IGCESH 2013

16th – 17th APRIL 2013

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
JOHOR BAHRU, JOHOR,
MALAYSIA

CONFERENCE BOOK
 Background Information of the Conference

IGCESH 2013 is organized by the UTM Postgraduate Students in

collaboration with the School of Graduate Studies and K-Economy Research
Alliance, UTM. IGCESH 2013 provides a forum for accessing the most up-to-
date and authoritative knowledge from graduate student’s research findings
covering both industrial and academic world’s thereby sharing best practice
in the fields of Engineering, Sciences and Humanities. The conference will
provide an avenue to highlight recent developments and to identify emerging
and future areas of growth in these exciting fields by the graduate students.

All submitted papers will undergo a blind peer review process after which all
accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and
selected papers will be considered to be published in special edition
of Journal Teknologi (Scopus Indexed).

The papers on original works are solicited on a variety of topics, including

but not limited to the following conference tracks:

A. Manufacturing, Advanced Materials, Energy, and Transport

B. Construction, Design, and Planning
C. Science and Mathematics
D. Electronics, Control, Communication, and Information Technology
E. Management, Education, and Social Sciences
F. Environment and Process Technology
G. Innovative Research

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Message
Vice Chancellor

It gives me great pleasure to welcome all of

you to the 4th International Graduate
Conference on Engineering Science &
Humanity 2013 (IGCESH2013). My heartiest
congratulations to the organising committee
from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for
their concerted effort in making this
conference possible.

I would like to thank all participants for your

contribution and support to ensure that this conference is a resounding
success. I hope that you will gain many new insights and learn about
fascinating new developments in the fields of Engineering, Science and
Humanities.
UTM IGCESH 2013 provides a forum for discussions and deliberations of the
most up-to-date and authoritative knowledge from graduate students’
research findings covering both the industrial and academic world. The
sharing of best practices in related fields will also help identify emerging and
future areas of growth in these exciting fields.
It is my sincere hope that this conference will be most rewarding not only to
better understand relevant policies and strategies but also identify and
evaluate the different mechanisms in facilitating sustainable development.
Lastly, I wish all participants a productive and stimulating conference. I also
hope that your stay here in Johor will be a pleasant and most memorable
one.
Best wishes

Prof. Dato’ Seri IR. Dr. Zaini Ujang

Vice Chancellor
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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Message
Dean of SPS

On behalf of the School of Graduate Studies and the organising

committee, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the
International Graduate Conference on Engineering Science &
Humanity 2013 (IGCESH2013). Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
(UTM) strives with total and unified effort to attain excellence in
Science and Technology for universal peace and prosperity in
accordance with His will.

IGCESH 2013 is organized by the UTM Postgraduate Student

Societies in collaboration with the School of Graduate
Studies and k-Economy Research Alliance, UTM. IGCESH 2013 provides a platform for accessing
the most up-to-date and authoritative knowledge from graduate student’s research findings in
academic and industrial world, to share their research with a wider audience, as well as a
chance to meet and sharing best practice with other researchers within and beyond their field
of Engineering, Sciences and Humanities. The conference emphasized creating and sustaining
inclusive researching, learning, developing and recreation for the rapid changing environments.
The conference will provide an avenue to highlight recent developments and to identify
emerging and future areas of growth in these exciting fields by the graduate students.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my utmost gratitude to all the Reviewers and the
Organizing Committee for their relentless effort and undivided attention in ensuring the
successful implementation of the conference. At the same instance, I also want to extend my
appreciation to all participants and UTM’s delegates for making this conference a success. Last
but not least, I wish everyone a pleasant conference and a memorable stay here in Johor,
Malaysia.

Assoc. Professor Dr Zaidatun Tasir

Dean of School of graduate studies
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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Message
Conference Chair

On behalf of the organising committee, I am

honoured and delighted to welcome all of you to the
International Graduate Conference on Engineering,
Science and Humanities (IGCESH) 2013.

The response and trust given to the conference are

overwhelming from the numbers of papers received to
be considered for the conference, which makes the
selection of papers difficult. The committee had been
forced to keep a tight acceptance rate for reasons of
space. Hence, all papers are subject to peer review
and thorough selection. A total of nearly 600 submissions were received and only
300 papers were accepted for the oral presentations and later to be included in the
conference proceedings. The IGCESH2013 serves as an interdisciplinary venue for
inspiring new ideas, presenting cutting-edge studies and encouraging collaborations
between international scholars. It brings together researchers from various
disciplines and areas including engineering, science, information technology, built
environment, education, business and management.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all paper presenters and authors for the
support given to the conference. My sincere thanks to the IGCESH013 team in
putting their heart and soul towards the success of the conference. My special
thanks to the steering committee, Prof. Ali Selamat and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevia
Mahdaliza Idrus who helped with the thousand details. And, my sincere appreciation
to the management and staff of School of Graduate Studies, UTM for the assistance
rendered. Let me conclude by thanking all the members of the organizing
committee, the members of the Review Committee, and to all who have contributed
directly or indirectly to build the Conference program, and all persons or
organizations that have supported our work in many ways and have contributed to
the success of IGCESH2013.

Halimah Mohd Yusof

Conference Chair
Faculty of Management
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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Keynote Speaker I
PROF. DR. ROSE ALINDA ALIAS

Born on 5th September 1964 in Jelebu, Negeri

Sembilan, Prof Dr Rose Alinda Alias was appointed as
the UTM Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic &
International) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia on the
15th of January 2012.

She was the Chairperson of Malaysian Deans of

Graduate Schools Council (MyDEGS) from 1 Jan 2010
until 12th Jan 2012. She has been a long-time
academic administrator at UTM, having held the posts
of UTM School of Graduate Studies Dean (1 Aug 2009
-14 Jan 2012), UTM Graduate School of Engineering
Dean (1 Aug 2007 – 31 July 2009), Deputy Dean (Project Management & Finance),
UTM Research Management Center (1 April 2005 - 31 Mar 2007), and Deputy Dean
(Graduate Studies & Research) UTM Faculty of Computer Science and Information
Systems FSKSM (1 July 1998 - 31 Mar 2005).

In 2005, Prof Rose Alinda was appointed as UTM Professor of Information Systems
Management at FSKSM where until December 2012 she has graduated 12 PhD
students and is currently supervising 16 PhD students. She obtained her PhD in
Information Systems from University of Salford United Kingdom in January 1998, and
MBA, MSc (Computer Information Systems), and BSc Computer Science from
University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA in 1985 and 1986. Her research area of
expertise is in Knowledge Management, Information Systems Strategy & Planning,
and Information Systems Quality.

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Keynote Speaker II
Professor Ahmad Fauzi Ismail

Prof. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail holds a BSc in Petroleum

Engineering, MSc in Chemical Engineering from
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and PhD in
Chemical and Process Engineering from University
of Strathclyde, UK under the Association of
Commonwealth Universities Scholarship. He is the
Founder and Head of Advanced Membrane
Technology Research Center (AMTEC), UTM,
Malaysia.
Currently he is the Dean of Research for Materials
and Manufacturing Research Alliance, UTM. He has
over 15 years of experience in the development of
membrane technology for reverse osmosis,
nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, membrane contactor and gas separation. The
development of nanofibers and carbon nanostructured materials for energy related
application is also of special interest. He is the author of over 100 refereed
publications. He has also authored 2 books, 7 book chapters and 2 edited books.

He has won over 60 awards and one of the outstanding awards is the ASEAN Young
Scientist Award in 2001.

Research Interest:

 Membrane formation
 Membrane processes which include reverse osmosis, nanofiltration,
ultrafiltration for water and wastewater treatment
 Membrane for gas separation and membrane contactor
 Nanofibers and carbon nanostructured materials for energy related
applications.

