Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Others Education Qualification Award
Professional Qualification Membership
Working and Training Experiences
Seminar and Conference Participation
Relevant Personal Skills
Personal Particulars
Publications
References
Timeline
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NUR ZAHIRAH MOHD ALI

NUR ZAHIRAH MOHD ALI

Dr.
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Summary

Multifaceted Senior Lecturer with power system degree and proven disciplinary expertise. Taught rigorous graduate-level courses at large university and earned high approval ratings from students during past year. Strong subject matter knowledge and excellent communications skills enabled achievement of optimum outcomes.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Practical Electrical Technician

Norsham Industries Sdn. Bhd
1 2004
  • Watched and learned how workers in every department, mechanical and electrical, performed their jobs
  • Helped with tasks such as wiring a panel for Main Circuit Breaker (MCB) and assisting technicians in servicing and repairing electrical damage.

Research Assistant

01.2016
  • Helped lecturer in conducting research on 'Formulating Constructive Heuristic Algorithm in Frequency Assignment'.

Research Assistant

01.2015
  • Helped lecturer in conducting research on 'Hybrid Fuzzy-Swarm Algorithm in Power System Congestion Management Characterization Part 2'.

Research Assistant

01.2008
  • Helped lecturer in conducting research on 'Voltage Stability Study of Embedded Generation (EG) in Distribution Network'.

Practical Electrical Technician

Urusan Teknologi Wawasan Sdn. Bhd
01.2007
  • Watched and learned how workers in every department performed their jobs
  • Assisted in doing plan preventive maintenances (PPM) schedule.

Senior Lecturer

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG AL-SULTAN ABDULLAH
04.2019 - Current
  • Delivered higher-level undergraduate and graduate courses via classroom, online and hybrid methodologies to satisfy course curricula and meet student needs.
  • Contributed to program accreditation efforts by compiling documentation and participating in site visits with external evaluators.
  • Revised curriculum to align with industry trends, ensuring students were prepared for job market.
  • Enhanced student comprehension by incorporating real-life examples and case studies into lectures.
  • Designed course materials such as syllabus, lecture notes, assignments aligned with both programmatic outcomes as well as course-specific objectives.
  • Engaged in continuous professional development through attending workshops, webinars, and conferences to stay current with industry trends and best practices in higher education.
  • Collaborated with colleagues to develop interdisciplinary courses, fostering a comprehensive learning experience.
  • Implemented active learning techniques in the classroom, increasing student participation and critical thinking skills.
  • Managed undergraduate and graduate internship programs to enable participants to gain exposure to electrical power discipline.
  • Conducted research in relevant field, integrating findings into course content and enriching student understanding of subject matter.
  • Supported graduate students in obtaining doctoral degrees by advising on study plans, doctoral dissertations and career goals.

Education

Ph.D. - Optimization in Electrical Power Analysis

University Technology MARA Shah Alam, Selangor (UiTM)
11.2013 - 04.2019

Master of Electrical Engineering - Optimization in Electrical Power Analysis

University Malaysia Pahang (UMP)
11.2008 - 05.2013

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Electrical System Engineering, Electrical Engineering

University Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP)

Diploma of Engineering - Electrical, Electrical Engineering

Kolej University Technical Kebangsaan Malaysia (KUTKM)

Secondary School/SPM - Electrical, Electrical Engineering

Sekolah Menengah Teknik Terengganu, Jalan Lapangan Terbang, Kuala Terengganu

Skills

Academic Research

Others Education Qualification Award

  • University Level, Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Bestari Award - Semester 2 (2005/2006), Dean Award - Semester 2 (2006/2007), Dean Award - Semester 1 (2007/2008)
  • Malaysian University English Test (MUET), Band 2
  • International English Language Testing System, Band 5

Professional Qualification Membership

  • Board of Engineer Malaysia (BEM), Graduate Member (GE74621A)
  • Institute of Engineer Malaysia (IEM), Student Member (S32270)

