Background

Qualifications:

Beng (Hons), Chemical Engineering, University of Malaya (2007)

PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham (2011)

Memberships:

• Chartered Engineer, Institution of Chemical Engineers (CEng, MIChemE)
• Graduate Engineer, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)

Awards:

• 2015: Research project entitled “Electromagnetic-force-assisted Heat Pump Drying Technique won silver award in Invention, Innovation & Design Exposition (iidex2015) for the category of inventory, organized by the Research Innovation Business Unit (RIBU) of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia  

Research

Research Profile

• Advanced Drying Technologies
•   Drying and Dehydration Technologies in Food and Biological Materials
• Waste Valorisation
• Extraction, isolation and identification of active ingredients in medicinal plants

Current Research Projects

• Development of a Supercritical Fluid Process for the Extraction of Patchouli Oil
• VOC Emission and Evaporative Loss during Crude Oil Loading in Crude Oil Tanker

Areas for Phd Supervision/Potential PhD Projects

·        Advanced Drying Technologies

·        Drying and Dehydration Technologies in Food and Biological Materials

·        Waste Valorisation

Teaching

Undergraduate

• CHE 2011 Fluid Mechanics (Module Lead)
• CHE 2012 Heat and Mass Transfer (Module Lead)
• CHE 3013 Plant Design (Module Lead)
• CHE 2031 Integrated Work Study Programme (IWSP)
• CHE 3023 Solids Handling

Postgraduate

• NUS8101/8203 Environment Impact Legislation and Engineering

Publications

• Lee YH, Chin SK, Chung BK. Drying Characteristics and Product Quality of Lemon Slices Dried With Hot Air Circulation Oven and Hybrid Heatpump Dryers. International Journal of Science and Engineering 2015, 8(1), 69-74.
• Chin SK, Siew ES, Soon WL. Drying Characteristics and Quality Evaluation of Kiwi Slices Under Hot Air Natural Convective Drying Method. International Food Research Journal 2015, 22(6), 2188-2195.
• Chin SK, Law CL. Maximizing the Retention of Ganoderic Acids and Water-Soluble Polysaccharides Content of Ganoderma Lucidum Using Two-stage Dehydration Method. Drying Technology : An International Journal 2014, 32(6), 644-656.
• Chin SK, Law CL. Optimization of Convective Hot air Drying of Ganoderma Lucidum Slices Using Response Surface Methodology. 2012.
• Chin SK, Law CL, Cheng PG. Effect of Drying on Crude Ganoderic Acids and Water-soluble Polysaccharides Content in Ganoderma Lucidum . 2011.
• Chin SK, Law CL. Product Quality and Drying Characteristics of Intermittent Heat Pump Drying of Ganoderma tsugae Murrill. 2010.
• Chin SK, Law CL, Supramaniam CV, Cheng PG. Thin Layer Drying Characteristics and Quality Evaluation of Hot Air Dried Ganoderma tsugae Murrill. 2009.
• Chin SK, Law CL, Supramaniam CV, Cheng PG, Mujumdar AS. Convective Drying of Ganoderma tsugae Murrill and Effect of Temperature of Basidiospores. 2008.
• Soh SH, Jain A, Lee LY, Chin SK, Yin C-Y, Jayaraman S. Techno-economic and profitability analysis of extraction of patchouli oil using supercritical carbon dioxide. Journal of Cleaner Production 2021, 297, 126661.
• Tan SWB, Naraharisetti PK, Chin SK, Lee LY. Simple Visual-Aided Automated Titration Using the Python Programming Language. Journal of Chemical Education 2020, 97(3), 850-854.
• Tan DT, Tan HM, Poh PE, Chin SK. Preservation of mesophilic mixed culture for anaerobic palm oil mill effluent treatment by convective drying methods. Drying Technology 2019, 37(2), 208-222.
• Tan DT, Chin SK, Poh PE, Lee YH. Preservation of thermophilic mixed culture for anaerobic palm oil mill effluent treatment by convective drying methods. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 2018, 15(6), 1211-1222.
• Tan DT, Poh PE, Chin SK. Microorganism preservation by convective air-drying—A review. Drying Technology 2017, 36(7), 764-779.