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IGCESH2013 COMMITTEE

Honorary Chair

Prof. Dato’ Seri Ir. Dr. Zaini Ujang

Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Rose Alinda Alias

Assoc. Prof Dr. Zaidatun Tasir

General Co-Chair

Prof. Dr. Ali Selamat

Assoc. Prof Dr. Sevia Mahdaliza Idrus Sultan Nameh

SPS Secretariat

Ahmad Adli Ghazali

Hazlinda Mohd Noor

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 IGCESH2013
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Organizing Chair
Halimah Mohd Yusof

Organizing Vice Chair

Thabit Sabbah

Secretariats
Dr. Abdulrahman Salawu
Ahmad Shamsul Izwan (Treasurer)
Muhammad Shahir Misnan (Treasurer)
Nur Hafizah Abd Khalid (Secretary)
Ismaila Yada Sudi (Secretary)
Pooya Songhory (Chief Coordinator/Logistic)
Majid Ansari (Head of Publication)
Hossein Motamed (Head of Publicity)
Abdul Rahim Risal (Head of Food)
Amir Ghahramanpour
Dr. Mohsen Khalili
Sahar Hadi Pour
Behrad Saeedinejad
Neo Yun Sheng
Atikah Mohd Nasir
Nurul Jannah Bint Ismail
Fatin Nabilah
Ali Hedayati
Farhad Rezaei

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 IGCESH2013
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

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DAY 1 Tuesday, 16th April 2013

N24 Hall, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

0745-0845 Registration

0845-1035 Parallel Session I

1035-1045 Tea Break

1045-1245 Parallel Session II

1245-0200 Lunch Break

0200-0330 Parallel Session III

0330-0345 Tea Break

0345-0535 Parallel Session IV

Opening Ceremony and Dinner

Dewan Kencanapuri, Pulai Spring Resort

7.45 pmArrival of Participants & Guests

8.00 pmWelcoming Speech by Organizing Chair
8.05 pmWelcoming Speech by Dean of School of Graduate Studies
8.15 pmOfficiating Speech by UTM Deputy Vice Chancellor
(Academic & International)
8.25 pm Key Note Speaker I – Prof. Dr. Rose Alinda Alias
8.40 pm Key Note Speaker II – Prof. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail
8.55 pm Dinner
9.30 pm Awards presentation - Best Paper Award
10.45 pm End of Ceremony

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DAY 2 Wednesday, 17th April
2013
N24 Hall, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

0830 am -1030 am Parallel Session I

1030 am-1045 am Tea Break

1045 am-1245 pm Parallel Session II

1245 pm-0200 pm Lunch

0200 pm-0400 pm Parallel Session III

0400 pm-0415 pm Tea Break

0415 pm-0615 pm Parallel Session IV

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TECHNICAL SESSION
DAY 1
Tuesday, 16th April 2013

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Tuesday, 16th April 2013 Parallel Session 1
Session I
Room 1 8:45 am – 10:35 am

Mahfuzah Md.Shukor. Design 3.5 Antenna using Coplanar Waveguide (CPW)

08:45 – 08:55
for Dual Band Applications(604)

Garba Aliyu, Saiflunizam Bin Abd. Khalid and Jafar Usman. A new improved
08:55 – 09:05
walsh function algorithm for active and reactive power measurement(20)

Jafaru Usman, Mohd Wazir Mustafa, Garba Aliyu and Bukar Umar Musa. Coordinated
09:05 – 09:15 AVR-PSS for Transient Stability using Modified Particle Swarm
Optimization(48)
Mohammad Javad Kiani, Mohammad Taghi Ahmadi, Mahmoud
09:15 – 09:25 Zadehbagheri, Askar Bagherinasab and Fauzan Che Harun. Resistance
Analysis in Bilayer Graphene Based-FET Channel(100)

Mohd Taufiq Mohd Khairi, Sallehuddin Ibrahim, Mohd Amri Md Yunus and
09:25 – 09:35 Mohd Najmi Mohd Sulaiman. Optical Tomography Sensor Configuration for
Estimating the Turbidity Level of Water(129)
Nurul Shuhada Ahsan, Mohd Shahril Salleh, Fairuz Abdullah and Almsafir
09:35 – 09:45 Mahmoud Khalid. Migration strategy from Legacy PON System into Next
Generation PON System for low CAPEX TELCO deployment in Malaysia(181)
Ahmad ‘Athif Mohd Faudzi, Omer F. Hikmat, Mohamed O. Elnimair and
09:45 – 09:55 Khairuddin Osman. PI Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy and Receding Horizon Position
Control for Intelligent Pnuematic Actuator(206)
Aree Wangsupphaphol, Nik Rumzi Bin Nik Idris, Awang Bin Jusoh and Nik
09:55 – 10:05 Din Bin Muhamad. Power Converter Design for Electric Vehicle
Application(211)
Farah Diana Muhammad and Mohd. Zamani Zulkifli. High resolution
10:05 – 10:15 interrogation system for Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor application using
radio frequency spectrum analyser(304)
Nur Amirah Shaharuddin, Sevia Mahdaliza Idrus and Suhaila Isaak.
10:15 – 10:25 lPerformance of Large Signal Model Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
InP/InGaAs as an Optoelectronic Mixer(312)
Mozhde Heydarianasl, Mohd Fua’Ad Rahmat, Shadab Dabagh and Fahimeh
10:25 – 10:35 Ahmadi. Application of Pyroelectric sensors for Detection of Continuous
Infrared Radiation(405)

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Room 2 8:45 am – 10:35 am

Majid Ansari, Noor Azmi Bin Mohammad, Pooya Songhory and Hossein
Motamed Chaboki. Investigating the effect of intellectual capital on
08:45 – 08:55
organizational performance with emphasis on the mediating role of
organizational learning capabilities: IRAN case (617)
Yasin Munir, Dr. Saif Rehman Khan, Muhammad Siddique and Imran Abbas.
08:55 – 09:05 Factors Effecting on Extra-Role Performance of Higher Eductaion Institutes of
Pakistan(226)
See Ying Kwok, Ahmad Jusoh and Zainab Khalifah. Value as Mediator in the
09:05 – 09:15 Relationship between Experience and Satisfaction: A Study in Malaysia
Tourism Context(242)
Yew Huei Tan and Abu Mansor Nur Naha. Motivation and employee
09:15 – 09:25 performance among lecturers in Malaysia: The mediating effect of
organizational citizenship behaivor(262)
Zahra Pourabedin, Amin Nourizadeh and Dr.Noor Hazarina.Binti Hashim. e-
09:25 – 09:35
CRM web service attributes and customer– bank satisfaction(284)
Fazel Mohammadi Nodeh, Melati Binti Ahmad Anuar, Hadi Ghafoorian, Marjan
09:35 – 09:45 Anbarsooz and Aliakbar Rafatnia. Pathology and Study of Obstacles on the
way of New Instruments Application in the Islamic Banking(352)
Afeez Sanni and Maizon Hashim. Identifying the Critical Barriers to the
09:45 – 09:55
Implementation of Public Private Partnership Projects in Nigeria(420)

Ganiat Olatokun, Rusnaih Ahmad and Harlida Addulwahab. Feminists’ Body

09:55 – 10:05
Sensitivity: Western And Nigerian Perspectives Identified(448)

Zulaifah Abdul Ghani. Linking KPIs to Strategic Plans for Financial

10:05 – 10:15
Sustainability for Non-Profit Organization(411)
Ponmalar N Alagappar and Sabitha Marican. Sexual Harassment At The
10:15 – 10:25
Workplace: Is It A Serious Problem In Malaysia? (345)
Wan Rusyaini Wan Mohd and Muhammad Nubli Abdul Wahab. Measuring
10:25 – 10:35
Laziness Using Heart Rate Variability (HRV) (369)

Room 3 8:45 am – 10:35 am

Elham Khosrowabadi and Fahrul Huyop. Molecular Analysis of 2, 2 -

08:45 – 08:55 Dichloropropionate Degrading Bacterium Isolated From Marine Sediment
Using 16S rRNA Method (642)
Hoong-Pin Lee, Abdullah Zawawi Awang and Wahid Omar. Behaviour of
08:55 – 09:05 Steel Strapping Tensioning Technique (SSTT) Confined High-Strength
Concrete with Different Lateral Pre-tensioning Stresses(120)

