Foreword

JST is an open access journal for the science and technology published by Universiti Putra Malaysia Press. It is independently owned and managed by the university and run on a non-profit basis for the benefit of the world-wide science community.In this issue, there are 27 articles published; out of which 3 articles are review articles, 14 articles are regular articles and 10 articles are from Curtin University Technology, Science and Engineering International Conference “Innovative Green Technology for Sustainable Development” (CUTSE 2011). The authors of these articles vary in country of origin (Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Japan, Indonesia and Australia).