{"id":10840,"date":"2018-07-30T02:02:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T18:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amtec.utm.my\/?page_id=10840"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:27:01","slug":"prof-datuk-dr-ahmad-fauzi-ismail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/amtec\/prof-datuk-dr-ahmad-fauzi-ismail\/","title":{"rendered":"PROF. DATUK DR. AHMAD FAUZI ISMAIL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_fullwidth_header et_pb_fullwidth_header_0 et_animated et_hover_enabled  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_container center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-content-container center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Meet Our Experts<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_header_content_wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_scroll\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-down-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"scroll-down et-pb-icon\">&#xe044;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns et_pb_gutters1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/amtec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-3.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Untitled design (3)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/amtec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-3.png 1080w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/amtec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-3-980x1225.png 980w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/amtec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-3-480x600.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-32999\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_animated et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_cta_0 et_animated et_hover_enabled et_pb_promo  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_no_bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_promo_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Prof. Datuk Ts. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail<\/h2><div><p style=\"text-align: justify\">BEng (Petroleum Eng.), MSc (Chemical Eng.) (UTM), PhD (Strathclyde)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0Professor Datuk Ts. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail is the Founder and First Director of Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC). His research interest are in the development of polymeric, inorganic and novel mixed matrix membranes for water desalination, waste water treatment, gas separation processes, membrane for palm oil refining, photocatalytic membrane for removal of emerging contaminants, development of haemodialysis membrane and polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cell applications. Professor Datuk Fauzi obtained a PhD. in Chemical Engineering in 1997 from University of Strathclyde and MSc. and BSc. from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1992 and 1989 respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He is the author and co-author of over 550 journal articles. He has authored 6 books, 50 book chapters and 8 edited books. He is the owner\/co-owner to 6 patents with 14 patents pending. His h-index is currently 67 (SCOPUS) and 58 (Web of Science). His publications had been cited 19,348 times in SCOPUS and 13,493 times in Web of Science.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.et_pb_cta_0.et_pb_promo{background-color:transparent !important;}<\/style><ul class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_social_media_follow et_pb_social_media_follow_0 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li\n            class='et_d4_element et_pb_social_media_follow_network_0 et_pb_social_icon et_block_module et_pb_social_network_link  et-social-facebook et_pb_social_media_follow_network'><a\n              href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/'\n              class='icon et_pb_with_border'\n              title='Follow on Facebook'\n               target=\"_blank\"><span\n                class='et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name'\n                aria-hidden='true'\n                >Follow<\/span><\/a><\/li><li\n            class='et_d4_element et_pb_social_media_follow_network_1 et_pb_social_icon et_block_module et_pb_social_network_link  et-social-google-plus et_pb_social_media_follow_network'><a\n              href='#'\n              class='icon et_pb_with_border'\n              title='Follow on google-plus'\n               target=\"_blank\"><span\n                class='et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name'\n                aria-hidden='true'\n                >Follow<\/span><\/a><\/li><li\n            class='et_d4_element et_pb_social_media_follow_network_2 et_pb_social_icon et_block_module et_pb_social_network_link  et-social-twitter et_pb_social_media_follow_network'><a\n              href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/'\n              class='icon et_pb_with_border'\n              title='Follow on X'\n               target=\"_blank\"><span\n                class='et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name'\n                aria-hidden='true'\n                >Follow<\/span><\/a><\/li><li\n            class='et_d4_element et_pb_social_media_follow_network_3 et_pb_social_icon et_block_module et_pb_social_network_link  