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Azil Bahari Alias @ Ales

Associate Professor · Ir. · Dr.  |  PhD (Melbourne) · P.Eng. (BEM) · AMIChemE

Dean, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam

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Chemical engineer with two decades of work turning agricultural and industrial waste into fuels, adsorbents and energy-storage materials, and keeping Malaysia's major-hazard plants safe through more than 239 CIMAH safety reports. Thirteen years of academic leadership, now Dean of a faculty of five campuses and around 190 academics.

1,848Google Scholar citationsh-index 18
1,111Scopus citationsh-index 13
739Web of Science citationsh-index 9
RM 2.00 milResearch grants37 projects, 15 as PI
RM 2.76 milConsultancy98 projects, 58 clients
239CIMAH & safety reportsmajor-hazard installations
33Awards13 gold
15Postgraduates graduated4 PhD, 11 MSc

I Research themes

  1. Biomass & waste to fuel. Combustion, co-firing, torrefaction and gasification of palm and rice residues with Malaysian coal.
  2. Adsorbents for clean air. Activated carbon and xerogel adsorbents from coconut shell, palm kernel shell and empty fruit bunch for SO₂, H₂S, CO₂ and VOC capture.
  3. Sustainable materials & energy storage. Cellulose hydrogels, aerogels and biochar electrodes for flexible supercapacitors.
  4. Process safety & risk. Vapour cloud explosion and fire modelling, dynamic risk assessment and CIMAH compliance.

II Leadership

  • 2025–Dean, Faculty of Chemical Engineering
  • 2024–25Dean, Industry, Community & Alumni Network, College of Engineering
  • 2023–25Head, School of Chemical Engineering
  • 2019–Head, INPRES Research Group (Centre of Excellence, Tier 4)
  • 2015–17Deputy Dean, Research & Industrial Linkages
  • 2013–15Deputy Dean, Student Affairs

III Signature achievements

  • 2008
    Obelisk, The World Invention Award (Overall Winner), British Invention Show, London; also Gold Medal
  • 2005Excellent Scientist Award, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)
  • 2005Gold Medal, 33rd International Exhibition of New Techniques & Products, Geneva
  • 2024Best Research Group (INPRES) and Most Publications Award, College of Engineering
  • 2024Best MOOC Award (Science & Technology), e-CONDEV
  • 2025Faculty awarded UiTM 6-Star Responsibility Centre and Consistent Excellence (Gold)

IV Selected publications

  1. Idris, S. S. et al., incl. Alias, A. B. (2010). Thermochemical behaviour of low rank Malaysian coal, oil palm biomass and their blends during pyrolysis via TGA. Bioresource Technology 101, 4584–4592. Q1 · 556 cit.
  2. Azmi, N. et al., incl. Alias, A. B. (2025). Cellulose-based hydrogels in flexible supercapacitors. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 221. Q1
  3. Ghani, W., Alias, A. B., Savory, R. M., Cliffe, K. R. (2009). Co-combustion of agricultural residues with coal in a fluidised bed combustor. Waste Management 29, 767–773. Q1 · 63 cit.
  4. Ghani, W. A. W. A. K. et al., incl. Alias, A. B. (2009). Air gasification of agricultural waste in a fluidized bed gasifier: hydrogen production performance. Energies 2, 258–268. Q2 · 116 cit.
  5. Matali, S. et al., incl. Alias, A. B. (2016). Lignocellulosic biomass solid fuel properties enhancement via torrefaction. Procedia Engineering 148, 671–678. 161 cit.
Azil Bahari AliasAt a glanceUpdated 25 September 2026