Curriculum Vitae

DR. MOHAMADARIFF BIN OTHMAN

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Electrical Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering
  • mohamadariff
  • 03-79677622

BIOGRAPHY

Mohamadariff Othman received his Bachelor in Electronic Engineering from Multimedia University, Malaysia, in 2006, M.Sc. in RF and Microwave from University of Science Malaysia (USM), Malaysia in 2008 and a Ph.D. in Antenna and Propagation also from USM in 2015. He joined Universiti Malaya, Malaysia as senior lecturer in 2016 after serving in the UCSI University, Malaysia for almost 1 and half year. His research interests include 5G antenna, dielectric material characterization, dielectric resonator antenna, and filtenna. Currently, he extensively investigate UHF antenna for partial discharge detection in high power application.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • CERAMICS
    Dielectric Resonator Characterization
  • DEVICE FABRICATION AND PROCESS SIMULATION
    Dielectric Resonator Antenna Design, UHF Planar Antenna for Partial Discharge (PD) Detection
  • RF AND MICROWAVE DESIGN
    RF Filter, Filtenna and Oscillator

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD (Antenna and Propagation), (ANTENNA AND PROPAGATION)
    Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
  • MSc (RF and Microwave), (RF AND MICROWAVE)
    Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
  • BEng (Hons)(Electronic Engineering), (Elektronik Komputer)
    Universiti Multimedia Malaysia (Mmu)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY, MEMBER
    2024 to 2024 (International)
  • IEEE MEMBERSHIP (ELECTRONIC), MEMBER
    2024 to 2024 (International)
  • BOARD OF ENGINEERS (BEM), MEMBER
    Since 2015 (National)
  • 20TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON APPLIED SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY , ADVISORY BOARD
    2019 to 2019 (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Azam, S. M. Kayser; Othman, Mohamadariff; Illias, Hazlee Azil; Latef, Tarik Abdul; Fahmi, Daniar; Raymond, Wong Jee Keen; Mahadi, Wan Nor Liza Wan; Hossain, K. M. Zakir; Aziz, M. Z. A. Abd.; Ababneh, Ahmad (2024). Unknown PD distinction in HVAC/HVDC by antenna-sensor with pulse sequence analysis, ALEXANDRIA ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 91, 457-471. doi:10.1016/j.aej.2024.02.013
  2. Kayser Azam, S. M.; Qiang Chan, Jun; Othman, Mohamadariff; Jee Keen Raymond, Wong; Azil Illias, Hazlee; Abdul Latef, Tarik; Zakir Hossain, A. K. M.; Vettikalladi, Hamaskutty; Almuhlafi, Ali M.; Himdi, Mohamed; Karim Abd Rahman, Abd (2024). Electromagnetic Characteristics Interpretation of Partial Discharge Phenomena at Variable Distance in High-Voltage Systems, IEEE ACCESS. 12, 127718-127730. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3456833
  3. Azam, S. M. Kayser; Othman, Mohamadariff; Illias, Hazlee Azil; Latef, Tarik Abdul; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul; Ain, Mohd Fadzil (2023). Ultra-high frequency printable antennas for partial discharge diagnostics in high voltage equipment, ALEXANDRIA ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 64, 709-729. doi:10.1016/j.aej.2022.11.026
  4. Azam, S. M. Kayser; Othman, Mohamadariff; Illias, Hazlee Azil; Latef, Tarik Abdul; Mahadi, Wan Nor Liza Wan; Fahmi, Daniar; Hossain, A. K. M. Zakir; Ain, Mohd Fadzil (2023). Planar Sensor for Noise Cancellation During Partial Discharge Detection in Open Substation, IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL. 23(14), 15552-15562. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2023.3279861
  5. Chan, Jun Qiang; Raymond, Wong Jee Keen; Illias, Hazlee Azil; Othman, Mohamadariff (2023). Partial Discharge Localization Techniques: A Review of Recent Progress, ENERGIES. 16(6). doi:10.3390/en16062863
  6. Hashim, Fatimah Fawzi; Mahadi, Wan Nor Liza Binti Wan; Latef, Tarik Bin Abdul; Othman, Mohamadariff Bin (2023). Fabric-Metal Barrier for Low Specific Absorption Rate and Wide-Band Felt Substrate Antenna for Medical and 5G Applications, ELECTRONICS. 12(12). doi:10.3390/electronics12122754
