School of Engineering
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Dr Chong Chien Hwa  Chong Chien Hwa Picture
Programme Director (Chemical Engineering) 
 
PhD in Engineering, AMIChemE, Grad IEM
 
ChienHwa.Chong@taylors.edu.my


Subjects Taught
  • Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics and Simulation
  • Computing Applications for Engineers
  • Computing for Design
  • Chemical Engineering Group Project I
  • Chemical Engineering Group Project II
  • Engineering Economics
  • Engineering Design and Communication
  • Stoichiometry & Processes Applications
Research Interests
  • Drying Technology
    • Intermittent Drying
      • Heat pump
      • Hot air cum cold air
    • Two Stage Drying
      • Convective cum microwave vacuum
      • Heat pump cum microwave vacuum
  • Food Processing
    • Fruit juice
    • Fruit powder
  • Sonication and Esterification Study
    • Palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD)
    • Palm oil
  • Drying of liquid droplets
Scholarly Activities/Industry Experience
  • Reviewer of Journal of Food Science and Technology, International Journal of Food Engineering, Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, Scientific Research and Essays.
  • Creating a new engineering program entitled “Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering”.
  • Reviewing Chemical Engineering Module of Taylor’s University.
  • Creating two new Chemical Engineering modules
    • Stoichiometry Processes & Applications
    • Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics and Simulation)
  • Revising two Engineering modules
    • Computing application for engineers
    • Mass transfer
  • Judges for 2nd CO2 car competition and Engineering Fair 2010.
  • Event manager for International Engineering and Technology Education Conference (IETEC 2011)
  • Academic staff steering committee member- representing School of Engineering, Taylor’s University.
  • Prepared a proposal to host the international conceive-design-implement-operate (CDIO) conference in 2013, Taylor’s University, Malaysia.
  • Contributed questions to the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET) ESTI quiz competition for ASEAN undergraduates 2010.
  • Interviewers for Taylor’s University Scholarship, 2010
  • Prepared a proposal to host CHEM-E-CAR competition 2011 and 2012
  • Emcee for Red Bull Taylor’s Racing team and the announcement of Red Bull 21 Driver SEARCH 29 Oct 2010
  • Emcee for Memorandum of Understanding between Taylor’s University and University of New South Wales (UNSW) 28 Sept 2010
  • Career talk/workshop for UEC week from 30th Oct – 3rd November 2010 
  • Assistant Editor of International engineering and technology education (IETEC’11) conference proceedings
Publications
  • LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
    • JOURNAL
      • Chong, C.H., Law, C.L., Cloke. M., Hii, C.L. Luqman Chuah, A. & Daud, W.R.W. (2008). Drying kinetics and product quality of dried chempedak. Journal of Food Engineering, 88(4).522-527.
      • Chong, C.H., Law, C.L., Cloke. M., Luqman Chuah, A. & Daud, W.R.W. (2008). Drying kinetics, texture, colour and determination of effective diffusivities during sun drying of chempedak, Drying Technology, 26(10), 1286-1293.
      • Chong, C.H., Law, C.L., Cloke. M., Luqman Chuah, A. & Daud, W.R.W. (2009). Drying Models and Quality Analysis of Sun-Dried Ciku. Drying Technology, 27(9), 985-992.
      • Chong, C. H., Law, C. L., Cloke. M., Luqman Chuah, A. & Daud, W. R. W. (2009).  Kinetics of mass transfer, colour, total polyphenol and texture change of Manilkara zapota during convective air drying.  ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering, 1(1), 47-59. 
      • Chong, C. H., Figiel, A., Law, C. L. (2010). Intermittent hot air, dehumidified air, heat pump and convective cum vacuum microwave drying characteristics and models. ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering, 10(1), 50-55.
