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Yasser Asrul Bin Ahmad

Academic Qualification

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) - Doctor of Philosophy, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Master of Science (Electrical, Electronic and System Engineering - Masters Degree, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Bachelor of Engineering - Bachelor Degree, Vanderbilt University

Yasser Asrul Bin Ahmad (Ir. Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING


yasser@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile


Ir. Dr. Yasser Asrul Ahmad holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Vanderbilt University USA, MSc from University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and PhD from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He is also a registered Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). He started his career as a spacecraft engineer at Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn Bhd (ATSB) in 1999 where he was involved in various international satellite project collaboration such as TiungSAT-1 with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) UK, Small Payload Orbit Transfer Vehicle Project with AeroAstro, USA, and RazakSAT remote sensing satellite program with Satrec-i, South Korea, as well as internal studies on potential satellite communications and synthetic aperture radar satellite. He specialized in spacecraft transmitter and receiver, antenna system, electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) and ground station for frequencies ranging from VHF to X-band. Later he took up responsibility as a system engineer and project manager involving in satellite system engineering activities, such as satellite Assembly Integration and Test (AIT), launch and ground station ICD development, LEOP and launch campaign. After that, he joined ATM Solution Sdn Bhd a Malaysian technology partner for Agilent Technologies as a Technical Manager overseeing a team of application engineers to provide technical solutions using electronic test & measurement instruments to clients in the segment of Telecommunication, Education, Aerospace & Defense, and Government & GLC institutions. Subsequently, he pursued a career as an independent engineering consultant specializing on CubeSat development for his clients in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. At the same time, he was appointed by University Selangor (UNISEL) as a Lecturer in Practise to share his working experience through teaching undergraduates at the Faculty of Engineering. He was awarded a research grant amounting RM 3.25 Million in 2009 for "High Data Rate QPSK and OQPSK modulation and Digital X-band Transmission System  for Next Generation Earth Observation Satellite (Grant ID TF 1208E164 from MOSTI) as the system designer. He also received a grant amounting RM 69,000.00 in 2015 for the Development of An Open Source Hardware Based Terminal Node Controller for CubeSat Tracking Application (Grant No E0620C1214 from MOSTI) as the Project Leader. He then developed an interest in academic and joined IIUM in 2016 as an Academic Fellow and at the same time pursued his PhD on a part time basis in the field of satellite communication & propagation in frequencies ranging from C to Ka-band and completed it in 2020. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in IIUM. He is also actively involved in community services where he is a corporate member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and hold a position as the Chairman of ICT Special Interest Group (ICTSIG) for three session (2019-2022). In ICTSIG, activities such as talks & technical visits were organized in the area of IoT, Blockchain, AI, Green Energy, Smart Cities, 5G and programming languages. He also contributes to the country’s engineering education development as an Accreditation Panel for Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) and Engineering Technology Accreditation Council (ETAC) where he reviews many engineering degree and diploma programmes in Malaysian Universities.


Area of Specialisation


  • Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Aerospace ~ Earth Observation System (EOS)
  • Engineering Tech ~ Engineering And Technology ~ Electrical and Electronic Engineering ~ Digital and Analogue Electronics
  • Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Aerospace ~ Avionics


Professional Membership


  • 2007 - 2030: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Corporate Member), Instituition of Engineers Malaysia (IEM)
  • 2007: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate), Board of Engineers Malaysia


Teaching Responsibilities


COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DESIGN 2023/2024
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS DESIGN 2023/2024
ELECTRIC CIRCUITS 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING LAB I 2016/2017
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAB 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAB 1 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
ELECTRONICS 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
ENGINEERING ETHICS FROM ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE 2019/2020 2018/2019
ENGINEERING ETHICS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT 2016/2017 2015/2016
ENGINEERING LAB II 2018/2019
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 1 2019/2020
FINAL YEAR PROJECT I 2023/2024 2020/2021 2018/2019
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2018/2019
FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
INTEGRATED DESIGN PROJECT 2023/2024 2022/2023
SEMINAR 2018/2019


Supervision


Frequency Scaling Techniques To Estimate Milimeter Wave Rain Attenuation For Satellite Link In Tropical Region.
Ph.D Completed 2023 Co-supervisor
Development Of A 3 Layer Structure Rain Attenuation Prediction Model For Enhanced Satellite Links Based On Radar Data In Malaysia.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Lorawan Radio Propagation For Tributary Remote Monitoring In Tropical Weather Conditions .
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
Monitoring Water Quality Index Of Iium River Using Artificial Intelligence.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
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On-Going
2022 - Present LoRaWAN Radio Propagation for tributary remote monitoring in tropical weather conditions
2021 - Present Estimation of Radar Reflectivity-Rainfall Rate (Z-R) Relationships for Early Warning and Detection System
2020 - Present Transfer of Drones Assisted Precision Farming and Data Analytics Skill for Malaysian Farmers to Mitigating Food Insecurity and Poverty Post COVID-19


Award & Recognition


23 Jul, 2022 IEM's' Virtual Activities Award 2021 for 1st Runner Up for the year 2021 for the highest numbers of Virtual Activities Conducted - Instituition of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) National
17 Dec, 2021 Best Paper Award - Universiti Malaysia Perlis National
01 Oct, 2021 First Prize IIUM Final Year Project 2 (IMS Track) Supervisor - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Malaysia Chapter KCDIO
24 Aug, 2021 Best Paper Award - Fakultas Teknik Elektro Telkom Univ and IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Malaysia Chapter International
11 Nov, 2020 Sijil Penyertaan - Minggu Sains Negara, MOSTI National
24 Jul, 2019 Takrim Day Sports Award (Best Team - Male) Chess - International Islamic University Malaysia University
17 Aug, 2018 Gold Medal - SUKUM 2018 National
18 Jan, 2018 Supervisor for Award Winning Final Year Project 2 Seminar - IIUM KCDIO
05 Dec, 2017 Cert of Completion for Basic Teaching Methodology for Academic Staff - International Islamic University Malaysia University
08 Jun, 2017 Cert of Achievement as supervisor for Award Winning Project FYP2 category IEEE Antenna, Microwave Emc Society - Kulliyyah of Engineering KCDIO
17 May, 2017 Mevlana Instructor, Mevlana Staff Mobility - Istanbul University International
26 Jan, 2017 Certificate of Appreciation by Prof Dato' Sri Dr Zaleha Kamarudin. Rector of IIUM - International Islamic University Malaysia University
18 Apr, 2014 Sijil Peyempurnaan Projek dibawah DANA TECNNOFUND RMKE-9 untuk projek HIGH DATA RATE QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING AND OFFSET QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT MODULATION AND DIGITAL X-BAND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR NEXT GENERATION EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE (TF1208E164) - Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) National
27 Jun, 2008 Entered the Artic Circle into the land of the Midnight Sun - Polar Certificate International
01 Oct, 2007 Sijil Penghargaan kerana sumbangan khidmat dan bakti dalam PROGRAM ANGKASAWAN NEGARA - Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) National
09 Sep, 2005 Cert of Appreciation for contribution to RazakSAT Project - Astronautic Technology Sdn Bhd National