  7. Islam, Junaid Bin Fakhrul; Rahman, Mir Toufikur; Ahmad, Shameem; Ahmed, Tofael; Shafiullah, G. M.; Mokhlis, Hazlie; Othman, Mohamadariff; Izam, Tengku Faiz Tengku Mohmed Noor; Mohamad, Hasmaini; Arif, Mohammad Taufiqul (2023). Multi-Objective-Based Charging and Discharging Coordination of Plug-in Electric Vehicle Integrating Capacitor and OLTC, ENERGIES. 16(5). doi:10.3390/en16052172
  8. Azam, S. M. Kayser; Hossain, A. K. M. Zakir; Ibrahimy, Muhammad I.; Motakabber, S. M. A.; Islam, Md. Shazzadul; Othman, Mohamadariff (2022). Adjacent and diagonal coupling mechanism by even-branched resonator for adjustable radiometric filtering applications, MEASUREMENT. 202. doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2022.111871
  9. Hashim, Fatimah Fawzi; Mahadi, Wan Nor Liza Binti; Abdul Latef, Tariq Bin; Bin Othman, Mohamadariff (2022). Key Factors in the Implementation of Wearable Antennas for WBNs and ISM Applications: A Review WBNs and ISM Applications: A Review, ELECTRONICS. 11(15). doi:10.3390/electronics11152470
  10. Kamal, Shahanawaz; Bin Ain, Mohd Fadzil; Ullah, Ubaid; Mohammed, Abdullahi S. B.; Hussin, Roslina; Omar, Mohamad Faiz Bin Mohamed; Najmi, Fathul; Ahmad, Zainal Arifin; Ab Rahman, Mohd Fariz; Mahmud, Mohd Nazri; Othman, Mohamadariff; Mohamed, Julie Juliewatty (2022). A Low-Profile Quasi-Loop Magneto-Electric Dipole Antenna Featuring a Wide Bandwidth and Circular Polarization for 5G mm Wave Device-to-Device Communication, JOURNAL OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE. 22(4), 459-471. doi:10.26866/jees.2022.4.r.110
  11. Kamal, S., Bin Ain, M. F., Ullah, U., Mohammed, A. S. B., Najmi, F., Hussin, R., . . . Othman, M. (2021). Wheel-shaped miniature assembly of circularly polarized wideband microstrip antenna for 5G mmWave terminals. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 60(2), 2457-2470. doi: 10.1016/j.aej.2020.12.054
  12. Kamal, S., Mohammed, A. S. B., Bin Ain, M. F., Najmi, F., Hussin, R., Ahmad, Z. A., . . . Ab Rahman, M. F. (2021). An Assessment of Progress in 5.8 GHz Quasi-lumped Element Resonator Antennas. Iete Technical Review, 38(3), 328-346. doi: 10.1080/02564602.2020.1732845
  13. Mohammed, A. S. B., Kamal, S., Bin Ain, M. F., Hussin, R., Najmi, F., Suandi, S. A. S., . . . Othman, M. (2021). Mathematical model on the effects of conductor thickness on the centre frequency at 28 GHz for the performance of microstrip patch antenna using air substrate for 5G application. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 60(6), 5265-5273. doi: 10.1016/j.aej.2021.04.050
  14. Umair, H., Latef, T. B., Yamada, Y., Hassan, T., Mahadi, W., Othman, M., . . . Hussein, M. I. (2021). Fabry-Perot Antenna Employing Artificial Magnetic Conductors and Phase Gradient Metasurface for Wideband Monostatic RCS Reduction and High Gain Tilted Beam Radiation. Ieee Access, 9, 66607-66625. doi: 10.1109/access.2021.3076913
  15. Umair, H., Latef, T. B., Yamada, Y., Hassan, T., Mahadi, W., Othman, M., . . . Hussein, M. I. (2021). Quarter Wavelength Fabry-Perot Cavity Antenna with Wideband Low Monostatic Radar Cross Section and Off-Broadside Peak Radiation. Applied Sciences-Basel, 11(3), 18. doi: 10.3390/app11031053
  16. Umair, H., Latef, T. B., Yamada, Y., Mahadi, W., Othman, M., Kamardin, K., . . . Najam, A. I. (2021). Tilted Beam Fabry-Perot Antenna with Enhanced Gain and Broadband Low Backscattering. Electronics, 10(3), 21. doi: 10.3390/electronics10030267
  17. Islam, J. B., Rahman, M. T., Mokhlis, H., Othman, M., Tengku Mohmed Noor Izam, T. F., Mohamad, H. (2020). Combined analytic hierarchy process and binary particle swarm optimization for multiobjective plug-in electric vehicles charging coordination with time-of-use tariff. Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 28(3), 1314-1330. doi: 10.3906/elk-1907-189
  18. Kamal, S., Mohammed, A. S. B., Bin Ain, M. F., Ullah, U., Hussin, R., Ahmad, Z. A., . . . Ab Rahman, M. F. (2020). A Novel Negative Meander Line Design of Microstrip Antenna for 28 GHz mmWave Wireless Communications. Radioengineering, 29(3), 479-485. doi: 10.13164/re.2020.0479
  19. Mohammed, A. S. B., Kamal, S., bin Ain, M. F., Hussin, R., Ahmad, Z. A., Ullah, U., . . . Ab Rahman, M. F. (2020). Mathematical Modelling on the Effects of Conductive Material and Substrate Thickness for Air Substrate Microstrip Patch Antenna. Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal, 35(6), 674-683.
