POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY
AT CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PILOT PLANT
Chemical Engineering Pilot Plant offers research (Msc. or PhD level) programmes in the following areas;

Research topic/area

• Fermentation & microbiology
  • Lactic acid production
  • Viability, safety and scaling up study on probiotics
  • High viability study of spray dried microencapsulated probiotic bacteria
  • Scaling-up studies of Bioprocess
    
    
• Cosmeseutical
  • Development of natural preservative for cosmetic
  • Cosmetic formulation for improve  skin elastivity and vitality
  • Development of natural base cosmetic materials
    
    
• Food  technology
  • Inulin production and characterization from natural resources
  • Optimization of virgin coconut oil processing
  • Effect of extraction techniques on organoleptic properties of natural flavour from plants
  • The effect of feed formulation on the solubility and dispersbility of coconut-based non dairy creamer
  
  
• Aromatherapy
  • Effect of extraction techniques on the chemical and organoleptic properties of  essential  oils
  • Antimicrobial properties of plant essential oils
  • Essential oil for  massage oils
  • Effect of essentials oil on ventilation system sanitation
    
    
• Nutraceutical and Phytochemical
  • Development natural colour and co-pigment from plants
  • Metabolomic profiling of local plants
  • Effect of processing parameters on antioxidant activity from Curcuma xanthorrhiza
  • Metabolic profiling studies
  • Standardization  studies of herbal extract
  • Efficacy study of bromelin and papain as anti -inflammatory in cosmetic and nutraceutical products
  • Antidiabetic study from cinnamon extract
  • Effect of processing parameters on the Zingiber zerumbet oleorein on the antibacterial activity of Staphylococcus aureus
    
    
• Biopesticide
  • Toxicology and efficacy of phytochemical based biopesticide
    
    
• Biofertilizer
  • Effect of formulation on the quality of biofertilizer
    
    
• Oleochemical
  • Separation and purification of Tocopherol and Tocotrienol for nutraceutical application
  • Development of biofuel and biolubricants
    
    
• Herbal or Phytochemical  Processing
  • Effect of processing parameters on the yield and quality of herbal extract
  • Optimisation of extraction and drying (spray/freeze) processes