Chemical Engineering Study Program,
Faculty of Engineering
Lambung Mangkurat University
Jl. A. Yani Km. 36 Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan 70714 Indonesia Telp. +62-511-7404878

Mobile: +62-822-8122-6215

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Head of Research and Technology Department, KIPMI

Meilana Dharma Putra was born on May 1, 1982 in Sumatera, Indonesia. He obtained a BSc degree from Chemical Engineering Department, Gadjah Mada University in 2005, Indonesia. He got his MSc and PhD degree from Chemical Engineering Department, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia in 2010 and 2014, respectively. He received prize of best student from Indonesia Embassy in Saudi Arabia in 2014. He also got prize of scientific award from College of Engineering KSU and from King Saud University in 2014. Since 2006, he has been an official lecturer at Lambung Mangkurat University, the oldest University in Borneo Island, Indonesia. He was appointed as Head of Chemical Engineering Study Program since 2015. His research interests include selective fermentation, oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes and recycling of used lubricating oil. He has contributed over 14 publications and is also a reviewer/referee to some reputable journals such as International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Chemical Engineering Communications and Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering.

Publication

1. M.D. Putra, A.E. Abasaeed, H.K. Atiyeh, S.M. Al-Zahrani, M.H. Gaily, A.K. Sulieman and M.A. Zeinelabdeen, “Kinetic modeling and enhanced production of fructose and ethanol in reformulated inoculum media” Chemical Engineering Communications, In Press 2015

2. M.D. Putra, A.E. Abasaeed, “Prospective production of fructose and ethanol for food and fuel market by selective fermentation” Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 31(3) (2015), 497-504

3. M.D. Putra, A.E. Abasaeed, Ali, E.M., A.K. Sulieman, M.H. Gaily and M.A. Zeinelabdeen, “Utilization of pitted dates for the production of highly concentrated fructose syrups by S. cerevisiae”, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 38 (2014) 397-401

4. M.D. Putra, A.E. Abasaeed, M.A. Zeinelabdeen, M.H. Gaily and A.K. Sulieman, “Selective fermentation of pitted dates by S. cerevisiae for the production of concentrated fructose syrups and ethanol”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 495 (2014) 102034

5. M.D. Putra, A.E. Abasaeed, S.M. Al-Zahrani, M.H. Gaily, A.K. Sulieman, M.A. Zeinelabdeen and H.K. Atiyeh, “Production of fructose from highly concentrated date extracts using Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, Biotechnology Letters 36(3) (2014) 531-536

6. M.A. Zeinelabdeen, A.E. Abasaeed, M.H. Gaily, A.K. Sulieman, and M.D. Putra, “Coproduction of fructose and ethanol from dates by S. cerevisiae ATCC 36859”, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 82 (2013) 1473-1476

7. M.D. Putra, S.M. Al-Zahrani and A.E. Abasaeed, “Effect of Sr loading on oxidehydrogenation of propane to propylene over Al₂O₃-supported V-Mo catalysts”, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 22 (2013) 778-782

8. A.K. Sulieman, M.H. Gaily, M.A. Zeinelabdeen, M.D. Putra and A.E. Abasaeed, “Production of Bioethanol Fuel from Low-grade-Date Extract”, International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications, 4 (2013) 140-143

9. M.D. Putra, M.K. Al-Mesfer, A.E. Abasaeed and S.M. Al-Zahrani, “Oxydehydrogenation of propane over supported Nickel-Molybdenum-Oxide based catalysts”, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 46(6) (2013) 389-395

10. S.M. Al-Zahrani and M.D. Putra, “Used lubricating oil regeneration by various solvents extraction techniques”, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 19 (2013) 536-539

11. M.D. Putra, S.M. Al-Zahrani and A.E. Abasaeed, “Kinetic study of oxidehydrogenation of propane over Al₂O₃-supported Sr-V-Mo catalysts”, Catalysis Communications, 26 (2012) 98-112

12. M.D. Putra, S.M. Al-Zahrani and A.E. Abasaeed,”Oxidehydrogenation of Propane to Propylene over Sr-V-Mo Catalysts: Effects of Reaction Temperature and Space Time”, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 18 (2012) 1153-1156

13. M.D. Putra, S.M. Al-Zahrani and A.E. Abasaeed, “Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane to Propylene over Al₂O₃-Supported Sr-V-Mo Catalysts”, Catalysis Communications, 14 (2011) 107-110

14. Taufiqurrahman, Sarto, Alfian, Kholid, and M.D. Putra, “Pengolahan Limbah Cair Pabrik Penyamakan Kulit Secara Biologi Dengan Aerasi”, Jurnal Media Teknik, vol. 1 (2006)

Conference

1. Y. Bakhbakhi, M. Alhazzaa, M.D. Putra and M. Asif, “Synthesis of biopolymeric nanoparticles using supercritical carbon dioxide as a dispersion medium”, TechConnect World 2014, Washington, DC, USA, 15-18 June 2014.

2. M.D. Putra, A.E. Abasaeed, Ali, E.M., A.K. Sulieman, M.H. Gaily and M.A. Zeinelabdeen, 4^th International Conference on Industrial Biotechnology, Rome, Italy, 8-11 June 2014.

3. M.D. Putra, A.E. Abasaeed, M.A. Zeinelabdeen, M.H. Gaily and A.K. Sulieman, 2014 International Conference on Science & Engineering in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics (ScieTech 2014), Jakarta, Indonesia, 13-14 January 2014.

4. M.A. Zeinelabdeen, A.E. Abasaeed, M.H. Gaily, A.K. Sulieman, and M.D. Putra, The XXXIV. International Conference on Chemical Engineering 2013, Bali, Indonesia, October 30-31, 2013.

5. A.K. Sulieman, M.H. Gaily, M.A. Zeinelabdeen, M.D. Putra and A.E. Abasaeed, 2nd International Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering-ICCPE 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 8-9, 2013.

Award and Achievements

1. Prize of Best Student from Embassy of Indonesia in 2014
2. Prize of Scientific Award from College of Engineering KSU in 2014
3. Prize of Scientific Award from King Saud University in 2014
4. Referee/Reviewer to Reputable Journal of “Chemical Engineering Communications”
5. Referee/Reviewer to Reputable Journal of “International Journal of Hydrogen Energy”
6. Referee/Reviewer to Reputable Journal of “Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering”

Projects

1. “Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane over Supported Nickel–Molybdenum–Oxide-Based Catalysts” funded by Deanship of Scientific Research and the Research Center, King Saud University in 2013

2. “Used lubricating oil regeneration by various solvent extraction techniques” funded by Deanship of Scientific Research and the Research Center, King Saud University in 2013

3. “Preparation of Carbon Base Strong Acid Catalyst via Hydrothermal Carbonization and Its Catalytic Performance” funded by Hibah KLN (Kerjasama Luar Negeri) dan Publikasi Internasional, DP2M DIKTI in 2015