Raihan Othman completed his tertiary studies at the University of Malaya. He did his BSc in Physics. His MSc project was on plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) silicon nitride. He later worked on zinc-air cell for his Ph.D. He joined IIUM in 1997 as a matriculation teacher and currently, is an academic staff of the Department of Science in Engineering, Kulliyyah of Engineering, IIUM.
He served the faculty as the Deputy Dean (Student Affairs) from 2003 until 2008. He is currently the Head, Department of Science in Engineering. Dr. Raihan and his co-workers have patented their innovative work on MCM-41 as separator for electrochemical cells, and, Zn/MCM-41/air cell as humidity sensor.

• Natural Science ~ Physical Sciences ~ Condensed Matter Physics ~ Thin Film - Thin film coating (Plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition, PECVD ; chemical bath electrodeposition)
• Natural Science ~ Material Sciences ~ Electronic Materials ~ Electrochemical Materials - Electrochemical power sources (metal-air system ; biofuel cells)

• 2006 - 2007: Member of Profesional Body / Association, The Electrochemical Society, USA
• 2009 - 2010: Member of Profesional Body / Association, The Electrochemical Society, USA
• 2011: Member of Profesional Body / Association, Malaysian Society for Engineering and Technology
• 2011 - 2012: Member of Profesional Body / Association, The Electrochemical Society, USA

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS	2017/2018
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS	2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND LINEAR ALGEBRA	2009/2010 2007/2008
ENGINEERING CALCULUS 1	2004/2005
ENGINEERING CALCULUS I	2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006
ENGINEERING CALCULUS II	2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2003/2004
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 2	2023/2024 2022/2023
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS II	2023/2024 2022/2023 2020/2021 2019/2020 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
MATERIALS PHYSICS	2003/2004
MATERIALS PHYSICS (LAB)	2003/2004
PHYSICS	2007/2008
THERMODYNAMICS	2003/2004

Completed

2019 - 2022	Conversion of Agrowaste into Electricity via Microbial Electrochemical System
2019 - 2022	Highly Efficient Li-Ion Battery Recycling with capacity-sorted optimisation for secondary energy storage system
2019 - 2023	Chitosan-based biocompatible piezoelectric thin film from shrimp shell waste for self-powered cardiac pacemaker
2018 - 2022	Development of Printed Power Sources on Flexible Substrates
2017 - 2020	Development of Flexible Piezoelectric Energy Harvester for Wearable Devices and Development of Printable, Flexible, Rechargeable Zinc Batteries for Powered Smart Card Application
2017 - 2020	Impacts of the photoactive layer's properties on the performance of organic solar cells and photodiodes based on a novel model
2015 - 2018	Novel Theoretical Model of an electrochemical nanobiosensor for rapid detection of dengue
2014 - 2017	Multipliers in the Framework of Topological Algebra
2014 - 2018	A Powerful Efficient Modification of Harmonic Balance Method for Solving Nonlinear Oscillatory Problems in Dynamical Systems
2014 - 2018	Spectral Expansions and Application of Mathematical Principles on Electromagnetic Prospecting Method
2013 - 2014	The Effect of Leadership Training on the Character Development of CFS Students
2013 - 2016	A Novel Phanaerochaete Fungal Biofuel Cell For Bioelectricity Generation
2013 - 2018	Ergodic Theorems for L1-L~ Contractions in Banach-Kantorovich Lp-lattices
2012 - 2016	Evaluation of the Effect of Water Vapor on the Adsoption of Oxygen in Ferritic Fe-Cr Alloy at 1073 K
2012 - 2015	Multicast Network Security using Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
2012 - 2015	Development of Multi-Functional Inorganic Separator for Electrochemical Cells
2011 - 2013	Bioactive Ceramic Matrix Nanocomposites for High Performance Load Bearing Bone Substitute
2010 - 2011	Studies on Bipolar Zinc-Air Cell Employing MCM-41Gel Electrolyte
2010 - 2014	In-Vivo Biofuel Cell
2010 - 2013	Fundamental study on the relationship between schottky barrier and dissolved hydrogen in metal surface and its' effect to accelerate the oxygen transport along metal-Cr2O3 heterojunction during high temperature oxidation of ferritic Fe-Cr alloy at 1073K
2010 - 2012	Surface oxygen potential on growing oxide scale of Fe-Cr-Ni alloys at 1073 in dry and humid conditions
2010 - 2012	The Effects of Water Vapor on High Temperature Oxidation of Fe-Cr-Ni Alloy at 1073K.
2010 - 2014	Computer Aided Designing of Pyranose 2-Oxidase (P20x)
2010 - 2012	Harvesting Green Energy From Microbial Zine-Air Electrochemical System
2010 - 2012	Green Energy Generation from Rhizopus-Gleophyllum Biofuel Cell
2009 - 2012	An Enzymatic Biofuel Cell Utilizing Glucose Oxidase and Laccase
2009 - 2012	Development of Inorganic Membrane for Microbattery Applications
2009 - 2011	Synthesis and Characterization of Photovoltic(PV) Cells
2009 - 2011	Electrodeposition of Zinc from Aqueous Chloride Bath Use in Zinc Batteries
2009 - 2011	Development of Enzymatic Zinc-Air Cell Employing Laccase as the Oxygen Reduction Catalyst
2006 - 2010	Intrinsic Localized Vectorial Mode in BEC and Waveguide Systems with Cubic-Quintic Nonlinearity
2006 - 2011	Low Temperature Oxygen Ion Conductors for Use in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
2006 - 2009	Development Of Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries Employing Gelled Electrolyte

