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Mohd. Firdaus Bin Abd. Wahab

Academic Qualification

  • DPhil Life Sciences Interface - Condensed Matter Physics - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
  • Master of Agricultural Science - Masters Degree, Kyoto University
  • of Engineering Biotechnology - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia

Mohd. Firdaus Bin Abd. Wahab (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING


firdaus@iium.edu.my
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Area of Specialisation


  • Natural Science ~ Physical Sciences ~ Cross Disciplinary Physics ~ Biophysics - PhD in Life Sciences Interface - Electrophysiology
  • Engineering Tech ~ Engineering And Technology ~ Agricultural Engineering ~ Other Agricultural Engineering n.e.c. - Master of Agricultural Science


Teaching Responsibilities


BIOINFORMATICS 2023/2024 2022/2023
BIOLOGY 2019/2020 2018/2019
BIOPROCESS CONTROL 2010/2011 2009/2010
BIOPROCESS CONTROL & INSTRUMENTATION 2018/2019
BIOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING LAB III 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS 2023/2024
ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL TRAINING 2020/2021
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS I 2019/2020 2017/2018 2016/2017
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II 2018/2019
Integrated Design Project 2021/2022 2020/2021
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING 2022/2023
SEMINAR I 2010/2011 2009/2010
THERMODYNAMICS 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
THERMOFLUID ENGINEERING 2017/2018 2016/2017


Supervision


A Stable Solid Contact Transducer And Ionophore-Free All-Solid-State Ammonium Ion-Selective Electrode For Mobile Sensor Application In Aqueous Media.
Ph.D Completed 2022 Co-supervisor
Semi-Rational Design Study Of Beta-Glucoside Kinase For Phosphorus-Sulfur Bond Formation In Thiosugar Model.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
The Integration Of Turbulence Promoter And Iot In Tubular Photobioreactor For The Cultivation Of Scenedesmus Sp Microalgae.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Harvesting Electricity From Fungal Fuel Cell Fed With Lignocelullosic Waste.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Bioremediation Of Pome Using White-Rot Fungus Phanerochate Chrysosporium.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
All-Solid-State Ion-Selective Sensors For Measurement Of Potassium Ions In Aqueous Media .
Master Completed 2022 Co-supervisor
Zinc-Air Microbial Fuel Cell From Fungal Degradation Of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch.
Master Completed 2021 Co-supervisor
Risk Prediction Analysis For Classifying Type 2 Diabetes Occurrence.
Master Completed 2020 Main Supervisor
Development Of Graphene- Conductive Polymer- Based Electrodes For Noninvasive Glucose Biosensor .
Master Completed 2020 Co-supervisor
Comparative Study Of Electrochemical Transducer Fabrication Methods With Glucose Oxidase As Recognition Layer.
Master Completed 2020 Co-supervisor
Study Of Nonspecific Binding Of Escherichia. Coli O157:H7 On Igg Immobilized On Reduced Graphene Oxide Electrodes With Linear Sweep Voltammetry .
Master Completed 2019 Co-supervisor
Characterization Of Reduced Graphene Oxide Conductive Polymer Composites Towards The Development Of Non-Invasive Glucose Biosensors.
Master Completed 2018 Co-supervisor
Structure-Function Study Of Beta-Glucokinase Directed Evolutionary Library For Catalysing Phosphorothioate Bond Formation.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
Effectiveness Purified Plant Esterase Immobilized On Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Screen Printed Electrode For Inhibition Based Electrochemical Detection Of Pesticides.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor
Design And Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling Of Flat Panel Airlift Photobioreactor For Carbon Dioxide Mitigation Using Microalgae.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor
Exploring Chitin-Based Compounds As Inhibitors Of Bacterially-Expressed Human Hexokinase Isoform 2 As Potential Dengue Treatment .
Master In Progress Co-supervisor
Development Of Life Cycle Assessment Framework For Green Hydrogen And Blue Hydrogen For Malaysian Sustainability Pathways.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2022 - 2024 Online Carbon Offset Monitoring Platform Powered by IOT Blockchain
2019 - 2023 Development of nanocomposite hydrogel reinforced with nanocellulose of empty fruit bunch (EFB) incorporated with natural antimicrobial agent potential for wound healing dressing
2019 - 2022 Conversion of Agrowaste into Electricity via Microbial Electrochemical System
2019 - 2023 Investigating the Detection of Antibiotic Residual in Dairy Product using Printed Electrodes
2018 - 2020 Investigation of Electrosprayed Carbon-based Nanomaterials as Electrodes in Energy Storage Devices for Improved Microbial Fuel Cell
2017 - 2021 Investigating the development of ion selective electrode for e.coli O157:H7 detection
2017 - 2020 Investigation of Electrosprayed Carbon-based Nanomaterials as Electrodes in Energy Storage Devices for Improved Microbial Fuel Cell
2010 - 2012 Harvesting Green Energy From Microbial Zine-Air Electrochemical System
On-Going
2023 - Present Deciphering the Mechanism of Chitin as a Potent Inhibitor of Human Hexokinase Isoform 2 for Improved Anti-Dengue Therapeutics
2023 - Present The Integration of Turbulence Promoter and IoT in Tubular Photobioreactor for The Cultivation of Scenedesmus Sp Microalgae
2022 - Present Directed Evolution library construction of kinase enzyme for the mediation of phosphorothioate bond formation using Molecular Dynamics and Machine Learning-assisted Fitness Analysis
2022 - Present Investigation of Water Quality Monitoring Using IoT and Machine Learning Techniques "Sungai Pusu River IIUM Gombak Case study"
2022 - Present Elucidating the Inhibitory Effects of Chitin on Human Hexokinase Isoform 2 as a Lead Compound for Dengue Treatment
2022 - Present CO2 Capture and Utilization by Cyanobacteria and Value-added Products from the Biomass
2016 - Present Decolorization of Cationic Dyes by Freely-Suspended and Immobilized Microfungi
2006 - Present Bio-Process and Molecular Engineering Research Unit (BPMERU)


