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Nor Farahidah Binti Za'Bah

Academic Qualification

  • - Doctor of Philosophy, University of New Castle Upon Tyne
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical & Electronics Engineering - Doctor of Philosophy, University of New Castle Upon Tyne
  • Master of Science in Microelectronics - Masters Degree, University of New Castle Upon Tyne
  • Bachelor of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (Hons) (Electronics) - Bachelor Degree, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)

Nor Farahidah Binti Za'Bah (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)

Associate Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING

Other's position:

Head, Kulliyyah of Engineering


adah510@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile


Dr. Nor Farahidah Za'bah, graduated from University Tenaga Nasional in 2002, Selangor started her career as a process engineer in Silterra Malaysia, Kulim Hi Tech Park, Kedah where she provided process-engineering support to the CMOS manufacturing team. In 2004, after receiving her MSc from Newcastle University, UK, she was appointed as a lecturer at University Tenaga Nasional. In 2007, she accepted an offer as a lecturer in IIIUM and a year later, she pursued her Ph.D in Newcastle University.
Her research focused on the fabrication of silicon nanowire using the top-down approach where she was exposed to work in a wafer fabrication and characterization facilities such as cleanrooms and using measurement tools such as AFM. She received her Ph.D in 2012 and currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia.


Area of Specialisation


  • Engineering Tech ~ Engineering And Technology ~ Electrical and Electronic Engineering ~ Other Electrical and Electronic Engineering n.e.c.
  • Engineering Tech ~ Engineering And Technology ~ Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ~ Fabrication Technology (Including Manufacturing of High Speed/ Precision Equipment Fabrication Machinery and Equipment and Standard Supporting Technologies of Fabrication for Metal and Plastic)
  • Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Nanotechnology ~ Other Nanotechnology n.e.c.
  • Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Other Applied Sciences and Technologies n.e.c.


Professional Membership


  • Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Graduate Member), The Institution Of Engineers Malaysia
  • Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Senior Member), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Graduate Member), Board of Engineers Malaysia
  • Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member/Chartered Engineer), Institution of Engineering and Technology


Teaching Responsibilities


COMPUTER AND INFORMATION ENG. LAB II 2013/2014 2012/2013 2007/2008
COMPUTER AND INFORMATION ENG. LABII 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013
ELECTRIC CIRCUITS 2007/2008
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAB 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAB 1 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
ELECTRONICS 2023/2024 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2007/2008
ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP 2007/2008
ENGINEERING LAB II 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013
ENGINEERING PROGRAMMING 2023/2024 2022/2023
FINAL YEAR PROJECT I 2023/2024 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II 2023/2024
PROJECT I 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014
PROJECT II 2012/2013
SEMINAR 2007/2008


Supervision


Polymer Coated Acoustic Wave Sensor For Volatile Organic Compounds Sensing Application.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Implementation Of Sustainable Iot-Based Hands-On Lab System For Engineering Teaching Methods In Times Of Crisis.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Geometric Parameter Optimization Of Screen Printed Electrode (Spe) For Electrochemical-Based Sensing Applications .
Master Completed 2021 Co-supervisor
The Development Of Gsm1800 Signal Direction Finder Prototype.
Master Completed 2018 Main Supervisor
Electron Radiation Effects On Threshold Voltage And Drain Current Characteristics Of Commercial Power Metal Oxide Semiconductor Devices.
Master Completed 2017 Co-supervisor
Comparative Study Of Silicon Nanowire Fet - Simulation And Experimental.
Master Completed 2016 Main Supervisor
Development Of A Sponge-Like Pva-Chitosan Hydrogel With Polyaniline For Water Harvesting.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2021 - 2022 SCITECH (Acculturation Science and Technology Among Underprivileged Children)
2020 - 2022 Enhanced Nicotine Detection Using Electrochemical-based Screen-printed Carbon Electrodes Modified with Graphene-Based Materials
2019 - 2023 Empirical Model for Volatile Organic Compound Selectivity Prediction of Polymer-based Acoustic Wave Sensor Array through Machine Learning Algorithm
2019 - 2019 Educational Activities Program with "Anak-Anak Orang Asli ASDAF"
2017 - 2019 Development of FPGA based RFID Reader for UWB Chipless Tag
2015 - 2015 GSM-based Portable Finder for Rescue and Relief of Flood Victims
2015 - 2018 Characterization for Verification of Electrostatic Generator's Effectiveness for Power Generation
2014 - 2017 Electrical and Optical Characterization of Commercial Light Emitting Diodes Subjected to Electron Radiation
2014 - 2016 Electrical Characterization of Commercial MOSFETs subjected to Electron Radiation
2013 - 2015 Development of MEMS Cantilevr-Based Biosensor
2013 - 2015 Studies on Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) for Developing High Performance CNTFETs for Designing Low Power High Speed Logic Gates
2012 - 2015 Design and development of MEMS Acoustic Energy Harvester
2012 - 2015 A Development of a Top Down Silicon Nanoware into Field Effect Transistor
On-Going
2021 - Present Fostering Online Learning for Marginalized Children in Malaysia
2021 - Present Let's Play Robot with TryEngineering
2020 - Present Design and Development of Screen Printed Carbon Electrodes (SPCEs) For Nicotine Sensor
2018 - Present Development of circuit simulator model for Negative Capacitance Field Effect Transistors for Low Power IoT Devices applications


