Viknesh Andiappan

Overview

Viknesh Andiappan is an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Malaysia Campus. His area of specialization centers on the development of systematic design approaches for biomass energy systems and supply chains. His research aims to integrate process design and operational considerations simultaneously. His research interests also include process synthesis and analysis of energy systems, synthesis of integrated biorefineries, process simulation, industrial symbiosis planning as well as energy planning for greenhouse gas emission reduction. He spends his time working on mathematical programming, multi-objective optimization, input-output modeling, game theory models, and Process Integration tools such as pinch analysis. Dr. Andiappan is well-published and well-cited for a young researcher (over 44 publications with an h-index of 11) and presented several papers in various conferences. He was also shortlisted as a finalist for the IChemE Young Researcher Malaysia Award in 2018 and 2019. Dr. Andiappan is also an editorial board member for internationally peer-reviewed journals such as Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability (PIOS) and Frontiers in Sustainability (Sustainable Chemical Process Design). In addition, he serves as a technical committee member for several conferences. Dr. Andiappan also collaborates closely with well-known international researchers from Malaysia, the Philippines, India, Japan, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. He recently led and completed a COVID-19 research grant, which worked on developing an economic analysis model to formulate post-pandemic recovery strategies for the agro-industry in both Malaysia and the Philippines.