Sr.Lecturer ContactDetailsDRFIRUZBINTIZAINUDDIN

Telephone:04–9798668Email:firuz@unimap.edu.my

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ProfessionalExperience:

SeniorLecturer,SchoolofMaterialsEngineering,UniMAP2010–CurrentPolymerEngineeringProgrammeChairperson,UniMAP2011–2014GraduateEngineer,BoardofEngineerMalaysia2011–Current

ResearchContributions:Myresearchinterestsareconcernedmainlyoncellularsolidespeciallyinpolymericfoam.Currentresearchesinclude:ProductionofPUfoamwithvariousbiomassfillerDegradationstudyofthermosetwiththeaidofPalmOilMillEffluentCompressiveresponseofpolymercompositeFiniteelementanalysisofsandwichPUfoambyN.X

TeachingContributions:Coursestaughtareintheareasof:Structure&PolymerProperties,Heat&MassTransferinPolymer,PolymerEngineeringDesign,MouldandDie Design, Plastic Processing, Polymer Properties and Characterization, Introduction to Polymer, Advanced Polymer Composite, PolymerRheology Fundamental and Processing, Thermodynamic in Polymer, Polymer Environment & Society, Engineers in Society, PolymerEngineeringIntegratedDesignProject.

CurrentandRecentResearchers:

CurrentResearchStudents

SinarArzuriaAdnan(PhD)–FailureModesEvaluationOfAl/PuFoamSandwichCompositeUnderFlexuralAndCompressionTestYuhaidaBtIsmail(PhD)–TheEffectofAcrylicAcidonTensileandMorphologyPropertiesofWollastoniteFilledHDPESawLipTeng(PhD)-InvestigationonThermo-MechanicalDegradationofParticulateMineralFilledPolypropylene-EthyleneCompositeAishaElhadiAliAbosnina(PhD)-Studyofthermalmechanismandpropertiesofflameretardantpolyurethanefoamfilled(EG)/(ATH)HazmiHilmiSaroni(MSc)-MechanicalBehaviorof(PTFE)PUFoamandSandwichStructurewithAluminiumSkinMofeedDahanMusaedsalehAl-Azzan(MSc)-StudyofThermalDecompositionKineticofFlameRetardantPUFoamFilledEG/ATH

RecentResearchStudents

FatimahAbdRajakHamim(PhD)-PropertiesandCharacterizationofTaroPowderFillerFilledPMMA/RHDPEBlendsNurAzniAzizan(MSc)–PUFoamCompositewithPlant-BasedFillerasCrashPadFoamNurSuhailiMohdSoberi(MSc)-TheEffectofChemicalModificationofKenafFiberonTheProperteisofKenaf/PolyurethaneFoamEmyAizatBinAzimi(MSc)-PropertiesofChickenFeatherFiber/TyreDustFilledRecycledHighDensityPolyethyleneCompositesSitiMariamAtiqahBintiAbdulAziz(MSc)-CharacterizationandPropertiesofRecycledThermoplasticHoneycombStructureGeoCompositesMohdHanifMohdPisal(MSc)-PropertiesofWoodFiberandBentonitFillerFilledRecycledHighDensityPolyethyleneCompositesHonours,AwardsandMemberships:2018-1Goldand1SilverAwardatSIRIMInvention,Innovation&TechnologyExpo2018

- 1GoldAwardatiEnvex20182017-1Silverand1BronzeAwardatInternationalMalaysia-Indonesia-ThailandSymposiumonInnovationandCreativity20172016-2Silverand1BronzeAwardatEkspoRekaciptaUniMAP20162014-AnugerahPerkhidmatanCemerlang(APC)UniMAP2013-AnugerahKecemerlanganPenyelidikan1BronzeAwardatPECIPTA20132012-1GoldMedalatEkspoRekaciptaUniMAP20122011-GraduateEngineerofBEM

§ HazmiHilmietal.,Mechanicalpropertiesofpalmoilbasedbio-polyurethanefoamoffreeriseandvariousdensities,AIPConferenceProceedings1901(1):070002,2017

§ A.R.H.Fatimahetal.,InfluencesoftheCouplingAgentandVariousCompatibilisersonPropertiesofRecycledHighDensityPolyethylene/EthyleneVinylAcetate/TaroPowder(Colocasiaesculenta)Biocomposites,JournalofPhysicalScience28(2):71-84,2017

§ N.S.MohdSoberietal.,"EffectofKenafFiberonMorphologyandMechanicalPropertiesofRigidPolyurethaneFoamComposite",MaterialsScienceForum,Vol.888,pp.188-192,2017

§ Adnan,S.A.,Zainuddin,F.,Zaidi,N.H.A.,Akil,H.M.,&Ahmad,S.(2016).Polyurethanefoamwithmultiwalledcarbonnanotubes/magnesiumhybridfiller.PaperpresentedattheAIPConferenceProceedings,1756doi:10.1063/1.4958771

ResearchFunding:Overthepasteightyears,extensiveresearchfundinghasbeenreceivedfromUniMAP,MinistryofHigherEducation(MOHE)andMinistryofScienceandTechnology(MOSTI).FundinghasbeenreceivedforfoampreparationequipmentsuchasUniversalOven,mechanicalstirrer,electronicbalance,densitimeter,etc.