Award & Recognition


26 Oct, 2018 Chartered Engineer - The Engineering Council, UK International


Publications


Article

2023 Investigation of a polymer-based SAW sensor to detect volatile organic compound (VOC). Asian Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 3 (2) pp. 10-17
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 Performance analysis of optimized screen-printed electrodes for electrochemical sensing. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 14 (3) pp. 250-261
2021 A mobile application monitoring system using Internet of Things (IOT) and firebase. Journal of Information Systems and Digital Technologies, 3 (1) pp. 16-30
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 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
2020 Word segmentation of output response for sign language devices. IIUM Engineering Journal, 21 (2) pp. 153-163
2019 Compressed channel estimation for massive MIMO-OFDM systems over doubly selective channels. Physical Communication, 36 () pp.
2019 Finite element simulation of MEMS piezoelectric energy scavenger based on pzt thin film. IIUM Engineering Journal, 20 (1) pp. 90-99
2019 Investigation on the mass sensitivity of quartz crystal microbalance gas sensor using finite element simulation. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 8 (2) pp. 460-469
2019 On the spectra efficiency of low-complexity and resolution hybrid precoding and combining transceivers for mmWave MIMO systems. IEEE Access, 7 () pp. 109259-109277
2018 Material characterization of a doped triangular silicon nanowire using raman spectroscopy. Advanced Science Letters, 24 (11) pp. 8962-8965
2017 Artificial neural network based fast edge detection algorithm for MRI medical images. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 7 (1) pp. 123-130
2017 Development of photo forensics algorithm by detecting photoshop manipulation using error level analysis. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 7 (1) pp. 131-137
2017 Effects of electron radiation on commercial power MOSFET with buck converter application. Journal of Nuclear Science and Techniques, 28 (3) pp. 1-5
2017 Prototype design of smart home system using internet of things. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 7 (1) pp. 107-115
2017 RSSI measurements of a GSM signal within an indoor environment. International Journal of Smart Home, 11 (3) pp. 1-8
2016 Exploitation of radio direction finder in the design of a UHF transmitter locator system. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9 (25) pp. 89622-1
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
2015 Experimental study on potential use of photochromic thin film as energy harvester. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 9 (28(S)) pp. 45-49
2014 Electrical characterisation of highly doped triangular silicon nanowires. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 660 () pp. 168-172
2014 Statistics of rainfall rate at 60 minutes integration time in Malaysia. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 8 (14) pp. 420-425
2013 Optimization of the process modules for a top-down silicon nanowire fabrication using optical lithography and orientation dependent etching. Advanced Materials Research, 629 () pp. 115-121
2012 Top-down fabrication of single crystal silicon nanowire using optical lithography . Journal of Applied Physics, 112 () pp. 024309-024309
Conference or Workshop Item

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 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),
2021 Performance Analysis of VOCs Detection using Polyisobutylene and Chitosan Overlayed on QCM Sensor. In: 2021 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM),
2021 Simulation of geometrical parameters of Screen Printed Electrode (SPE) for electrochemical-based sensor. In: IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM),
2020 Multi-user mmWave MIMO channel estimation with hybrid Beamforming over frequency selective fading channels. In: 2019 IEEE International Conference on Signal and Image Processing Applications, ICSIPA 2019,
2018 Smart steering auto alert system. In: 7th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE) 2018,
2016 Arduino-based biosensor impedance measurement. In: 6th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2016),
2016 Triangular shaped silicon nanowire FET characterization using COMSOL multiphysics. In: 6th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2016),
2015 Experimental study on potential use of photochromic thin film as energy harvester. In: IPN–IWNEST 2015 Conferences,
2014 A review on channel access control mechanism to improve the dependability in body area networks. In: 5th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2014),
2014 Online recognition system for handwritten Arabic chemical symbols. In: 5th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2014),
2013 The study on the aspect ratio of Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) measurements for Triangular Silicon Nanowire. In: 2013 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nano Electronics (RSM 2013),
2003 Efficient lot batching system for furnace operation. In: Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (2003 IEEEI/SEMI),
Monograph

2018 Characterization for verification of electrostatic generator's effectiveness for power generation. In: International Islamic University Malaysia,
2015 Development of MEMS cantilever-based biosensor. In: ,