  20. Muhammad, M. A., Mokhlis, H., Naidu, K., Amin, A., Franco, J. F., Othman, M. (2020). Distribution Network Planning Enhancement via Network Reconfiguration and DG Integration Using Dataset Approach and Water Cycle Algorithm. Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 8(1), 86-93. doi: 10.35833/mpce.2018.000503
  21. Sarwar, S., Mokhlis, H., Othman, M., Muhammad, M. A., Laghari, J. A., Mansor, N. N., . . . Pourdaryaei, A. (2020). A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Based Load Shedding Technique for Improving the Sustainability of Islanded Distribution Systems. Sustainability, 12(15), 23. doi: 10.3390/su12156234
  22. Zubir, I. A., Othman, M., Ullah, U., Kamal, S., Ab Rahman, M. F., Hussin, R., . . . Abdullah, M. Z. (2020). A Low-Profile Hybrid Multi-Permittivity Dielectric Resonator Antenna With Perforated Structure for Ku and K Band Applications. IEEE Access, 8, 151219-151228. doi: 10.1109/access.2020.3016432
  23. Mahyiddin, W. A., Ahmad Mazuki, A. L., Dimyati, K., Othman, M., Mokhtar, N., Arof, H. (2019). Localization Using Joint AOD and RSS Method in Massive MIMO System. Radioengineering, 28(4), 749-756. doi: 10.13164/re.2019.0749
  24. Muhammad, M. A., Mokhlis, H., Amin, A., Naidu, K., Franco, J. F., Wang, L., Othman, M. (2019). Enhancement of simultaneous network reconfiguration and DG sizing via Hamming dataset approach and firefly algorithm. Iet Generation Transmission Distribution, 13(22), 5071-5082. doi:10.1049/iet-gtd.2019.0264
  25. Othman, M., Ali, W., Ain, M. F., Ahmad, Z. A., Mahiyiddin, W., Qasaymeh, Y. (2019). Study on modified curve fitting model in analyzing YIG resonator antenna. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 61(2), 337-342. doi:10.1002/mop.31570
  26. Qasaymeh, Y., Issa, K., Alahmadi, A., Othman, M. (2019). A Novel Herringbone Circularly Polarized Quasi Lumped Antenna Array. Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal, 34(8), 1152-1157.