Publications


Article

2023 A bibliometric analysis of clitoria ternatea. Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering Journal, 7 (2) pp. 66-77
2023 Entangled cellulose nanofibers produced from sugarcane bagasse viaalkaline treatment, mild acid hydrolysis assisted with ultrasonication. Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences (JKSUES), 35 (1) pp. 24-31
2022 Potential of low carbon nanotubes dosage on chromium removal from water. IIUM Engineering Journal, 23 (2) pp. 10-19
2021 Engineering students’ perceptions and acceptance of the online flipped classroom for learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. IIUM Journal of Educational Studies, 9 (3) pp. 52-62
2021 Self-sustaining bioelectrochemical cell from fungal degradation of lignin-rich agrowaste. Energies, 14 (8) pp. 1-11
2021 Supercapacitor performance with activated carbon and graphene nanoplatelets composite electrodes, and insights from the equivalent circuit model. Carbon Trends, 5 () pp. 1-13
2020 Microwave-assisted acid pretreatment of sago wastewater for fermentable sugar production. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 778 (012051) pp. 1-8
2020 Morphology of electrospun PVA nanofibers enhanced with graphene oxide, Poly (3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS), and multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Experimental and Theoretical Nanotechnology, 4 (3) pp. 235-248
2020 Preliminary study on formulation of pva-based face mask incorporated with sugarcane bagasse microfibrillated cellulose. Biological And Natural Resources Engineering Journal, 3 (1) pp. 7-13
2020 Risk prediction analysis for classifying type 2 diabetes occurrence using local dataset. Biological and Natural Resources Engineering Journal, 3 (1) pp.
2020 Selectivity filter instability dominates the low intrinsic activity of the TWIK-1 K2P K+ channel. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295 (2) pp. 610-618
2019 Cyclic voltammetric and electrical impedance spectroscopy studies of graphene- and conductive polymer–based enzyme electrodes. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 11 (3) pp. 70-80
2019 Solid-state rGO-PEDOT:PSS transducing material for cost-effective enzymatic sensing. Biosensors, 9 (1) pp. 1-15
2017 Lontaran idea produk 2017: Pendedahan awal buat inovator muda. Sinar Harian, () pp. 8-8
2016 Dominant-negative effect of a missense variant in the TASK-2 (KCNK5) K+ channel associated with Balkan endemic nephropathy. PLOS One, 11 (5) pp. 1-12
2015 Influence of lipids on the hydrophobic barrier within the pore of the TWIK-1 K2P channel. Channels, 9 (1) pp. 44-49
2014 A hybrid enzymatic zinc-air fuel cell . Sains Malaysiana, 43 (3) pp. 459-465
2014 A hydrophobic barrier deep within the inner pore of the ​TWIK-1 K2P potassium channel. Nature Communications, 5 (4377) pp. 1-9
2011 Zinc-laccase biofuel cell. IIUM Engineering Journal, 12 (4) pp. 153-160
Conference or Workshop Item

2023 CO2 solubilization in alkaline solvents. In: International Conference on Chemical Engineering & Sustainability 2023 (ICCHES 2023),
2021 Forensic analysis on printer inks via chemometrics. In: 6th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE 2021),
2021 Forensic analysis on printer inks via multivariate data analysis. In: 6th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering 2021,
2021 Students’ perceptions of ‘Online’ flipped classroom during COVID-19 Pandemic. In: 4th International Conference On Engineering Professional Ethics and Education 2021,
2019 Cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of partially reduced graphene oxide - PEDOT:PSS transducer for biochemical sensing. In: 2018 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences )IECBES 2018),
2019 Microwave-assisted acid pretreatment of sago wastewater for fermentable sugar production. In: 26th Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering,
2018 Characterization of enzymatic glucose biosensor in buffer solution, in artificial saliva, and in potassium ferricyanide by linear sweep voltammetry. In: 3rd International Sciences, Technology & Engineering Conference (ISTEC) 2018 - Material Chemistry,
2018 Quantifying E. coli O157:H7 via linear sweep voltammetry in phosphate buffered saline and tap water. In: Proceedings of the International Conference Biotechnology Engineering, ICBioE ‘18,
2010 Zinc-air cell employing laccase as the oxygen reduction catalyst. In: 3rd International Conference on Functional Materials and Devices 2010,
Book Section

2018 Cyclic voltammetry and electrical impedance spectroscopy of electrodes modified with PEDOT:PSS-reduced graphene oxide composite. In: Intech Open, ISBN: , pp. 1-10
2018 Electrochemical methods to characterize nanomaterial-based transducers for the development of noninvasive glucose sensors. In: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN: 978-3-319-99601-1, pp. 423-439
Monograph

2020 Investigation of electropolymerized carbon-based nanomaterials as electrodes in energy storage devices for improved microbial fuel cell. In: ,