Executive Committee

Professor Ir. Dr. Dominic C. Y. Foo is a Professor of Process Design and Integration at the University of Nottingham, and is the Founding Director for the Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies based at Malaysia Campus.

He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (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).  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), 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 (Academy of Science Malaysia).

Maricris C. Vines

Engr. Maricris Vines is the current National President of the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers (PIChE). She is an ASEAN Engineer conferred by the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations (AFEO), a Senior Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Vice President of the Philippine Technological Council (PTC) and First Member of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Council of Chemical Engineering.

Currently, she is working as the Risk Management and Sustainability Manager of Universal Robina Corporation. Her industry experience includes sugar process engineering, beverage manufacturing, management systems, operational excellence and sustainability reporting. She is also a recognized Practitioner on Energy Management Systems by the Department of Energy and UNIDO.

She is one of the Inspiring Filipina Engineers recognized by the PTC-Women Engineers Network. Maricris earned her Chemical Engineering degree from the University of the Philippines Los Baños.

Professor, Bio-Process Engineering Laboratory
Director, Yamaguchi University Biomedical Engineering Center (YUBEC)
Yamaguchi University, Ube, 755-8611, Japan

After completing his Ph. D study in the department of Food Science and technology at Kyoto University, he joined Yamaguchi University. He teaches basic chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, bio-separation engineering, transport phenomena, computer calculations for chemical engineering and process design. He is Director of Biomedical Engineering Center (YUBEC), which is one of the Centers of Excellence approved by Yamaguchi University.
His research interests are in the field of biochemical engineering (especially bio-chromatography), food engineering and mass transfer. He received a 2004 research excellence award from the Society of Chemical Engineers Japan on “Engineering analysis of chromatography of proteins” and a 2005 research excellence award from Japan Society for Food Engineering on “Drying of liquid foods and inactivation of enzymes during drying”, a 2016 SCEJ Award from the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan” (the highest award) on “Studies on Separation Engineering of Bio-Chromatography. His chromatography model better known as “Yamamoto Model” and “Yamamoto number” has been employed by various biotech companies as well as by academic researchers. His diffusion-based drying model is also called “Yamamoto model” as well, and has been used by many researchers.
Currently he is President of Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (APCChE), and a Council Member of World Chemical Engineering Council (WCEC) as a representative of the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (SCEJ).