Advances in Civil, Chemical, and Petrochemical Engineering for Sustainable Development

Sivakumar Manickam, PhD, a Chemical Engineer with over 25 years of experience, specializes in nanopharmaceutical process engineering. Currently at Universiti Teknologi Brunei, he previously worked at the University of Nottingham in Malaysia. His research focuses on cavitation-based reactors, green extraction, water treatment, pharmaceutical nanoemulsions, and carbon nanomaterials for biosensors. He has led over 20 projects, supervised over 50 students, and authored over 250 papers. He has an h-index of 62. He serves on the Asia Oceania Sonochemical Society board and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).Wendy Pei Qin Ng, PhD, is currently a Lecturer at the Universiti Teknologi Brunei. She has more than 10 years of industry and academic experience. Her research focus spans process optimization and supply chain synthesis, where she applies her extensive knowledge to enhance efficiency and sustainability in engineering practices. She has authored/co-authored more than 70 publications in these areas, and has an h-index of 17. Beyond her academic contributions, she actively participates in various international scientific committees and consultancy projects, showcasing her commitment to advancing global scientific collaboration and knowledge exchange. She is a Professional Engineer/Chartered Professional Engineer recognized by the Board of Engineers Malaysia, Engineers Australia and the ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer Coordinating Committee.Reddy Prasad D.M., PhD, is an IChemE-Chartered Engineer (UK). His areas of technical expertise and research interest include renewable energy systems, environmental engineering, separation processes and engineering education. With over 24 years of experience, he has led over 15 projects, supervised over 20 students, and authored over 75 papers. He has an h-index of 17. He works as an Associate Professor in the Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei.Uditha Ratnayake, PhD, has published more than 75 papers and several country reports. He has participated in several sponsored research projects by the APN and IGES, Japan. He also served as a visiting scholar at the University of Tokyo and the United Nations University, Tokyo. His current research interests are on the hydrological impacts of climate change, channel and river flow hydraulics, erosion, flood analysis, and infiltration processes.

• Preface 1. Kinetic Façade System as a Sustainable Tool for Improving Building Performance in Brunei Darussalam 2. Traffic Safety Analysis of Roundabouts: A Literature Review 3. Modeling Fly Ash Blended Concrete Resistance to Acid Attack Based on Fly Ash Particle Size and Replacement Level 4. Issues and Limitations in Conventional Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP): Mini Review 5. A Comprehensive Review of Tropical Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Wastewater from Poultry Farms 6. Investigation on the Impact of Varying Pyrolysis Temperature and Duration on the Effectiveness of Biochar in Removing Microplastics Using a Continuous-Flow Column-Based Process 7. Static Pushover Analysis of the Koyna Dam Considering the Effect of Concrete Degradation 8. Optimization of a 942-bar Tower Truss Structure Using Metaheuristics 9. Forecasting Irrigation Water Requirement and Crop Water Requirement for Paddy Using WEAP-MABIA 10. Modeling the Effect of Root Depth and Location on the Stability of Slopes 11. 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling on Riverbed Scouring Caused by Pipeline Crossing 12. Optimization of Naphthalene Removal in Wastewater Using Nano Zerovalent Iron: A Response Surface Methodology (RSM) Approach 13. Prediction of Clay Problematic Zones of Brunei’s Well Using Spectral Gamma Ray Logs 14. Experimental Assessment Using a Water-based Mud System in Drilling Operations 15. Compositional Kriging Analysis: A Spatial Interpolation Method for Texas Population Density Data 16. Enhancing Fault Detection in Dynamic Systems Using EWMA-Based Multiscale PCA 17. Extended Pinch Analysis Application for Production Planning 18. Molecular Interactions of Zinc-Based Metal-Organic Framework Cluster and 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Chloride: Structural and Density Functional Theory Study 19. Stability Comparison Between Activated Carbon and Carbon Quantum Dot-Based Emulsions for Reservoir Conformance Control 20. Preparation of Silica/PDMS Hybrid for Transparent Material in Deep UV LED 21. Optimization of the Fabrication Process of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Indoor Application 22. Photocatalytic Activity of Poly(4,4-dihexylcyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b’] dithiophene) 23. Performance of Magnetic Carbon Nanotubes for Adsorbing Copper (II) Ions from Wastewater 24. Comprehensive Review of Syngas Production through Thermocatalytic Processes, with Emphasis on Dry Reforming: Analysis and Insights in Brunei Darussalam 25. Design of Distillation Column for Production of Diesel via Pyrolysis of Plastic Waste 26. Design of Pressure Swing Adsorption for Production of Diesel from Plastic Waste with Production Capacity of 10 Tons Per Day via Aspen HYSYS 27. Performance of Pretreated Anaerobic Sludge as Biocatalyst in Acrylic Acid Wastewater Fueled MFC 28. A Numerical Simulation to Understand the Impact of Electrode Porosity on the Performance of Electrolyte Supported Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Under Intermediate Temperature 29. Mechanism of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized Via Sonochemical Technique for Energy Applications 30. Adsorption Isotherms Modeling Study of Alpha Olefin Sulphate (AOS) on Silica Surface 31. A Comprehensive Review of Anaerobic Digestion and Strategies for Mitigating Ammonia Inhibition through Stripping 32. Designing Fluidized Bed Reactors for Batch Production of Activated Carbon for Water Treatment 33. The Future of Energy and Environmental Technologies: Graphene and Beyond 34. Taxonomy of Engineering Education: Facts and Myth of Bloom’s Contribution Index