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 Hossein Shad and Azlan Adnan. An investigation on the effectiveness of
09:05 – 09:15 Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) in suppressing the displacement response of a
5-storey building under harmonic load(121)
Nur Hafizah A.K., Jamaludin M.Y., Bhutta M.A.R., Husin M.W., Mohammad
09:15 – 09:25 Ismail and Azman M.. Tensile Properties of Kenaf Fiber Reinforced Polymer
Composites(131)
Farshad Zahmatkesh, Pezhman Taghia, Mohd Hanim Osman and Elnaz
09:25 – 09:35 Talebi. Comparative study on thermal behavior of slant endplate
connections under symmetric and non-symmetric gravity load(142)
Sepehr Alerasoul, Soheil Alerasoul, Bachan Singh and Iman Kiani.
09:35 – 09:45
Consultancy Services In The Middle East Construction Industry(235)
Shantha Kumari Muniyandi and Siti Suhaila Mohamad. Potential Reuse Of
09:45 – 09:55
Recovered Nonmetallic Printed Circuit Board Waste(239)
Morteza Mohsenipour and Shamsuddin Shahid. The impact of chemical
09:55 – 10:05
compositions of kaolin on the adsorption of heavy Metals(254)
Mardhiah Zainal Abidin, Zaiton Haron, Zanariah Jahya, Kamilah Mohd Said
10:05 – 10:15 and A. Aziz Saim. Determination of Occupational Noise Exposure and Use of
Hearing Protection among Construction Workers(138)
Ameer Khudhair and Tony Hadibarata. Removal of pyrene by Candida sp1
10:15 – 10:25
fungus isolated from nature(148)
Hesam Kamyab, Ponraj Mohanadoss, Mohd Fadhil Md Din, Shaza Eva
10:25 – 10:35 Mohamad, Shahabaldin Rezania and Mohsen Sohrabi. Environmental Aspect
Of Biodiesel Production From Microalgae – Chlorella Sorokoniana(158)

Tuesday, 16th April 2013 Parallel Session 2

Session I
Room 1 10:45 am – 12:45 pm

Nima Bahrami and Ameruddin Bin Baharom. Underwater Ambient Noise

10:45 – 10:55
Analysis Base on Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT) (220)
Michael David, Tay Ching En Marcus, Maslina Yaacob, Mohd Rashidi Salim,
Mohd Haniff Ibrahim, Sevia Mahdaliza Idrus, Asrul Izam Azmi and Nor Hafizah
10:55 – 11:05
Ngajikin. Experimental Structures for Ozone Gas Detection Using Absorption
Spectroscopy: An Overview(245)

Meisam Rahmani, Razali Ismail, M. T. Ahmadi and Komeil Rahmani. Low Power
11:05– 11:15
Trilayer Graphene Nanoribbon Schottky-Barrier FET Model(332)

Zul Hasrizal Bohari and Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob. Feature Analysis of

11:15 – 11:25 Numerical Calculated Data from Sweep Frequency Response Analysis (SFRA)
Traces Using Self Organizing Maps(338)

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 Houman Omidi, Hashem Ahmadi, Mehrdad Mokhtari, Mehran Khosravifard and
11:25 – 11:35 Nor Asiah Muhamad. Impact Evaluation of 2011 Significant Events on Iran
Energy Sector(379)
Mas Elyza Mohd Azol, Rashidah Arsat and Nafarizal Nayan. Annealing effects
11:35 – 11:45 on surface morphology of Zinc Oxide thin film using RF Magnetron
Sputtering(475)
Shahrulnizahani Mohammad Din, Ruzairi Abdul Rahim and Leow Pei Ling.
11:45 – 11:55 Electrical Field Simulation for Segmented Excitation of Electrical Capacitance
Tomography.(481)
Nurul Ashikin Abdul Kadir, Norlaili Mat Safri and Mohd Afzan Othman.
11:55 – 12:05 Feasibility Study of Semantic Mining for Predicting the Onset of Atrial
Fibrillation(512)
Askar Bagherinasab, Saifulnizam Abdul Khalid, Mahmoud Zadehbagheri,
12:05 – 12:15 Mohammad Javad Kiani, Majid Gandomkar and Naziha Ahmad. Optimal
Placement of D-STATCOM By Genetic Algorithm to Losses Reduction (117)
Muhammad Nizam Kamarudin, Abdul Rashid Husain and Mohamad Noh
12:15 – 12:25 Ahmad. Stabilization of Uncertain Systems using Backstepping and Lyapunov
Redesign(418)
Siti Hajar A Rahman, Sevia Mahdaliza Idrus and Farah Diana Mahad. Hybrid
12:25 – 12:35
Optical Amplifiers with WDM System(432)
Husnaini Azmy and Norlaili Mat Safri. EEG Based BCI using Task-dependent
12:35 – 12:45
Conditions for Robot Control(525)

Room 2 10:45 am – 12:45 pm

Fereshteh Zeynivandnezhad, Zaleha Binti Ismail, Yudariah Binti Mohammad

10:45 – 10:55 Yusof and Bambang Sumintono. Mathematical Thinking in Differential
Equations through a Computer Algebra System : a Theoretical
Framework(132)
Asha Hasnimy Mohd Hashim and Ai Choo Lee. The Effects of Neuromuscular
10:55 – 11:05
Control Training on Athlete’s Limit of Stability(266)
Khatereh A Malekian, Mohd Tajudin Ninggal, Rezvan Allahdad and Nazanin
11:05– 11:15 Boujarian. Predicting Nostalgia among University Students: The Role of
Attachment Styles and Personality(331)
Samireh Abedini, Ahmad Johari Bin Sihes and Hesamaddin Kamalzadeh Takhti.
11:15 – 11:25
Student evaluation of teaching(344)
Samira Y. Kakh and Wan Fara Adlina Wan Mansor. The Challenges of
11:25 – 11:35 Knowledge Sharing and Communicative Interaction on International
Campus(366)
Hana Jamal, Akram Zeki, Waleed Faris and Roslina Othman. Characteristics of
11:35 – 11:45
Learning Styles and Educational Technology(376)

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 Samira Nikian, Samira Hassani, Samira Seifi and Faizah Mohamad Nor. How do
11:45 – 11:55
role plays activities in English classroom promote learning English.(385)

Samira Seifi, Samira Nikian, Samira Hassani and Noor Aireen Ibrahim. Review
11:55 – 12:05
of Current Development in the Teaching of English Grammar(398)
Mohd Rozali Senik and Muhammad Nubli Abdul Wahab. A Pilot Study of The
12:05 – 12:15 effect of Zikir On The Performance Psychology Using Heart Rate Variability
(HRV)(406)
Zahra Bagheri. Emotional intelligence has an effect on educational success:
12:15 – 12:25
How is it possible? (581)
Jiang Na and Farhad Balash. Utilizing Borich Model for Academic Staff Needs
12:25 – 12:35
Assessment at UTM(641)
Tengku Intan Suzila Tengku Sharif and Mohd Yusri Mohamad Noor. Linguistic
12:35 – 12:45
Fieldwork In An Accelerating Obsolescence Digital Age(624)

Room 3 10:45 am – 12:45 pm

Iman Kiani, Mohammad Mir Ghasemi, Sepeher Alerasoul, Saeid Khalili Ghomi
10:45 – 10:55 and Bachan Singh. The Barriers and Implementation of Building Information
Modeling (BIM) based on Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) In the Construction
Industry(258)
Fung-Lung Chang, Haryati Yaacob and Mohd. Rosli Hainin. Performance on
10:55 – 11:05
Stability and Flow of Single Face Compacted Asphalt Specimen(276)
Mutah Musa, Akira Kikuchi, Jafariah Jaafar, Zaiton Abdul Majid and Nor Eman
11:05– 11:15 Ismail. Production optimization of sugarcane bagasse activated carbon for Cd
(II) removal(288)
Milad Jajarmizadeh, Sobri Harun, Shamsuddin Shahid and Mohsen Salarpour.
11:15 – 11:25 Comparison of retention parameter computation methods in SWAT for stream
flow prediction in an arid region(337)
Aidin Nobahar Sadeghifam, Mahdi Moharrami Meynagh, Dr. Umit Isikdag and
11:25 – 11:35 Abdul Kadir Bin Marsono. BIM Application for Energy Optimization in a Tropical
Public Building(356)

Mohsen Salarpour, Zulkifli Yusop, Milad Jajarmizadeh, Shamsuddin Shahid and

11:35 – 11:45 Fadhilah Yusof. A Generalized Feed Forward Network for the Prediction of
Runoff in Johor River Basin(358)
Aidin Nobahar Sadeghifam, Amin Fakhkhar Zadeh, Mahdi Moharrami Meynagh
11:45 – 11:55 and Abdul Kadir Bin Marsono. Energy Efficient Residential Buildings
Assessment Using Building Information Modeling(357)
Mehdi Raftari, Prof. Dr. Khairul Anuar Kassim, Dr. Ahmad Safuan A.Rashid and
11:55 – 12:05 Hossein Moayedi. Settlement Behaviour of Shallow Foundation on Reinforced
Slopes in Lorestan Province, Iran(363)