  27. Suyono, H., Rahman, M. T., Mokhlis, H., Othman, M., Illias, H. A., Mohamad, H. (2019). Optimal Scheduling of Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging Including Time-of-Use Tariff to Minimize Cost and System Stress. Energies, 12(8), 21. doi:10.3390/en12081500
  28. Othman, M., Ramli, W., Zubir, I. A., Ain, M. F., Ahmad, Z. A. (2017). A novel homogeneous stacked yttrium ion garnet resonator antenna for wideband application. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 59(12), 3036-3041. doi: 10.1002/mop.30878
Others
  1. Application of polynomial regression and MILP for under-frequency load shedding scheme in islanded distribution system
  2. Hassan Umair, M.Jasim Uddin, M. Habib Ullah, T.A. Latef, W.N.L Wan Mahadi and Mohammdaariff Othman," A Unique Metamaterial Inspired Star-Slot UWB Antenna with Soft Surface Ground", Electromagnetics, https://doi.org/10.1080/02726343.2019.1710686
  3. Wan Fahmin Faiz Wan Ali, Mohamadariff Othman, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Norazharuddin Shah Abdullah, Zainal Arifin Ahmad. 2016. The Investigation of the Phenomenological YIG Phase Formation Within 1000 C to 1250 C: A Kinetic Approach.Journal of the American Ceramic Society. Issue 1, Vo. 99, pp 315-323
  4. W. F. F. Wan Ali, H. H. Ahmad, M. A. Othman, M. I. Zubir, M. F. Ain, N. S. Abdullah, Z. A. Ahmad, "Structural Properties of Cerium Substituted Yttrium Iron Garnet", Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 1087, pp. 157-161, 2015
  5. Wan Fahmin Faiz Wan Ali, Mohamadariff Othman, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Norazharuddin Shah Abdullah, Zainal Arifin Ahmad. 2015. From optimization to dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) application of YIG: Synthesis approach. Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  6. Ubaid Ullah, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Mohamadariff Othman, Ihsan Ahmad Zubir, Zainal Ari n Ahmad, Mohd Zaid Abdullah. 2014. A novel multi-permittivity cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna for wideband applications. Radioengineering journal. Volume 23, No. 4: 1071-1076.
  7. Wan Fahmin Faiz Wan Ali, Mohamadariff Othman, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Norazharuddin Shah Abdullah, Zainal Ari n Ahmad. 2014. The Behavior of High Frequency Tunable Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) with the Addition of Excess Fe2O3 in Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) Formulation. Journal of Materials Sciences: Materials in Electronics. Volume 25, Issue 1: 560 572.
  8. Wan Fahmin Faiz Wan Ali, Mohamadariff Othman, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Norazharuddin Shah Abdullah, Zainal Ari n Ahmad. Studies on the Formation of Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) through Stoichiometry Modi cation prepared by Conventional Solid-State Method. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Volume 33, Issue 7, Pages 1317 1324.
  9. Sabar D. Hutagalung, Nor Hidayah Sahrol, Zainal A. Ahmad, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Mohamadariff Othman. Effect of MnO2 additive on the dielectric and electromagnetic interference shielding properties of sintered cement-based ceramics. Ceramics International, Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 671 678, Jan 2012.
  10. Wan Fahmin Faiz Wan Ali, Nik Akmar Rejab, Mohamadariff Othman, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Zainal Ari n Ahmad. An investigation of dielectric resonator antenna produced fromsilicon(100) enhanced by strontium doped-barium zirconate lms. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, Volume 61, Issue 2, pp 411-420, 2012.
  11. Nik Akmar Rejab, Mohamadariff Othman, Wan Fahmin Faiz, Zainal Arifin Ahmad, Mohd Fadzil Ain. (Ba0.93Nd0.07)TiO3 thin films prepared by sol gel method as a potential Dielectric Resonator Antenna application. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, Volume 57, Issue 2, pp 172-177, February 2011.
  12. M.F.Ain, Y.M.Qasaymeh, Z.A.Ahmad, M.A.Zakariya, M.A.Othman, A.A.Sulaiman, A.Othman, S.D.Hutagalung and M.Z.Abdullah. A Novel 5.8 GHz Array Dielectric Resonator Antenna. Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 15, 201 210, 2010.
  13. Srimala Sreekantan, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Mohamadariff Othman, Syed Idris Syed Hassan, Zainal Arifin Ahmad, Yoke Khor Ling. Simulation and Experimental Investigations on Rectangular, Circular and Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna. Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 7, 151 166, 2009.
  14. Mohd Fadzil Ain, Syed Idris Syed Hassan, Mohamadariff Othman, Jit Singh Mandeep, Bazli Mat Nawang, Srimala Sreekantan, Sabar Derita Hutagalung, Zainal Arifin Ahmad. 2.5 GHz BaTiO3 Dielectric Resonator Antenna. Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER 76, 201-210, 2007.
Article in Proceeding
  1. M. Othman, W. S. Kent, T. T. Hwang, M. Abu, T. A. Latef, T. F. T. M. N. Izam, "Analysis on Multi-Beam Microstrip Phased Array antenna for 12 GHz Applications", 11th Reginal Conference on Electrical & Electronic Engineering, 14-15 Aug 2018, Penang, Malaysia.
