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Effects of Roadside Trees and Road Orientation on Thermal Environment in a Tropical City (2020)
Journal Article
Zaki, S. A., Toh, H. J., Yakub, F., Saudi, A. S. M., Ardila-Rey, J. A., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2020). Effects of Roadside Trees and Road Orientation on Thermal Environment in a Tropical City. Sustainability, 12(3), Article 1053. https://doi.org/10.3390/su1

Emerging tropical cities are experiencing rapid population growth and development, which can greatly affect the thermal environments. The effects of roadside trees and road orientation on the outdoor thermal environment were investigated on four diff... Read More about Effects of Roadside Trees and Road Orientation on Thermal Environment in a Tropical City.

Photovoltaic-integrated review and expansion need in green building landscape for bridging the Malaysian RE policy (2020)
Journal Article
Amran, M. E., Muhtazaruddin, M. N., Bani, N. A., Rahaman, S. A. S. A., Yusoff, N. M., Azizul, M. H., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2020). Photovoltaic-integrated review and expansion need in green building landscape for bridging the Malaysian RE policy. Indonesia

A literature review is presented specifically on the photovoltaic (PV) as a distributed generation (DG) integration approach and the extensiveness through renewable energy (RE) assessment criteria in current green building rating system (GBRS) to: de... Read More about Photovoltaic-integrated review and expansion need in green building landscape for bridging the Malaysian RE policy.

Risk Management Framework for Handling and Storage of Cargo at Major Ports in Malaysia towards Port Sustainability (2020)
Journal Article
Kadir, Z. A., Mohammad, R., Othman, N., Amrin, A., Muhtazaruddin, M. N., Abu-Bakar, S. H., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2020). Risk Management Framework for Handling and Storage of Cargo at Major Ports in Malaysia towards Port Sustainability. Sustainability, 12(

Risk management provides an effective method for ensuring safety and preventing accidents towards achieving port sustainability. This article describes a study of the implementation of a risk management framework for handling of cargo at ports. To ac... Read More about Risk Management Framework for Handling and Storage of Cargo at Major Ports in Malaysia towards Port Sustainability.

Using Illustrations to Make Decisions on the Most Appropriate Qualitative Research Methodology: The Industry 4.0 Scenario (2020)
Journal Article
Janis, I., Alias, M., Zulkipli, M., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2020). Using Illustrations to Make Decisions on the Most Appropriate Qualitative Research Methodology: The Industry 4.0 Scenario. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 19, https://doi.org/1

Industry 4.0 is viewed as a complex scenario. This complex scenario could be interpreted using illustrations such as sketches or drawings. Ideally, sketches and drawings are useful in illustrating complexity and multiple abstracts from observed socia... Read More about Using Illustrations to Make Decisions on the Most Appropriate Qualitative Research Methodology: The Industry 4.0 Scenario.

Design of a DC-DC converter in residential solar photovoltaic system (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Darameičikas, M., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Sellami, N., Bani, N. A., Mas’ud, A. A., & Ardila-Rey, J. A. (2018, July). Design of a DC-DC converter in residential solar photovoltaic system. Presented at 2nd International Women in Science, En

This study looks at buck type switch mode power supplies (SMPS) suitability in residential solar photovoltaic (PV) applications, of which several factors affecting the desired output response are identified. The main objective of the study is to desi... Read More about Design of a DC-DC converter in residential solar photovoltaic system.

Optimal distributed generation in green building assessment towards line loss reduction for Malaysian public hospital (2019)
Journal Article
Amran, M. E., Muhtazaruddin, M. N., Bani, N. A., Kaidi, H. M., Hassan, M. Z., Sarip, S., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2019). Optimal distributed generation in green building assessment towards line loss reduction for Malaysian public hospital. Buletin Teknik Ele

This paper presents an optimization approach for criteria setting of Renewable Distributed Generation (DG) in the Green Building Rating System (GBRS). In this study, the total line loss reduction is analyzed and set as the main objective function in... Read More about Optimal distributed generation in green building assessment towards line loss reduction for Malaysian public hospital.

