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Maziati Akmal Bt Mat Harttar @ Mohd Hatta

Academic Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Materials Engineering) - Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
  • Master of Science (Materials Engineering) - Masters Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Materials Engineering - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia

Maziati Akmal Bt Mat Harttar @ Mohd Hatta (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)

Associate Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING


maziatiakmal@iium.edu.my
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Professional Membership


  • 2022 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), MBOT - Malaysia Board of Technologists
  • 2023 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Graduate Engineer), Board of Engineers Malaysia


Teaching Responsibilities


COMPUTATIONAL METHODS AND STATISTICS 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS 2023/2024
LINEAR ALGEBRA & DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 2019/2020 2018/2019
PROJECT I 2023/2024
USRAH IN ACTION 1 2022/2023
USRAH IN ACTION 2 2022/2023


Supervision


Development Of Robust Polyvinylidine Fluoride-Based Polymer Inclusion Membrane With Ionic Liquid Extractants For The Extraction Of Rare Earth Elements From Electronic Waste.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
Enhanced Speed Visible Light Communication Using Europium Rare Earth Doped Gan Led.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Investigation Of Surface Interaction Mechanisms Between Tpu And Petg Blends For Sustainable And Biocompatible Dental Clamp.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Eco-Friendly Multi-Walled Carbon-Based Nanotube (Mwcnt)/Chitosan Composite As Conductive Ink For Printed Electronics.
Master Completed 2024 Co-supervisor
Design And Analysis Of Vibration-Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvester.
Master Completed 2024 Co-supervisor
Design And Analysis Of Silicon And Carbonbased Mems Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor.
Master Completed 2024 Co-supervisor
Extraction Of Chitosan-Based Biocompatible Piezoelectric Thin Film From Shrimp Shell Waste.
Master Completed 2023 Main Supervisor
Microbial Chitosan Thin Film From Palm Oil Mill Effluent For Potential Piezoelectric Application.
Master Completed 2023 Co-supervisor
Characterization Of Chitosan Extracted From Aspergillus Oryzae For Potential Piezoelectric Application.
Master Completed 2019 Co-supervisor
Design Of A Horizontal Tubular Photobioreactor Intergrated With Polyvinylidene Fluoride Membrane Sparger For Co2 Fixation.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor
Design And Fabrication Of Carbon Dioxide Microbubbles Dissolver Integrated With Membrane For Microalgae Cultivation Application.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2023 - 2024 Establishing a Baseline for Real-Time Detection of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium (NPK) in Sensors for Soil-less Media: Training and Advisory Solution
2021 - 2024 Stretchable chitosan-foliated graphite biocomposite as piezoresistive functional material towards enhanced strain sensing response
2020 - 2024 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 - 2023 Effectiveness of microbial chitosan thin films from carbon substrate of palm oil mill effluent for potential application as novel tactile sensor in healthcare monitoring.
2019 - 2023 Chitosan-based biocompatible piezoelectric thin film from shrimp shell waste for self-powered cardiac pacemaker
2018 - 2021 Study on c-axis polarization and piezoelectric properties of K0.5Na0.5NbO3 thin film-ZnO nanowhisker composite via the hybrid sol-gel route.
On-Going
2024 - Present Enhanced Speed of Visible Light Communications Using Europium Rare-Earth-Doped GaN on LED towards 6G Wireless Communications.
2024 - Present Selective extraction and recovery of rare earths from electronic waste through polyvinylidene fluoride-based polymer inclusion membrane with ionic liquid extractants.
2022 - Present The Mechanism of Effect ZnO-nanowhiskers on the Piezoelectric Properties of Potassium Sodium Niobate (KNN) Prepared by Sol-gel Technique
2021 - Present Enhanced Peak Current in Nicotine Detection using Electrochemical-based Screen Printed Electrodes Modified with Chitosan-Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite
2021 - Present STEM For all: Inspiring Malaysia Indigeneous students through EDS-ETC
2021 - Present Enhanced Performance of Stretchable Body Coupled Antenna with High Permittivity Barium Titanate - Silicone Elastomer Composite for Biomedical Microwave Sensing and Imaging applications


Awards & Recognition


24 Jul, 2019 Journal Article Publication Award - Others University
13 Aug, 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award - Kulliyah of Engineering KCDIO


