The Bioresource Tech division offers a wide range of services (testing and consultancy) targeted at the Malaysian and international bioresource industries based on the expertise of the experts available. Services available include:

• Consultation
  • Concept map production
  • Literature study
  • Pulp and papermaking from biomass
• Testing/Project
  • Flexural test
  • Tensile test
  • Compression test
  • Impact test (Charpy & Izod)
  • Fibre analyser
  • Bursting test
  • Opacity and brightness test
  • Folding test
  • Tearing test
  • Melt flow index
  • Pulping digester
  • Refiner
  • Handsheet machine
  • Biomass chemical composition analysis
  • Pulp and papermaking from biomass
  • Surface hydrophobicity/oleophobicity (analysis)
  • Emulsion polymerization (analysis, synthesis)
  • Surface tensiometry (analysis)
  • Controlled radical polymerization (analysis, synthesis)
  • Termite test
  • Dimensional stability test
  • Extrusion 
  • Chemical stability test
  • Colour spectroscopic analysis

Please contact us to express your interest and we will direct you to the right expert that meets your needs.

Contact Person
Ts. Dr. Nurul Fazita bt. Mohammad Rawi 
Programme Chairperson
Bioresource Technology
School of Industrial Technology
11800 USM, Penang
+604-653 5218
fazita@usm.my