Nanotechnology in Water and Wastewater Treatment

Associate Professor Amimul Ahsan has nearly 15 years research, teaching, and industry experience. He has published extensively in water and environmental engineering, including 9 books, 16 book chapters, and over 125 journal articles. He has received 14 international awards, including “Who's Who in the World 2015,” “Leading Engineers of the World 2013,” and the “Vice Chancellor Fellowship Award (Science and Technology)” from Sultan Selangor (Chancellor, UPM) in 2015. He is editor-in-chief of five journals in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Malaysia, and founder of the Journal of Desalination and Water Purification and the Journal of Advanced Civil Engineering Practice and Research. He is involved with several collaborative research projects globally and has a Scopus h-index of 22.He was a former faculty member of the Department of Civil Engineering and key researcher at the Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia. Professor Ahmad Fauzi bin Ismail is the Founding Director of the Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), UTM. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, under the Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship. Prof. Fauzi is the recipient of more than 200 prestigious national and international awards. Among his most notable accolades are the Mustafa Prize Award / (OIC/Muslim Nobel Prize) 2023 (the first Malaysian to receive the Award), The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Prize in Engineering Sciences 2019, Merdeka Award 2014, Malaysian Toray Science & Technology Foundation Award 2013, and three consecutive Malaysia’s Rising Star Awards (2016–2018), Malaysian Young Scientist Award, 2001. He also received the ASEAN Young Scientist and Technologist Award 2000 and the Elsevier Groundbreaking Research Award, 2025.

• 1. Principles and Mechanism of Adsorption for the Effective Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent for Water Reuse2. Locally Derived Activated Carbon From Domestic, Agricultural and Industrial Wastes for the Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent3. Nanoparticles as a Powerful Tool for Membrane Pore Size Determination and Mercury Removal4. Overview of Potential Applications of Nano-Biotechnology in Wastewater and Effluent Treatment5. Applications of Emerging Nanomaterials for Oily Wastewater Treatment6. Comparative Impact Assessment of TiO2 and ZnO Nanoparticles to Rocket (Eruca sativa L) Plant7. Photocatalytic Decolorization of Two Remazol Dyes Using TiO2 Impregnated Pumice Composite as Catalyst8. Application of Nanomaterials for the Removal of Heavy Metal From Wastewater9. Application of Nanoparticles for Disinfection and Microbial Control of Water and Wastewater10. Forward Osmosis (FO) for Removal of Heavy Metals11. Nanoparticles Enhanced Coagulation of Biologically Digested Leachate12. Chitosan Nanocomposite Application in Wastewater Treatments13. Application of Semiconductor Nanoparticles for Removal of Organic Pollutants or Dyes From Wastewater14. Nanofiltration Membrane Technology Providing Quality Drinking Water15. Application and Future Prospects of Reverse Osmosis Process16. Nanoengineered Materials for Water and Wastewater Treatments17. Nanotechnology Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment