PhD Researchers
PhD Student
| Year | No. | Name | Status |
Title |
Roles of Supervision |
| 2008-2012 | 1. | Zuraimy Adzis | Graduated | Modeling of Lightning Return Stroke And Its Induced Voltage On Overhead Conductor | Sole Supervisor |
| 2008-2011 | 2. | David Caulker | Graduated | Induced Overvoltages on a Gas Pipeline due to Lightning Strikes on Nearby Overhead Transmission Line | Co- Supervisor |
| 2009- | 3. | Aulia Sayuti | Ongoing2009- | PD Characteristics of A New Nanodielectric Based on Natural Rubber-LDPE Blend | Main Supervisor |
| 2010- | 4. | Novizon Yusoff | Ongoing2010- | Condition Based Monitoring of ZnO Surge Arrester Using Correlation Between Thermal Image and Third Harmonic of Resistive Leakage Current | Sole Supervisor |
| 2011 | 5. | Hadi Nabipour Afrouzy | Ongoing2011- | Modeling of PD in High Voltage Machine Windings | Main Supervisor |
| 2011-2014 | 6. | Saeed Vahabi Mashak | Graduated | Condition Monitoring of Metal-oxide Surge Arresters Using Leakage Current and Thermography Techniques | Sole Supervisor |
| 2011 | 7. | Kamyar Mehranzamir | Ongoing2011- | Characterization and Mapping of Lightning Discharge by Using Genetic Algorithm and VLF Techniques | Sole Supervisor |
| 2011 | 8. | Behnam Salimi | Ongoing2011- | Characterization and Mapping of Lightning Discharge by VHF Techniques | Sole Supervisor |
| Year | No. | Name | Status | Title | Roles of Supervision |
| 2011 | 9. | Ali Elgayar | Ongoing2011- | Induced Voltage on a Gas Pipeline due to Lightning Strikes on Nearby Overhead Transmission Line | Sole Supervisor |
| 2011 | 10. | Nurul Aini Bani | Ongoing2011- | The Measurement and Modelling of Electroluminescence In Low Density Polyethylene Using Dimensional Analysis Method | Sole Supervisor |
| 2011 | 11. | Mohd Aizam Talib | Ongoing2011- | A novel method on transformer fault diagnosis using dielectric response techniques | Co-Supervisor |
| 2011 | 12. | Amir Hesam Khavari | Ongoing2011- | Thermal modeling of zinc oxide surge arrester | Sole Supervisor |
| 2011 | 13. | Mehrdad Mokhtari | Ongoing2011- | Characterisation of Protection System Including Dynamic Ground Under High Frequency Lightning | Sole Supervisor |
| 2012 | 14. | Intan Maisarah Abd Rahim | 2012-2014(change supervisor) | An Investigation of Thermal Distribution on Partial Discharge for Surge Arrester | Co-Supervisor |
| 2014 | 15. | Wooi Chin Leong | Ongoing2014- | Lightning discharge characterisation using artificial neural network | Main Supervisor |
Master Researchers
| Year | No. | Name | Status | Title | Type | Roles of Supervision |
| 2001-2007 | 1 | Zalizah bt Poniran | Graduated | Study on the deterioration of paper insulation in high voltage transformers | Reseach | Main Supervisor |
| 2006-2009 | 2 | Aulia Sayuti | Graduated | Lightning Locating System Using Twisted Pair Overhead Lines | Reseach | Sole Supervisor |
| 2007-2009 | 3 | Novizon Yusoff | Graduated | Condition Monitoring of ZnO Surge Arresters Using Thermography and Leakage Current Method | Reseach | Sole Supervisor |
| 2011-2013 | 4 | Wooi Chin Leong | Graduated | ZnO Surge Arrester Ageing Monitoring Using Leakage Current and Thermal Imaging Techniques | Reseach | Sole Supervisor |
| 2011-2014 | 5 | Nur Asilah Abd Ghafar | Graduated | New Concept of ZnO Surge Arrester Condition Monitoring Using Thermal Image and Third Harmonic of Resistive Leakage Current Correlation | Reseach | Sole Supervisor |
| 2004-2008 | 6 | Baharuddin | Not Completed | Temperature effects on the voltage current characteristics of distribution ZnO surge arresters | Reseach | Sole Supervisor |
| 2001 | 7 | Zuraimi bin Adzis | Graduated | Design of a Trigerrable High Current Switch and Modeling of a Spark Gap | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| Year | No. | Name | Status | Title | Type | Roles of Supervision |
| 2004 | 8 | Zikri Abadi b Baharudin | Graduated | Simulation of low-voltage AC protection systems using electromagnetic transient program (EMTP) | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2004 | 9 | Mohammad Saufi b Kamarudin | Graduated | Configuration Effects of Current Sharing in Multicolumn ZnO Surge Arresters | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2007 | 10 | Rugayah bt Dugel | Graduated | Insulation co-ordination of quadruple circuit high voltage transmission lines using ATP-EMTP | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2007 | 11 | Megat Mohd Rushdi Megat Ngah | Graduated | A Study to Determine the Effects of Ferroresonance on Substation Voltage Transformers using EMTP Simulation | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2008 | 12 | Salizawati Shamsuddin | Graduated | Study on the Non-Linear Characteristic of Power Transformers and Their Effects on Ferroresonance | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2008 | 13 | Noor Shahida Jamoshi | Graduated | Lightning simulation study on line surge arrester and protection design of simple structures | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2008 | 14 | S. Veerakumar a/l S. Subramniam | Graduated | Electric and magnetic field profiles surrounding high voltage transmission lines | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| Year | No. | Name | Status | Title | Type | Roles of Supervision |
| 2008 | 15 | Zetty Nurazlinda Zakaria | Graduated | Development of an electrostatic field sensor for personal lightning warning system | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2009 | 16 | Mohd Farriz Hj Md Basar | Graduated | A new source of renewable energy from lightning return stroke: A small scale system | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2009 | 17 | Nasrul Helmei Halim | Graduated | Portable standard lightning impulse current generator for distribution-rated arrester testing | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2009 | 18 | Zulkifli Yahya | Graduated | Simulation of lightning performance of a design lightning protection system | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2009 | 19 | Aida Sulinda Kusim | Graduated | An electromagnetic transient (EMT) analysis on a 132kV rated Cu/XLPE/SCW/MDPE cable system and its related networks | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2009 | 20 | Lailatul Niza Muhammad | Graduated | Implementation of a calibration method for lightning locating system (LLS) | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2010 | 21 | Junaidah Ariffin | Graduated | Nuisance tripping of ELCB due to nearby lightning strikes: an overview | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2010 | 22 | Alsanousi Mohammed Azzin | Graduated | Partial discharge characterization of low density polyethylene composite with nano-silica fillers | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| Year | No. | Name | Status | Title | Type | Roles of Supervision |
| 2009 | 23 | Mohd Izamuddin Mahmud | Not Completed | Technical approach in optimizing the economics of CCPS in period of economic uncertainties | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2009 | 24 | Zulkarnain Ahmad Noorden | Graduated | Return voltage measurements to investigate the degradation of zinc oxide varistor | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2011 | 25 | Wan Ismail Ibrahim | Graduated | Electrostatic and electromagnetic field based lightning alarm system | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2010 | 26 | Mohd Fairouz bin Mohd Yousof | Graduated | Field testing of MOSAIMS | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2010 | 27 | Kamaljit Singh a/l Kurdir Singh | Graduated | Improvement and analysis of software for lightning protection system design | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2010 | 28 | Sahid Bin Suradi | Not Completed | Thermography Technique of ZnO Surge Arrester Monitoring | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2010 | 29 | Zulkifli b. Elia | Graduated | Performance evaluation of lightning protection design software | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2010 | 30 | Saeed Vahabi Mashak | Graduated | Lightning Locating System by Using Time of Arrival Technique and Three Broadband Antennas | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2011 | 31 | Behnam Salimi | Graduated | Lightning Locating System Using Four-Antennas Time- of-Arrival Method | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| Year | No. | Name | Status | Title | Type | Roles of Supervision |
| 2010 | 32 | Affendi Abd Rahman | Graduated | Development of Severity Index in Medium Voltage Underground Cable Using Partial Discharge Mapping | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2010 | 33 | Ir. Mahathir Nor Ismail | Graduated | Investigating the Ageing of Oil-Paper Insulation in High Voltage Apparatus Using Frequency Domain Spectroscopy (FDS) Measurement | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2010 | 34 | Hasree Ismail | Graduated | Estimating the Ageing of Oil Paper Insulation System in High Voltage Power Transformer in TNB’s System by Studying the Relationship of Fulfuraldehyde and Dielectric Response Analysis | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2012 | 35 | Amir Hesam Khavari | Graduated | Mitigation of ferroresonance in power transmission system using static synchronous series compensator (SSSC), | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2012 | 36 | Jalal Tavalaei | Graduated | Mitigation of ferroresonance in power transmission network by applying UPFC and STATCOM | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2012 | 37 | Azizan Mohd Maharudin | Graduated | Lightning Locating and Warning System Using Interferometry Technique | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| Year | No. | Name | Status | Title | Type | Roles of Supervision |
| 2010 | 38 | Syahrun Nizam Md Arshad @ Hashim | Graduated | A New Source of Renewable Energy from Lightning Return Stroke: A Small Scale System | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2012 | 39 | Norizan Mat | Graduated | Surge arrester condition monitoring using leakage current and thermography techniques | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2013 | 40 | Mehrdad Mokhtari | Graduated | ZnO lightning arrester earthing impedance characteristics under transient overvoltages | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2013 | 41 | Ali Asghar | Graduated | Detection of insulation faults in transformer using wavelet analysis | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 42 | Usman Masood | Graduated | Partial discharge characteristics of artificially introduced voids in epoxy resin samples | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 43 | Tijani Hafeez Olasunkanmi | Graduated | Lightning characterization using short baseline lightning sensor system | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 44 | Adetoro Saheed Ayodeji | Graduated | Effect of resistivity and grounding system on the voltage distribution in surrounding earth of a communication tower structure during a lightning strike | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2010 | 45 | Norshahfariz Bisni | Graduated | Design and construction of a small scale Tesla coil (2 kV) | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| Year | No. | Name | Status | Title | Type | Roles of Supervision |
| 2013 | 46 | Murugesan Ramiah | Graduated | Condition monitoring of electrical machine winding insulation | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 47 | Ali Ehsani | Graduated | Effects of environmental factors on the ageing monitoring of gapless surge arresters | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 48 | Mohamed Imran Mousa | Graduated | PD modeling of insulation degradation using COMSOL | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 49 | Mohammed Abd Ali Aziz | Graduated | A signal processing technique for PD detection and localization in power transformer | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 50 | Mohamed Abdalla Osman Mohamed | Graduated | Analysis of IVAT laboratory grounding system using CDEGS software | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 51 | Raveen Kumar Ramalingam | Graduated | Software development for the evaluation of the lightning protection system design | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 52 | Haribalan Ramanathan | Graduated | Condition monitoring on surge arrester using improvised metal oxide surge arrester intelligent monitoring system | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 53 | Loo Yau Teng | Graduated | Power transformers condition monitoring using dissolved gas analysis and hidden Markov prediction model | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 54 | Yeap Kin Wai | Graduated | Relative performance of down conductor for lightning protection system | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| Year | No. | Name | Status | Title | Type | Roles of Supervision |
| 2014 | 55 | Muhamad Akmal Che Ani | Graduated | Thermal modeling of high voltage surge arresters | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 56 | Zuraida Zainol | On-going | Field testing of metal oxide surge arrester monitoring (MOSAM) | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 57 | Muhammad Nizam Abdul Razak | On-going | High resolution impulse analysing system | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | 58 | Nor Ain Lotepi | On-going | Smart phone based lightning detection and warning system | Taught Course | Sole Supervisor |
Supervision of Undergraduate Theses
1999-2003
1. Fast impulse current measurements.
2. Non-inductive impulse voltage measurements
3. Fast transient response of zinc-oxide surge arresters (using PSPICE software)
4. Fast transient response of zinc-oxide surge arresters (using MATLAB software)
5. Fast transient response of zinc-oxide surge arresters (using ATP/EMTP software)
6. Co-ordination of spark gaps with zinc-oxide surge arresters
7. Modeling of zinc oxide surge arresters
8. Performance of high voltage insulators under various environmental conditions.
9. Environmental chamber for high voltage equipment performance studies.
10. Development of a student manual for SLIM Finite Element Method Software.
11. Parallel operation of high voltage zinc oxide surge arresters.
12. Studies on the pollution effects on high voltage insulators using FEM software.
13. Application and performance of high voltage surge arresters in Malaysia.
14. Development of high voltage and high current impulse generator.
15. Application and performance of high voltage surge arresters in Malaysia.
16. Underground cable fault detection methods.
17. Overvoltages in low voltage systems.
18. Insulation co-ordination in low voltage systems.
19. Insulation co-ordination study in distribution system using EMTP simulation.
20. Simulation of lightning protection system using EMTP.
21. Spark gap modeling using EMTP.
22. Finite element modeling of zinc oxide surge arresters.
23. Finite element modeling of polymeric insulators.
24. Capacitance and inductance calculation of a D-dot probe assembly.
25. Pollution effects on insulator performance using finite element method.
26. Insulation co-ordination in low voltage systems.
27. Development of a climatic chamber.
28. Equivalent circuit modeling of a high voltage power transformer.
29. Tubular current shunt design.
30. A high voltage D-dot probe design
31. Analysis of lightning surge on the low voltage distribution networks
2003-2009
Over 50 titles covering the following areas:
·Leakage current measurements of ZnO surge arresters using LabView, microcontroller etc. (Harmonic content analysis, ageing effects)
·Development of High Current Impulse Generator (30kA peak, 8/20 us shape, etc.)
·Temperature effects on voltage-current characteristics of ZnO surge arresters
·FEM modeling of HV equipment/apparatus using Quickfield
·Ferroresonance studies using ATP-EMTP etc.
·Personal Lightning Protection (device, circuits etc)
·Data Acquisition System using LabView
·Electric field studies (corona rings etc.)
·Ageing analysis of power equipment (using RVM methods etc.)