NANOTECHNOLOGY IN FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES SEMINAR 2019

Date: 10 October 2019

Time: 8.00 am to 4.30 pm
Venue: MaGIC, Cyberjaya, Selangor

PROGRAMME
10 October 2019 (Thursday)
0800-9000 Registration
0900-0915 Opening Remarks by Director General of FRIM
Plenary Session
(Moderator: Dr. Wan Asma Binti Ibrahim (FRIM))
0915-0945 1st Invited Speaker
Future of Nano-Forest: Natural and Green Sources of Bio- Nanomaterials
Mr. Kamarulzaman Kamaruddin (NNC)

0945-1015 2nd Invited Speaker

Application of Nanotechnology in Forestry
Dr. Rafeadah Rusli (FRIM)

1015-1045 Tea break and Poster session

1045-1115 3rd Invited Speaker
Green Nanomaterials: Solutions to Environmental Challenges
Prof. Dr. Mohd. Zobir Hussein (UPM)

1115-1145 4th Invited Speaker

The Role of Green Nanotechnology in the Electrical and Electronic
Industry in Malaysia
Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohamad Rusop Mahmood (UiTM)

1145-1215 5th Invited Speaker

Green Nanotechnology in Cosmetic: Opportunities and Challenges
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Azila Abd Aziz (UTM)

1215-1245 6th Invited Speaker

Nano-Safety: Are We Ready?
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Md Azman Seeni Mohamed (USM)

1245-1400 Lunch break

Parallel Session 1
(Moderator: Dr. Nor Azah Mohd Ali
(FRIM))
1400-1430 7th Invited speaker
Advancing Nanotechnology
through Innovation in Green
Product Development
Dr. Sharifah Nabihah Syed Jaafar
(UKM)
Parallel Session 2
(Moderator: Dr. Mohamad Nasir Mat
Arip (FRIM))
8th Invited speaker
Recent Advances in Environmental
Nano-Enabled Sensors
Dr. Sharina Abu Hanifah (UKM)
1430-1450 Preparation and Characterisation
of Nanocrystalline Cellulose from
Acacia mangium and its Dye
Removal Capacity on Real Textile
Wastewater
Dr. Nor Hazren Abdul Hamid
(UTHM)
1450-1510 Biodegradable Property of Nano
Composites Made from Polylactic
Acid/Kenaf Fibers
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Norasmah Surip
(UiTM)
1510-1530 Versatile Characteristics of
Nanocellulose Film From Oil Palm
Biomass
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hidayah Ariffin
(UPM)
1530-1550 Graphene Oxide Reinforced
Natural Rubber Latex Properties
Dr. Nurhafizah Md Disa (USM)
1550-1610 The Ionic Conductivity Analysis
and Characterization of Polymer
Base Nano Composite Solid
Polymer Electrolytes with LiClO4
Salt
Sofian Hamidy Hashim (UPM)
1610-1630 Closing remark by Director of Forest Products Division, FRIM
1630 End of Seminar
Green Silver Nanoparticles
Strobilanthes Crispus (AgNP-SC)
Inhibits Gram Negative Bacteria
Growth.
Dr. Rohazila Mohamad Hanafiah
(USIM)
Cytotoxicity Activity of Green Silver
Nanoparticle-Clinacanthus Nutans
(AgNP-CN) against Oral Squamous
Carcinoma Cell Lines
Dr. Siti Aisyah Abd Ghafar (USIM)
Seaweed-Synthesized Silver
Nanoparticles as Emerging Tool for
Mosquito Vector Control
Assistant Prof. Dr. Wong Ching Lee
(Taylor’s University)
Biomimetic Synthesis Of Plant-
Mediated Silver Nanoparticles Using
Natural Resources And Its
Biological Activity.
Dr. Ropisah Me (UiTM)
Comparison Study on Selected
Cinnamomun spp. as Potential
Herbal Extracts in the Development
of Silver Nanoparticles Study
Noor Rasyila Mohamed Noor (FRIM)