Synopsis

Rather than being considered as an activity separate from research itself, writing a good paper provides a framework for developing the rationale of meaningful scientific inquiry. It is an inherent part of research, through which the researcher is able to locate his/her work in the broader context of the literature, identify a goal or hypothesis, develop and describe the necessary methodology, and finally interpret findings in coherent manner. Thus, the anatomy of a good journal article is a reflection of the researchers thought processes. This talk consists of two parts.  In part 1, Prof Ir Dr Foo discusses some common practices in journal editorial, based on his experience serving as Chief Editor, Subject Editor and Guest Editors in various international journals. In part 2, he shares the effective ways to write up key parts of a journal paper, with emphasis on the aspects that are common to effective scientific articles regardless of disciplines.  


Biodata of Speaker

Professor Ir. Dr. Dominic Foo is a Professor of Process Design and Integration at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, and is the Founding Director for the Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies.  He is a Fellow with the Academy of Science Malaysia (ASM), Fellow with the Institution of Chemical Engineers UK (IChemE), a Chartered Engineer with the UK Engineering Council, a Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineer Malaysia (BEM), as well as the past chairman for the Chemical Engineering Technical Division of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM).  He is a world leading researcher in process integration for resource conservation.  He establishes international collaboration with researchers from various countries in the Asia, Europe, American and Africa.  Professor Foo is an active author, with five books, more than 140 journal papers and made more than 190 conference presentations, with more than 25 keynote/plenary speeches.  He served as International Scientific Committees for many important international conferences (CHISA/PRES, FOCAPD, ESCAPE, PSE, etc.).  Professor Foo is the Editor-in-Chief for Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability (Springer), Subject Editor for Trans IChemE Part B (Process Safety & Environmental Protection, Elsevier), Guest Editors for Clean Technologies & Environmental Protection (Springer), editorial board members for Water Conservation Science and Engineering (Springer), and Chemical Engineering Transactions (Italian Association of Chemical Engineering).  He is the winners of the Innovator of the Year Award 2009 of IChemE, Young Engineer Award 2010 of IEM, Outstanding Young Malaysian Award 2012 of Junior Chamber International (JCI), as well as the SCEJ (Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan) Award for Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer 2013, Vice-Chancellor’s Achievement Award 2014 (University of Nottingham) and Top Research Scientist Malaysia 2016 (ASM).