Improved design of a DC-DC converter in residential solar photovoltaic system (2019)
Journal Article
Darameičikas, M., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Sellami, N., Bani, N. A., Muhtazaruddin, M. N., …Ardila-Rey, J. A. (2019). Improved design of a DC-DC converter in residential solar photovoltaic system. International Journal of Power Electronics

With growing demand in renewable energy, solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is becoming more popular. A number of research has been carried out to increase the efficiency of the PV system. One of them is improving the Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS... Read More about Improved design of a DC-DC converter in residential solar photovoltaic system.

Potential of floating solar technology in Malaysia (2019)
Journal Article
Jamalludin, M. A. S., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Ramlee, F., Munir, A. B., Bani, N. A., …Sellami, N. (2019). Potential of floating solar technology in Malaysia. International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 10(3), 1638-1644. h

Solar energy is a natural source of energy and is tremendously abundant. The concept of floating solar is to fulfil and to support the existing energy supply in order to enhance the human life. The floating solar exploits the massive availability of... Read More about Potential of floating solar technology in Malaysia.

The open air electrical-field activated sintering and forming of micro components (2019)
Book Chapter
Zulkipli, M., Qin, Y., Yang, Y., Shaari, M. F., Ayub, A. S., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2019). The open air electrical-field activated sintering and forming of micro components. In T. N. H. B. T. Ismail, A. H. A. Rashid, M. N. Roslan, N. H. H. Hairom, F. H. M.

As the demand for the miniature products has increased significantly, so also has the need for these products to be produced in a rapid, flexible and cost-efficient manner. The application of electroplasticity shows significant potential to produce t... Read More about The open air electrical-field activated sintering and forming of micro components.

Comparative evaluation of the effect of pore size and temperature on gas transport in nano-structured ceramic membranes for biogas upgrading (2019)
Journal Article
Ogunlude, P., Abunumah, O., Orakwe, I., Shehu, H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Gobina, E. (2019). Comparative evaluation of the effect of pore size and temperature on gas transport in nano-structured ceramic membranes for biogas upgrading. WEENTECH Proceedings

As a result of rising economies and environmental constraints, the demand for clean and renewable sources of energy is fast increasing. Biogas is a renewable form of energy that fits all expectations in terms of delivery, cost, and greenhouse emissio... Read More about Comparative evaluation of the effect of pore size and temperature on gas transport in nano-structured ceramic membranes for biogas upgrading.

Development of a control system for a domestic grid-connected wind turbine (2019)
Journal Article
Adamson, M. A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Aziz, N. F. A., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Sellami, N., Iyi, D., …Yasin, S. H. M. (2019). Development of a control system for a domestic grid-connected wind turbine. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 16(5-6

In the United Kingdom (UK), homeowners who install grid connected renewable energy sources receive a threefold benefit. They can use the electricity generated by the source, they enjoy reduced household bills and they can also receive Feed-in Tariff... Read More about Development of a control system for a domestic grid-connected wind turbine.

Harvesting sustainable energy from saltwater, part II: effect of electrode geometry (2019)
Journal Article
Bani, N., Mad Kaidi, H., Muhtazaruddin, M. N., Mohamed Rashidi, A. H., Hassan, M. Z., Sarip, S., …Ardilla-Rey, J. (2019). Harvesting sustainable energy from saltwater, part II: effect of electrode geometry. TEST Engineering and Management, 81(11-12), 57

Green energy or renewable energy is a widely and commonly used terminology when depicting the energy generated from natural resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and hydropower. One energy resource, in particular, has yet to unleash its... Read More about Harvesting sustainable energy from saltwater, part II: effect of electrode geometry.

Performance Evaluation of Unconcentrated Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric Generator Hybrid System under Tropical Climate (2019)
Journal Article
Bani, N. A., Mohd Shatar, N., Rahman, M. A. A., Muhtazaruddin, M. N., Shaikh Salim, S. A. Z., Singh, B., …Ardila-Rey, J. A. (2019). Performance Evaluation of Unconcentrated Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric Generator Hybrid System under Tropical Climate. Sust

Indoor farming is among the approaches which can be adapted to improve agricultural sustainability and ensure the food security of countries. However, adopting indoor farming requires a high amount of energy to sustain the system. Incorporating a ren... Read More about Performance Evaluation of Unconcentrated Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric Generator Hybrid System under Tropical Climate.

