prospective toward environmental sustainability, Science of The Total Environment 650, 1309-1326.

• Bawaanii Shanmugarajah, Irene MeiLeng Chew, Thomas SheanYaw Choong, ChangKyoo Yoo, KhangWei Tan* (2019) Valorization of palm oil agro-waste into cellulose biosorbents for highly effective textile effluent remediation, Journal of Cleaner Production 210, 697-709.

• Mei Ling Foo, Khang Wei Tan, Ta Yeong Wu, Eng Seng Chan, Irene Mei Leng Chew* (2017) A characteristic study of nanocrystalline cellulose and its potential in forming Pickering emulsion, Chemical Engineering Transactions 60, 97-102.

• Tan Khang Wei, Siah Ying Tang, Renjan Thomas, Vasanthakumari Neela, Manickam Sivakumar* (2016) Curcumin-loaded sterically stabilized nanodispersion based on non-ionic colloidal system induced by ultrasound and solvent diffusion-evaporation, Pure and Applied Chemistry 88, 43-60.

• A.M. Cheong, K.W. Tan, C.P. Tan, K.L. Nyam* (2015) Improvement of physical stability properties of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) seed oil-in-water nanoemulsions, Industrial Crops and Products 80, 77-85.

• Ai Mun Cheong, Tan Khang Wei, Chin Ping Tan, Kar Lin Nyam* (2015) Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) seed oil-in-water Pickering nanoemulsions stabilised by mixture of sodium caseinate, Tween 20 and b-cyclodextrin, Food Hydrocolloids 52, 934-941.

• Bawaanii Shanmugarajah, Peck Loo Kiew, Irene Mei Leng Chew, Thomas Shean Yaw Choong and Khang Wei Tan* (2015) Isolation of NanoCrystalline Cellulose (NCC) from palm oil empty fruit bunch (EFB): Preliminary Result on FTIR and DLS analysis, Chemical Engineering Transactions 45, 1705-1710.

• N.M. Mubarak*, J.R. Wong, K.W. Tan, J.N. Sahu, E.C. Abdullah, N.S. Jayakumar and P. Ganesan (2014) Immobilization of cellulose enzyme on functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 107, 124-131.

• Sivakumar Manickam*, Tang S Ying, Tan K Wei, (2014) Cavitation technology – A greener processing technique for the generation of pharmaceutical nanoemulsions, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 21, 2069-2083.

• Siah Ying Tang, Sivakumar Manickam*, Tan Khang Wei, Billa Nashiru (2012) Formulation development and optimization of a novel Cremophore EL-based nanoemulsion using ultrasound cavitation, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 19, 330-345.

• Tan Khang Wei and Sivakumar Manickam* (2012) Response Surface Methodology, an effect strategy in the optimization of the generation of curcumin-loaded micelles, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering 7, 125-133.