Nasratun binti Masngut

About myself:

I am Nasratun Masngut and my acronym in publication is (N. Masngut). I am a lecturer at Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering (FKKSA) and at the same time responsible as a Deputy Director at Centre for Academic Innovation and Competitiveness (CAIC), Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). I received my Bachelor in Chemical Engineering (Biochemical) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and later enrolled for a Master’s programme at the same university. While waiting for the completion of my master study, I joined Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan & Teknologi Malaysia (now Universiti Malaysia Pahang) in 2006 as a tutor. I completed my Master of Science (Chemical Engineering) in 2007. In 2013, I obtained my PhD degree in Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials from Newcastle University, UK.

While I have taught various chemical engineering courses including Thermodynamics, Materials & Energy Balance, Bioreactor Engineering, Biochemical and Science & Engineering Materials, my passion for research and consultation is dedicated to Biotechnology Engineering. My research interests are in microbiology fermentation for biofuel production, value added product from solid waste such as enzyme, renewable energy and wastewater treatment. During my master and PhD study, I dedicated my time to design, built and evaluate the performance of the Oscillatory Baffled Reactor (OBR) for biobutanol fermentation. One unit of the OBR is currently developed in the FKKSA lab for aerobic fermentation purposes.

List of publications:

1. MS Takriff, N Masngut, AAH Kadhum, MS Kalil (2009) Solvent fermentation from palm oil mill effluent using Clostridium acetobutylicum in oscillatory flow bioreactor. Sains Malaysiana.
2. Nasratun, M., Said, H. A., Noraziah, A. and Alla, A. N. A.(2009) Immobilization of lipase from Candida rugosa on chitosan beads for transesterification reaction. American Journal of Applied Sciences. Vol.6 No.9 pp.1653-1657
3. N. Masngut and A. Harvey. (2009). Application of Batch Oscillatory Baffled Bioreactor for biobutanol production using Clostridium GBL 1082. Procedia of Bioenergy III: Present and New Perspectives on Biorefineries. May 22 – 27, 2011, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
4. N. Masngut, J. Ikwebe and A. P. Harvey. (2010). Potential uses of oscillatory flow reactors for biofuel production. Biofuels. Vol 1, Issue 4, pp. 605–619
5. Shariza Jamek, Ellie Fazlin , Nasratun Masngut , Asmida Ideris and Rohaida Che Man. (2011) Effect of Substrate Concentration and Agitation Rate on Butanol Production from Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using Clostridium Beijerinckii. Malaysian Technical Universities International Conference on Engineering & Technology (MUiCET 2011)
6. N. Masngut and A. P. Harvey. (2012). Intensification of Biobutanol Production in Batch Oscillatory Baffled Bioreactor. Procedia Engineering in conjunction with 20th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA 2012, 25 – 29 August 2012, Prague, Czech Republic
7. Nur Syazana Muhd Nasrah, Mior Ahmad Khushairi Mohd Zahari, Nasratun Masngut (2016) Biobutanol Production by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 Using Oil Palm Frond (OPF) Juice. The National Conference for Postgraduate Research 2016, Universiti Malaysia Pahang
8. N. Zainol, N. Masngut and S. N. Ismail. (2017). Effect of Storage Time to Ferulic Acid Content in Extracted Banana Stem Waste Juice. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol, 10, Issue 6 : 1-5.
9. N. Masngut, S. Manap, R. Che Man and S. Shaarani. (2017). Bacteria Isolation from Landfill for Production of Industrial Enzymes for Waste Degradation. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol, 10, Issue 7 : 1-5.
10. Nasrah, N.S.M., Zahari, M.A.K.M., Masngut, N., Ariffin, H. (2017). Statistical Optimization for Biobutanol Production by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 from Oil Palm Frond (OPF) Juice Using Response Surface Methodology. MATEC Web of Conferences.Vol 111
11. Nur Syazana Muhd Nasrah, Mior Ahmad Khushairi Mohd Zahari, Nasratun Masngut, Hidayah Ariffin. (2017). Factorial experimental design for biobutanol production from oil palm frond (OPF) juice by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. Chemical Engineering Research Bulletin, 19 (Special Issue 2017); pp. 36-42; http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/cerb.v19i0.33774