Working and Training Experiences

  • 2004, Practical Electrical Technician, Norsham Industries Sdn. Bhd, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, - Watch and learn how workers in every department: - mechanical and electrical do their job and sometime help them such as wiring the panel for Main Circuit Breaker (MCB), help technician to service and repair electrical damage in part of building service and many more., Learn how to work under pressure., Built self-confident to talk and to give opinion during the meeting., Experienced went to site to check the project development., Faces many types of person.
  • 2007, Practical Electrical Technician, Urusan Teknologi Wawasan Sdn. Bhd, Sepang, Selangor, - Watch and learn how workers in every department do their job and sometime help them such as doing the plan preventive maintenances (PPM) schedule., Learn how to work under pressure., Built self-confident to talk and to give opinion during the meeting., Experienced went to site to check the project development., Faces many types of person.
  • 2008, Research Assistant, Voltage Stability Study of Embedded Generation (EG) in the Distribution Network, En. Omar Bin Aliman, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), 9003-00135, Get knowledge about the voltage stability condition when EG installation in the network system., Know how to handle the research., Able to work extra time at any condition.
  • 2015, Research Assistant, Hybrid Fuzzy-Swarm Algorithm in Power System Congestion Management Characterization Part 2, Prof. Ir. Dr. Ismail Bin Musirin, Principal Investigator Support Initiative Grant (PSI Grant), 600-RMI/DANA 5/3/PSI (33/2013), Get knowledge about the new hybrid optimization technique to solve congestion problem in the power system., Know how to handle the research., Able to work extra time at any condition.
  • 2016, Research Assistant, Formulating Constructive Heuristic Algorithm in Frequency Assignment, Dr. Saiful Izwan Bin Suliman, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), 600-RMI/FRGS 5/3 (109/2014), Get knowledge about the new formulating of constructive based on heuristic algorithm in frequency assignment., Know how to handle the research., Able to work extra time at any condition.

Seminar and Conference Participation

  • 2008, 2nd International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO2018), 06/04/08, Shah Alam, Selangor, Presenter
  • 2009, National Conference on Post Graduate Research, 10/01/09, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Presenter
  • 2009, 2nd International Curtin University of Technology Science and Engineering Conference (CUTSE2009), 11/24/09 - 11/25/09, Miri, Sarawak, Presenter
  • 2009, International Conference Electrical, Energy and Industrial Electronic Systems (EEIES 2009), 12/07/09 - 12/08/09, Penang, Presenter
  • 2011, 2-Day Workshop on Black-Box Modelling and Optimization (WOBBMO), 04/07/11 - 04/08/11, Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam, Selangor, Participant
  • 2011, Post Graduate Poster Competition, 04/07/11, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Participant
  • 2011, 5th International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO2011), 06/06/11 - 06/07/11, Shah Alam, Selangor, Presenter
  • 2012, 6th International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO2012), 06/06/12 - 06/07/12, Melaka, Presenter
  • 2014, 8th International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO2012), 03/24/14 - 03/25/14, Langkawi, Malaysia, Presenter
  • 2014, International Conference on Electrical Power Engineering & Applications (ICEPEA2014), 11/15/14 - 11/16/14, Langkawi, Malaysia, Presenter
  • 2015, Seminar Kecekapan Tenaga, Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia (JKR), 08/13/15, Shah Alam, Selangor, Participant
  • 2015, Joint International Conferences on Electrical, Control and Computer Engineering (InECCE2015), 10/27/15 - 10/28/15, Kuantan, Pahang, Presenter
  • 2015, 4th International Conference on Applied and Mathematics (ICACM2015), 09/05/15 - 09/07/15, Seoul, South Korea, Presenter
  • 2016, 10th International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO2016), 03/26/16, Shah Alam, Selangor, Secretariat
  • 2017, Seminar Master PhD R.O.K.E.T Exclusive, 04/14/17 - 04/15/17, Kuala Lumpur, Participant
  • 2018, 2018 International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Computing (ICEEComp2018), 03/24/18 - 03/25/18, Melaka, Secretariat
  • 2018, 2018 International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Computing (ICEEComp2018), 03/24/18 - 03/25/18, Melaka, Presenter
  • 2018, 2018 3rd International Conference on Advances in Mathematics, Power and Energy (AMPE2018), 11/24/18 - 11/25/18, Melaka, Technical committee
  • 2018, 2018 3rd International Conference on Advances in Mathematics, Power and Energy (AMPE2018), 11/24/18 - 11/25/18, Melaka, Session chair
  • 2018, 2018 3rd International Conference on Advances in Mathematics, Power and Energy (AMPE2018), 11/24/18 - 11/25/18, Melaka, Presenter