et-social-instagram et_pb_social_media_follow_network'><a\n              href='https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/'\n              class='icon et_pb_with_border'\n              title='Follow on Instagram'\n               target=\"_blank\"><span\n                class='et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name'\n                aria-hidden='true'\n                >Follow<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify\">He have won more than 130 awards both at national level and international level. Among the prestigious awards won are the Merdeka Award for the Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Category on 4th September 2014, three times Malaysia\u2019s Rising Star Award (2016, 2017, 2018). He also the recipient of Innovative Action Plan for Human Capital Development Tertiary Level award at 2013 by The Ministry of Education. He has been awarded Malaysia Young Scientist Award in 2000; ASEAN Young Scientist Award in 2001; the National Intellectual Property Award twice in (Patent Category), 2009 and (Product Category), 2013; Two times National Innovation Award for (Waste to Wealth Category), 2009 and (Product Category), 2011. He also won National Academic Award (Innovation and Product Commercialization Category) in August 2013 and Malaysian Toray Science and Technology Foundation Award, on 28 November 2013. He was recognized as one of the most cited researchers in Chemical Engineering by Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He is a Fellow of The Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Chairman of the ASM Southern Region Chapter since 2016, President of Malaysia Membrane Society (MyMembrane) since 2018, \u00a0Chartered Engineer in the UK (CEng) and a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE). Professor Datuk Fauzi also served as the Editorial Board Members of Journal of Membrane Water Treatment, Chief Editor Journal of Applied Membrane Science &amp; Technology, Editor Board Member of Separation and Purification Technology, Jurnal Teknologi, Journal of Membrane Science and Research, Journal of Membrane and Separation Technology, Advisory Board Members of Desalination Journal and the Advisory Editorial Board member of Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He involved extensively in R&amp;D&amp;C for national and multinational companies related to membrane-based processes for industrial application and currently owns two spin off companies.\u00a0 He is the founder of Advanced Membrane Technology Research Center (AMTEC) which is now recognized as Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE). Currently Professor Datuk Fauzi is the Vice Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;color: #000000\">Recent Research Publication<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"gs_citr\">Titah, H. S., Purwanti, I. F., Tangahu, B. V., Kurniawan, S. B., Imron, M. F., Abdullah, S. R. S., &amp; Ismail, N. I. (2019). Kinetics of aluminium removal by locally isolated Brochothrix thermosphacta and Vibrio alginolyticus. <i>Journal of environmental management<\/i>, <i>238<\/i>, 194-200.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"gs_citr\">Akther, N., Lim, S., Tran, V. H., Phuntsho, S., Yang, Y., Bae, T. H., ... &amp; Shon, H. K. (2019). The effect of Schiff base network on the separation performance of thin film nanocomposite forward osmosis membranes. <i>Separation and Purification Technology<\/i>, <i>217<\/i>, 284-293.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"gs_citr\">Hubadillah, S. K., Othman, M. H. D., Matsuura, T., Rahman, M. A., Jaafar, J., Ismail, A. F., &amp; Amin, S. Z. M. (2018). Green silica-based ceramic hollow fiber membrane for seawater desalination via direct contact membrane distillation. <i>Separation and Purification Technology<\/i>, <i>205<\/i>, 22-31.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"gs_citr\">Nasir, A. M., Goh, P. S., &amp; Ismail, A. F. (2019). Highly adsorptive polysulfone\/hydrous iron-nickel-manganese (PSF\/HINM) nanocomposite hollow fiber membrane for synergistic arsenic removal. <i>Separation and Purification Technology<\/i>, <i>213<\/i>, 162-175.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"gs_citr\">Ismail, N. A., Abdullah, N., Noor, M. H. M., Lai, P. S., Shafie, M. S., &amp; Nor, F. M. (2019). Accuracy and reliability of virtual femur measurement from CT scan. <i>Journal of forensic and legal medicine<\/i>, <i>63<\/i>, 11-17.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"gs_citr\">Pahlevanzadeh, F., Bakhsheshi-Rad, H. R., Ismail, A. F., Aziz, M., &amp; Chen, X. B. (2019). Development of PMMA-Mon-CNT bone cement with superior mechanical properties and favorable biological properties for use in bone-defect treatment. <i>Materials Letters<\/i>, <i>240<\/i>, 9-12.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"gs_citr\">Al-Husaini, I. S., Yusoff, A. R. M., Lau, W. J., Ismail, A. F., Al-Abri, M. Z., Al-Ghafri, B. N., &amp; Wirzal, M. D. H. (2019). Fabrication of polyethersulfone electrospun nanofibrous membranes incorporated with hydrous manganese dioxide for enhanced ultrafiltration of oily solution. <i>Separation and Purification Technology<\/i>, <i>212<\/i>, 205-214.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"gs_citr\">Jamil, S. M., Othman, M. H. D., Rahman, M. A., Jaafar, J., Ismail, A. F., Honda, S., &amp; Iwamoto, Y. (2019). 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