FIRST EDITION , VOLUME 1 , 2022
2012-Current Associate Professor , Faculty of Engineering & Technology , MMU
2018-2020 Chairman , Centre for Remote Sensing & Surveillance Technologies , Faculty of Engineering & Technology , MMU
1990-2012 Tutor / Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Principal Lecturer , Faculty of Engineering & Technology , MMU
CHAN YEE KIT , Ir . Assoc . Prof . Dr .
Born March , 1973
ELECTRONIC ENGINEER
ykchan @ mmu . edu . my ykchan @ iradar . com . my
CURRENT DESIGNATION
• Associate Professor / Deputy Dean , Research & Innovation , Faculty of Engineering & Technology , MMU
• Chief Technology Officer ( CTO )/ Director , iRadar Sdn . Bhd .
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• BEng . ( Hons .) in Electrical Engineering , Universiti Malaya ( UM )
• MEng . Sc . in Telecommunication , MMU
• PhD in Engineering , MMU
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate , BEM
• Member , The Institution of Engineers Malaysia ( IEM )
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2020-Current Deputy Dean ( Research & Innovation ), Faculty of Engineering & Technology , MMU
Other Professional Involvement / Affiliation
• 2022 : General Co-Chair , Digital Futures International Congress 2022 ( DIFCON22 )
• 2022 : Finance Chair , IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium ( IGARSS )
• 2019-Current : Executive Committee Member , IEEE Malaysia Section Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Chapter
• 2013-2018 : Chapter Treasurer , IEEE Malaysia Section Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Chapter
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Remote sensing , microwave and radar sensing – principal investigator
• 1st Malaysia-made Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar ( SAR ) and UAV-based SAR for environmental monitoring
• Drone-based Hyperspectral Imaging System for precision agriculture
• Ground Based SAR ( GBSAR ) system to perform land deformation detection
Research / commercialisation projects
• GBSAR System
• Surface deformation monitoring
• Design / development of a drone based hyperspectral imaging system
• Research / development for reducing geohazard damage in Malaysia caused by landslides and floods
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION & AWARDS
• Fellow , ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology ( AAET )
• Top Research Scientist Malaysia , Academy of Sciences Malaysia ( ASM ), 2021
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