Hwai Chyuan Ong

Professor Hwai Chyuan Ong is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) registered with the Engineering Council, UK. He currently serves as a Distinguished Professor at Department of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, Malaysia,and as an Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Engineering & IT, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. His research interests are energy & fuel, biomass energy, renewable energy, circular economy and waste management. With a prolific publication record, he has authored over 250 high-impact SCI journal papers and delivered numerous keynotes, plenary, and invited talks at international conferences.

He has successfully secured and completed several grants as a principal investigator from government, industry, and private entities both nationally and internationally. Recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher (Engineering) by Clarivate Analytics from 2019 to 2022, he was also named Australia’s top early career researcher in sustainable energy in 2021. In 2018 and 2017, he received Malaysia's Research Star Award (frontier researcher), and in 2016, he was honored with Malaysia's Rising Star Award (young researcher) by the Ministry of Higher Education and Clarivate Analytics. Currently, he serves as Associate Editor of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, Alexandria Engineering Journal and e-Prime. Ong is also a Core Group Member of APRU Sustainable Waste Management (SWM) program. Read More Read Less