On-Going

2022 - Present	Effect of Morphological Modification on Thermoelectric Cell of Electrodeposited Intrinsic CuO-ZnO
2021 - Present	Enhanced Performance of Stretchable Body Coupled Antenna with High Permittivity Barium Titanate - Silicone Elastomer Composite for Biomedical Microwave Sensing and Imaging applications
2020 - Present	Elucidating Electrochemical Behaviours of Novel Molybdenum Nitride towards Carbon Dioxide Reduction
2020 - Present	Investigation of a Hybrid Piezoelectric and Radio Frequency (RF) Energy Harvester using Chitosan based Piezoelectric Thin Film for Self-Powered Health Care Wireless Sensors Network (HC-WSN)
2019 - Present	Development of high temperature corrosion protection of metallic alloys
2019 - Present	Enhanced static and dynamic mechanical performance of Zirconia-Toughened Alumina infused with empty fruit bunch-derived solid carbon via chemical vapor infiltration technique for dual-use technologies
2019 - Present	Structural modifications of agrowaste-derived disordered carbon via pyrolysis method for use in dual-carbon lithium batteries
2018 - Present	Indigenous scientific and technical know-how of Production of writing ink used in Malay Manuscripts.
2013 - Present	Grounding of the Education Model based on Branching of Islamic Knowledge into Engineering/Technical Education

