Energy and Sustainability
Energy and Sustainability research covers high-quality scientific and engineering research in the field of energy and sustainability keeping up with the latest developments in energy harvesting, conversion, storage, distribution, applications, ecology, climate, water, environment, policy, and the related societal impacts.
Meet the Researchers
| Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Lau is part of the Energy and Sustainability team and heads the Sustainability and Environment Lab. Dr. Lau is currently a Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering Discipline. Heading the Sustainability and Environment Lab, her research focuses on the various applications of the flotation technology, as well as understanding the principles behind the flotation process including bubble-bubble and bubble-particle interactions. Research Lab Sustainability and Environment 4-1-09J Projects Oil-contaminated soil remediation using the flotation technology Particle interactions such as bubble-oil attachment, oil-sand detachment and bubble-bubble attachments Ionic wind as alternative heat transfer technology |
 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arshad Adam Salema | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arshad Adam Salema leads the Energy and Sustainability Laboratory at Monash Malaysia and also course coordinator of Master of Advanced Engineering (Energy and Sustainability). His work focuses on how to save energy and design and develop renewable energy technologies (bioenergy and solar). He is currently engaged with Sime Darby Research Sdn. Bhd. on the microwave sterilization process and completed a solar energy project for electric buses with Prasarana Bhd.
Research Lab Energy and Sustainable Development 4-1-09B Projects Analytical catalytic and non-catalytic biomass and waste pyrolysis Large scale development of catalytic and non-catalytic biomass and waste conventional and microwave pyrolysis Techno-economic analysis of hybrid renewable energy for transport and industrial sector |
 Ir. Dr. Ooi Jong Boon | Dr. Ooi leads the IGNITE research group under the Energy & Sustainability platform. He is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, and his research spans carbon- and boron-based nanoparticle fuel additives, low-carbon fuel blends from renewable sources, machine learning and genetic-algorithm-based fuel formulation optimization, and fundamental combustion research on hydrogen, ammonia, synthetic methane, and biogas flames. Research Lab Sustainable and Clean Combustion Lab, 4109K Projects available and recruiting Dual-fuel ammonia-diesel combustion in compression-ignition engines — combustion stability, NOx/N2O trade-offs, and strategies to mitigate ammonia slip Machine learning-assisted prediction and optimization of alternative fuel blend performance, as a data-driven complement to the group's existing response surface methodology approach Techno-economic and life-cycle assessment (LCA) of waste-derived and nanomaterial-enhanced fuel blends, translating the group's combustion work into sustainability and industry-adoption case studies |
| Dr Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri pursues research in advanced functional materials for energy applications. She has an extensive experience in functional materials, catalysis, and green energy technologies, with a focus on developing materials and systems for photo(electro)chemical and electrochemical processes that address energy, environmental, and sustainability challenges. Projects Electrochemical Valorization of Biomass-Derived Feedstocks Theory-Guided Design of Functional Catalytic Materials |