Relevant Personal Skills

I enjoy communicating and establishing my point of view to the people surrounds me. It is essential for myself to generate communication from my work experience. Communicate with different range of person with different character. I have enhanced my interpersonal skills and confidence in presentation throughout my studying in Kolej Universiti Teknikal Kebangsaan Malaysia (KUTKM), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) and Universiti Technology MARA Shah Alam (UiTM)., A skillful knowledge of computers and capable of utilizing Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, the internet and also some program such as Window Moviemaker and Adobe Photoshop , self-motivated and interested with strong work ethic and leadership skill. I enjoy the challenge that occurs from competition. I also enjoy many sports to keep myself physically fit and energetic, hiking and love to explore the new thing mainly.

Personal Particulars

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7383-9005

Scopus ID: 57205497410

 

Publications

  • 2013, Adaptive Embedded Clonal Evolutionary Programming (AECEP) for Optimal Distributed Generation (DG) Location and Sizing in a Distribution System, Master Thesis, Universiti Malaysia Pahang
  • 2014, Adaptive embedded clonal evolutionary programming for optimal DG installation, Conference Paper, 2014 IEEE 8th International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO2014)
  • 2014, Fast voltage stability index (FVSI) based technique for congestion management assessment, Conference Paper, International Conference on Electrical Power Engineering and Applications (ICEPEA) 2014, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 793, pp. 49-53, 2015
  • 2015, Fuzzy logic technique for congestion line identification in power system, Conference Paper, Joint International Conferences on Electrical, Control and Computer Engineering (InECCE2015), ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2015. 10 (23): p. 17539-17543
  • 2015, Fuzzy based particle swarm optimization technique for congestion management, Conference Paper, 2015 4th International Conference on Applied and Computational Mathematics (ICACM), Recent Advances on Computational Science and Applications (ICSPC)
  • 2016, Effect of multi-DG installation to loss reduction in distribution system, Conference Paper, 10th International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO2016), Journal of Electrical System, 2016. 12(1): p. 187-196
  • 2018, Effect of SVC installation on loss and voltage in power system congestion management, Conference Paper, 2018 3rd International Conference on Advances in Mathematics, Power and Energy (AMPE), Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2019. 14(1):p. 428-435
  • 2018, IMLANNs for congestion management in power system, Conference Paper, Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2018. 11(2): p. 630-636
  • 2019, Clonal evolutionary particle swarm optimization for congestion management and compensation scheme in power system, Conference Paper, Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2019. 16(2): pp. 591~598
  • 2020, Optimal TCSC Allocation via Chaotic Immune Symbiotic Organisms Search for Voltage Profile Improvement, Conference Paper, E3S Web of Conferences 152, 03002 (2020)

References

  • Prof. Ir. Dr. Ismail Bin Musirin, Professor, Centre for Electrical Power Engineering Studies (CEPES), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Technology MARA Shah Alam (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, +603-55436109, ismailbm@salam.uitm.edu.my
  • Dr. Hasmaini Binti Mohamad, Lecturer, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Technology MARA Shah Alam (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, +603-55436084, hasmaini@salam.uitm.edu.my
  • Mohd Ihwan Bin Zakariah, Research Officer, Institute of Tropical Aquaculture (AQUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), +609-6683630, ihwanz@umt.edu.my

Timeline

Senior Lecturer

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG AL-SULTAN ABDULLAH
04.2019 - Current

Research Assistant

01.2016

Research Assistant

01.2015

Ph.D. - Optimization in Electrical Power Analysis

University Technology MARA Shah Alam, Selangor (UiTM)
11.2013 - 04.2019

Master of Electrical Engineering - Optimization in Electrical Power Analysis

University Malaysia Pahang (UMP)
11.2008 - 05.2013

Research Assistant

01.2008

Practical Electrical Technician

Urusan Teknologi Wawasan Sdn. Bhd
01.2007

Practical Electrical Technician

Norsham Industries Sdn. Bhd
1 2004

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Electrical System Engineering, Electrical Engineering

University Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP)

Diploma of Engineering - Electrical, Electrical Engineering

Kolej University Technical Kebangsaan Malaysia (KUTKM)

Secondary School/SPM - Electrical, Electrical Engineering

Sekolah Menengah Teknik Terengganu, Jalan Lapangan Terbang, Kuala Terengganu
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