Ts. Dr Nor Akmar Binti Mohd Yahya

Ts. Dr Nor Akmar Binti Mohd Yahya

  • Senior Lecturer
Department of Engineering
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SDGs Focus
Good Health and Well Being
Clean Water and Sanitation
Affordable and Clean Energy

Biography

Ts. Dr. Nor Akmar is a senior lecturer at Sunway University's School of Engineering and Technology. With years of experience teaching Electrical/Electronic and Telecommunication courses, she also spent 3 years as a Project Engineer at Telekom Malaysia Berhad, specializing in network and infrastructure development. Her research interests include optical fiber devices, optoelectronics, optical chemical sensors, fiber optic communications, nanomaterials, and sensors.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Sensor Technology), University of Putra Malaysia (UPM) (2018)
  • Master of Engineering Science (Polymer Waveguide), University of Malaya (UM) (2012)
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications), University of Malaya (UM) (2006)

Research Interests

  • Nanomaterial Sensors
  • Optical Fiber for sensing
  • Optoelectronics
  • Sensor Technology

Teaching Areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Telecommunications Engineering

Courses Taught

  • Electrical circuits I & II
  • Analog Electronics Devices
  • Signals and Systems
  • Digital Signals Processing
  • Electromagnetic Theory
  • Communication Principles
  • Mathematics Engineering
  • Antenna and Propagation

Notable Publications

1.    NAM Yahya, MRY Hamid, BH Ong, NA Rahman, MA Mahdi, MH Yaacob, UPM, H2 Gas Sensor Based on Pd/ZnO Nanostructures Deposited on Tapered Optical Fiber (2019), IEEE Sensors, 20 (6), 2982-2990.

2.    Nor Akmar Mohd Yahya, Mohd Rashid Yusof Hamid, Siti Azlida Ibrahim, Boon Hoong Ong, Norizah Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Rifqi Md Zain, Mohd Adzir Mahdi, Mohd Hanif Yaacob, H2 sensor based on tapered optical fiber coated with MnO2 nanostructures, (2017), Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 246, 421-427.

3.    Nur Farahi Idris, Nor Akmar Mohd Yahya, Mohd Hanif Yaacob, Auni Hamimi Idris, Sulaiman Wadi Harun, Norazlina Saidin, Optical fiber coated Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanorods decorated with Palladium (Pd) for hydrogen sensing, (2019), Optical Materials, 96, 109291.

4.    Abdul Hadi Ismail, Nor Akmar Mohd Yahya, Mohd Hanif Yaacob, Mohd Adzir Mahdi, Yusran Sulaiman, Optical ammonia gas sensor of poly (3, 4-polyethylenedioxythiophene), polyaniline and polypyrrole: A comparative study (2020), Synthetic Metals, 260, 116294.


5.    Abdul Hadi Ismail, Nor Akmar Mohd Yahya, Mohd Adzir Mahdi, Mohd Hanif Yaacob, Yusran Sulaiman, Gasochromic response of optical sensing platform integrated with polyaniline and poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) exposed to NH3 gas, (2020), Polymer, 192, 122313.

6.    Siti Azlida Ibrahim, Norizah Abdul Rahman, Mohd Hanif Yaacob, Muhammad Hafiz Abu Bakar, Fatimah Syahidah Mohamad, Nor Akmar Mohd Yahya, Nelidya Md Yusoff, Mohd Adzir Mahdi, Self-assembled polyaniline nanostructures in situ deposited on silica optical fibers for ammonia gas sensing, (2022), Synthetic Metals, 283, 116962.

7.    NAM Yahya, WH Lim, KD Dambul, SW Phang, H Ahmad, R Zakaria, FR Mahamd Adikan, Fabrication and characterization of a dual layer multiple refractive index benzocyclobutene polymer platform for integrated optical devices, (2012), Optical Materials, 34, 1735-1741.

8.    Amirjan Nawabjan, Ahmad Sharmi Abdullah, Mohd Haniff Ibrahim, Norazan Mohd Kassim, Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan, NorAkmar Mohd Yahya, Lim Weng Hong, Single mode ridge waveguides based on vinyltriethoxysilane hybrid sol–gel material, (2013), Optik, 124, 4349-4352.

9.    Nor Akmar Mohd Yahya, Siti Azlida Ibrahim, Norizah Abdul Rahman, Mohd Adzir Mahdi, Mohd Hanif Yaacob, Metal oxide based optical fiber for methane gas detection, (2017), The Pertanika Journal of Scholarly Research Reviews    ,3,2.

10.    Hazeem Ahmad Taslim, Nor Adnan Yahaya, Nor Akmar Mohd Yahya, An Experimental Comparison of Supervised Machine Learning Models for Health-based Classification of Remaining Useful of Life in Turbofan Engines, (2022), Journal of Innovation and Emerging Digital Technologies (JIEDT), 1(2), 23-24.
 

Achievements & Accolades

  • PI - Research Intensive Fund (UiTM) – RM32,000.00
  • PI - University Malaya Research Grant (UMRG) – RM20,000.00
    Member – Short Term Grant UNIMY – RM10,000.00
  • PI – Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) 2023 (UNIMY) – RM 76,500.00
  • Best presenter award in International Multidisciplinary Postgraduate Conference 2020
  • Silver medal for UTeMEX 2021 competition for project titled – Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring System
     

Professional Associations

Professional Technologist (MBOT)