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Sarah Yasmin Binti Mohamad

Academic Qualification

  • Engineering (Electrical/Electronic) - Doctor of Philosophy, Queen's University of Belfast
  • Engineering (Communication and Computer) - Masters Degree, edu 1 - 1
  • Engineering (Electrical/Electronic) - Bachelor Degree, Universiti Teknologi Mara
  • Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Electronics) - Diploma, Universiti Teknologi Mara

Sarah Yasmin Binti Mohamad (Ts. Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING

smohamad@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile


Sarah Yasmin Mohamad received a MEng. degree in Communication and Computer Engineering from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2011 and 2015, respectively. She has been appointed as an Assistant Professor in 2015 at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Her research interests include antenna design, analysis and measurement, ground plane architectures for wideband antennas, radar and wireless communication systems. 


Area of Specialisation


  • Engineering Tech ~ Engineering And Technology ~ Communication Engineering ~ Antenna Technology - Antenna analysis, design and measurement


Professional Membership


  • 2009 - 2023: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Senior Member (SMIEEE)), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • 2015 - 2023: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Senior Member (SMIEEE)), IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
  • 2016 - 2023: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Graduate Member), Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)
  • 2017 - 2023: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Graduate Member), Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM)
  • 2021 - 2023: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Professional Technologist (Ts.)), Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT)


Teaching Responsibilities


ANTENNAS AND WAVE PROPAGATION 2018/2019 2017/2018
COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING LAB I 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2016/2017 2015/2016
Communications Engineering Lab II 2018/2019
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING LAB I 2019/2020
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAB 2017/2018
ENGINEERING ELECTROMAGNETICS AND TRANSMISSION LINES 2022/2023
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 1 2020/2021
FINAL YEAR PROJECT I 2018/2019
Final Year Project II 2021/2022 2018/2019
FUNDEMENTAL OF COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 2016/2017 2015/2016
MICROWAVE ENGINEERING 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
PROGRAMMING FOR ENGINEERS 2019/2020 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
SEMINAR 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS 2020/2021 2019/2020


Supervision


Investigation Of Low Cost And Energy Efficient 3d Hybrid Beamforming Technique For 5g Standards.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Design And Performance Analysis Of Flexible Microstrip Patch Antenna With Rubber Substrate At 2.45 Ghz.
Master Completed 2022 Main Supervisor
Design And Analysis For X Band Vsat Application Microstrip Patch Antenna At 7.5 Ghz.
Master Completed 2020 Main Supervisor
Design Of Multiband Stack Array Antenna Configuration For Millimetre Wave Applications.
Master Completed 2019 Co-supervisor
Wireless Mobile Charger Circuit Design.
Master Completed 2019 Co-supervisor
Design And Optimize Of Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna Arrays Performance At 2.4 Ghz.
Master Completed 2018 Co-supervisor
Study Of Flexible Substrate With Metamaterial In Wearable Wideband Antenna.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2022 - 2022 IEEE Pre-University STEM Portal Grant: Telecom Engineer at a Glance
2021 - 2023 First Expired First Out (FEFO) System Storage Management System Using RFID Tags
2019 - 2022 Structural Studies of Glass-Polymer Composite for More Robust Flexible Wearable Antenna via Injection Moulding Process
2018 - 2022 Verifying the Mechanical Power Transformation Effectiveness of Brushless DC Motor and its Characteristics
2018 - 2023 Investigation of MIMO Software Defined Radar as a tool for Landslide Early Warning System (EWS)
2017 - 2020 Modeling Novel Maximum power point Tracking Algorithm for Small Scale Wind Turbine System
2016 - 2019 Modeling of Multiband / Wideband Stack Series Array Antenna Configuration for 5G Application
2016 - 2019 LabView Based Software Defined Radar System
2015 - 2018 Performance Enhancement of a UWB Antenna Using Backing Cavity for Improved Wireless Communication Systems
On-Going
2023 - Present Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Flexible Substrate Material via Additive Manufacturing for More Bendable Wearable Antennas
2022 - Present Energy Management System for RES and ESS Integration to the Islanded Microgrid
2022 - Present Antenna: How does it Work?
2022 - Present Railway Network Surveillance using Advanced 4D Radar Imaging System
2022 - Present Let's make things using 3D Printer