  2. Rahman, M. T., Rahim, N. B. A., Othman, M., & Mokhlis, H. (2018, October). Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging Coordination Considering Distribution Protection System. In 2018 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC) (pp. 51-55). IEEE.
  3. Mohamadariff Othman, Low Permittivity Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) for Future 5G Applications, 10th AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference on Electrical & Electronics Engineering (RCEEE 2017), Surabaya, 2017-08-28.
  4. Ubaid Ullah, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Mohamadariff Othman, Ihsan Ahmad Zubir, Zainal Ari n Ahmad, Mohd Zaid Abdullah. A Multi-Band Dual-Segment Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna. 17th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC 2014), 7-10 Sept 2014, Sydney, Australia.
  5. Mohamadariff Othman, Wan Fahmin Faiz Wan Ali, Seyi Stephen, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Zainal Arifin Ahmad. Study on the effect of dielectric structure to the cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna (DRA). ROVISP 2013, 11-12 Nov 2013, Penang. Malaysia.
  6. Ubaid Ullah, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Mohamadariff Othman, Zainal Arifin Ahmad. Design and Analysis of Dual Segments Two Element Array Antenna for Wideband Applications. IEEE RFM 2011, 12-14 Dis 2011, Malaysia.
  7. Mohamadariff Othman, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Zainal Arifin Ahmad, 2009, Investigation Of A CCTO-Based Dielectric Antenna. Nanomaterials Synthesis & Characterization Conference 2009 (nMSC 2009), Seri Kembangan, Selangor, 3-4 November 2009.

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2023 - 2025, UM International Collaboration Grant
    Artificial Intelligence-assisted Uhf Antenna Sensor For Partial Discharge Early Diagnostics Detection ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2023 - 2025, RU Geran - Fakulti Program
    Smart UHF Antenna with Noise Cancelling Feature for Partial Discharge Detection ( Principal Investigator(PI))
International
  1. 2024 - 2026, International Funding
    Ultra-High Frequency Planar Sensor For Partial Discharge Early Detection In High Voltage Equipment ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2023 - 2025, International Funding
    Design And Analysis Of Wideband Frequency Selective Surfaces ( Co-Researcher)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
PhD/ Doctoral
  1. (2024) ANtenna Design and simulation for 5G communication, MUHAMMAD UBAID ULLAH
  2. (2023) Ultra-High Frequency Antenna Sensor with Self-Identification and Ambient Noise Reduction for Partial Discharge Detection in Open Substations, S M KAYSER AZAM
  3. (2021) HIGH GAIN FABRY-PEROT ANTENNA WITH BROADBAND LOW RADAR CROSS SECTION AND DEFLECTED BEAM RADIATION FOR STEALTH PLATFORMS, HASSAN UMAIR
  4. (2017) ESPAR BASED SMART ANTENNA FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES, HASSAN UMAIR
Master
  1. (2024) Real Time Lora Based Indoor Positioning System Using Machine Learning, NG TARNG JIAN
  2. (2023) NON-CONVENTIONAL INSULATION FAULT LOCALIZATION USING DEEP LEARNING APPROACH FOR IMPORVED ACCURACY AND NOISE RESILIENCE, CHAN JUN QIANG
  3. (2020) UNDER FREQUENCY LOAD SHEDDING SCHEME FOR ISLANDED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BASED ON MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING, SARWAR SOHAIL
  4. (2020) OPTIMAL CHARGING AND DISCHARGING COORDINATION OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, JUNAID BIN FAKHRUL ISLAM
  5. (2018) ENHANCEMENT OF DATA RATE FOR 5G USING CELL FREE MASSIVE MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT, JUNAID BIN FAKHRUL ISLAM
  6. (2017) OPTIMAL CHARGING COORDINATION OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCORPORATING CAPACITOR AND OLTC OPERATION, MIR TOUFIKUR RAHMAN
  7. (2017) OPTIMAL CHARGING COORDINATION OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCORPORATING CAPACITOR AND OLTC OPERATION, MIR TOUFIKUR RAHMAN
  8. (2017) OPTIMAL CHARGING COORDINATION OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCORPORATING CAPACITOR AND OLTC OPERATION, MIR TOUFIKUR RAHMAN