Badrul Mohamed Jan, SPE is currently an associate professor attached to the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia.  He holds a BS, MS and PhD degrees in petroleum engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, USA. He spent almost 10 years in the US and he had the opportunity to work in aworld class research center, Petroleum Recovery Research Centre in New Mexico Tech. He joined the Department of Chemical Engineering, UM as lecturer in 2004.    The first project successfully executed is related to the use of Dolomite as alternative weighting agent to Barite in drilling fluids. The outcome of the research indicates a promising opportunity to use Dolomite instead of Barite in drilling fluids. Barite is toxic and expensive compared to dolomite, which can be acquired locally.   Dr. Jan first envisions is to develop and link any upstream oil and gas activity to his research. The major project that he accomplished was in the development of Super Light Weight Completion Fluid, (SLWCF) for 3M Asia Pacific. He managed to come out with a discreet formulation for new completion fluid with the use of glass bubbles from 3M. The formulated fluid has been tested in BKC 3 well at Bunga Raya field near Malaysia and Vietnam border. The field belongs to PETRONAS. The outcome of the field test showed nearly 1,000 barrels of additional oil could be produced daily if well is treated with SLWCF. The findings has been presented in SPE conference in Mexico and also published in the Journal of Drilling and Completion.   In addition Dr. Jan has also worked closely with BCI Chemical Sdn  Bhd, a local company mainly formulating and selling oil filed chemicals for various applications such as Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). Dr. Jan has successfully formulated a novel emulsifier, which is based on palm oil. About 15 ISI journal papers have published from the work.   Dr. Jan has also embarked in making use of industrial waste to improve production of hydrocarbon. In this effort, specific waste from industry has been characterized and extracted for its graphene content. Preliminary work and results indicates as much as 11% of graphene is able to be extracted. Current research is still on going to optimize the extraction process. In addition the extracted graphene will also be added into drilling fluid to investigate the rheological improvement resulting from the addition of the extracted graphene.   Dr Jan next research activities will mainly focus on the use of local dolomite in improving local water quality from a novel “Dolomite Water” system. This new niche area will open up new window of  opportunity for university research to be applied to industry and community.        

Dr. Mohd Salim Mohamed is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science (2006), a Master of Science (2009), and a Doctor of Philosophy (2014). His scholarly expertise is anchored in bioethics, with particular emphasis on biomedical ethics and policy, sustainability ethics, and ethics education. At the institutional level, Dr. Salim serves as a reviewer for the Universiti Malaya Research Ethics Committee (UMREC) and as Coordinator of the Master of Sustainability Science (Open and Distance Learning) programme, reflecting his active engagement in research governance and academic leadership. Dr. Salim’s research addresses a wide range of ethical issues, including ethical decision-making in medicine, gender-related ethical concerns, sustainability ethics, research ethics, and the advancement of ethics education. He is deeply committed to knowledge dissemination and has actively presented his work at international conferences in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Indonesia, contributing to regional and global bioethics discourse. His scholarly contributions have been published in leading international journals, including Science and Engineering Ethics, Ethics & Behavior, Journal of Religion and Health, Accountability in Research: Policies and Quality Assurance, Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, Biotechnology Law Report, Academic Ethics, and Revista Română de Bioetică, among others.As an educator, Dr. Salim teaches a range of ethics courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including Ethics and Safety, Bioethics and Society, Ethics in Science and Technology, and Ethics of Knowledge and Profession. His teaching philosophy emphasizes critical ethical reasoning, interdisciplinary engagement, and real-world application. Dr. Salim is a member of the International Association of Bioethics (IAB) and the Asian Bioethics Association (ABA), underscoring his commitment to advancing bioethics scholarship, education, and policy engagement at both regional and international levels.

Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Ahmad Khairi ABDUL-WAHAB, Ph.D, MIET, C.Eng. (UK) is currently stationed at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. He started his career at the University of Malaya from 1999 as a Research Assistant in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering after graduated from Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom in Electrical Electronics Engineering. He has completed his Master Engineering Science Degree's research (M.Eng.Sc.) in the application of neural network as an intelligent process controller for a chemical reactor.Then, he continued his research in Ph.D. in Genetic Algorithm, Fuzzy Logic, and Neurofuzzy in controlling the temperature of a Partially Simulated Exothermic Chemical Reactor (PARS-EX) in the Department of Chemical Engineering and completed his Ph.D. in 2010. Ir. Dr. Ahmad Khairi has initially started his career as a lecturer in 2006 in the Department of Electrical Engineering and currently is serving the Department of Biomedical Engineering as an Associate Professor. Ir. Dr. Ahmad Khairi was the Principle Investigator for a High Impact Research, Cycle 2, 2 subprogram projects leader for University Malaya Research Grant (UMRG) projects, and 1 subprogram in Faculty of Engineering Research Grant. His current research interest are in biomedical modelling and control system, bio-instrumentation, medical devices, and artificial intelligence.