Staff Profile
Academic Qualifications
- Mechanical Engineering - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Bristol
- Engineering (Mechatronics) - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
Ahmad Imran Bin Ibrahim (Dr.)
Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING
imran@iium.edu.my
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Area of Specialisation
- Engineering Tech ~ Engineering And Technology ~ Electrical and Electronic Engineering ~ Robotics and Mechatronics - Bioinspired Robotic Design
Professional Membership
- 2026 - 2027 : Member of Profesional Body / Association : (Member) , Society of Automotive Engineers
- 2023 - 2026 : Member of Profesional Body / Association : (Member) , IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society
- 2021 - 2023 : Member of Profesional Body / Association : (Exco Member) , Robotics and Automation
- 2017 - 2018 : Member of Profesional Body / Association : (Member) , Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Teaching Responsibilities
| ADVANCED TOPIC IN ROBOTICS | 2023/2024 2021/2022 |
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN ROBOTICS | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 |
| ENGINEERING DESIGN AND RELIABILITY | 2022/2023 |
| ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 1 | 2026/2027 2025/2026 |
| ENGINERING DESIGN | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2 | 2024/2025 |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF ROBOTICS | 2026/2027 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 |
| FUNDEMENTALS OF ROBOTICS | 2023/2024 |
| INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION | 2024/2025 |
| INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION | 2024/2025 |
| INTERGRATED DESIGN PROJECT | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
| INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING | 2026/2027 |
| MECHANISMS AND MACHINE DESIGN | 2022/2023 |
| MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING LAB I | 2017/2018 |
| MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING LAB I | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 |
| MECHATRONICS INTERFACING LAB | 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 |
| MECHATRONICS LAB III | 2018/2019 2017/2018 |
| MECHATRONICS LAB III | 2024/2025 2018/2019 |
| MECHATRONICS ROBOTICS LAB | 2026/2027 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 |
| MECHATRONICS SYSTEM DESIGN | 2018/2019 |
| MECHATRONICS SYSTEM INTEGRATION | 2026/2027 |
| MECHATRONICS SYSTEM LAB | 2022/2023 |
| MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS LAB | 2023/2024 2022/2023 |
| MECHATRONICS WORKSHOP | 2016/2017 |
| MECHATRONICS WORKSHOP | 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
| PROJECT 1 | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
| PROJECT II | 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
| Project II | 2023/2024 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| ROBOTICS | 2018/2019 2017/2018 |
| Robotics | 2024/2025 2023/2024 2018/2019 2017/2018 |
| THEORY OF MACHINES AND MECHANISMS | 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
| THEORY OF MACHINES AND MECHANISMS | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
Supervision
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Enhanced Situational Awareness For Unmanned Surface Vehicles Using Lidar-Camera Fusion And Supervised Learning For Efficient Navigation.
Ph.D
Completed
2025
Co-supervisor
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Design Analysis Of Gyroscopic Stabilizer System For Anti-Rolling Of Unmanned Surface Vessel.
Master
Completed
2026
Main Supervisor
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Research Projects
Completed
| 2022 - 2026 | "CXSense System For SURAYA Unmanned Surface Vessel Fleet" |
| 2021 - 2024 | Versatile Magnetic Robot for Commercial Use |
| 2020 - 2023 | Development of an Autonomous Surface Vessel For Sedimentation Investigation In Port |
| 2020 - 2024 | Industry@University: 4IR Competence Centre |
| 2020 - 2021 | Integrated Database System for Autonomous System (IDSAS) |
| 2020 - 2021 | Preparation of Emergency Action Action Plan (EAP) for Repas Lama, Repas Baru and Perting Dams, Bentong Pahang |
| 2019 - 2019 | KKR Gimmick Video, Drone and Robot For Sambutan Hari Profesion Teknikal Negara |
| 2016 - 2020 | Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand |
| 2016 - 2019 | Reduced-reference Metric Video Quality Metric using Spatial Information in Salient Regions |
On-Going
| 2026 - Present | Knowledge Transfer Project : Next Generation Vehicle 2026 Driverless Vehicle (NxGV'26 DV) |
| 2025 - Present | Design and Implementation of a Remote Ultrasonic Testing Module for Magnetic Wall Climbing Robots |
| 2025 - Present | Development of Customised Scaled Autonomous Car Training Kits for Research and Training in Electric and Autonomous Vehicle Systems |
| 2025 - Present | Development of Customized Scaled Car Training Kits for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Artificial Intelligence Training |
| 2024 - Present | Kajian Kebolehlaksanaan Pembangunan National Border Control System (NBCS) |
| 2020 - Present | Development of an Autonomous Seabed Mapping System |
| 2019 - Present | Development of Ocean-Grade ASV for geo inspection and survey application |
Publications
Articles
Conference or Workshop Items
| 2022 | Autonomous swimming pool cleaning robot. In: 9th IEEE International Conference on Underwater System Technology: Theory and Applications, USYS 2022, |
| 2022 | Development of amphibian robot for ship hull cleaning. In: 2022 IEEE 9th International Conference on Underwater System Technology: Theory and Applications, USYS 2022, |
| 2022 | Multi-stabilizer devices for marine vessel, design and control – a review. In: 9th IEEE International Conference on Underwater System Technology: Theory and Applications, USYS 2022, |
| 2022 | Visual detection of biofouling using hue-saturation-value (HSV) colour for ship hull cleaning robot. In: 8th International Conference on Mechatronics Engineering (ICOM 2022), |
| 2022 | Wireless water quality monitoring system. In: 9th IEEE International Conference on Underwater System Technology: Theory and Applications, USYS 2022, |
| 2020 | Deep learning-based water segmentation for autonomous surface vessel. In: 10th IGRSM International Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial & Remote Sensing, |
| 2020 | Design and development of mini autonomous surface vessel for bathymetric survey. In: Proceedings of the 11th National Technical Seminar on Unmanned System Technology 2019, |
| 2018 | Reduced-reference video quality metric based on edge information. In: 4th IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications, ICSIMA 2017, |
| 2016 | No-reference spatio-temporal activity difference PSNR estimation. In: 6th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2016), |
Book Sections
| 2025 | Apakah itu robot?. In: Firdaus Press Publications, ISBN: 978-629-7706-12-2, pp. |