Publications


Article

2023 Estimating losses at 40-GHz downlink using non-meteorological techniques in heavy rain areas. TELKOMNIKA Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control, 21 (4) pp. 711-717
2023 Estimation of satellite link’s fade margin using non-meteorological technique and worst month analysis. International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 13 (4) pp. 4136-4144
2023 Technical visit to IIUM Centre of Unmanned Technologies, International Islamic University Malaysia. Jurutera: The monthly Bulletin of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, August 2023 () pp. 31-32
2022 Ku-band specific attenuation coefficients for high-throughput satellites in equatorial region. TELKOMNIKA Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control, 20 (4) pp. 722-730
2022 PCB design for IoT based fire detection and alarm system. Journal of Positive School Psychology, 6 (3) pp. 8359-8372
2022 Rain attenuation at c, ku and ka bands determined using earthsatellite link beacon signals in tropical region. Defence S & T Technical Bulletin, 15 (2) pp. 214-221
2019 Design and validation of an adaptive Cubesat transmitter system using a Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVAC). International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 8 (3S2) pp. 207-212
2019 Design and validation of an adaptive CubeSat transmitter system. International Journal of Electronics and Communications (AEÜ), 108 () pp. 118-126
2019 Jurutera December 2019 Working Towards the Future with IoT. The Monthly Bulletin of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, JURUTERA, () pp.
2019 Jurutera December 2019 Working Towards the Future with IoT. The Monthly Bulletin of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, JURUTERA, () pp.
2019 Two-year rain fade empirical measurement and statistics of earth-space link at ka-band in Malaysia. ASM Science Journal, ( Special Issu ) 12 (2) pp. 35-46
2018 Determination of fade margin for Ka band operating in equatorial region. Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, 10 (2S) pp. 229-238
Conference or Workshop Item

2023 Development of U-Net architecture for audio super resolution. In: 2023 9th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE),
2023 Enhanced technique for prediction of Z-R relationship in tropical region. In: 2023 12th International Conference on Information and Electronics Engineering (ICIEE 2023),
2023 Lora performance evaluation in coherent Rayleigh fading channel. In: 2023 9th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE),
2023 Q and V band dual offset feed parabolic antenna for satellite communication in equatorial region. In: 2023 9th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE),
2023 Web-based safety eyewear detection system in workplace using machine learning. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering, ICCCE 2023,
2022 Development of video-based emotion recognition system using transfer learning. In: 2022 IEEE 8th International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA),
2022 Development of visual dashboard for river monitoring system. In: 2022 IEEE 8th International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA),
2022 Implementation of an E-voting prototype using Ethereum blockchain in Ganache network. In: 2022 IEEE 18th International Colloquium on Signal Processing and Applications, CSPA 2022 - Proceeding,
2022 IoT based monitoring system for stingless bees colony in IIUM. In: Third International Conference on Emerging Electrical Energy, Electronics and Computing Technologies,
2022 Scintillation effects of ka-band frequency on satellite application. In: International Conference on Emerging Electrical Energy, Electronics and Computing Technologies 2021 (ICE4CT 2021),
2022 Tributary water depth and velocity remote monitoring system using Arduino and LoRa. In: 2022 IEEE 8th International Conference on Computing, Engineering and Design (ICCED),
2021 Assessment of monthly rain fade in the equatorial region at C & KU-band using measat-3 satellite links. In: The 11th International Conference on Robotics, Vision, Signal Processing, and Power Applications,
2021 Assessment of monthly rain fade in the equatorial region at C & KU-band using measat-3 satellite links. In: 11th International Conference on Robotics, Vision, Signal Processing and Power Applications, RoViSP 2021,
2021 On the evaluation of DHT22 temperature sensor for IoT application. In: 2021 8th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE),
2021 PCB Design for IoT Based Fire Alarm System. In: 2 nd International Conference on Information Security and Computer Technology,
2021 PCB Design for IoT Based Fire Alarm System. In: 2 nd International Conference on Information Security and Computer Technology,
2021 Stride based Convolutional Neural Network for Speech Emotion Recognition. In: 2021 IEEE 7th International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA2021),
2017 Design of an adaptive CubeSat transmitter for achieving optimum Signal to Noise (SNR). In: AEROS Conference 2017,
2017 Low altitude balloon IoT tracker. In: 4th IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA) 2017,
2017 Nanosatellites constellation as an IoT communication platform for near equatorial countries. In: 6th International Conference on Mechatronics - ICOM'17,
2016 Design of a terminal node controller hardware for CubeSat tracking applications. In: 6th Innovation in Aerospace Engineering and Technology (AEROTECH 2016),
2001 Aerobraking to lower apogee in earth orbit with the Small Payload ORbit Transfer (SPORT™) microsatellite vehicle. In: 15th Annual/USU Conference on Small Satellites,