Epoxidised Natural Rubber: Properties & Applications

Dr. Siti Salina Sarkawi is a senior research officer attached to the Innovation and Elastomer Technology Unit under the Technology and Engineering Division of the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB). She joined MRB in 2000 and holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, US as well as an MSc. in Polymer Material Science from UMIST, UK. She obtained her PhD from Twente University, the Netherlands in 2013 and published a thesis entitled 'Nano-Reinforcement of Tire Rubber: Silica Technology for Natural Rubber'. She has been involved with various aspects of material sciences and rubber technology, particularly in areas of mixing and compounding, rubber formulation, compound design, rubber analysis and processing technologies. She is actively involved in consultancy works on evaluation of new materials and additives for rubber and compound development, giving technical advisory services to the industry and related government agencies as well as lecturing on topics related to rubber and tyre technology. Her research interests and expertise include silica technology, green tyre, epoxidised natural rubber, deproteinised natural rubber, bio-oils, bio-fillers, nano-fillers and graphene.
Dr Fatimah Rubaizah Mohd Rasdi is currently heading the Advancement and Innovation of Specialty Materials Unit under the Technology and Engineering Division in Malaysian Rubber Board. She holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and obtained her PhD from Newcastle University, United Kingdom in 2014. Her thesis was entitled 'Continuous Screening using Mesoscale Oscillatory Baffled Reactor'. She later graduated with Masters of Business Administration in 2020 from UNISEL, Malaysia. Her research interests and expertise include production and processing of specialty rubber materials, especially epoxidised natural rubber and deprotenised natural rubber. She is also actively involved in standardsdevelopment at both the local and international levels. She has presented papers at national and international conferences on topics related to process intensification and specialty rubbers coupled with publications various journal.

Dr Veronica Charlotte is a senior research officer attached to the Publications and Library Unit under the Support Services Division of the Malaysian Rubber Board since 2005. Prior to joining MRB, she earned a B.Eng (Hons) in Biochemical Engineering in 2004 from the University of Wales Swansea, in the UK. She gained an insider perspective of the publishing process in her role as editor of MRB publications, besides first-hand experience working with authors, reviewers and fellow editors within the discipline. Drawing on this, she pursued a doctorate and graduated with a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Nottingham Malaysia in 2019. Her thesis was entitled "Publication of Rubber Research Articles: Investigating a Discourse Event from a Macro Genre Perspective" and focused on the specific context where the authors themselves are located. The research findings corroborated evolution of a research article from cradle to grave and involvement of gatekeepers within the publishing process before the ultimate readership can be reached. She has since published both technical and conference papers as well as feature articles in various volumes, in addition to a book chapter in the M.A.K Haliday Library Functional Linguistics Series on Specialized Discourses and Their Readerships, edited by David Banks and Emilia Di Martino. Her expertise and passion are dedicated to science and scientific publications in particular, traversing journal research articles, various periodicals, monographs and books.

Dr. Siti Salina Sarkawi是馬來西亞橡膠局（MRB）技術與工程部創新和彈性體技術單位的高級研究員。她於2000年加入MRB，擁有美國田納西州范德堡大學的化學工程學士學位，以及英國UMIST的高分子材料科學碩士學位。她於2013年在荷蘭特溫特大學獲得博士學位，並發表了題為“輪胎橡膠的納米增強：天然橡膠的二氧化矽技術”的論文。她一直從事材料科學和橡膠技術的各個方面，尤其是在混合和混煉、橡膠配方、化合物設計、橡膠分析和加工技術等領域。她積極參與有關橡膠和輪胎技術的顧問工作，評估新材料和添加劑的橡膠和化合物開發，為行業和相關政府機構提供技術咨詢服務，並講授與橡膠和輪胎技術相關的主題。她的研究興趣和專長包括二氧化矽技術、綠色輪胎、環氧化天然橡膠、去蛋白天然橡膠、生物油、生物填料、納米填料和石墨烯。

Dr. Fatimah Rubaizah Mohd Rasdi目前負責馬來西亞橡膠局技術與工程部特殊材料推進和創新單位的工作。她擁有馬來西亞理工大學的化學工程學士學位，並於2014年在英國紐卡斯爾大學獲得博士學位。她的論文名為“使用中尺度振蕩攪拌反應器進行連續篩選”。她於2020年在馬來西亞UNISEL獲得工商管理碩士學位。她的研究興趣和專長包括特殊橡膠材料的生產和加工，尤其是環氧化天然橡膠和去蛋白天然橡膠。她還積極參與本地和國際標準的制定工作。她在國內外會議上發表了與工藝強化和特殊橡膠相關的論文，並在各種期刊上發表了文章。

Dr. Veronica Charlotte自2005年起擔任馬來西亞橡膠局支援服務部出版物和圖書館單位的高級研究員。在加入MRB之前，她於2004年在英國威爾斯斯旺西大學獲得生物化學工程學士學位。在擔任MRB出版物編輯的角色中，她獲得了出版過程的內部觀點，並與該領域的作者、評審和其他編輯進行了第一手的合作。基於這一點，她追求博士學位並於2019年在馬來西亞諾丁漢大學獲得應用語言學博士學位。她的論文名為“橡膠研究文章的出版：從宏觀體裁角度研究一個話語事件”，並聚焦於作者所處的特定背景。研究結果證實了研究文章從起始到終點的演變以及在最終讀者群體之前出版過程中的門戶角色。她此後在各種期刊上發表了技術和會議論文，以及各種專著和書籍中的專題文章。她的專業知識和熱情專注於科學和科學出版物，涵蓋期刊研究文章、各種期刊、專著和書籍。