Brief Biography

Dr. Haslenda Hashim is Associate Professor and the Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and her PhD from the University of Waterloo, Canada. She specializes in process planning, scheduling, modeling, simulation and optimization. Her research activities are focused on low carbon society, renewable energy distributed electricity generation systems, resource conservation, climate change mitigation, zero-waste processes, and safety, health and environment.

Dr. Hashim has provided training and technical consultancy services to industry and government agencies.  She is a certified trainer for the ASEAN Energy Management Schemes, technical expert for the green technology fund scheme and expert panel advisor for the Malaysia Green Technology Corporation, SEDA Malaysia and the Iskandar Regional Development Authority.  She has published books, policy and technical reports and more than 70 papers in national and international journals.

MSCP Research

Industrial Symbiosis: Towards Achieving Low Carbon and Green Growth in Iskandar