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Sex:   Male

Nationality:   Malaysian

Email Address:   yeapkimho@gmail.com

Designation:   Associate Professor Ir. Dr.

Qualifications:       BEng (Hons) (UTP), MSc (UKM), PhD (UTAR), CEng, PEng, ACPE, SMIEEE,

    SMIETI, MIET, MIAENG, Grad IEM

Kim Ho Yeap earned his Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Universiti Technologi Petronas (UTP) in 2004, followed by a Master of Science in Microelectronics from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2005, and a PhD in Engineering from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in 2011. With the support of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman and the University of Oxford, he embarked on a research attachment at the University of Oxford in 2008. Subsequently, in 2015, he secured funding from the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI) for another research attachment at the Nippon Institute of Technology in Japan.

Yeap is a senior member of IEEE and IETI, a member of the IET and IAENG, and a graduate member of the IEM. He holds Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration with the UK Engineering Council, Professional Engineer (PEng) registration with the Board of Engineers Malaysia, and is recognized as an ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer. His academic journey began as a lecturer at Tunku Abdul Rahman University (Malaysia) in the KL campus from July 2005 to December 2007 before transitioning to the Perak main campus in early December 2007. Presently, he holds the position of associate professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology. Throughout his career, Yeap has contributed in various administrative roles, including serving as the Head of Programme for Master of Engineering Science, the Head of the Department of Electronic Engineering, and chairing the Self-Assessment Committee.

Yeap has been an active figure in both teaching and research. Since 2005, he has been instructing in over 10 different subjects. His primary research interests lie in electromagnetics and microelectronics. From 2006 onwards, his accomplishments include obtaining 2 granted patents, filed another, and publishing a substantial body of work comprising 96 refereed journal papers, 49 international conference proceedings, 11 books, and 23 book chapters. Notably, his research published in the Wireless Personal Communicatons journal and Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves contributed to the design of the receiver optics for the world's most powerful millimeter/submillimeter wave interferometer radio telescope, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). 

Furthermore, Yeap has actively contributed as a reviewer for 2 book chapters, 21 journals, and 60 conferences, symposiums, and workshops. He served as the external examiner and external course assessor for Wawasan Open University from 2017 to 2022 and held the position of Editor-in-Chief for the i-manager's Journal on Digital Signal Processing during the same period. Additionally, he is a member of the advisory board for multiple journals, including the International Journal of Electronics, Communication and Computer Technology, Advances in Computational Research, and the World Research Journal of Telecommunications Systems. He also serves on the editorial boards of journals such as Advanced Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Scientific Journal, International Journal of Engineering and Manufacturing, and Journal of Advanced Research in Microelectronics and VLSI. Yeap has also taken on the role of guest editor for several journals.

Throughout his career, Yeap has received recognition through various awards, including the university teaching excellence award, four Kudos awards from Intel Microelectronics, and 25 research grants. In 2010 and 2011, he was invited by the Perak Entrepreneur and Skills Development Centre (PESDC) and Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC) to conduct training on electronic sensors and RF/microwave, respectively. His biography has been featured in editions of Marquis Who's Who in the World from 2012 to 2014 and 2018 to 2021, and it was published in the Jan/Feb 2012 edition of MBA Edge magazine.