April 2022
MOHD ADZIR MAHDI
B.Eng (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1996)
M.Sc (Universiti Malaya, 1999)
Ph.D (Universiti Malaya, 2002)
Mohd Adzir Mahdi
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A. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Address: Department of Computer and Communication Systems Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, MALAYSIA.
B. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Date Title of Award Subject Awarding Body
4/9/2002 Doctor of Philosophy
with Distinction
Novel Design of Broadband Erbium-Doped Fiber
Amplifiers for WDM Transmission Systems
Universiti Malaya
31/7/1999 Master’s Degree with
Distinction
Design and Characterization of High Power
Erbium-Doped Fibre Amplifiers
Universiti Malaya
3/8/1996 Bachelor Degree with
First Class Honors
Electrical, Electronics and Systems Engineering Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia
C. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
C.1 Work Experience
1 October 2008 – present Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia
21 January 2003 – 30 September 2008 Associate Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia
13 August 2001 – 30 November 2002 Optical Design Engineer, IOA Corporation USA
1 March 2001 – 12 August 2001 Optical Engineer, Pine Photonics Communications Inc., USA
1 August 1996 – 28 February 2001 Research Officer, Telekom Malaysia Bhd.
C.2 Administrative Duties and Other Appointments in University
1 February 2019 – present Director, Research Management Centre (RMC), Universiti Putra Malaysia
1 November 2019 –31 January 2020 Director, Putra Science Park (PSP), Universiti Putra Malaysia
10 July 2019 – 29 August 2019 Acting Director, Research Management Centre (RMC), Universiti Putra Malaysia
1 July 2014 – 31 October 2016 Senate Member, Universiti Putra Malaysia
1 April 2013 – present Leader, Photonics Technology Research Program under Applied Sciences and
Engineering Cluster, Universiti Putra Malaysia
13 July 2011 – 12 July 2014 Deputy Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies), Faculty of Engineering
1 July 2006 – 30 June 2010 Deputy Director, Knowledge Management Unit, Research Management Center,
Universiti Putra Malaysia
C.3 Other Appointments
24/9/2018 – 23/9/2021 Adjunct Professor, Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia
1/10/2014 – 30/9/2015 Visiting Professor, Photonics Research Centre, Universiti Malaya
1/1/2012 – 30/6/2012 Research Fellow, TM Research & Development Sdn. Bhd.
1/11/2006 – 31/10/2008 Research Fellow, TM Research & Development Sdn. Bhd.
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D. POSTGRADUATE STUDNETS SUPERVISION
D.1 Postgraduate Students Supervision as Main Supervisor
No. Name of Student Degree Title of Thesis Status
- Ahmed Wathik Naji Ph.D Enhancement of the Optical Transmission System Utilizing
a Dual-Function Remotely Pumped Erbium-Doped Fiber
Amplifier
Graduated
in 2007 - Mohammed Hayder AlMansoori
Ph.D All-Optical Generation of Multiwavelength Brillouin-Erbium
Fiber Laser in Long-Wavelength Band
Graduated
in 2008 - Muhammad Zamzuri
Abdul Kadir
Ph.D Raman-Assisted Multi-Brillouin Stokes Laser in Dispersion
Compensating Fiber
Graduated
in 2009 - Mohammed Ajiya Ph.D Multiple Wavelengths Laser Utilizing Hybrid Erbium and
Brillouin Gains in Dispersion Compensating Fiber
Graduated
in 2010 - Nor Azura Malini Ahmad
Hambali
Ph.D Single-Wavelength Ring-Cavity Fiber Laser Based with
Improved Tunability on Nonlinear Stimulated Brillouin
Scattering
Graduated
in 2011 - Shee Yu Gang Ph.D All-optical Generation of Millimeterwave Carrier Based on
Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
Graduated
in 2011 - Md. Shafiqul Islam Ph.D New Tunable All-Fiber Optical Comb Filter Based on MachZehnder Interferometer
Graduated
in 2011 - Hamid Ali Abed Al-Asadi Ph.D Analytical Modeling, Experimental Investigation and Its
Applications of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Optical
Fibers
Graduated
in 2011 - Ramzia Abdulmalik
Salem Al-Areqi