Article

2022	Magnetically modified sugarcane bagasse biochar as cadmium removal agent in water. IIUM Engineering Journal, 23 (1) pp. 294-309
2021	A physical analysis of the condition of Malay manuscripts under the collection of The International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC). International Journal of the Malay World and Civilisation, 9 (3) pp. 87-96
2021	Fabrication and characterization of printed zinc batteries. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 10 (3) pp. 1173-1182
2021	Scientific Documentation: Traditional Ink Recipes and Writing Materials used in Manuscripts in the Malay Region. International Journal of the Malay World and Civilisation, 9 (3) pp. 77-86
2021	Self-sustaining bioelectrochemical cell from fungal degradation of lignin-rich agrowaste. Energies, 14 (8) pp. 1-11
2017	A study on controllable aluminium doped zinc oxide patterning by chemical etching for MEMS application. Microsystems Technologies, 23 (9) pp. 3851-3862
2017	Agricultural biomass-derived magnetic adsorbents: Preparation and application for heavy metals removal. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 78 () pp. 168-177
2017	Microstructural and compositional study of metal laminated composite in Malay Keris. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (7) pp. 6237-6241
2017	Physiochemical characterization of Sn-Zn coatings electrodeposited from an acidic chloride bath in the absence of complexing agent. International Journal of Current Science, Engineering & Technology, Original Research Article | Open Access | AMCT 2017 Malaysia | Special Issue, Special issue () pp. 493-498
2017	Synthesis of large-area few-layer graphene by open-flame deposition. Sains Malaysiana, () pp.
2017	Traditional Malay black ink: An analysis of its recipes and characteristics. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (7) pp. 6189-6193
2016	Single-route synthesis of magnetic biochar from sugarcane bagasse by microwave-assisted pyrolysis. Materials Letters, 184 () pp. 315-319
2015	Formation of hydrophobic surface using two stages electrodeposition method. Advanced Materials Research, 1115 () pp. 226-229
2015	Piezoelectric thin films for double electrode CMOS MEMS surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator. Microsystems Technologies, 21 () pp. 1931-1940
2015	Transition metal oxide (TMO) thin film memristor on cu substrate using dilute electrodeposition method. Materials Transactions, 56 (8) pp. 1302-1306
2014	A hybrid enzymatic zinc-air fuel cell . Sains Malaysiana, 43 (3) pp. 459-465
2014	Determination of linear tafel region from piecewise linear regression analysis. International Journal of Electroactive Materials, 2 () pp. 22-27
2013	Comparative electrochemical performance characteristics of aluminium-air cell employing seawater and NaCl electrolytes. Advanced Materials Research, 701 () pp. 314-318
2013	Influence of buffer electrolyte and ph on the electrochemical performance of glucose oxidase-laccase biofuel cell. Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy, 7 (2) pp. 194-197
2013	Natural corrosion inhibitor for corrosion protection of metal artefact: an overview. Advanced Materials Research, 701 () pp. 323-328
2013	Recent advances in biofuel cell and emerging hybrid system. International Journal of Engineering and Technology Development (IJEST), 1 (3) pp. 64-67
2013	Weight martingale-ergodic and ergodic-martingale theorems. Middle East Journal of Scientific Research (MEJSR), 13 () pp. 70-76
2013	Zinc-air battery – powering electric vehicles to smart active labels. International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Development, 1 (1) pp. 1-5
2012	A high rate zinc/MCM-41/air cell. ISESCO Journal of Science and Technology, 8 (13) pp. 44-53
2012	Bioenergy from loeophyllum-Rhizopus fungal biofuel cell. Advanced Materials Research, 512/15 () pp. 1461-1465
2012	Effect of Al ions on adsorption efficiency of mesoporous organosilica for water treatment. Advanced Materials Research, 415/17 () pp. 2024-2031
2012	Effect of bath formulation and plating current density on electrodeposited zinc anode’s capacity in zinc-air cell. Advanced Materials Research, 576 () pp. 484-487
