CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name : Muhd. Nazrul Hisham Zainal Alam

Age : 26
Date of Birth : 17th May 1985
Health Status : Excellent
Height / Weight : 166 cm / 50 kg
Nationality : Malaysia
Race : Malay
Religion : Islam
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Single
Phone:(office): +607-5535539 ; (mobile): +60127283478
E-mail : nazrul@fkkksa.utm.my
Spoken Language : Malay and English (Excellent, IELTS – 7.5)
Written Language : Malay (Excellent) and English (Good, IELTS – 7.5)

PERSONAL INTEREST

Sports (Football), Traveling and Movies.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

i) 2003-2005 : Master of Engineering (M.Eng) : Bioprocess Engineering (Dissertation),

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, (UTM)
ii) 1998 – 2003 : Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) : Chemical-Bioprocess Engineering
(2nd Class Upper), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, (UTM) CAREER MILESTONES Present

Post
November 2005 : Lecturer (DS 45), Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
(UTM).

Previous Post

March 2005 to November 2005 : Research Officer, Biotransformation Laboratory,

Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).
Feb 2005- Mac 2005 : Bioprocess Engineer, Process and Development Unit,
Innobiologics Sdn. Bhd. , Persiaran Apec, Cyberjaya, Malaysia.
May 2004 – September 2004 : Research Assistant, Biotransformation Laboratory,
February 2003– September 2003: Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).

RESEARCH INTEREST
1. Fermentation Technology: Microbial fermentation (bacteria, yeast,& fungi).
2. Bioreactor: Operation, Scale-up, Maintenance & Trouble-shooting.

AWARDS
1. National Science Fellowship Scholarship – 2003 – 2005 (Msc. degree program)
(from Government of Malaysia)
2. JPA Scholarship – 1998-2003 (Bsc. degree program) (from Government of Malaysia)
ADMINISTRATION & OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Editor of FKKKSA bulletin, UTM – since Mac 2006
2. Asst. Webmaster, FKKKSA website & online bulletin, UTM – since September 2006
3. Lead Facilitator of Pilot Plant Week for Final Year Student (Bioprocess Engineering
course), February 2006, collaboration between Dept. of Bioprocess Engineering,
FKKKSA & Chemical Engineering Pilot Plant (CEPP), UTM.
4. Manager of FKKKSA Veteran Football Team – 2006.
5. Player of FKKKSA Senior Football Team – since 2006.

UNDERGRADUATE SUBJECTS TAUGHT

No. Name & code of subject Credit hour (hr) Session / Semester Total credit hours

1 Bioseparation, SKH3113 3 2006 / 2007 - I 3

2 Fluid Mechanic, SKM 1043 3 2006 / 2007 - I 3
3 Fluid Mechanic Laboratory, SKM1711 1 2005 / 2006 - II 2
4 Computer-Aided Process Simulation Project, SKC4821 1 2005 / 2006 - II 1

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT UNDER SUPERVISION

2006 / 2007 – I

No. Research title/ Name of student

1 Prediction of Stirred and Aerated Bioreactor Mixing Time in Saccharomyces cerevisae Fermentation / Nur
Suriani bt. Mohd. Ismail
2 The Effect of Impeller Configuration in Agitated and Sparged Bioreactor with respect to Mixing Time /
Muhammad Akmal b. Yaakob
3 The Effect of Gas Hold-up on Oxygen Transfer Coefficient, kLa in Bioreactor / Haslina bt. Ahmad
4 Comparison of Airlift and Stirred Bioreactor Performance based on Oxygen Transfer
Coefficient, kLa / Rosmarizan bt. Hashim
5 The Effect of Impeller Configuration on Gas Holdup and Power Consumption in Stirred Bioreactor /
Muhayuddin Abd. Gapar
6 3-D Visualization Techniques in Illustrating Mixing Pattern in Stirred Bioreactor / Mohamad Shahizan b. Shafie
7 3-D Visualization Techniques in Demonstrating
Bubble Motion in Airlift Bioreactor
Muhammad Ramadhan Bin Nin

UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN PROJECT UNDER SUPERVISION

2006 / 2007 – I No. Proposed design project title / Name of student

1 Production of 1500 kg / year of Arachidonic Acid /Mohammad Ramadhan / Agnes Jati Charlie / Nur Lina
Zulkifli / Haslina Ahmad / Low Meaw Sim / Rohailah Musa

2 Production of 100 000 tones of Biodiesel /Nur Diana Mohd / Nor Hariyana Hairon /Zatul Iffah Mohd Arshad
/Sheikh Imranudin Sheikh Ali /Adrian Liew Teck Yoong
Mohd Nizam Ismail

ACADEMIC COURSES ATTENDED

1. Nurturing the Generic Skills into Students Course, Mac 2006, organized by UTM
2. IELTS Workshop, April 2006, organized by UTM
3. Research Workshop (SLAB), May 2006, organized by UTM
4. Education Multimedia Application Development Course, July 2006, organized by UTM
5. Development of Teaching Portfolio, August 2006, organized by UTM

SYMPOSIUM / CONFERENCES / TECHNICAL COURSES ATTENDED

1. Presenter: The 3rd International Conference on Advances in Strategic Technologies, 2003. Organized by
National University of Malaysia, (UKM).

