Dr. Mohd Shahnan Zainal Abidin obtained his Bachelor's degree from University Putra Malaysia (UPM) in Computer and Communication Engineering in February 2002. He worked as an Assistant Lecturer at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and concurrently obtained a Master of Science (Communication and Network Engineering) from UPM in May 2005.
He was accordingly promoted to a lecturer. As he completed his Ph.D in Photonics and Fiber Optic Systems Engineering in the same university, he was promoted to Assistant Professor in ECE Department, Kulliyyah of Engineering, IIUM.

• 2016 - 2017: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING	2007/2008
CONTROL SYSTEMS	2006/2007
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENG. LAB III	2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
Electrical and Computer Eng. Lab- III	2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING LAB I	2017/2018
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING LAB III	2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAB	2021/2022
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAB 1	2022/2023 2021/2022
ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS	2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006
ELECTRONICS	2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
ELECTRONICS INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENTS	2019/2020 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015
ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL TRAINING	2015/2016
ENGINEERING LAB I	2014/2015 2006/2007 2005/2006
ENGINEERING LAB II	2014/2015
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 1	2020/2021 2018/2019
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II	2021/2022 2019/2020
FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC	2022/2023
INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL	2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
MICROPROCESSORS AND INTERFACING	2014/2015
OPTICAL COMM.AND SIGNAL PROCESSING	2016/2017
OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS	2022/2023 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2013/2014
PROJECT I	2018/2019
USRAH IN ACTION 1	2022/2023 2021/2022
USRAH IN ACTION 2	2022/2023

Completed

2018 - 2022	Identification of Acetone Biomarkers in Exhaled Breath using Novel Properties of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanorods Optical Sensor for Diabetes Detection
2016 - 2020	Single Event-Transient Effects(SET) on 3T and 4T CMOS Active Pixel Sensors (APS)
2015 - 2017	Microfiber-based Fiber Optic Displacement Sensor for Measuring Uric Acid Concentrations

On-Going

2021 - Present	Solid State Lighting: World of Colors for Humanity
2019 - Present	High Resolution 4H-Silicon Carbide Electron Radiation Detector
2015 - Present	Characterization and Modelling of Thermal Diffusion in a Low Absorption Material by Z-scan Technique with High Repetition Rate Femtosecond Laser

Article

2022	Performance analysis of a hybrid free space optics/ visible light communication systems. Asian journal of electrical and electronic engineering, 2 (2) pp. 21-27
2021	Passively Q-switched ytterbium-doped fiber laser employing samarium oxide as saturable absorber. IIUM Engineering Journal, 22 (1) pp. 58-67
2017	Dual-wavelength thulium ytterbium Co-doped fiber laser. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 8 (2) pp. 457-461
2016	QFT controller for nonlinear system application to 3-DOF flight control module. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 11 (6) pp. 4172-4175
2014	Comparison of different empirical conversion methods from 60-minute to 1-minute integration time in Malaysia. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 8 (24) pp. 321-327
2014	Frequency and duty cycle modulation optimization in minimizing thermal accumulation effect in Z-scan measurement with high-repetition-rate laser. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 53 (112702) pp. 112702-1
2009	Fiber break location technique utilizing stimulated Brillouin scattering effects in optical fiber . Laser Physics Letters, 6 (1) pp. 59-63

Conference or Workshop Item

2018	Preliminary analysis of dimming property for visible light communication. In: 4th IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA),
2017	Performance configuration of Raman-EDFA hybrid optical amplifier for WDM applications. In: International Technical Postgraduate Conference (Tech-Post) 2017,
2016	Comparison of cladding shaped of Tm/Yb doped fiber laser for optimum lasing efficiency. In: 2016 IEEE 6th International Conference on Photonics (ICP2016),