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 Behruz Andalibizadeh and Seyedmohsen Hosseini. Using Constractability for
12:05 – 12:15 Commercialization of New Academic Ideas to Improve and Redesign
Sustainable Construction by SMEs (508)
Nurul Hidayah Roslan, Taliat Ola Yusuf and Mohammad Ismail. Evaluation of
12:15 – 12:25
By-Product from Steel Industry as Cement Replacement(240)
Hoang-Hung Tran-Nguyen, Tho Thanh Le and Thang Huu Ly. A Field Trial
12:25 – 12:35 Study on Jet Grouting to Improve the Subsoil in Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam(257)
Kamilah Mohd Said, Zaiton Haron, Mardhiah Zainal Abidin and A. Aziz Saim.
12:35 – 12:45
Noise Exposure Level of Roadway Construction Worker(336)

Tuesday, 16th April 2013 Parallel Session 3

Session I
Room 1 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Fauzan Ahmad, Sulaiman Wadi Harun and Harith Ahmad. Single-walled Carbon
2:00 – 2:10 Nanotubes Polymer Composite Based Saturable Absorber for Passive Mode-
Locking Fiber Laser(527)

Md Razak Daud, Azli Yahya, Syahrullail Samion, Nazriah Mahmud, Nor Liyana
2:10– 2:20 Safura Hashim and Kartiko Nugroho. Machining pits on the acetabular surface
via Electrical Discharge Machining process(528)

Nur Syazana Azahar, Nurbaya Zainal and Fauzan Khairi Che Harun. Investigation
2:20 – 2:30
Of Graphene Composite Based Gas Sensor For Electronic Nose Application(532)
Nazriah Mahmud, Azli Yahya, Trias Andromeda and Nor Liyana Safura Hashim.
2:30 – 2:40 Design and implementation of flyback converter for Electrical Discharge
Machining power generator(539)
Nor Liyana Safura Hashim, Azli Yahya, Nazriah Mahmud, Kartiko Nugroho, Md
2:40 – 2:50 Razak Daud and Trias Andromeda. Review & Simulation Studies of Electrical
Discharge Machining Servomechanism Controller(543)
Abdelrahman Alnajjar and Dr. Ahmad Safawi Mokhtar. Design and performance
2:50 – 3:00 analysis of a model predictive controller for STATCOM to improve the stability of
a single machine infinite-bus.(600)
Nur Aishah Zainuddin and Mohamad Zoinol Abidin Abd Aziz. Investigation Of
3:00 – 3:10
Dual Meander Slot To Microstrip Patch Antenna(553)
Mohamad Harris Misran, Maizatul Alice Meor Said, Mohd Azlishah Othman, Mohd
Muzafar Ismail, Hamzah Asyrani Sulaiman and Ridza Azri Ramlee. RFID based
3:10 – 3:20
Medical Database System(570)

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 Mehrdad Mokhtari, Zulkurnain Abdul-Malek, Mehran Khosravifard, Hashem
Ahmadi and Houman Omidi. The Effects of Lightning Current Parameters on the
3:20 – 3:30 Residual Voltage of ZnO Lightning Arrester with High Frequency Ground Model
(410)

Room 2 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Fahimeh Ahmadi, Safa Jami, Mozhde Heydarianasl, Shadab Dabagh and Rosli Bin
2:00 – 2:10 Hussin. Correcting Decoherence Error by Measuring the Environment in Phase
Damping Channel(43)
Mohsen Aghaeiboorkheili, Ali Hassan Mohd Murid and Mohamed M S Nasser.
Solving Laplace Equation with Mixed Boundary Condition via an Integral
2:10– 2:20
Equation with the Generalized Neumann Kernel on Simply Connected
Regions(49)
Victor Okolobah and Zuhaimy Ismail. Electricity Peak Load Analysis Based on
2:20 – 2:30
Empirical Mode Decomposition(52)
Sanaa Mohamed Saleh Omer Omer, Nor Haniza Sarmin Sarmin, Ahmad Erfanian
2:30 – 2:40 Erfanian and Kayvan Moradipour. The probability that an element of a group
fixes a set of size two for some finite 2-groups(86)
Jamo Usman Hassan, Zainal Arffin Ahmad and Mohammad Zaky Noh. The
2:40 – 2:50
effects of the Addition of Palm Oil Fuel Ash on Porcelain composition(139)
Teh Sheen-Jeff, Sin Yew-Keong, Chan Kah-Yoong and Law Tai-Wenn. Synthesis
2:50 – 3:00
of zinc oxide colloidal spheres by sol-gel method(184)
Shuhaida Ismail and Ani Shabri. Time Series Forecasting Using Support Vector
3:00 – 3:10
Regression For Canadian Lynx Data(150)
Liyana Amalina, Tony Hadibarata and Abdull Rahim Mohd Yusoff. Biodegradation
3:10 – 3:20
of Reactive Black 5 by White-rot Fungi(465)
Azadeh Refaei, Husin Wagiran and Mohammad Alam Saeed.
3:20 – 3:30 Thermoluminescence Response of Nd and Sm doped optical fibers to X-ray
Irradiation(185)

Room 3 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Seyed Mahdi Sajjadi, Mohd Zulkifli Bin Mohd Yunus, Othman Bin Che Puan and
2:00 – 2:10 Taha Mehmannavaz. Investigation Of Various Techniques Of Soils Stabilization
In Different Conditions(378)
Ardalan Sabamehr and Leila Soufeiani. Computer simulation of bridge girder
2:10– 2:20
reinforced with FRP(389)

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 Seyed Mehrdad Ghaemi and Mohammadali Sahraei. Determining the Impact of
2:20 – 2:30
Road Humps on Road Capacity(392)
Leila Soufeiani and Ardalan Sabamehr. Investigation in to dynamic analysis of
2:30 – 2:40
fiber reinforced composite slab(396)
Noor Hasyimah Rosman and Aznah Nor Anuar. Treatment of Rubber Wastewater
2:40 – 2:50
using Aerobic Granular Sludge in a Sequential Batch Reactor(399)
Wan Nur Fazlina Abdol Jani, Fatihah Suja’ and Firdaus M.H. Evaluation of Surface
2:50 – 3:00
Water Quality in a Port in Malaysia(442)
Azlan Bin Adnan, Abdul Rahman Bin Mohd Sam and Mohammadamin Azimi.
3:00 – 3:10
Damping Coefficients α & β for Structures with Large Degrees of Freedom(339)
Mehran Gholami, Abdul Rahman Mohd Sam, Jamaludin Mohamad Yatim and
3:10 – 3:20 Bahram Marabi. Effect of Environmental Factors on Steel Structures
Strengthened with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer(443)
Mohammad Rezaeianpakizeh and Azlan Bin Adnan. Effects of in-fill masonry
3:20 – 3:30
walls and soft story on the seismic performance of buildings(545)

Tuesday, 16th April 2013 Parallel Session 4

Session I
Room 1 3:45 pm – 5:35 pm

Askar Bagherinasab, Saifulnizam Abdul Khalid, Hadi Jahangere,

Mohammadjavad Kiani, Mahmod Zadebagheri and Alireza Yousefpour. Optimal
3:45 – 3:55
DG placement in distribution networks using Shuffled Frog Leap Algorithm
(393)
Nurul Saadah Yusof, Jamaludin Mohd. Taib, Afandi Dzakaria and Mohd Kasim
3:55 – 4:05 Abdul Jalil. Optimization the shortest distance between two specified locations
of B-spline curve(179)
Ghasem Rezaei, Ashkan Memari, Seyed Mojib Zahraee, Foroogh Khosravi and
4:05 – 4:15 Prof. Dr. Awaluddin Bin Mohamed Shaharoun. Innovative Method For Scaling
Of Information Assets In The Manufacyuring Organizations(201)
Elham Hasani, Mohammad Hossein Mohammadi Ashnani and Anwar Johari.
4:15 – 4:25 Towards System for Health, Safety and Environmental Risk assessment in Iron
manufacturing(324)
Tengku Nur Azila, Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman and Safian Sharif.
4:25 – 4:35 Development of framework for establishment of end-of-life vehicles
management system in Malaysia: review and research direction(351)
Ali Karandish, Hirbod Maleki Kheimeh Sari, Mehran Abrishamkar and Khidzir
4:35 – 4:45
Bin Zakaria. CAD/CAM system for plastic injection mold manufacturing(360)
Nasuha Lee Abdullah, Khairur Rijal Jamaludin and Hayati Habibah Abdul Talib.
4:45 – 4:55
Assessing Impact of Operational Complexity on Quality Management Practices