      • Chong, C. H., Law, C. L. (2011).   Application of intermittent drying of cyclic temperature and step-up temperature in enhancing textural attributes of dehydrated Manilkara zapota. Drying Technology, 29, 245-252
    • CONFERENCES
      • Chong, C. H., Figiel, A., Law, C. L. (2010). Drying kinetics and drying models of fruit that underwent continuous heat pump drying and hybrid drying methods.  In Proceeding of 17th International Drying Symposium, Magdeburg, Germany, 3-6 Oct.
      • Chong, C. H., Figiel, A., Law, C. L. (2010). Rheology and sensory properties of pear cubes dehydrated by different methods.  In Proceeding of 17th International Drying Symposium, Magdeburg, Germany, 3-6 Oct. 
      • Chong, C. H
      • Chong, C. H., Figiel., A., Law, C. L. (2010).  Finish-product appearance and colour as well as sensory assessment on colour of dehydrated fruits.  In Proceeding of 4th World Engineering Congress, Kuching, Malaysia, 2-5 Aug.
      • Chong, C.H.
      • Chong, C.H., Law, C.L., Daud, W.R.W. (2009). Drying kinetics and product quality of Artocarpus Integer in hybrid dehumidifier-dryer. In Proceeding of the 6th Asia-Pacific Drying Conferences, Bangkok, Thailand, Oct, 19-21. 
      • Urbanek, P., Płócienniczak, M., Chong,
      • Chong, C.H. & Law, C.L. (2009). Product Quality of Intermittently Dried Manilkara zapota. In Proceedings of 12th Polish Drying Conference, Lodz, Poland, Sept, 12 – 14.
      • Chong, C.H., Law, C.L., Daud, W.R.W. (2009). Effects of hybrid dehumidifier drying on hardness kinetics of Manilkara zapota. In Proceeding of 3rd International Conference on Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering (ICCBPE-2009), Sabah, Malaysia, Aug,12-14.
      • Chong, C.H., Law, C.L., Cloke. M., Luqman Chuah, A. & Daud, W.R.W. (2008). Intermittent turbulent hot air drying of ciku. In Proceeding of the 15th Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering In Conjunction with 22nd Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec, 2-3, 863-868. 
      • Chong, C.H., Law, C.L., Cloke. M., Luqman Chuah, A. & Daud, W.R.W. (2008). Drying kineitcs, texture, total polyphenol, colour change during hot air drying of ciku. In Proceeding of the 16th International Drying Symposium (IDS),Volume C, Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, India, Nov, 9- 12, 1403-1409.
      • Chong, C.H., Law, C.L., Cloke, M., Asli. U.A & Yunus, R.M. (2007). Ultrasonic esterification of palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD). In Proceeding of the 21st Symposium of Malaysia Chemical Engineers (SOMChE), University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, Dec, 12 -14.
      • Chong, C.H. & Law, C.L. (2007). Sun drying of ciku (Manilkara zapota). In Proceeding of the 14th Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering (RSCE), Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Dec, 4-5.
    • BOOK CHAPTER
      • Chong, C.H. & Law, C.L. (2010). Drying of exotic fruits. In e-book of Jangam, S.V., Law.C.L & Mujumdar, A.S. Drying of foods, vegetables and fruits, Vol 2. New e-books project of Transport Processes Research Group (TPR)-Prof. Arun S. Mujumdar.
    • CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
      • Patil, A., Nair, C.S., Chong, C.H., Shaharuddin, Y.M.R.A.R. (2011). International engineering and technology education conference (IETEC’11), 16-19 January.
Awards & Honours
  • Awarded Bronze Medal, MPE2009 in Malaysia Technology Expo 2009, MPE2009. Invention: Hybrid heat pump dryer.
  • Awarded Dean’s List, Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) for 4 consecutive semester from 2005 to 2007
Professional Affiliations
  • Graduate members of Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) (Reg. no: 53660A)
  • Graduate members of The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) (Membership no: G 26348)
  • Associate members of Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) (Membership no: 99947443)


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