Publications


Article

2023 Design of miniaturized antenna for iot applications using metamaterial. IIUM Engineering Journal, 24 (1) pp. 122-137
2022 Design and analysis of a microstrip patch antenna at 7.5 GHz for X-band VSAT application. IIUM Engineering Journal, 23 (1) pp. 60-67
2022 Design of enhanced gain patch antenna at 2.4 GHz and 3.5 GHz for wireless application. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, () pp.
2021 Design a compact CPW monopole antenna on rubber substrate for ISM band application. TELKOMNIKA Telecommunication, Computing, Electronics and Control, 19 (3) pp. 1050-1058
2020 Study of microstrip patch array antenna for side lobe suppression in the x-band region using uniform, binomial and tschebyscheff excitation methods. IIUM Engineering Journal, 21 (1) pp. 61-72
2019 Automatic household waste separation system based on resistance value and moisture content. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 8 (2) pp. 501-507
2019 Classification of different types of metal from recyclable household waste for automatic waste separation system. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 8 (2) pp. 490-500
2019 Design and optimize microstrip patch antenna array using the active element pattern technique. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 8 (3) pp. 994-1003
2019 Energy efficient smart street light for smart city using sensors and controller. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 8 (2) pp. 558-568
2019 Recyclable waste separation system based on material classification using weight and size of waste. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 8 (2) pp. 479-489
2019 Throughput analysis for the mobility of a consumer and an anchorless producer in NDN. Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, 11 (1) pp. 189-196
2018 A wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna for Cube Sat Application. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering, 10 (1-8) pp. 17-20
2018 A wideband mm-wave printed dipole antenna for 5G applications. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 10 (3) pp. 943-950
2018 Beam steering using the active element pattern of antenna array. TELKOMNIKA: Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control, 16 (4) pp. 1542-1550
2018 Beam steering using the active element pattern of antenna array. TELKOMNIKA: Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control, 16 (4) pp. 1542-1550
2018 S-band FMCW Radar for target tracking and monitoring. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC), 10 (1-2) pp. 123-126
2017 A modified PEC-backed spiral antenna with improved pattern symmetry. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC), 9 (3 ( July-Sep)) pp. 33-36
2017 Characterization of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene for 3D printed patch antenna. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 6 (1) pp. 116-123
2017 Design of a dual band printed dipole antenna for WIFI application. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering, 9 (4 (October-December 2017)) pp. 63-68
2017 Performance comparison between Archimedean and Equiangular spiral antenna. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC), 9 (2 (April-June)) pp. 105-109
2015 Performance of archimedean spiral antenna backed by FSS reflector. Electronics Letters, 51 (1) pp. 14-16
2015 Tri-band HIS backed spiral antenna for wireless LAN applications. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 57 (5) pp. 1116-1121
2014 Performance enhancement of a wideband spiral antenna using a stepped ground plane. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 56 (3) pp. 753-757
2014 Selective high impedance surface active region loading of archimedean spiral antenna. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 13 () pp. 810-813
Conference or Workshop Item

2024 Performance comparison of a flexible circular microstrip patch antenna on various rubber-carbon compositions. In: 2023 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION,
2024 Reflection coefficient variation based on the configuration of integrated antenna and reflecting surface at 3.5 GHz. In: 2023 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION,
2022 Design a CPW antenna on rubber substrate for multiband applications. In: 12th National Technical Seminar on Unmanned System Technology, NUSYS 2020,
2022 Design of dual-linearly polarized patch antenna at millimetrewaves. In: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI),
2022 SFCW software-defined radar using LabVIEW and USRP for subsurface sensing. In: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI),
2021 Design and performance analysis of flexible microstrip patch antenna with rubber substrate. In: 2021 8th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE),
2021 Design of circular patch antennas at mmWave. In: 2021 8th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE),
2021 Development of Rubber Substrate for More Robust Flexible Wearable Antenna at 2.4 GHz Application. In: 2021 8th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE),
2021 Performance analysis of radio propagation models in VANET application. In: 11th IEEE Symposium on Computer Applications & Industrial Electronics (ISCAIE 2021),
2021 SFCW signal generation of dual frequency channel using LabVIEW simulation. In: 2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics,
2020 A compact and lightweight microstrip antenna array with Wilkinson power divider for X-band application at 9.5 GHz. In: 2019 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics (APACE),
2020 Design a CPW antenna on rubber substrate for multi-band applications. In: The 12th National Technical Seminar on Unmanned System Technology 2020 (NUSYS’20),
2020 Design of flexible microstrip patch antenna using rubber substrate for brain tumor detection. In: 2020 18th IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD),
2020 Electrical characterization of material thickness based on free space method using patch antennas. In: IEEE International RF and Microwave Conference 2020,
2020 Study for microstrip patch antenna for 5g networks. In: 2020 18th IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD 2020),
2019 Compact UWB slotted pentagonal patch antenna for radar and communication. In: 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting,
2019 Design of Hybrid Koch-Minkowski fractal dipole antenna for dual band wireless applications. In: 2019 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics (APACE),
2018 Automatic metal waste separator system in Malaysia. In: 7th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering, ICCCE 2018,
2018 Beamforming capability of a cross-slotted ring patch antenna array at 2.4 GHz wireless applications. In: 2018 7th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE) 2018,
2018 Discrimination of residual and recyclable household waste for automatic waste separation system. In: 2018 7th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE),
2018 Dual band antenna design using stacked series array for Ka-band application. In: 2018 7th International Conference on Computer Communication Engineering (ICCCE2018),
2018 Material classification of recyclable waste using the weight and size of waste. In: 7th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering, ICCCE 2018,
2018 Smart street light using intensity controller. In: 7th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE) 2018,
2018 Study of a flexible antenna for intelligent transport system application. In: 2017 IEEE Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2017,
2017 A wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna for CubeSat application. In: 4th International Conference on Communication and Computer Engineering (ICOCOE 2017),
2017 A wideband mm-wave printed dipole antenna for 5G applications. In: The International Conference on Electrical, Electronic, Communication and Control Engineering (ICEECC 2017),
2017 Design of dual band microstrip patch antenna using metamaterial. In: 6th International Conference on Mechatronics 2017 (ICOM'17),
2017 Spiral antenna with reconfigurable HIS using liquid crystals for monopulse radar application. In: The 2017 IEEE International Conference on Antennas and Applications (IEEE CAMA 2017),
2016 Characterization of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene material for a 3D printed microstrip patch antenna. In: 2016 International Conference on Electrical, Electronic, Communication and Control Engineering (ICEECC 2016),
2016 Design of a circular patch antenna for 3D printing. In: 6th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2016),
2016 Design of a quintuple band microstrip patch antenna using multiple L-slots. In: 6th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2016),
2013 Design of a cavity backed spiral antenna with improved pattern symmetry. In: 2013 7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP),
Monograph

2017 Performance Enhancement of a UWB Antenna Using Backing Cavity for Improved Wireless Communication Systems. In: ,