Prof. Engr. Ts. Dr.

Mohamad Rusop Mahmood

Director, Institute of Science (IoS), UiTM

Specialization (Research Interest) :

1. Opto-Electronic Device Fabrication and Nanotechnology
2. Nanotechnology for Renewable Energy

PROFILE

PERSONAL

Position : Director, Institute of Science (IoS), UiTM

Department : Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, UiTM

Current Activities :
1.Research Mentor (S&T), UiTM Dengkil, UiTM Campus Selangor
2.Chairman, Research & Publication Committee, UiTM Council of Professor
3.Deputy President, Malaysia Nanotechnology Association (MNA)

Areas of Expertise : Nano-material Synthesis, Nano-material Characterization, Nano-materials analysis, Nano-device fabrication, Nano-device measurement, Nano-device analysis

Achievement : Listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientist in the Field of Materials (Elsevier) 2021

Experience :
1.Position: Senior Engineer, Tokai Marble (E) Co. Ltd.
2.Address: Irifune-1-Chome, Nagoya, Japan
3.Duration: 8 Years
4.Head/ Founder: NANO-Electronic Centre (NET), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UiTM (Year 2005 - 2013)
5.Head/ Founder: NANO-SciTech Centre (NST), Institute of Science, UiTM (Year 2005 - Present)

EDUCATION

1.PhD of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan

Department: Urban Planning and Environmental Technology
Specialization: Optoelectronic Devices & Nanotechnology

2.Master of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan

Department: System Engineering and Operational Technology
Specialization: Operational Research Devices Technology

3.Bachelor of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Faculty: Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Semiconductor Technology

4.Teknologies Profesional (Electrical & Electronics Technology) (Kelayakan Profesional), Lembaga Teknologis Malaysia (MBOT), Institute of Science, UiTM (Year 2005 - Present)

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Research Grant

1.National: RM14,936,853.00 (30 projects)

2.International: RM2,617,546.04 (7 projects)

3.Industry: RM4,705,700.00 (5 projects)

Types of Publication

Research Publication

Postgraduate/ Student Supervision

List of Selected Research Grants

1.600-RMI/FRGS 5/3 (34/2014): Nature-Based Search Algorithm in Identifying Classification-Based Objective Function (RM 103,500.00).

2.600-IRMI/DANA 5/3/BESTARI (063/2017): The Effect of Epitaxy Growth and Space Charge Polirization on PVDF-TRFE/ZNO Nanorod/ZNO Ferroelectric Film for Appication in Nanodevices (RM 50,000.00).

3.600-IRMI/FRGS 5/3 (044/2019) (FRGS/1/2018/TK04/UiTM/02/23): Tapotactically Transformed Porous NIO Nanosheet Arrays Doped with Aliovalent Elements and Their Interfacial Carrier Characteristics (RM 98,000.00).

4.600-IRMI/FRGS 5/3 (264/2019): Interfacial Layer of Zinc Oxide Embedded Graphene Oxide as Photoanode In Supressing Charge Recombination (RM 98,200.00).

5.600-IRMI 5/3/LESTARI (036/2019): ZnO Nanorod Arrays/ Nanoparticles: Novel Sonication Synthesis, Characterization and Formation Mechanism for Photoresponse And Photosensitivity Properties (RM 30,000.00).

6.600-IRMI/FRGS 5/3 (415/2019): Effect of ZnO Nanoparticles Coated Mango Fruit On Antifungal Activity Of Colletotrichum Gloeosporiodes (RM 62,800.00).

7.600-IRMI/FRGS-RACER 5/3 (102/2019): Synthesis of Self-Organised Graphene Wrappped FE-Doped TiO2 Nanorod Arrays Via A Single-Step Facile Aqueous Chemical (RM 51,200.00).

8.Collaboration Industrial Research Grant Between: Universiti Malaya (UM), Siltera Malaysia Sdn Bhd, University Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Universiti Tun Hussin Onn (UTHM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), and University of Shefield. Title: Vapor Phase Epitaxy (VPE) Technology Research for GAN-On-Si High Electron Mobility Transistor. Duration: Oct 2018 – Oct 2021. Total amount: RM1,925,700.00.

9.Programme Title: Wide Bandgap Semiconductor (WBS) Special Focused Industry Driven Program. Project Title: Gallium Nitride Epitaxy for Power and Optoelectronic Devices, LRGS 2016-1 (17321) (LRGS/1/2016/UM/01/1/1) (KPT) (Research Project Incollaboration with Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Tun Hussin Onn (UTHM) and Universiti Malaysia (UM) (15/10/2017 - 15/04/2021) (RM 3,018,867.92).

10.Collaboration International Research Grant Between: Islamic University of Medinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Univesrsiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), and Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech). Title: Encapsulation of Low-Cost and High-Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells using Low Cost Polyurethane for Outdoor Applications. Duration: June 2020– May2023. Total amount: RM1,982,546.04.