Keynotes

Dr Norinsan Kamil Othman, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, The National University of Malaysia (UKM), and has expertise in corrosion science. His study mainly focuses on corrosion, high-temperature high-pressure (HTHP), soldering alloys, welds, and carbon steels. He received the certificate of Professional Technologist from the Malaysia Board of Technologists in 2019. 

He has received several awards in research and innovation competitions since 2010. He has published six books and seven book chapters. He also published more than 148 papers indexed by Scopus and WOS. He is also a project leader for 18 research projects and co-researcher for 27 projects, including industry grants. Eight inventions from his project were filed for patents. He is now Head of the Joint Lab of DNV-GL@UKM.

His research expertise includes Pure and Applied Sciences - Materials Science (Corrosion), (Corrosion Science) & (High Temperature Corrosion)

Dr Zeinab Jawad has been an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Qatar University since January 2021. Before that, she worked as a lecturer (May 2015) and was promoted to senior lecturer (December 2017) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Curtin University Malaysia. Dr Jawad received her PhD Degree in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2014. She also obtained her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Technology, Baghdad-Iraq, in 2003 and 2007, respectively.

Her research focuses on developing a mixed matrix membrane for CO2 separation. She is particularly interested in understanding the fundamental transport phenomena across the membrane and utilising this membrane-based separation technique to control environmental pollution issues. As-to-date, she was awarded her Chartered Engineer under Engineering Council (United Kingdom) on 29th March 2018. Furthermore, she is an associate member of IChemE, a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET), and an Iraqi Engineers Union assistant member.

Last but not least, due to her significant contribution to teaching and learning professionalism, she was awarded her title as a fellow in the advanced higher education academy (United Kingdom) in January 2021.