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 in Malaysia’s Electrical and Electronics Manufacturing Industry (403)

Amir Sidek and Rashidah Arsat. Sintering Temperature Effect on Surface

4:55 – 5:05
Morphologies of Inkjet Printed Nanosilver (415)
Ahmad Qushairi Mohamad, Ilyas Khan, Zulkhibri Ismail and Sharidan Shafie.
5:05 – 5:15 The Unsteady Free Convection Flow Of Second Grade Fluids In A Vertical
Rotating Frame (367)
Simon Kaka and Musa Mailah. A Method to Compute the Dimension of An Air
5:15 - 05:25
Distribution Channel of A Pneumatic Cylinder (634)
Alireza Khademi, Seyedeh Sabereh Hosseini, Seyed Ali Mirzapour, Shahab
Khademi, Alireza Rangraz Jeddi, Noordin Mohd Yusof and Jafri Mohd Rohani.
5:25 – 05:35
Taguchi Design of Experiments Application on Determining Speed Bump
Location (380)
Room 2 3:45 pm – 5:25 pm

Rasaq Bolakale Salau and Mohamed Noor Hasan. Preliminary investigation of

3:45 – 3:55
Malaysian foods for sourcing essential mineral micronutrients(215)
Rui Sih Lim, Rohanin Ahmad and Su Hoe Yeak. History Tracting Ability of
3:55 – 4:05 Second and Fourth Orders Runge-Kutta in Solving Delay Differential
Equations(268)
G. M. T. Chai, T. J. C. Hosea, I. P. Marko, Z. Batool, S. R. Jin, N. Hossain and
4:05 – 4:15 S. J. Sweeney. Photo-modulated Reflectance Spectroscopy on InGaAsBi for
Efficient Room Temperature Operation(277)
Afrouz Baharvand, Alias Mohd Yusof, Hadi Nur and Rusmidah Ali. Fabrication
4:15 – 4:25
of Ag/C Core/Shell Structured Particles Via Hydrothermal Approach(289)
Norzita Ngadi and Wong Syie Luing. Solubilisation of Low Density Polyethylene
4:25 – 4:35
(LDPE) for Pyrolysis(355)
Adnin Afifi Nawi, Nor Muhainiah Mohd Ali, Nor Haniza Sarmin and Samad
4:35 – 4:45
Rashid. The Schur Multiplier of Pairs of Groups of Order p and pq(419)
Kabiru Mohammed, Prof. Mohamed Rusli Abdullah, Prof. Ikeh Eugene I, Dr
Aziah Ismail, Dr Julia Omar, Prof. Joseph Popoola Fabiyi and Assoc. P Sevia M
4:45 – 4:55 Idrus. Epidemiological study of Urinary schistosomiasis due to schistosoma
haematobium among children in Wamakko town,Sokoto state,North-western
Nigeria (172)
Ragheed Yacoub and Nurul Bahiyah Ahmad Khairudin. Comparative Modeling
4:55 – 5:05
of Human Sweet Taste Receptors: T1R2-T1R3(67)
Sarfraz Salim and Ali H.M. Murid. Solving Mixed Boundary Value Problem in
5:05 – 5:15 Bounded Doubly Connected Region via an Integral Equation with the
Generalized Neumann Kernel (509)
Binta Jume Hadi, Mohd Marsin Sanagi, Mohammed Abdullahi Mu’azu, Wan Aini
5:15 - 5:25 Wan Ibrahim and Shajarahtunnur Jamil. Microwave Extraction of Curcuma
Domestica val.(27)

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 Sunita Rega Kathiravelu and Dr Nur Naha Abu Mansor. Influence
5:25 – 5:35 of Organizational Culture on KnowledgeSharing : The Role of Managers
(174)

Room 3 3:45 pm – 5:35 pm

Mohammadali Sahraei and Seyed Mehrdad Ghaemi. Influence of Height and

3:45 – 3:55
Distance of Traffic Noise barriers for Noise Mitigation(462)
Hooman Abadi, Poona Abadi and Rouzbeh Abadi. The Challenging Of
3:55 – 4:05
Implementation Organizational Culture In Today’s Construction Industry(476)

Zee Chuang Teh. Naphthalene metabolism by white rot fungus Pleurotus eryngii
4:05 – 4:15
F032- Identification of naphthalene metabolites(518)

Yousef Karimi Vahed and Azlan Adnan. Earthquake Effects on Steel Storage
4:15 – 4:25
Tanks(547)
Mahdi Moharrami Meynagh, Adeyemo David Olusegun, Yousef Karimi Vahed and
4:25 – 4:35 Abdul Kadir Bin Marsono. Implementing Lean Production Principles Into The
Nigerian Construction Industry(548)
Mahdi Hatami, Hossein Moravej and Sophia C.Aliah. Effects of increasing
4:35 – 4:45
distance of columns in RC water storage tanks(562)
Rubiyatno Rubiyatno and Tony Hadibarata. Screening of White-rot Fungi for
4:45 – 4:55
Decolorization Mordant Orange-1 (568)
Babak Farmanbordar, Azlan Adnan, Iman Faridmehr and Reza Hodjati.
4:55 – 5:05
Evaluation of Isolated Nucear Power Plant Under Seismic loads (631)
Yulia Setiani and Prof Muhd Zaimi Abd Majid. An Analysis of Labor Productivity
5:05 – 5:15 Growth Rate and Fatal Occupational Injuries in Construction Industry among
Asian Countries (638)
Abdul Kadir Bin Marsono, Ali Tighnavard Balasbaneh and Khairulzan Yahya. Life
5:15 - 05:25
cycle assessment of two different IBS of Recipe Endpoint (E) LCIA method (122)
Somaieh Hatami, Redzuan Abdullah and Abdul Kadir Marsono. Parametric Study
5:25 – 05:35
of Concrete Load Bearing Wall with Opening for Double Storey Houses (203)

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TECHNICAL SESSION
DAY 2
Wednesday, 17th April 2013

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Wednesday, 17th April 2013 Parallel Session 1
Session I
Room 1 8:30 am – 10:30 am

Adi Maimun, Mehdi Nakisa, Yasser M. Ahmed, Fatemeh Behrouzi, Ahmed

08:30 – 08:40 Fuaad, Agoes Priyanto and K. Jaswar. Observation of the 3D flow around a
propeller in confined water(425)
Hirbod Maleki Kheimeh Sari, Mehran Abrishamkar, Ali Karandish and Izman Bin
08:40 – 08:50 Sudin. Basic Modules Of Integrated Cad/Cam/Process Planing For Die-Design
And Sheet-Metal Stamping(426)
Ali Derakhshan Asl, Hamed Piroozfard, Kuan Yew Wong, Vahid
08:50 – 09:00 Abbasgholipour, Mohamad Abbasgholipour and Ali Hosseingholipourasl. An
Intelligent Genetic Algorithm for Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problems(460)
Mohsen Kamrani, Shahab Sariatmadari, Reza Hassanzadeh Abbasabadi,
09:00 – 09:10 Noordin Mohd. Yusof and Jafri Mohd. Rohani. Improving customer waiting time
by using Six Sigma methodology(469)
Mohammad Gohari, Mona Tahmasebi and Suhail Kazi. Structure Isolation of
09:10 – 09:20
Base Excitation by Active Force Control Method(487)
Mohamad Syauqy Amin Othman and Zaini Ahmad. Crashworthiness of Frontal
09:20 – 09:30
Longitudinal of Rain Forest Vehicle (RFV) (493)
Habiballah Safari, Safian Sharif and Izman Sudin. Machined surface quality
09:30 – 09:40
considerations during high speed dry end milling of Ti-6Al-4V alloy(495)
Mona Tahmasebi, Mohammad Gohari, Musa Mailah and Roslan Abd Rahman.
09:40 – 09:50 Self-Tuning PD Controller of a Sprayer Boom Structure Using Neural
Network(574)
09:50 – 10:00 Firdaus Ghani. Development of Cubic-Motion(343)
Mohd Al-Fatihhi Mohd Szali Januddi, Ardiyansyah Syahrom Syahrom, Muhamad
Noor Harun and Muhammad Rafiq Abdul Kadir. The Effect of Combined
10:00 – 10:10
Compression-Torsion Strain Rates on Trabecular Bone Ultimate
Properties(466)
Dr Agoes Priyanto and Muhammad Waqiyuddin Salleh. Designing forward V-
10:10 – 10:20
shaped LNG Hull Form for Fuel Economy(494)
Roseni Abdul Aziz, Mat Rebi Abdul Rani, Jafri Mohd Rohani and Adeyemi
Ademola James. Association Between Workers Perceptions And Their Level Of
10:20 – 10:30
Satisfaction With The Working Environment In The Manufacturing
Industry(507)

