Ts. Dr Ngu War Hlaing

Ts. Dr Ngu War Hlaing

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Department of Engineering
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Biography

Ts. Dr. Ngu War Hlaing holds a B.Eng. and M.Eng. from the University of Malaysia Sabah (UMS) in 2018 and 2019, respectively. She earned her Ph.D. in Communications from Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 2023. She's been a lab demonstrator, tutor, and teaching assistant at UMS and UTM. Registered as a graduate Engineer and recognized as a Professional Technologist, she now serves as a lecturer at Sunway University, Malaysia. Dr. Ngu's accolades include a Best Paper Award and medals for research competitions. Her research interests span wireless communications, network coding, and implantable antenna design, showcasing her commitment to Electrical and Electronic Engineering advancement.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD in Electronic System Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia (2023)
  • Master of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia (2019)
  • Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia (2018)

Research Interests

  • Digital Signal Processing, Information Theory & Network Coding
  • Digital Communications and Wireless Communications
  • Antenna Designs and Implantable Antennas

Teaching Areas

  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Digital Communications
  • Wireless Communications
  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Computer Networking

Courses Taught

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Computer Network
  • Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator
  • Signal and Systems
  • Communication systems

Notable Publications

  1. Ngu War Hlaing, Tiew Wan Ying, Kamilia Kamardin, Yoshihide Yamada, Takuji Arima, Masaharu Takahashi, and Naobumi Michishita. "Electrical Performances of Meander Line Antenna in Fat Phantom." In 2022 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), pp. 279-280. IEEE, 2022. (Indexed by Scopus).
  2. Ngu War Hlaing, Ali Farzamnia, Frydoreen Masmin, Manas Kumar Haldar, and Tohid Yousefi Rezaii. "Performance Analysis of OFDM Channel Estimation Under IQ Imbalance." In Proceedings of the 12th National Technical Seminar on Unmanned System Technology 2020: NUSYS’20, pp. 805-822. Springer Singapore, 2022. (Indexed by Scopus).
  3. Ngu War Hlaing, Kamilia Binti Kamardin, Yoshihide Yamada, Takuji Arima and Naobumi Michishita. " Analysis of Self-Resonant Equation of a Meander Line Antenna.” 21 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics". IEEE, 2021. (Indexed by Scopus)
  4. Ngu War Hlaing, Kamardin KB, Yamada Y. Analysis of a Meandered Loop Antenna Performance under Muscle Implanted Condition. In2020 IEEE International RF and Microwave Conference (RFM) 2020 Dec 14 (pp. 1-4), IEEE. (Indexed by Scopus)
  5. Mad Kaidi, Hazilah, Norulhusna Ahmad, Mohd Azri Mohd Izhar, Ngu War Hlaing, Kamilia Kamardin, Shamsul Sarip, Rudzidatul Akmam Dziyauddin, and Norliza Mohamed. "Extended modulation mappings for hybrid ARQ in wireless communication systems." Soft Computing (2023): 1-13. [IF:3.732] Q1
  6. Haldar, Manas Kumar, Ngu War Hlaing, Hieng T. Su, Ali Farzamnia, and Liau Chung FAN. "Teaching Scattering Matrix in Electrical Engineering—Misconceptions and Clarifications." IEEE Access 10 (2022): 79249-79263m [IF:3.367] Q1
  7. Ngu War Hlaing, Ali Farzamnia, Muralindran Mariappan, and Manas Kumar Haldar. "Network‐coded MIMO‐NOMA systems with FEC codes in two‐way relay networks." International Journal of Communication Systems 33, no. 11 (2020): e4419. [IF:2.047] Q2
  8. Ngu War Hlaing, Ali Farzamnia, Manas Kumar Haldar, and Liau Chung Fan. "Investigation of error performance in OFDM with network coding techniques in multiple relay networks." Journal of Electrical Engineering 71, no. 3 (2020): 185-194. [IF:0.91] Q4
  9. Ngu War Hlaing, Ali Farzamnia, Muralindran Mariappan, and Manas Kumar Haldar. "Network coding schemes with efficient LDPC coded MIMO–NOMA in two‐way relay networks." IET Communications 14, no. 2 (2020):337-348. [IF:1.664] Q2
  10. Farzamnia, Ali, Ngu War Hlaing, Lillian Eda Kong, Manas Kumar Haldar, and Tohid Yousefi Rezaii, "Investigation of error performance in network coded MIMO-VBLAST wireless communication systems." Journal of Electrical Engineering 70, no. 4 (2019): 273-284. [IF:0.91] Q4
     

Achievements & Accolades

  1. Best Postgraduate Student Award
  2. Silver Medal Award - PEREKA 2018- Universiti Malaysia Sabah, titled “Network Coding Schemes with MIMO-NOMA for Two-way Relay Networks”
  3. Bronze Medal Award - PEREKA 2018- Universiti Malaysia Sabah, titled “Network Coding Schemes using Different Encoding Techniques with OFDM”
  4. Bronze Medal Award - PEREKA 2017- Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Titled “Network Coded MIMO Cooperative Communications for The Emergency Area”
  5. Best Paper Award - ICET 2017, titled “Channel Estimation for Sparse Channel OFDM Systems using Least Square and Minimum Mean Square Error Techniques”
  6. MJIIT Postgraduate Scholarship by MJIIT-UTM-KL for Ph.D. (2020-2023)
  7. Postgraduate Scholarship by UMS for master’s degree (2018-2019)
  8. Undergraduate Full-Scholarship by Islamic Development Bank (2014-2017)
  9. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) grant, RM180,000 vote no. - R.K130000.7343.4B807, Research Title: Development of Antennas for Biomedical Applications
  10. Industrial grant by ComRel Technologies Sdn. Bhd., RM10,000, Research Title: Measurements of Small Implantable Antenna for In-Body Application