Renewable energy for sustainable growth and development: an evaluation of law and policy of Bangladesh (2019)
Journal Article
Karim, M. E., Karim, R., Islam, M. T., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Bani, N. A., & Muhtazaruddin, M. N. (2019). Renewable energy for sustainable growth and development: an evaluation of law and policy of Bangladesh. Sustainability, 11(20), Article 5774. https://do

Bangladesh’s constant growth with an annual 6% plus Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for more than the last two decades and achievements in other socio-economic metrics in recent times is impressive and recognized by various global authoritative bodies.... Read More about Renewable energy for sustainable growth and development: an evaluation of law and policy of Bangladesh.

Solar Energy: Static Solar Concentrators (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad Sukki, F., & Sellami, N. (2019, October). Solar Energy: Static Solar Concentrators. Presented at Energy Transition Institute's Lunch and Learn, Aberdeen, UK

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Upgrading Biogas to Bio-methane by the Use of Nano-Structured Ceramic Membranes (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ogunlude, P., Abunumah, O., Orakwe, I., Shehu, H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Gobina, E. (2019, September). Upgrading Biogas to Bio-methane by the Use of Nano-Structured Ceramic Membranes. Paper presented at 17th International Waste Management and Landfill Sym

In order to meet the demands of growing economies while considering environmental implications, the use of clean and renewable sources of energy has increasingly become of interest. Biogas utilisation is a means by which these rising needs can be met... Read More about Upgrading Biogas to Bio-methane by the Use of Nano-Structured Ceramic Membranes.

Optimizing the mercerisation effect on the mode I fracture toughness of Bambusa Vulgaris bamboo using surface response method (2019)
Book Chapter
Hassan, M. Z., Roslan, S. A., Rasid, Z. A., Yusoff, M. Z. M., Sapuan, S. M., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2019). Optimizing the mercerisation effect on the mode I fracture toughness of Bambusa Vulgaris bamboo using surface response method. In M. Mastura, & S. Sa

Alkaline treatment is widely being promoted to treat natural fibres and improves the fibre bundle surface for better interlocking with the polymer matrix. The aim of this study is to optimize the merceration parameter including natrium hydroxide (NaO... Read More about Optimizing the mercerisation effect on the mode I fracture toughness of Bambusa Vulgaris bamboo using surface response method.

Mode I fracture toughness of optimized alkali-treated Bambusa Vulgaris bamboo by Box-Behnken design (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roslan, S. A., Hassan, M. Z., Rasid, Z. A., Bani, N. A., Sarip, S., Daud, M. Y. M., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2020). Mode I fracture toughness of optimized alkali-treated Bambusa Vulgaris bamboo by Box-Behnken design. In M. Awang, S. S. Emamian, & F. Yusof (E

Alkaline treatment is widely being used to treat natural fibres and it improves the fibre surface for better bonding with the polymer matrix. The aim of this study is to optimize the alkaline treatment variables that influence the strength of natural... Read More about Mode I fracture toughness of optimized alkali-treated Bambusa Vulgaris bamboo by Box-Behnken design.

Photovoltaic Expansion-Limit through a Net Energy Metering Scheme for Selected Malaysian Public Hospitals (2019)
Journal Article
Amran, M. E., Muhtazaruddin, M. N., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Bani, N. A., Ahmad Zaidi, T. Z., Kamaluddin, K. A., & Ardila-Rey, J. A. (2019). Photovoltaic Expansion-Limit through a Net Energy Metering Scheme for Selected Malaysian Public Hospitals. Sustainabili

This paper presents an optimization approach in determining the expansion-limit of Renewable Distributed Generation (DG) capacity through a Net Energy Metering (NEM) scheme specifically for selected Malaysian public hospitals. In this study, the tota... Read More about Photovoltaic Expansion-Limit through a Net Energy Metering Scheme for Selected Malaysian Public Hospitals.