Room 2 8:30 am – 10:30 am

Nourooz Hashemi, Mohd Salleh Abu, Hamidreza Kashefi and Khadijeh Rahimi.
08:30 – 08:40 What are Difficulties of Learning Derivation and Integral among Undergraduate
Students?(446)

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 Mahsa Ghaderpour and Soodeh Hamzehlou Moghadam. Problem Base
08:40 – 08:50
Learning(461)
Yu Mei Liew and Rohaya Mohd Nor. Engaging Contextual Approach to
08:50 – 09:00 Understand What Contributes to Effective Health Promotion Campaigns
Targeted for Rural Communities(489)

Seyed Mojib Zahraee, Ghasem Rezaei, Ashkan Memari, Jafar Afshar and Jafri
09:00 – 09:10 Bin Mohd Rohani. Teaching the Design of Experiment and Response Surface
Methodology Using Paper Helicopter Experiment(502)
Dewi Octaviani, Norazah Yusof and Mohd. Shahizan Othman. Analysis of E-
09:10 – 09:20 learning Acceptance Factors Based on Delone &Mclean Information Success
Model(506)
Abbas Abdoli Sejzi, Baharuddin Aris and Chan Pey Yuh. Important Soft Skills
09:20 – 09:30
for University Students in 21th Century(522)
Rohaiza Zakaria and Aede Hatib Musta’Amal. The Development of Sketching
09:30 – 09:40
Diary In Exploring Sketching Behaviors in Designing.(576)
Asnizawati Abu Samah and Mohammed Sharif Mustaffa. Konflik Kerja-Keluarga
09:40 – 09:50 Dan Sokongan Sosial Di Kalangan Wanita Bekerja Di Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, Skudai Johor(598)
Siew Fong Ng, Wan Fara Adlina Wan Mansor and Chai Hong Lai. Roles of
09:50 – 10:00
Mentees via Virtual Mentoring(412)
Bukhari Syed and Hamdan Said. The Need of Sustainable Initiatives for Higher
10:00 – 10:10
Education(565)
Shivan Mawlood Hussein and Mahtab Ghadimi. The effect of vocabulary
10:10 – 10:20
knowledge on reading comprehension(625)
Monsurah Mosaku and Moh’D Najib Abdul Ghaffar. Assessment of Higher
10:20 – 10:30
Education Learning In the 21st Century(637)

Room 3 8:30 am – 10:30 am

Raymond Krishnan, Hamidah Ahmad and Sapura Mohamad. Native Plants

08:30 – 08:40 Drought Tolerance Performance On Malaysia’s Tropical Extensive Green
Roof(26)
Stephen Eluwa and Ho Chin Siong. Predicting The Drivers of Household Energy
08:40 – 08:50
Consumption: A Developing Country Perspective(65)
Mohsen Ghasemi, Mohd Zin Kandar, Maliheh Noroozi, Alireza Taghizadeh and
08:50 – 09:00 Sahel Namazian. Review the Effective Factors on Daylight Performance in the
Atrium Buildings(78)
Mohsen Roshan and Mohd Zin Kandar. Investigating the performance of
09:00 – 09:10
Anidolic Daylighting System in real climatic conditions in Malaysia(107)

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 Mahdi Aghaabbasi, Muhammad Zaly Shah Bin Muhammad Hussein and Yousef
09:10 – 09:20 Karimi Vahed. A new Framework for Assessing the Transport Infrastructures,
Facilities and Personnel in Disasters(145)
Mohsen Ghasemi, Mohd Zin Kandar, Maliheh Noroozi, Mansour Nikpour and
09:20 – 09:30 Sepideh Namaziyan. Investigating Effective Factors on Daylight Quality in
Office Buildings based on the Designer’s preferences(168)

Shaiful Bahri Aziz, Ahmad Raqib Ab Ghani and Muhammad Zaly Shah
09:30 – 09:40 Muhammad Hussein. Passenger’s Perception for Service Quality of Iskandar
Malaysia Bus (Social Route 1) (208)
Raheleh Rostami, Seyed Meysam Khoshnava, Rasoul Rostami and Hasanuddin
09:40 – 09:50 Lamit. Contribution of Historical Persian Gardens in Contemporary Urban
Residents’ Life(271)
Nasiru Idris Medugu, M. Rafee Majid and Foziah Johar. Assessing Afforestation
09:50 – 10:00
Programme towards Combating Desertification in Northern Nigeria(214)
Tabassom Safikhani, Mohammad Baharvand, Aminatuzuhariah Megat Abdullah
10:00 – 10:10 and Dilshan Remaz Ossen. A Review on Vertical Greenery Systems Heat
Reduction in Tropical Climate(349)
Ojo Ayobami Kayode and Hairul Nizam Ismail. Residents’ Supports For
10:10 – 10:20
Voluntourism: A Viable Approach To Rural Development.(281)
Yong Kum Weng. Malaysia Professional Architectural Practice: Roles and
10:20 – 10:30
Responsibility of architect in certification(293)

Wednesday, 17th April 2013 Parallel Session 2

Session I
Room 1 10:45 am – 12:45 pm

Somia Alfatih, Mohamed Salman Leong, Ahmed Abdelrahman and Mohamed

10:45 – 10:55 Elnaeim. A Review of the Application of Higher Order Spectral Analysis for
Machinery Vibration Faults Detection in Rotating Machinery(583)
Wani Udin and Anuar Ahmad. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology for River
10:55 – 11:05
Bed Mapping(592)
Hazir Farouk Abdelraheem, Mohammad Nazri Mohd Jaafar, Tirto Prakoso and
11:05 – 11:15 Sabir Mohammed Salih. Biodiesel production from Crude Jatropha Oil (CJO) in
pilot plant(635)
Nor Azizi Mazalan, Azlan Ab Malek, Mazlan Abdul Wahid and Musa Mailah.
11:15 – 11:25
Neural Network Modeling For Main Steam Temperature System (333)
Zulhasni Abdul Rahim and Nooh Abu Bakar. Implementation Framework of
11:25 – 11:35 Design-To-Cost Using TRIZ Tools in Product Concept Design in Automotive
Industry (417)

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 Mohammadreza Arjmandi, Muhammad Adil Khattak and Mohd Nasir Tamin.
11:35 – 11:45 Delamination failure analysis of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP)
composites(558)
Kasra Naderian, Intan Zaurah Mat Darus, Yaser Sabzehmeidani, Mohamed
11:45 – 11:55 Hussein and Armin Ghanimi. Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of Pneumatic
and Flexible Tire(584)
Mohammad Mahdi Davoudi, Mohammadreza Arjmandi and Mohd Nasir Tamin.
11:55 – 12:05 Plastic and collapse load analysis of eccentric notched beam using finite
element method(610)
Nur Syamimi Jiran, Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman and Noordin Mohd Yusof. Life
12:05 – 12:15 Cycle Costing of the Membrane System for Wastewater Treatment: A Review
and Further Research(133)
Roozbeh Alipour, Izman Bin Sudin and Mohed. Nasir Bin Tamin. A Novel
12:15 – 12:25 Method For Investigating of Effective Parameters on Charge Mass in Explosive
Forming Process(451)
Nor Zanariah Safiei and Mazura Jusoh. Process Sequence Development for
12:25 – 12:35
Automated Progressive Freeze Concentration System(372)
Shafirah Samsuri and Mazura Jusoh. Fin Efficiency of Spiral Finned Crystallizer
12:35 – 12:45
for Progressive Freeze Concentation System(373)
Room 2 10:45 am – 12:45 pm