2. Presenter: 17 Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers, th2003. Organized by Science University of

Malaysia, (USM).3. Participant: ICCPBE, 2003. Organized by Sabah University of Malaysia, (UMS).

4. Facilitator: Short courses: Bioreactor: Operation, Maintenance and Trouble-shooting, 2004. Organized by
Chemical Engineering Pilot Plant (CEPP), University of Technology of Malaysia (UTM).

5. Participant: Water and Wastewater Seminar 2006, New York Hotel, Johor Bahru. Organized by Merck Sdn.
Bhd.

6. Presenter:- 28th Symposium of Malaysian Society for Microbiology, 2006. Organized by National University
of Malaysia, (UKM).

TEACHING GRANT

No. Project Title / Status / Vot. No.

1 Development of Interactive Bioreactor Model for Teaching Aid- Team Member 2006 - present 76510

CONSULTANCY & CONTRACT MANUFACTURING WORK

1. Manufacturing contract on heterologous protein production from recombinant E.coli at 16 liter Bioengineering
TM Bioreactor by Genelab Diagnostic, Singapore. -Team member. Status:- 2004,2005,2006.

2. Up-scaling of poly-unsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) production from Mortierella alpina fungi at 16 and 150 liter
Bioengineering TM Bioreactor. -Team member. Status: 2006.

- In collaboration with

(1) Dr. Firdausi Razali (Lead Researcher), Department of Bioprocess Engineering, FKKKSA, UTM.
(2) Mohd. Sabri Sethpa, Chemical Engineering Pilot Plant, CEPP, FKKKSA, UTM.
(3) Dr. Aidil Abdul Hamid, School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology,
National University of Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia.
(4) Prof. Dr. Wan Mokhtar Wan Yusoff, School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and
Technology, National University of Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia.

3 Automation and process evaluation of Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR) for residential wastewater treatment in
Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. Appointed by Pintasan Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Team member. Status: 2005 - 2006

PUBLICATIONS

Thesis

1. M. N. H. Z., Alam “The Effect of pH, Concentration and Type of Carbon Source on Production of CG-Tase”
B.Eng.(Chemical-Bioprocess) Thesis, UTM (2002).
2. M. N. H. Z., Alam, “Scale-up Strategies in a Stirred and Aerated Bioreactor on a Basis of Constant KLar”.
M.Eng. (Bioprocess) Thesis, UTM (2005).

National Publications

1. M. N. H. Z., Alam and F., Razali (2004). “Effect of Operating Variables and Viscosity on the Oxygen Transfer
Coefficient in a Stirred Bioreactor”. Journal Technology. 40 (F). 27-36.

2. M. N. H. Z., Alam and F., Razali (2005). “Scale-up of Stirred and Aerated Bioengineering TM Bioreactor
Based on Constant Mass Transfer Coefficient” . Journal Technology. 43 (F). 95-110.

3. M. N. H. Z., Alam and F., Razali (2006). “The Significance of Hydrodynamics Difference Between Rushton
Turbine and Marine Impeller on the KLa in a 16-Litre Bioreactor”. Journal of Industrial Technology 15 (1). 23-34.

4. M. N. H. Z., Alam and F., Razali (2006). “The Acid-Base and Fluorescent Dye Techniques as a Teaching Tool
to Visualize the Mixing Phenomena in Bioreactor” –submitted for publication to Institution of Engineering
Malaysia Journal.

Proceedings

1. M. N. H. Z., Alam and F., Razali (2003). “Effect of Operating Variables and Viscosity on the Oxygen Transfer
Coefficient in a Stirred Bioreactor”. – ICAST 2003 – The 3rd International Conference on Advances in Strategic
Technologies, pp 41 – 47, 2003.

2. M. N. H. Z., Alam and F., Razali (2003). “Scale-up Strategies in Stirred Aerated Bioreactor”. – SomChe 2003
17 Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers, th 2003.

3. Yap, W., N., Muhd Nazrul Hisham, Z., A., Siti Zalita, A., T., Wong, F., L., Badarulhisam, A., R., Azila, A., A.,
Firdausi, R. (2003). Case study: Large scale expression and purification of HIS- tagged recombinant protein in
E.Coli. fermentation – SomChe 2003 – 17 Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers, thpp 436-443, 2003.

4. M., Misson, F., Razali, and M. N. H. H., Alam (2006).”Influence of Phenol Concentration on Phenol
Degradation by Microbe from Waste”. – The 28th Symposium of Malaysian Society for Microbiology, pp. 30,
2006.

REFEREES

I) Assoc. Prof Dr. Firdausi Razali,

Head of Bioprocess Engineering Department,
Faculty of Chemical and Natural
Resources Engineering,
81310 UTM Skudai, Johore.
Phone: 607-5535531
E-mail: firdaus@fkkksa.utm.my

II) Prof. Dr. Wan Mokhtar Wan Yusoff,

School of Biosciences and Biotechnology,
Faculty of Science and Technology
43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor.
Phone: 603-6689559
E-mail: wantar@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my