Plenary Speakers
Dr. Khalik Mohamad Sabil
Dr Khalik Mohamad Sabil is a Senior Manager in the Academic Alliance Unit at PETRONAS Research Sdn. Bhd., under the Research Management Center. He is actively engaged in both industry and academia, serving as an Honorary Research Fellow at Heriot-Watt University. He also contributes internationally as an Editorial Board Member for SpringerBriefs in Petroleum Geoscience & Engineering, a Main Committee Member of the Society of Engineering Malaysia, an invited member of the Board of Studies for Petroleum Engineering at UCSI, and an Industrial Advisory Panel member for the Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering programmes at Heriot-Watt University Malaysia.
Dr Khalik has received notable recognition for his contributions to research, including being named in the 2019 Class of Influential Researchers by Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. He was also awarded the SPE Travel Grant 2015 to attend the SPE Middle East Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition 2015.
He has an established research track record with 90 publications, an H-index of 26, an i10-index of 41, and more than 1,851 citations. In addition, he holds three patents/design registrations, including innovations related to carbon dioxide separation and gas hydrate crystallisation. His work reflects strong expertise in research leadership, academic collaboration, and innovation in petroleum and chemical engineering.
Prof. Santanu Bandyopadhyay
Santanu Bandyopadhyay is currently Praj Industries Chair Professor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). He obtained his B.Tech. (Hons.) in Energy Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1992, and M.Tech. and Ph.D. in Energy Systems Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1995 and 1999, respectively. His research interests include Process integration, Pinch Analysis, Industrial energy conservation, Modelling and simulation of energy systems, Design and optimization of renewable energy systems, etc. Since 1994, Prof. Bandyopadhyay has been associated with and contributed towards various developmental, industrial, and research activities involving different structured approaches to process synthesis, energy integration and conservation, as well as renewable energy systems design. Prior to joining IIT Bombay, he worked for M/s Engineers India Limited, New Delhi. He was one of the section editors for the Elsevier project, Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies. Over a decade, he was an Associate Editor for Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (Springer Nature). He is currently one of the Editors-in-Chief for Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability (Springer Nature) as well as an Associate Editor for Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier), and South African Journal of Chemical Engineering (Elsevier). He is a fellow of the Indian National Association of Engineering (INAE).
- Deputy Dean (Research and Sustainability)
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