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Dr. Muhamad Fazly Abdul Patah first joined the University of Malaya (UM) in 2012 as a Research Fellow. Prior to that, he worked temporarily as an Assistant Engineer in Cerebos Gregg's Ltd., a New Zealand food and beverage company in Dunedin before decided to pursue his studies. He lived in New Zealand for nearly 10 years and received his B.Eng(Hons) and PhD from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch.

Dr. Fazly is currently serving UM as a Senior Lecturer and teaching Chemical Engineering undergraduate subjects including Chemical Process Principles, Reaction Engineering, Integrated Design for Chemical Engineers, Problem Based Learning and Engineering Laboratory courses. He is also actively supervising Masters and PhD research students in related engineering topics.

His area of research includes:

(i) Biomass-to-Energy Technologies - Torrefaction, Pyrolysis, Gasification, Combustion

(ii) Waste treatment/disposal 

(iii) Catalyst and Reaction Engineering

(iv) Chemical Plant Design and Commissioning

(v) Hydrodynamic Simulation of Fluid Flow using Computational Fluid Dynamics Softwares

(vi) Liquid Atomization/Spray (with or without reaction) for Various Applications

His main expertise is in the production of sustainable renewable energy particularly from low value materials and unwanted wastes. Being a young academic and researcher, he is looking forward to more collaboration opportunities on various research fields as part of his on-going career development.

Dr. Fazly could be contacted through email at fazly.abdulpatah@um.edu.my or fazly.patah@gmail.com. Alternatively, he could be found in-person in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya.