Curriculum Vitae

DR. NURSYAHIRAH BINTI MOHD SHATAR

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering
  • syahirahshatar

AREAS OF EXPERTISE


  • DIRECT AND STORED SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
    Engineering, Energy Resources And Engineering, Renewable Energy Resources

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION


  • DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING), (MECHANICAL)
    Universiti Malaya (um)
  • MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY, (Engineering)
    Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (utm)
  • Bachelor Degree, (MEKANIKAL)
    Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
  • DIPLOMA IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, (MEKANIKAL)
    Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES


  • Curriculum Review
    02 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2027 (Department)
  • Task Force Member
    01 Sep 2025 - 04 Sep 2026 (International)

MEMBERSHIPS


  • GRADUATE TECHNOLOGIST, MEMBER
    Since 2021 (National)
  • GRADUATE ENGINEER, MEMBER
    Since 2020 (National)

PUBLICATIONS


Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Shatar, Nursyahirah Mohd; Sabri, Mohd Faizul Mohd; Salleh, Mohd Faiz Mohd; Ani, Mohd Hanafi (2023). Energy, exergy, economic, environmental analysis for solar still using partially coated condensing cover with thermoelectric cover cooling, JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. 387. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135833
  2. Shatar, Nursyahirah Mohd; Sabri, Mohd Faizul Mohd; Salleh, Mohd Faiz Mohd; Ani, Mohd Hanafi (2023). Investigation on the performance of solar still with thermoelectric cooling system for various cover material, RENEWABLE ENERGY. 202, 844-854. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2022.11.105
  3. Shatar, Nursyahirah Mohd; Sabri, Mohd Faizul Mohd; Salleh, Mohd Faiz Mohd; Ani, Mohd Hanafi; Xie, Xitong; Weck, Arnaud (2023). Femtosecond laser induced porous surface on polymethyl methacrylate for filmwise condensation to improve solar still productivity, DESALINATION. 568. doi:10.1016/j.desal.2023.116997
  4. Shatar, Nursyahirah Mohd; Salleh, Mohd Faiz Mohd; Ani, Mohd Hanafi; Sabri, Mohd Faizul Mohd (2022). Mix wettability surface on solar still cover for freshwater productivity enhancement, DESALINATION. 534. doi:10.1016/j.desal.2022.115797
Others
  1. Shatar, N.M., Rahman, M.A.A., Muhtazaruddin, M.N., Salim, S.A.Z.S., Singh, B., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Bani, N. A., Saudi, A.S.M., and Ardila-Rey, J.A. (2019). Performance Evaluation of Unconcentrated Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric Generator Hybrid System under Tropical Climate. Sustainability, 11(22), 6192.
Article in Proceeding
  1. Shatar, N.M., Rahman, M.A.A., Salim, S.A.Z.S., Arif, M.H.M., Muhtazaruddin, M.N. and Badlisah, A.K.A.(2018). Design of Photovoltaic Thermoelectric Generator (PV TEG) Hybrid System for Precision Agriculture. In IEEE 7th International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon) (pp.50 55). IEE.

RESEARCH PROJECT


University
  1. 2025 - 2027, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    Palm Kernel Shell-Derived Biochar for Sustainable Solar Interfacial Evaporators in Zero-Liquid Discharge System ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2025 - 2027, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    PRODUCTION AND EVALUATION OF ENGINE PERFORMANCE, EMISSIONS AND LUBRICITY OF GREEN DIESEL PRODUCED FROM WASTE VEGETABLE OILS ( Co-Researcher)

PAPER PRESENTED


ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Performance of solar still in passive and water-cooled modes using mixed wettability cover, Materials Today Conference 2023, Elsevier (International) (02 Aug 2023 - 05 Aug 2023)
  2. Enhancement of solar still performance using thermoelectric cooling, 7th Southeast Asia Conference on Thermoelectrics (SACT2022), Malaysian Thermoelectric Society and Thai Thermoelectric Society (International) (07 Dec 2022 - 08 Dec 2022)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES


Evaluation
  1. (2025) Phd Candidature Defence, University, (Internal Examiner)
Contribution to event
  1. (2025) Served as Session Chair for Second Russian-malaysian Online Seminar On Strategic Minerals, International, (Panelist/Moderator)
  2. (2025) Judge for Speak Out for Engineering (sofe) UM Internal Heat 2025 Competition., University, (Panelist/Moderator)
Mentoring
  1. (2025) Advising Team for International Dronesoccer World Cup Competition (fida World Cup Jeonju 2025), International, (Co-curriculum Advisor)

SUPERVISION


Postgraduate Student
  1. (2025) DEVELOPMENT OF A STRUCTURAL SUPERCAPACITOR FOR EVS: AN APPROACH TOWARDS FIRE-RESISTANT AND SELF-MONITORING CAPABILITIES, MD TANJIR RAHMAN MITUL

COURSE ATTENDED


Internal/ External Course
  1. MSC10 - STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP IN RESEARCH SUPERVISION: CULTIVATING EXCELLENCE, ETHICS, AND IMPACT, UNIVERSITI MALAYA (17 Dec 2025 - 17 Dec 2025)