Farhad Ali, Ilyas Khan, Sami Ulhaq and Sharidan Shafie. Mhd Free Convection
10:45 – 10:55
Flows Of Mhd Brinkman Type Fluids(146)
Rosita Zainal, Nor Muhainiah Mohd Ali and Nor Haniza Sarmin. GAP
10:55 – 11:05
Computation On Certain Homological Functors of Some Finite Groups (421)
Nurhidaya Mohamad Jan, Wan Heng Fong, Sherzod Turaev and Nor Haniza
11:05 – 11:15
Sarmin. Watson-Crick Petri Net(546)
Khoo Li Peng, Robiah Adnan and Maizah Hura Ahmad. Regression Parameter
11:15 – 11:25 Estimation in the Presence of Heteroscedastic Error and Outliers in Multiple
Linear Regression(438)
Siti Norziahidayu Amzee Zamri, Nor Haniza Sarmin, Atikah Mohd Sani and Noor
11:25 – 11:35
Aishikin Adam. Modelling Of Tudung Saji Weaving Using Finite Groups(439)
Shokoh Parham, Fatemeh Yaghoubi Doust, Shima Shirani Lapari and Parastoo
11:35 – 11:45 Tajik. The Adsorption Ability of Nano Alumina in the Removal of H2S and CO2
in Sour Gas(467)
Atikah Mohd Sani, Nor Haniza Sarmin, Noor Aishikin Adam and Siti
11:45 – 11:55 Norziahidayu Amzee Zamri. Implementation of the Wallpaper Groups on
Triaxial Patterns(473)
Samad Zare and Zulkafli Othaman. Review Fabrication III–V semiconductor
11:55 – 12:05
nanowires: MOCVD system(480)

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 Jamo Usman Hassan, Zainal Arffin Ahmad and Mohammad Zaky Noh. Chemical
12:05 – 12:15
And Mineralogical Properties Of Rice Husk Ash (RHA)(69)
Nor Fazila Rasaruddin, Mas Ezatul Nadia Mohd Ruah, Mohamad Noor Hassan,
12:15 – 12:25 Siong Fong Sim and Mohd Zuli Jaafar. Application of PLS Regression to
Determine Iodine Value of Palm Oil Using FTIR Spectra(589)
Parisa Pourdayhimi, Alias Mohd.Yusof and Hadi Nur. preparation of
12:25 – 12:35
mesoporous silica sphere for modification by zinc oxide(629)
Maryam Jahandideh Khangheshlaghi and Hamid Kazemi Esfeh. Some results
12:35 – 12:45
on the number of edges of non – commuting graph of a finite group(594)

Room 3 10:45 am – 12:45 pm

Anahita Zendehdelan and Hamidah Ahmad. The home as place: providing

10:45 – 10:55
people with opportunities for relaxation(329)
Maliheh Noroozi, Syed Zainol Abidin Idid and Mohsen Ghasemi. Investigating
10:55 – 11:05 Post-Earthquake Challenges in reconstruction of Traditional Earthen Houses in
Historic City of Bam(347)
Hesamaddin Sotoudeh and Wan Mohd Zakri Wan Abdullah. Preference of
11:05 – 11:15 Experts and Non-Experts on Aesthetic Quality of New Infill Design in Urban
Historical Context(437)
Sepideh Sedaghatnia, Amir Ghahramanpouri and Hasanuddin Lamit. An
11:15 – 11:25 Exploratory Review of Social Exclusion Concept and Its Effectiveness for
Applying in Campus Environment(463)
Shuhana Shamsuddin and Natasha Azim Hussin. Awareness by Kuala Lum pur
11:25 – 11:35 City Hall staffs for successful implementation of Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design (CPTED) (499)
Elham Rahely Namin, Hamed Najafpour and Hasanuddin Lamit. Public Space
11:35 – 11:45 as a Space for Social Urban Interaction: A Case Study of Johor Bahru,
Malaysia. (368)
Fatemeh Mozaffarighadikolaei and Dilshan Remaz Ossen. Applying Wing Wall
11:45 – 11:55
in the Balcony Design to Improve the Indoor Ventilation Performance(516)
Fahimeh Malekinezhad and Hasanuddin Bin Lamit. Preference and Perception
11:55 – 12:05
of Familiar Urban Sculptures in Designer and Non-designer Groups(588)
Tareq Farea and Dilshan Ossen. Effect of Lightwell Combined with Horizontal
12:05 – 12:15
Void on Natural Ventilation in an Apartment Building(611)
Lin Yola and Ho Chin Siong. Understanding Vertical City Concept: Towards
12:15 – 12:25
Sustainable City(613)
Hossein Motamed Chaboki, Majid Ansari and Ahmad Fauzi A. Wahab.
12:25 – 12:35
Workplace Visibility and the Impacts on Informal Interaction(626)

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 Wednesday, 17th April 2013 Parallel Session 3
Session
Room 1 I 02:00 pm – 04:00 pm

Noor Naimah Mohamed Nor and Mazura Jusoh. Progressive Freeze

02:00 – 02:10 Concentration of Coconut Water: Effect of Circulation Flowrate and Circulation
Time(374)
Nurul Aini Amran and Mazura Jusoh. Friction Study on Vertical Finned
02:10 – 02:20
Crystallizer for Progressive Freeze Concentration System(375)
Teo Chee Loong and Ani Idris. Effect of different light wavelengths on the
02:20 – 02:30
growth of marine microalgae(381)
Khairilanuar Mohd Hanim, Qadly Ameen Pahlawi and Mohd Nazlee Faisal Md
02:30 – 02:40 Ghazali. Separation of carotene from palm oil by organic solvent
nanofiltration(427)
Roslina Rashid and Nor Athirah Zaharudin. Enzymatic hydrolysis of used-frying
02:40 – 02:50
oil using Candida rugosa lipase(435)
Siti Hanna Elias, Aznah Nor Anuar and Maketab Mohamed. Treating ceramic
02:50 – 03:00 industrial wastewater – Comparison between Water Hyacinth and Water
Lettuce performances(440)
Anisuzzaman S.M, Awang Bono, Duduku Krishnaiah and Norazwinah Azreen
03:00 – 03:10 Hussin. Effects of Extraction Process Conditions on Semi Refined Carrageenan
Produced by Using Spray Dryer(500)
Farhana Abd Lahin, Rosalam Sarbatly and Emma Suali. Membrane Bioreactor
03:10 – 03:20
for Wastewater Treatment using Microalgae(501)
Yan Yan Farm, Awang Bono, Chi Ming Chris Chu, Norina Yadin and Nur Abidah
03:20 – 03:30 Ramlan. Analysis of Liquid Phase Adsorption Isotherm of Non-Azeotropic
Solution ontoActivated Carbon(515)
Zaki Yamani Zakaria, Juha Linnekoski and Nor Aishah Saidina Amin.
03:30 – 03:40
Thermodynamic Analysis of Glycerol to Ethylene(485)
Yahya Norshafika and Jusoh Mazura. Effect Of Flowrate And Circulation Time
03:40 – 03:50 On Fractionation Of Refined Bleached And Deodorised Palm Oil Through
Progressive Freeze Concentration(529)
Bemgba Bevan Nyakuma, Arshad Ahmad, Anwar Johari and Tuan Amran Tuan
03:50 – 04:00 Abdullah. Thermogravimetric analysis of the fuel properties of Empty Fruit
Bunch briquettes(9)

