• Development of a solar water heater using polymeric thermal collector with novel collector tubes geometry-UTP Internal Grant MYR25,000 (Jan-Dec 2023)
• Development of a polymer based thermal collector for a solar water heating system-a project supported by Royal Commission of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia in collaboration with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and SPADC of SABIC (2016-2019)
• Development and investigation of a low emission high efficiency turbocharged direct injection gas engine study-King Abdulaziz City of Science & Technology (KACST-NSTIP) SAR1,988,000 (2013-2016)
• Development of a cost-competitive internally mixing natural gas conversion system for Malaysian manufactured automotive engine using Spark Plug Fuel Injector - Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation Malaysia, MYR164,940 (Dec 2008-Nov 2010)
• Studies on Hydrogen-Methane blend as Fuel for Extra Low-Emission Spark Ignition Engines-Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation Malaysia MYR237,000 (Dec 2008-Nov 2010)
• Development of a Pressure Differential Adaptive Valve Lift and Timing for a CNGDI Engine-Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia MYR400,000 (Oct 2007-Jun 2010)
• Development of Control System for Double-Pass Solar Drying System-National University Malaysia MYR7,000 (Oct 2001-Jun 2002)

• Society of Automotive Engineers
• Combustion Institute

• Consultant-Marafiq Plant No. 2, Yanbu Alsinaiyah, Saudi Arabia (Nov 2016)
• Principal Consultant-DRB Hicom Sdn Bhd (Dec 2008-Apr 2009)
• Technical Assistant for Consultant-Ministry of Transportation Malaysia (Jan-May 2002)
• Assistant Consultant-Tenaga Nasional Research and Development (Jan-May 2000)
• Technical Assistant for Consultant-Pasir Gudang Port Oil Sludge Power Plant, Malaysia (Jan-Feb 1997)

• Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics 1
• Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics 2
• Renewable Energy
• Renewable Energy 1
• Renewable Energy 2

• Short Term Internal Research Funding (STIRF)
• Yayasan Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (YUTP)-Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)

Associate Professor

Dr. Taib Iskandar bin Mohamad is currently an Associate Professor at Mechanical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. Previously he worked at Mechanical Engineering Technology Department, Yanbu Industrial College and was Head of Research Project Unit at Yanbu Research Center, in Saudi Arabia.

Taib is part of Editorial Board for Yanbu Journal of Engineering and Science. Taib worked at the National University of Malaysia (UKM) as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering between 1996 and 2015. He was also the founding Deputy Head and an Associate Senior Fellow at the Centre for Automotive Research.

To date Taib has secured and lead 7 funded research projects with about MYR3.2 million total funding Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. He has more than 100 technical publications in journals, book chapters/ book and conference proceedings.

He is a regular reviewer for reputable journals in energy area. Taib's teaching specialties are Engineering Thermodynamics, Power Plant Engineering and Renewable Energy systems. In 2010, Taib received an "Excellent Educator" Awards while in UKM. In the same year he led a team of students to win the Gasoline Alternative Category awards in the Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2010 with their LPG-converted engine with 479km/liter.

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Harun, Z. and Almutairi, Y. and Molla, A.H. and Sitinjak, C. and Khashehchi, M. and Mohamad, T.I. and Reda, E. (2023) End-of-Life Vehicles Initiatives in the Middle East. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 15 (4). pp. 51-63.

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