Ph.D Multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium Fiber Laser utilizing
Bismuth-oxide Erbium-doped Fiber incorporating High and
Low Nonlinear Fibers
Graduated
in 2011 - Muhammad Hafiz Abu
Bakar
Ph.D New Pump Delivery Scheme for Remotely-pumped Erbiumdoped Fiber Amplifier
Graduated
in 2012 - Raheleh Sonee Shargh Ph.D Multiwavelength Brillouin-Raman Fiber Laser Assisted By
Rayleigh Scattering
Graduated
in 2013 - Sharudin Omar Baki Ph.D Physical Characterization and Optical Spectroscopy of
Er3+/Yb3+-doped Multicomposition Tellurite Glass for
Broadband Amplifiers
Graduated
in 2013 - Nelidya Md. Yusof Ph.D Enhanced Structure for Discrete and Remote L-band
Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifiers
Graduated
in 2013 - Yeo Kwok Shien Ph.D Nonlinear Optical Parametric Amplifiers and Lasers with
Idler Removal Filter
Graduated
in 2013 - Bilal A. Ahmad Ph.D Enhanced Configurations for Double Spacing Brillouin Fiber
Laser
Graduated
in 2014 - Ghazaleh Mamdoohi Ph.D Investigation of Different Configurations for Single and
Double Spacing Multi-wavelength Brillouin-Raman Fiber
Laser
Graduated
in 2015 - Noran Azizan Cholan Ph.D Multiple Wavelengths Generation Utilizing Nonlinear Optics
of Four Wave Mixing
Graduated
in 2015 - Abdul Hadi Sulaiman Ph.D Lyott-Filter-Based Multiwavelength Fiber Laser Using a
Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Assisted by Nonlinear
Polarization Effect
Graduated
in 2015 - Lim Lien Tze Ph.D Continuous Wave Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifiers and
Oscillators
Graduated
in 2016 - Mas Izyani Md. Ali Ph.D Tapered Fiber-based Filters for Optical Fiber Communications Graduated
in 2016 - Baktiar Musa Ph.D Investigation of Tapered Optical Fiber Properties and Its
Sensing Applications
Graduated
in 2016 - Siti Azlida
Ibrahim@Ghazali
Ph.D Tapered Optical Fiber Coated with Polyaniline Nanostructures
for Ammonia Sensing
Graduated
in 2017 - Ali Abdulkhaleq
Abdulhadi
Ph.D Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors using Reduced Graphene
Oxide-Maghemite Composite Material for Plumbum Ions
Detection
Graduated
in 2017 - Lau Kuen Yao Ph.D Femtosecond Mode-Locked Fiber Laser Incorporating
Graphene-based Saturable Absorber
Graduated
in 2018 - Sura Hmoud Flayih Ph.D Hydrous Ferric Oxide Composite-Integrated Surface Plasmon
Resonance for Arsenic Ion Detection
Graduated
in 2018 - Bashar Khudhair Abbas Ph.D Structural, Thermal and Optical Properties of Pr3+, Er3+/Dy3+
Ions Singly and Doubly Doped Borotellurite Glass System for
Photonic Applications
Graduated
in 2020
Mohd Adzir Mahdi
06/04/2022 4 - Noor Zirwatul Ahlam
Naharuddin
Ph.D Gold Nanoparticles Saturable Absorber for Ultrashort Pulse
Generation in Fibre Lasers
Graduated
in 2022 - Ng Eng Khoon Ph.D Black Phosphorus Saturable Absorber for Ultrashort Pulse Fiber
Lasers
On-going - Rosyati Hamid Ph.D Microfiber-based Sensors Incorporating Nanomaterials for
Environmental Applications
On-going - Amir Murad Ph.D Ultrafast Fiber Laser Incorporating Metal Oraganic Frameworkbased Saturable Absorber
On-going - Norita Mohd Yusoff Ph.D Investigation of New Perovskite Materials for Tapered Fiber
Saturable Absorbers
On-going - Siti Asma Che Aziz Ph.D New Saturable Aboserbers for Ultrashort Pulse Generation in
Fiber Lasers
On-going - Tarak Ali Haddud M.S Design and Development of a Multi-Wavelength
Brllouin/Erbium Long-Band Fabry-Perot Fiber Laser
Graduated
in 2004 - Mohd Shahnan Zainal
Abidin
M.S Design and Development of Remotely Pumped Amplifier
Transmission Systems
Graduated
in 2005 - Azlinda Ramli M.S Free-Space Microwave Characterization of Composites of
Natural Rubber Filled with Carbon Black for Microwave
Application
Graduated
in 2005 - Nor Azura Malini Ahmad
Hambali
M.S Development of Satellite Propagation Effects Tool for Ku-Band,
Ka-Band and Q/V-Band Links
Graduated
in 2005 - Ahmad Zaki Shaari M.S Analysis and Fabrication of Fused Fiber Optic Couplers for
Communication Systems
Graduated
in 2006 - Mohammad Shahrazel
Razalli
M.S Design and Development of Wireless RFID Reader
