Prof. Dr. Ahmad Ilyas Bin Rushdan
https://fkt.utm.my/senior-lecturer/
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Ahmad Ilyas bin Rushdan or R.A. Ilyas is a senior lecturer at the School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia. R.A. Ilyas was the recipient of the MVP Doctor of Philosophy Gold Medal Award UPM, 2019, for Best Ph.D. Thesis and Top Student Award, INTROP, UPM. In 2018, he was recognized as an outstanding reviewer by Carbohydrate Polymers, Elsevier United Kingdom; Best Paper Award, 11th AUN/SEED—Net Regional Conference on Energy Engineering; Best Paper Award, Seminar Enau Kebangsaan 2019, Persatuan Pembangunan dan Industri Enau Malaysia; and National Book Award 2018. R.A. Ilyas also was listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (Subject-Wise) Citation Impact during the Single Calendar Year of 2019. His main research interests are (1) polymer engineering (biodegradable polymers, biopolymers, polymer composites, polymer-gels) and (2) material engineering (natural fiber reinforced polymer composites, biocomposites, cellulose materials, nanocomposites). To date, he has authored or co-authored more than 254 publications (published/accepted), including 93 journals indexed in JCR/Scopus, 14 books, 69 book chapters, 51 conference proceedings/seminars, 2 research bulletins, 10 conference papers (abstract published in a book of abstracts), 9 guest editorships for journal special issues, and 6 editor/coeditor positions of conference/seminar proceedings on subjects related to green materials.