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Room 2 02:00 pm – 03:50 pm

Khalina Khalili. The Role of the Scientist on the Object of Scientific Interest
02:00 – 02:10
from the Perspectives of Traditional Islam(68)
Naemah Hamzah, Mohd Ismail Mustari and Bushrah Basiron. Perkembangan
02:10 – 02:20 Kerjaya Wanita Masa Kini Dan Kedudukannya Menurut Pandangan Ulamak
Kontemporari(531)
Mohd Afifuddin Mohamad Mohamad and Nooraini Othman. Rawatan Spiritual
02:20 – 02:30
Ruqya Sebagai Altenatif Rawatan Moden: Satu Kajian Awal(542)
02:30 – 02:40 Sakinah Ab. Rahim. Concept Of Spiritual From Islamic Perspective(560)
Norhadija Darwin and Anuar Ahmad. The Potential of Low Altitude Aerial Data
02:40 – 02:50
For Large Scale Mapping (609)
Mohd Hafis Mohd Room and Anuar Ahmad. Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry,
02:50 – 03:00
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Geomorphology Study: A Review (606)
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List of Accepted Papers
Electrical Field Simulation for Segmented Excitation of
Electrical Capacitance Tomography.
Shahrulnizahani Mohammad Din, Ruzairi Abdul Rahim and Leow Pei Ling
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor.
hani-md@utm.my
Abstract— This paper presents verification of calculated
electrical field of Electrical Capacitance Tomography. The
electrical field was calculated mathematically along the paths of
the electrical field. The model was derived from linear (x-ray)
tomography. The modeling and simulation was done by using
COMSOL Multiphysics to reconstruct the electrical field. The
simulation was done for single and 4-electrode to analyses the
distribution of electrical field inside the pipe. In general, the
electrical field and electrical potential for segmented excitation
is greater than single excitation method; which may contribute
to better image reconstruction.
I. INTRODUCTION
Tomography is defined as slice of a picture [1]. Initially,
process tomography was applied for medical applications [2].
After twenty years of its development, tomography
application is no longer restricted to medical application only,
the concept of tomography has been applied for various
fields, such as archaeology, biology, geophysics,
oceanography, material science, astrophysics and process
applications. [3]
The benefits of tomography to industrial application are also
diverse. Tomography is one of the few feedback tools that
give information about what is actually happening inside an
industrial process. The significant contribution of tomography
in reducing production costs are through enhancing
efficiencies, producing better yields and enhancing process
efficiently. [4]
The selection type of sensor usually depends on the
properties or characteristics of the flow material such as
electrical conductivity and permittivity (liquid, gas or solid).
The selection also depends on the need or purpose of the
experiment and the size of the environment. [5]
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II. ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY
The application in the industry is relevant and wide – from
medical purposes to understanding the flow of industry
pipelines. ECT is widely used in industrial multiphase
process validation and visualization, especially for petroleum
industry and electrical insulation material applications. From
the perspective point of view, it is possible to image vessels
or pipes of any cross section; most of the research to-date
focuses more on circular vessels. [6]
The principle of ECT is based on the capacitance
measurements placed outside of the pipe and by measuring
variations in the dielectric permittivity of the materials inside
the pipe.[1]. The capacitances are measured between single
pairs of electrodes where the first electrode is selected as the
transmitter electrode while other electrodes are used as
detectors (grounded) and the currents that flow into these
detector electrodes are measured. The second electrode is
selected as the transmitter electrode and these sequences are
repeated until all possible pairs of electrode capacitances
have been measured. The formula for independent
measurement values, M can be calculated by; where N is the
number of electrodes at the boundary of the pipe or vessel;
N ( N  1)
M  (1)
2
ECT is suitable for imaging industrial multi-component
processes which involve non-conducting flow materials. An
ECT system consists of three main components; the sensors,
the data acquisition system and the image reconstruction
system [7]. The advantages of ECT are that it is non-invasive
[8], where it does not disrupt the wall of the tested vessel and
does not disturb the flow of the process; the electrodes are
affordable as well as high temperature and high pressure
resistant [9]. However, there are some disadvantages of ECT;
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The application is limited to non-conductive materials and C. ECT Modelling

produces low resolution images. [10]. The relationship Zimam et al. demonstrated the simulation of fan-beam
between capacitance and dielectric properties can be given as: projection using portable 16-electrodes ECT system to
 0 r A compare between single excitation method with 4-electrode
C (2) excitation at the same time [17]. The modeling was done by
dp using the COMSOL Multiphysics simulator as refered to the
ECT system design in the laboratory. The electrical field and
potential field of 4-electrode excitation is better than the
Where, single excitation. COMSOL Multiphysics allows better
C = capacitance (F) understanding of various segmented excitation configurations
ε0 = permittivity of free space and shows the distribution of electrical field and electrical
εr = permittivity of the dielectric potential inside the pipe.
A = area of the plate
dp = the distance between those plates The COMSOL Multiphysics design process for ECT sensor
models can be divided into the following approach:

(a) Choosing the mode in the electrostatics module;

III. EXPERIMENTAL METHOD (b) Geometry modeling according to dimension to be
simulated;
(c) Generating the mesh;
A. Segmented Excitations (d) Set electrical properties in the domains; and
This paper will focus on ECT low resolution image problem. (e) Set the boundary conditions.
To overcome the problem, the number of electrodes needs to
be increased. However, by doing so, the image quality at the Boundary conditions used are ground, port and distributed
center of the pipe will be decreased due to the reduction of capacitance. The equations used for the boundary and
the electrode surface area. [11] [12]. To improve the image subdomain conditions are as follows;
quality, the number of electrodes excite at the same time
could be increase by implementing segmented techniques. , for ground (3)
[13]. From the equation (1), the value of capacitance (c) will
increase as the area (A) of the plate is increased. Olmos et. al , for port (excitation electrode) (4)
[14] reported the comparison between single and 4-electrodes ( )
( ) , for distributed permittivity (5)
segmented excitation method. Better image reconstruction is
produced when applying the segmented sensor. This paper
where;
will concentrate on 4-electrode segmentation excitation.
C is the capacitance value
Q is the charge of the two conductors
B. Fan Beam Projections V is the voltage difference between the two conductors
The arrangements of parallel and fan beam projections are
different. For parallel projection method, each transmitter and D. Electrical Field
receiver only corresponds to each other. While for the fan
There are several prior research conducted that focused on
beam projection method, the receiver may be more than one
electrical field of ECT [18]. Loser et. al. [19] reported the
depending to a single or multiple transmitter configurations. development of the electrical filed using mathematical
In the switch-mode fan beam method, the transmitters and modeling.
receivers can be arranged alternately [15].

Sensor fixture size affect the number of sensor used, the

resolution increase along with the number of sensors
installed. [16]. The fan-beam projection is better from the
parallel projection because it covers a wider area of the pipe
or vessel.

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Figure 1. Loser et.al test model with three droplets of water

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.
The FEM grid for the numerical calculation of the electrical
field inside the pipe was developed using the commercial
software package ANSYS 5.5. Three droplets of water were IV. RESULT AND DISCUSSIONS
used inside the pipe to represent the different permittivity as
shown in Figure 1. The calculated electrical field inside the
pipeline by using the Poisson equation is given by;

( ) ( ) ( ) (6)

Where;
( ) = the electrical permittivity
( ) = the electrical potential
( ) = the charge distribution.
The changes of electrical permittivity and changes of Figure 3. Single and segmented excitations for uniform permittivity (air)
electrical potential give the electrical charge distribution.
From figure 1, the white line indicates the electrical field
generated. This paper will focus on the development of Figure 3 shows the simulation result of simulation test to
electrical field using COMSOL Multiphysics. The reconstruct the electrical field. Figure 3 (a) and (b) show the
preliminarily result will use single excitation, later; the single and segmented excitations of uniform permittivity
multiple excitation will be introduced to compare the (air). The electrical potential is uniformly or linearly
electrical filed and electrical potential. distributed from the transmitter to the receivers. However, the
electrical field in figure 3(b) is greater than figure 3(a). This
shows that the segmented excitation methods may contribute
to better image reconstruction at the center of the pipe.
D. Electrode indications
Figure 2 shows the indication of the electrodes for the
excitation purposes. The simulation considers single
excitation as to verify the calculated electrical field. Then, the
segmented excitation will be done to compare with the single
excitation result.

Figure 4. Single and segmented excitations for multiple permittivity (air and
water)

The three droplets of water were introduced as per figure 4

(a) and (b). Figure 3(a) shows the same single excitation as
Loser test in figure 1, the distribution of distortion is likely
the same. The distortion of electrical field indicates that the
ECT system could detect the existence of the droplets of
waters.

Extension to Loser et. al. test, the segmented switching is

introduced. The distortion of electrical field in figure 4 (b) is
Figure 2. Indication of the electrodes more significant compared to figure 4(a) as the electrode 1
until 4 are excited at the same time.

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The red color electrical potential in figure 3 and 4 shows the
highest potential while the blue color shows the lowest
electrical potential. Figure 3(a) shows the distribution of
electrical potential near the electrode. However, in figure 3(b)
the distribution of electrical potential is wider. It covers up
almost until the center of the pipe. The greater electrical field
and electrical potential may contribute to better image
reconstruction in the pipeline.
V. CONCLUSIONS
The electrical field was reconstructed using COMSOL
Multiphysics to verify the result of calculated electrical field.
Extended to the electrical field reconstruction for single
excitation, the multiple segmented switching is introduced.
The electrical field shows significant distortion to detect the
different permittivity inside the pipe. The electrical potential
also shows greater distribution inside the pipe for multiple
segmented switching. The electrical field degree increases
when the permittivity increases. The greater electrical field
and electrical potential may contribute to better image
reconstruction.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors are grateful to the financial support from Research
University Grant of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Grant No.
Q.J130000.2823.00L03).
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