Perhutani Pine Chemical Industry is a state owned company that processes pine resin into the derivative products of turpentine and gum rosin. As of 2016 it is the largest pine derivate plant in the South East Asia.During my vacation work, I helped design an alternative process to produce alpha-terpineol and 1,8-cineol from alpha-pinene. The aim of this project is to replace the old process which requires the usage of dangerous materials and failed to produce the correct product grade.Using the knowledge gained during my studies, I created a computer simulation of the alternative process using Aspen HYSYS to see the performance of the alternative reaction pathway and process. The HYSYS simulation was also used to find out whether the alternative process requires new equipment or if it can be done by modifying the current equipment specification. The result of the simulation was then used to decide the feasibility of the alternative process.

Project title: Engineering the Morphology of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for gas separationThe project goal was to find out the performance of a nanofiber MOFs as a membrane for gas separation. The MOFs used in this project was NH2-MIL-53(Al). My key responsibilities were:- Synthesize nanofiber NH2-MIL-53(Al) from various amount of reactants- Prepare a sample of the synthesized MOFs for TEM analysis- Create a membrane from the synthesized MOFs nanofiber using ultrafiltration technique- Grow nanofiber membrane on the surface of Anodisc support- Assisted my supervisor during SEM analysis of the nanofibers and membranes