Publications


Articles

2025 Characterization on structural and electrical properties of Manganesedoped potassium sodium niobate (KNN) thin film by sol-gel method. Journal of Advanced Research in Micro and Nano Engineering, 29 (1) pp. 36-45
2025 Comparison on structural, morphological and electrical analysis on Mn and Zn-doped KNN thin film by sol-gel method. Malaysian Journal of Microscopy, 21 (1) pp. 114-123
2025 Synergistic effects of double oxidation on the extraction and characterization of crystalline nanocellulose from rattan waste and kenaf fiber. Science and Technology Indonesia, 10 (2) pp. 411-419
2024 Biopolymer chitosan: potential sources, extraction methods, and emerging applications. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 15 (2) pp. 1-11
2024 Effect of Manganese dopant on the structure and electrical porpeties of potassium sodium niobate thin film. Malaysian Journal of Microscopy, 20 (1) pp. 317-327
2024 Novel Rhizophus oryzae esterase-immobilized chitosan/carbon nanomaterials as sensing support for enzyme inhibition-based biosensor in the detection of organophosphorus pesticide residues on crops. Journal of Natural Pesticide Research, 10 () pp. 1-13
2024 Synthesis and characterization of Mn-doped sodium potassium niobate (KNN) thin film. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (JAMT), 18 (2) pp. 1-16
2023 Fungal chitosan for potential application in piezoelectric energy harvesting: review on experimental procedure of chitosan extraction. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 67 () pp. 105-116
2023 Potassium sodium niobate (KNN) lead-free piezoceramics: a review of phase boundary engineering based on KNN materials. AIMS Materials Science, 10 (5) pp. 835-861
2022 Characterization of ZnO–TiO2-coated tapered fibres synthesized by a low-temperature hydrothermal method. Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics, 23 (2) pp. 96-106
2022 Chitosan coating on quartz crystal microbalance gas sensor for isopropyl alcohol and acetone detection. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 14 (3) pp. 241-244
2022 Fabrication of biopolymer-based piezoelectric thin film from chitosan using solvent casting method. Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Sciences and Engineering Technology, 28 (2) pp. 80-89
2022 Fungal chitosan for potential application in piezoelectric energy harvesting: Review on experimental procedure of chitosan extraction. Alexandria Engineering Journal, () pp.
2022 Piezoelectric performance of microbial chitosan thin film derived from aspergillus oryzae. International Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 11 (4) pp. 1157-1164
2022 Synthesis and characterization of different graphite/chitosan ink ratio composition towards flexible strain sensor performance. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, () pp.
2021 Advanced vapour sensing materials: existing and latent to acoustic wave sensors for VOCs detection as the potential exhaled breath biomarkers for lung cancer. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 329 (112792) pp.
2021 Biosynthesis of thin film derived from microbial chitosan for piezoelectric application. Materials Today Communications, 29 () pp. 1-11
2021 Effect of chitosan dissolved in different acetic acid concentration towards VOC sensing performance of quartz crystal microbalance overlay with chitosan. Materials Letters, 291 () pp. 1-4
2021 Electrical behaviour of yttrium-doped potassium sodium niobate thin film for piezoelectric energy harvester applications. Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society, () pp. 1-8
2019 Vibrational piezoelectric energy harvester’s performance using lead zirconate titanate versus lead-free potassium sodium niobate. Materials Research Express, 6 (11) pp. 1-11
2018 Optimizing the processing conditions of sodium potassium niobate thin films prepared by sol-gel spin coating technique. Ceramics International, 44 (1) pp. 317-325
2016 Effect of amphoteric dopant on the dielectric and structural properties of yttrium doped potassium sodium niobate thin film. Materials Letters, 170 () pp. 10-14
2016 Influence of yttrium dopant on the structure and electrical conductivity of potassium sodium niobate thin films. Materials Research, 19 (6 (November/December)) pp. 1417-1422
2016 Influence of yttrium dopant on the structure and electrical conductivity of potassium sodium niobate thin films. Materials Research, 19 (6) pp. 1417-1422
2016 Structural evolution and dopant occupancy preference of yttrium-doped potassium sodium niobate thin films. Journal of Electroceramics, 37 (1-4) pp. 50-57
2015 Physical and electrical properties enhancement of rare-earth doped-potassium sodium niobate (KNN): A review. Journal Ceramics-SILKATY, 59 (2) pp. 158-163
Conference or Workshop Items

2024 Design and analysis of vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvester. In: 9th International Conference on Mechatronics Engineering (ICOM 2024),
2024 Development of signal conditioning circuit for piezoelectric energy harvester. In: 2024 9th International Conference on Mechatronics Engineering (ICOM),
2022 Study of adsorption isotherms in the detection of acetone and isopropyl alcohol using QCM sensor with chitosan sensing layer. In: 2022 IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE),
2022 The effect of cutting speeds on tool wear and surface roughness when milling carbon fiber reinforced polymer. In: 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2021),
2021 Extraction of microbial chitosan for piezoelectric application. In: First International Conference on Electrical Energy and Power Engineering 2020 (ICEEPE 2020),
2021 Facile extraction of chitin and chitosan from shrimp shell. In: 3rd International Conference on Materials Engineering and Science, IConMEAS 2020,
2021 Microbial chitosan for the fabrication of piezoelectric thin film. In: The 6th International Online Conference on Science, Technology, and Interdisciplinary Research 2020,
2021 Performance Analysis of VOCs Detection using Polyisobutylene and Chitosan Overlayed on QCM Sensor. In: 2021 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM),
2020 Characterization of chitosan from extracted fungal biomass for piezoelectric application. In: 26th Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering (RSCE 2019),
2020 Microbial chitosan thin film from palm oil mill effluent for potential application as novel tactile sensor. In: Kulliyyah of Engineering Research, Innovation and Commercialization Exhibition (KERICE) 2020,
2020 Review on microbial chitosan for the fabrication of piezoelectric thin film. In: The 6th International Online Conference on Science, Technology, and Interdisciplinary Research,
2019 The effects of different pyrolysis and annealing temperature on structural and resistivity of K0.5Na0.5NbO3 thin film. In: International Conference on X-Rays and Related Techniques in Research and Industry 2018 (ICXRI 2018),
Book Sections

2021 Biopolymer-based waste for biomaterials thin film in piezoelectric application. In: Elsevier, ISBN: , pp. 355-381
2020 Bionanomaterial thin film for piezoelectric applications. In: Springer, Singapore, ISBN: 978-981-15-4741-6, pp. 63-82