Preface

Abstract

International Conference on Chemical and Material Engineering (ICCME) 2018The 3rd International Conference on Chemical and Material Engineering (ICCME) 2018 was held by the Department of Chemical Engineering - Universitas Diponegoro in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of Faculty of Engineering - Universitas Diponegoro. The event was conducted on September 19th 2018 in Grand Candi Hotel Semarang - Indonesia. This event was the continuation of the preceding conferences held in 2013 and 2015. The ICCME 2018 brought “Chemical and Material Engineering for Sustainable Foods, Energy, and Environment” as the grand theme. The objectives of this conference are:• To disseminate and develop the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions in the fields of chemical and material engineering.• To encourage international collaborations and joint ventures• To promote and facilitate the growth of scientific and technical development in the field of chemical and material engineering development in Indonesia and the Asia regionAlthough the organizing committee received a total of 115 abstract papers, the scientific committee decided that only 97 papers were eligible for oral presentations which came from Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan and Austria. In addition, 3 keynote and 3 invited speakers from abroad were presented during this conference. This special issue proceeding presents 76 papers selected from the presented papers after being thoroughly peer reviewed.List of Conference Scientific Committee also available in this pdf.