2012	Fabrication of aluminium doped zinc oxide piezoelectric thin film on a silicon substrate for piezoelectric MEMS energy harvesters. Microsystems Technologies, 18 (11) pp. 1761-1769
2012	Formation of protective Cr2O3 scale at high temperature and the effect of mass transport in the presence of water vapor. Advanced Materials Research, 402 () pp. 412-420
2012	Freely-suspended, single chamber glucose oxidase-laccase enzymatic fuel cell. Advanced Materials Research, 512/15 () pp. 1499-1502
2012	Gel-like properties of MCM-41 material and its transformation to MCM-50 in a caustic alkaline surround. Materials Research Bulletin, 47 (3) pp. 732-736
2012	Initial stage oxidation of cr in dry and wet environment at 1073 K and the significant differences of FT – IR spectra produced thereof. Advanced Materials Research , 576 (2012) pp. 619-622
2012	Integrating and infusing of Islamic values in the existing engineering course subject: a case study. Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences, 6 (5) pp. 625-632
2012	Internal oxidation of Ni-Cr-Al alloys under various oxygen partial pressures at 1273 K. Advanced Materials Research, 576 () pp. 429-433
2012	Optimization of zinc oxide thin films for silicon surface acoustic wave resonator applications. Advanced Materials Research, 518-23 () pp. 3772-3779
2012	Performance characteristics of bipolar Zn/MCM-41/MnO2 Cell. Advanced Materials Research, 512/15 () pp. 1055-1058
2012	Solid state, dry zinc/MCM-41/air cell as relative humidity sensor. Journal of Membrane Science, 415-16 () pp. 237-241
2012	Studies on initial stage of high temperature oxidation of Fe - 9 to 12% Cr alloys in water vapour environment. Advanced Materials Research, 557 () pp. 100-107
2012	Zn/MCM-41/MnO2 leclanché button cell R2025 for low rate applications. Advanced Materials Research, 576 () pp. 374-377
2011	Design, simulation and fabrication of piezoelectric micro generators for aero acoustic applications. Microsystems Technologies, 17 (4) pp. 563-573
2011	High discharge rate electrodeposited zinc electrode for use in alkaline microbattery. IIUM Engineering Journal, 12 (5) pp. 115-122
2011	High energy density zinc-air microbattery utilising inorganic MCM-41 membrane. Materials Research Innovations, 15 (1) pp. 114-117
2011	Ionic conductivity of PEMA-LiClO4 polymer electrolytes. Sains Malaysiana, 40 (7) pp. 701-705
2011	MCM-41 as a new separator material for electrochemical cell: application in zinc–air system. Journal of Membrane Science, 367 (1-2) pp. 152-157
2011	Microstructure and electrical properties of AZO films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering. Advanced Materials Research, 264-65 () pp. 754-759
2011	Observation on responsive OCV variation od Zinc-Air cell with relative humidity content. IIUM Engineering Journal, 12 (5) pp. 79-86
2011	Observation on void formed in oxide scale of Fe-Cr-Ni alloy at 1073K in dry and humid environments. IIUM Engineering Journal, 12 (5) pp. 69-78
2011	Zinc-laccase biofuel cell. IIUM Engineering Journal, 12 (4) pp. 153-160
2009	Discharge, microstructural and mechanical properties of ZrO2 addition on MgO for plasma display panel materials. Materials Research Innovations, 13 (3) pp. 149-152
2006	Analysis of missing data on estimable parameter function. Journal of Quantitative Methods, 2 (1) pp. 62-74
2006	Transformation of constrained model into unconstrained model in two way treatment structure with interaction. Journal of Quantitative Methods, 2 (2) pp. 29-36
2003	Ionic conductivity studies of poly(vinyl alcohol) alkaline solid polymer electrolyte and its use in nickel–zinc cells. Solid State Ionics, 156 (1-2) pp. 171-177
2002	A zinc–air cell employing a porous zinc electrode fabricated from zinc–graphite-natural biodegradable polymer paste. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 32 (12) pp. 1347-1353
2002	Zinc-air cell with KOH-treated agar layer between electrode and electrolyte containing hydroponics gel. Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, 5 () pp. 177-182
2001	Hydroponics gel as a new electrolyte gelling agent for alkaline zinc–air cells. Journal of Power Sources, 103 (1) pp. 34-41

