Rate My Professor Yie Hua Tan

Dr. Yie Hua Tan is a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia, Miri, Sarawak. Her research specializes in sustainable energy and environmental engineering, with a focus on biofuels and biodiesel production from biomass and waste, biochar development for wastewater treatment, adsorption technologies, photocatalysis, catalyst design, process simulation, and intensification. She has made significant contributions to advancing renewable energy pathways and pollution control through innovative material synthesis and process optimization.

Dr. Tan's career at Curtin University Malaysia includes extensive publication record in high-impact journals. Key works include the 'Comprehensive review on carbon nanotubes embedded in membranes for water treatment' (2022), 'Evaluation on biodiesel cold flow properties, oxidative stability, and tribological characteristics of palm stearin-biodiesel blends' (2020), 'Microbial valorization of oil-based substrates for polyhydroxyalkanoates production' (2023), 'Rapid adsorptive removal of chromium from wastewater using biochar derived from end-of-life vehicle tires' (2023), 'A Review on Biodiesel Synthesis using Iron Doped Catalyst' (2020), 'Hydrophobic Modified Honeycomb-like Tubular Biochar Derived from End-of-Life Tires for the Removal of Furazolidone Antibiotic' (2023), and 'Photoregenerable, Bifunctional Granules of Carbon-Doped g-C3N4 and Activated Carbon for the Removal of Emerging Micropollutants' (2016). These publications address critical challenges in biodiesel quality improvement, dye and heavy metal removal, biopolymer production, and emerging pollutant remediation. She has collaborated on projects involving ultrasound-assisted treatments, energy analysis of hydrotreated vegetable oil, and carbon nanotube applications in microbial fuel cells. Dr. Tan has served on scientific committees for renewable energy conferences and co-edited collections on biofuels from biomass and waste streams, influencing the field through knowledge dissemination and interdisciplinary partnerships.