RecentGrants

PreparationofAl/PUFoamSandwichCompositeViaHandLayUpProcessUniMAP,ShortTermGrant(2012–2013)FailuremodesevaluationofAl/PUfoamsandwichcompositeunderflexural&compressiontestusingANSYSMULTIPHYSIC,ScienceFund(2012–2014)Theoreticalevaluationsoncrystallizationkineticandmorphologicalbehaviorofpolypropylene-kaolincomposites,FRGS(2012–2014)Recyclingwasteplastic-forstructural/constructionapplication,MTUNResearchGrant(2012–2014)FundamentalResearchOnAluminium/PolytetrafluoroethyleneFoamBulletproofComposite,FRGS(2014–2016)SelectedPublications:RecentPublications

§ S.A.SyedNuzulFadzli,S.Roslinda,F.Zainuddin,"Synthesisof60(wt.)%SiO2-40(wt.)%CaOSol-GelDerivedGlass-CeramicandInVitroBioactivityAssessmentinSBFSolution",KeyEngineeringMaterials,Vol.673,pp.161-170,2016

§ Ghani,S.A.,Pisal,M.H.M.,Zainuddin,F.,&Ismail,H.(2016).Theeffectofthechemicalmodificationofwoodfibreusingsalicylicacidandethanolonthepropertiesofrecycledhighdensitypolyethylene/woodfibrecomposites.JournalofPhysicalScience,27(1),1-14.

§ A.A.Sinar,Z.Firuz,A.Z.NurHidayah,M.A.Hazizan,H.A.Sahrim,"RigidPolyurethaneFoamwithIonicLiquidModifiedMultiWalledCarbonNanotubesComposites",MaterialsScienceForum,Vol.857,pp.159-163,2016

§ A.R.H.Fatimah,A.G.Supri,Z.Firuz,"TheEffectofCaprolactamonTensilePropertiesandMorphologyofRecycledHighDensityPolyethylene/EthyleneVinylAcetate(RHDPE/EVA)Blends",AdvancedMaterialsResearch,Vol.1133,pp.211-215,2016

§ S.A.SyedNuzulFadzli,S.Roslinda,FiruzZainuddin,andHamisahIsmail.(2016).Synthesisofsol-gelderivedglasspowderandinvitrobioactivitypropertytestedinsimulatedbodyfluid.PaperpresentedattheAIPConferenceProceedings,1784doi:10.1063/1.4966819

§ Hamim,F.A.R,AbdulGhani,S.&Zainudin,F.(2016).Propertiesofrecycledhighdensitypolyethylene(RHDPE)/ethylenevinylacetate(EVA)blends:Theeffectofblendscompositionandcompatibilisers.J.Phys.Sci.,27(2),23–39,DOI:10.21315/jps2016.27.2.3

§ Yuhaida,H.Salmah,I.Hanafi,Z.Firuz.(2016).TheEffectofAcrylicAcidonTensileandMorphologyPropertiesofWollastoniteFilledHighDensityPolyethylene/NaturalRubberComposites,ProcediaChemistry,(19)401-405

§ Atiqah,A.A.S.M.,Salmah,H.,Firuz,Z.,Lan,D.N.U.2015.EffectofDifferentBlendRatiosandCompatibilizeronTensilePropertiesofRecycledPoly(propylene)/RecycledHighDensityPolyethyleneBlends.MacromolecularSymposia.353(1):70-76.

§ Sinar,A.A.,Firuz,Z.,NurAzni,M.A.,Hazizan,M.A.,Sahrim,H.A.2015.Compressiontestandenergyabsorptionofpolyurethane/multiwalledcarbonnanotubesfoamcomposites.MaterialsScienceForum.819:246-250

§ Supri,A.G.,Fatimah,A.R.H.,Firuz,Z.2015.Recycledhighdensitypolyethylene/ethylenevinylacetate/taropowdercomposites:Theeffectofpolyethylene-grafted-maleicanhydrideontensilepropertiesandthermalstability.JurnalTeknologi.74(10):131-136

§ Sinar,A.A.,NurAzni,M.A.,Firuz,Z.,SitiShuhadah,M.S.,Sahrim,H.A.2015.Treatmentmethodfordispersionofcarbonnanotubes:Areview.MaterialsScienceForum.803:299-304

§ Fadzli,S.A.S.N.,Roslinda,S.,Zainuddin,F.2015.Solgelsynthesisandinvitroevaluationofapatiteformingabilityofsilica-basedcompositeglassinSBF.KeyEngineeringMaterials.660:125-131

§ Hanif,M.P.M.,Supri,A.G.,Zainuddin,F.2015.Effectofphthalicanhydrideontensilepropertiesandthermalstabilityofrecycledhighdensitypolyethylene/woodfibercomposites.JurnalTeknologi.74(10):97-101