Conference or Workshop Item

2020	Analisa fizikal terhadap kondusi manuskrip Melayu dalam koleksi Institut Antarabangsa Pemikiran dan Tamadun Islam (ISTAC). In: Persidangan Antarabangsa Pengajian Alam Melayu (PAPAM) 2020,,
2020	Dokumentasi saintifik: resipi tinta tradisional dan bahan penulisan manuskrip di rantau Melayu. In: International Conference on Malay Studies 2020,
2020	Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) study of coconut water as natural inhibitor in Malay traditional preservation of iron artefact. In: 2nd Joint Conference on Green Engineering Technology & Applied Computing 2020,
2019	Effect of acceptor impurity (Cu and Al) in Zn4Sb3 thermoelectric materials via hotisostatic pressing (HIP) method. In: Materials characterization using x-rays and related techniques,
2018	19th Century Malay manuscripts and royal Malay letters: identification of writing ink and its characteristics. In: 7th International Seminar On Nusantara Heritage 2018 (7th ISoNH 2018),
2018	A secondary, coplanar design Ni/MCM-41/Zn microbattery. In: International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering 2017, ICAMME 2017,
2018	Classical equivalent circuit characterization for a double-layer capacitor. In: 4th IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA) 2017,
2018	Effect of compaction pressure of green body and heating current on photoluminescence property of ZnO crystal grown by electric current heating method. In: International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering 2017, ICAMME 2017,
2018	Electrodeposition of zinc antimony alloy thermoelectric materials. In: "International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering 2017, ICAMME 2017",
2018	Optimization of TiO2 thin film thickness for dye sensitized solar cell applications. In: International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering 2017, ICAMME 2017,
2018	The viability of MCM-41 as separator in secondary alkaline cells. In: International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering 2017, ICAMME 2017,
2016	Bio-dye sensitized solar cell for energy conversion. In: 4th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering 2016 (ICBioE 2016),
2016	Traditional Malay black ink: An analysis of its recipes and characteristics. In: International Conference on Architecture & Built Environment (ICABE 2016),
2015	Dependence of preferred c-axis orientation on RF magnetron sputtering power for AZO/Si acoustic wave devices. In: 2015 Symposium on Design, Integration, Test and Packaging of MEMS and MOEMS (DTIP),
2015	Dynamic batch rekeying scheme using multiple logical key trees for secure multicast communication. In: 2015 International Conference on Computing, Control, Networking, Electronics and Embedded Systems Engineering (ICCCNEE 2015),
2015	Fabrication of flexible Au/ZnO/ITO/PET memristor using dilute electrodeposition method. In: 4th International Conference on Electronic Devices, Systems and Applications 2015 (ICEDSA),
2014	The legacy of traditional Indonesian ink: its intensity and durability. In: ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference Preprints,
2013	Homology modeling of Pyranose 2-Oxidase from Phanerochaete Chrysosporium. In: International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE 2013),
2013	Molecular docking studies of Pyranose-2-oxidase from trametes multicolor. In: International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE 2013),
2013	Preparation of Zn0.6Cd0.4o nanorods and its characterization. In: Third International Conference on Biotechnology (ICBIoE 2013),
2012	Evaluation of porous electrode properties using metal-air electrochemical system. In: 1st International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection, ICEEP 2012,
2012	Weight martigale-ergodic and ergodic-martingale theorems . In: International Conference on Mathematical Applications in Engineering (ICMAE2012),
2012	Zinc-air battery – powering electric vehicles to smart active labels . In: 1st International Conference on Engineering and Technology Development 2012 (ICETD 2012),
2011	Observation on void formed in oxide scale of Fe-Cr-Ni alloy at 1073K in dry and humid environments. In: 2nd International Conference on Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 2011 (ICME 2011),
2011	Performance evaluation of MEMS piezoelectric inertial energy generator. In: 2011 IEEE Symposium Design, Test and Packaging of MEMS and MOEMS (DTIP 2011),
2010	A breathing microbattery: Zn/MCM-41/O2 system. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010),
2010	Green technology of energy-efficient materials up to 70% for plasma display panel. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010),
2010	In-situ method to monitor surface reaction/oxidation at high temperature. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010),
2010	Increase of oxygen permeability on metal/oxide interface during high temperature oxidation of Fe-Cr alloys in water vapor at 1073 K. In: 3rd International Conference on Functional Materials and Devices 2010,
2010	Novel AZO thin film for display and Photovoltaic application. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010),
2010	Optimization of zinc electrodeposition from zinc-air cell discharge performance. In: 3rd International Conference on Functional Materials and Devices 2010,
2010	Preparation and characterization of inorganic MCM-41 membrane for zinc-air microbattery. In: 3rd International Conference on Functional Materials and Devices (ICFMD 2010),
2010	RF magnetron sputtered YSZ thin film: Fabrication and characterizations. In: 3rd International Conference on Functional Materials and Devices 2010,
2010	Zinc-air cell employing laccase as the oxygen reduction catalyst. In: 3rd International Conference on Functional Materials and Devices 2010,
2006	Confidence interval of ration of parameters in unbalanced split plot design under fixed effect model. In: International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Computation,

Book

2011	Contributions of Muslim scientists to medicine and related sciences. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-155-0

Book Section

2011	Al-Zahrawi's explaination on bone fractures and its surgical and non-surgical treatments. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-155-0, pp. 137-143
2011	Contributions of Kerim Kerimov in aerospace engineering. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-157-4, pp. 110-114
2011	Development of In-Vivo Biofuel Cell for implantable medical devices. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-151-2, pp. 182-191
2011	Evaluating traditional measures for the care of Keris From scientific point of view. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181291, pp. 46-51
2011	Ibn al-Khatib and his theory of contagion. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-155-0, pp. 64-66
2011	Limits and continuity. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181956, pp. 43-66
2011	Mahmoud Hessaby's contribution to the infinitely extended particles theory in quantum physics. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-157-4, pp. 86-90
2011	Measurement of oxygen permeability in bulk alloys by internal oxidation of dilute constituent. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181642, pp. 98-103
2011	Principle of solid electrolyte oxygen sensor. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181642, pp. 110-115
2011	Recent trend in application of high temperature ferritic Fe-Cr alloys in power plant. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181642, pp. 92-97
2011	Recent trend on application of high temperature ferritic Fe-Cr alloys in solid oxide fuel cells. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181642, pp. 104-109
2011	Studies in gynaecology in zad al-musafir wa qut al- hadir of Abu Jaafar Ibn al-Jazzar. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-155-0, pp. 81-87
2011	Surface oxygen potential on the oxide scale during high temperature oxidation of Fe-Cr alloys at 1073 K. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181642, pp. 116-120
2011	The contribution of Ibn Ishaq al-Kindi to light, optics and cryptology. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-157-4, pp. 91-94

Monograph

2012	The effects of water vapor on high temperature oxidation of Fe-Cr-Ni alloy at 1073k. In: s.n.,