Communication System at UHF Band
Graduated
in 2006 - Mas Izyani Md. Ali M.S Design and Development of Double-Pass Raman Amplifier Graduated
in 2007 - Annie Thomas M.S Face Recognition System Using Principal Component Analysis
and Moment Invariant
Graduated
in 2007 - Asmahanim Ahmad M.S Discrete Raman Amplifier for Dispersion and Loss
Compensation in Optical Transmission Systems
Graduated
in 2007 - Ng Eng Khoon M.S Microfiber-based Saturable Absorber Incorporating Graphene
Polymer Nanocomposite for Femtosecond Pulse Generation
Graduated
in 2018 - Norita Mohd Yusoff M.S Dual-wavelength Random Fiber Laser Incorporating Micro-air
Cavity
Graduated
in 2020 - Mohd Ikmal Hafizi bin
Azaman
M.S Feasibility Analysis on Oil Palm Harvesting Using Fiber Laser
System
Graduated
in 2020 - Fong Wai Leng M.S Thermal, Structural and Optical Properties of Bismuth Tellurite
Glass Ceramics by Controlled Heat Treatment for Optical
Applications
Graduated
in 2022
D.2 Post-Doctoral Fellow Supervision
No. Name of Fellow Title of Project Status - Abdul Rahman
Sarmani
Random Fiber Lasers based on Stimulated Rayleigh Scattering July 2009-
Feb 2011 - Tarun Kumar Yadava Nanostructured-materials-based Optical Fiber Sensors Aug. 2013 –
July 2014 - Amirah Abdul Latif Graphene-based Ultrafast Fiber Lasers Aug. 2013 –
July 2014 - Mohd Izuan Effendi
Halmi
Biophontonics Sensor for Heavy Metal Detection March 2015
– June 2015 - Abdulmughni Ali
Wazea
Multiwavelength Fiber Laser Utilizing Nonlinear Effects June 2015 –
June 2018 - Fatin Hamimi
Hamat@Mustafa
Glucose Sensing with Nanomaterials-functionalized Microfiber Nov. 2017 –
Aug. 2018 - Fariza Hanim Suhailin All-fiber Polarizer based on 2D Nanomaterials Aug. 2018 –
July 2019 - Yasmin Mustapha
Kamil
Bio-photonics Sensor based on Nanomaterials-functionalized
Microfiber
Oct. 2018 –
present - Nelidya Md Yusoff Fiber Laser based on Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Dec. 2018 –
Nov. 2019 - Raja Kamarulzaman
Raja Ibrahim
Optical Sensors for Ammonia Gas in Honey Industries Jan. 2019 –
Dec. 2019 - Mahmoud Hazza
Mohammed Ahmed
Ultrashort Pulse Fiber Laser Dec. 2019 –
Jun 2021
Mohd Adzir Mahdi
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Mohammed Halip
Materials-based Saturable Absorber Oct. 2021 –
Oct. 2023
E. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND ATTACHMENTS
No. Title, Place and Project Name Place Duration - Visiting Researcher, Marconi SpA
“Design of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier Using a 980nm Laser Diode”
Genoa, Italy Jan. 1998 - Visiting Researcher, Marconi SpA
“Design and Development of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier Card for
Telecommunications Equipment”
Genoa, Italy Jun. 1998 – July.
1998 - Visiting Researcher at the Monash University
“Nonlinear Brillouin scattering properties in multiwavelength fiber lasers”
Clayton,
Australia
17 April 2007 – 27
May 2007 - Visiting Researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology
“Stimulated Brillouin scattering as a potential candidate for millimeter wave
generation”
Atlanta,
USA
20 – 31 October
2008 - Visiting Researcher at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
“Characterization of ultra-long Raman fiber lasers”
Hong Kong 5 – 13 October
2010 - Visiting Researcher at the Chalmers University of Technology
“Nonlinear optical parametric amplifiers”
Gothenburg,
Sweden
26 October 2010 –
14 November 2010 - Visiting Researcher at the University of California, Davis
“Integration of semiconductor nanowire materials and tapered optical fibers”
Davis,
USA
5 April 2011 –
30 June 2011 - Visiting Researcher at the Aston University
“Random Distributed Erbium-doped Fibre Laser”
Birmingham,
UK
11 – 18 July 2016,
28 September 2016
– 11 October 2016,
8-21 November
2016, 2-18 July
2017 - Visiting Professor at the King Saud University
“Optical Communications and Sensors” (ISPP#0106)
Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia
25 Feb. – 1 March
2018 - Visiting Professor at the King Saud University
“Ultrashort Pulse Fiber Laser” (ISPP#0106)
Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia
20 Feb. – 28 Feb.
2019
F. INDUSTRIAL LINKAGES
F.1 International Companies
No. Project Title Company Year - Splicing parameters for Erbium-Doped Fibers EDFEXC-Band001
Highwave Fiber Inc., France 1/9/2001 – 31/5/2002 - Impacts of Four Wave Mixing in Optical Fibers LightBit Inc., USA 1/12/2001 – 31/1/2002
- Ultra Long-Haul Optical Transmission using Mid-Span
Spectral Inverter
MCI Worldcom Inc., USA 1/10/2002 – 30/11/2002 - Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier Design Issues Arasor Corporation, USA 1/7/2004
- Band Optical Amplifier Matisse Networks, USA 2005-2007
F.2 Local Companies/Institutions
No. Project Title Company Year - Design and Development of Erbium-Doped Fiber
Amplifier
Photronix (M) Sdn. Bhd. 1999 – 2001 - Optical Fiber Communications Course (UTM) Universiti Malaya 2000
- Optical Fiber Communications Course (UPM) Universiti Malaya 2000
- Engineering Foundation Program: Data
Communications
Zohl Consultancy Sdn. Bhd. 14/11/2003 - Telecommunications Fundamentals Short-course Zohl Consultancy Sdn. Bhd. 15 – 16/9/2004
- Telecommunications Fundamentals Short-course Zohl Consultancy Sdn. Bhd. 13/10/2004
- Gain and Loss Characterization of Erbium Doped
Waveguide Amplifier
Advanced Materials Research
Center (AMREC)
Aug. 2006 – Aug. 2008
Mohd Adzir Mahdi
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Management System
Telekom Research &
Development Sdn. Bhd.
1/11/2006 – 31/10/2008 - Recognition of Optical Fiber Training Certificate Significant Technologies Sdn.
Bhd.
13/6/2007 – present - Study on Development of Wireless Sensor Networks
for Agricultural and Industrial Applications
Ministry of Energy, Water and
Communications
1/11/2007 – 31/12/2009 - Higher Institution Center of Excellence (HICOE)
Evaluation Tool
Ministry of Higher Education ¼/2009 – 31/12/2012 - Database Development of Top Research Scientist
Malaysia Online System
Academy of Sciences Malaysia 1/6/2010 – 31/3/2013 - Green Fibre Wireless (G-WiFi) Telekom Research &
Development Sdn. Bhd.
1/1/2012 – 30/6/2012 - Advanced Amplification Schemes for Repeaterless
Transmission System
Telekom Research &
Development Sdn. Bhd.
16 – 18 July 2012 - Fabrication of Highly Doped Active Optical Fiber for
Laser Application
Fiber Optic Solution Sdn. Bhd. 1/9/2012 – 30/11/2014 - Development of Laser Cutter for Oil Palm Harvesting
Application
Malaysian Palm Oil Board Jan 2016 – present - Design and Development of Broadband Light Source
(technology know-how licensing)
TFL Solutions 13/12/2016 –
12/12/2019 - Design and Development of Erbium-doped Fiber
Amplifier (technology know-how licensing)
Bumi Interactive Sdn. Bhd. 17/2/2017 – 16/2/2020 - Design and Development of Pulse Fiber Laser for
Sourvenier Manufacturing Industry (PPRN-MOE
research grant)
DeBellani Biz Sdn. Bhd. 20 April 2017 – 20
October 2017 - Design and Development of PutraBUS: Real Time Bus
Information System for Smartphone Application
(Matching grant-UPM)
MyGPS Sdn. Bhd. January 2018 –
December 2020 - Applications of Distributed Optical Sensors for Oil and
Gas Industry
MR Technology Sdn. Bhd. June 2018 – June 2019 - Graphene-based Saturable Absorber for Ultrashort
Fiber Lasers (National Graphene Action Plan 2020,
Facilitation Grant – NanoMalaysia Berhad)
inLAZER Dynamics Sdn. Bhd. April 2019 – Sept. 2019 - Design and Development of Perovskite Saturable
Absorber for Mode-locked Fiber Lasers (CREST
research grant)
inLAZER Dynamics Sdn. Bhd. Oct. 2019 – Oct. 2023
