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Sex: Male

Nationality: Malaysian

Email Address: yeapkimho@gmail.com

Designation: Associate Professor Ir. Ts. Dr.

Qualifications: BEng (Hons) (UTP), MSc (UKM), PhD (UTAR), CEng, PEng, PTech, ACPE, SMIEEE, SMIETI, MIET, MIAENG, AFAEET, Grad IEM

Kim Ho Yeap earned his Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), followed by a Master of Science in Microelectronics from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), and a PhD in Engineering from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). From 2002 to 2003, he was with Intel Microelectronics, attached to the Pre-Silicon Validation (PSV) group under the Design for Testability (DFT) team, where he contributed to the design of state-of-the-art microprocessors. His main tasks included fault-grading the Celeron Northwood-V microprocessor (derived from the Pentium IV Northwood) and managing regression for the Pentium IV Prescott microprocessor. From 2013 to 2020, he was also affiliated with the Penang Science Cluster (Company No: 1015105-A), where he contributed to the design and development of radio telescopes and provided technical guidance on related sensor projects. In 2008, supported by both UTAR and the University of Oxford, he undertook a research attachment at the University of Oxford. In 2015, he completed a second research attachment at the Nippon Institute of Technology, Japan, funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI).

Yeap is a Senior Member of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI). He is also a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), an Associate Fellow of the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET), and a Graduate Member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM). He holds professional registrations as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the UK Engineering Council, a Professional Technologist (PTech) with the Malaysia Board of Technologists, and a Professional Engineer (PEng) with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. Additionally, he is recognized as an ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE). He has also been appointed as an evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC).

Yeap began his academic career in July 2005 as a lecturer at UTAR’s Kuala Lumpur Campus. In December 2007, he was transferred to the Perak Main Campus, where he currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology. Over the years, he has held several administrative positions, including the founding Head of Programme for the Master of Engineering Science, Head of the Department of Electronic Engineering, Chair of the Asian Physics Olympiad competition, founding advisor of UTAR First Aid Society, and advisor of UTAR Engineering Society.

Yeap has made substantial contributions to programme development and accreditation. He established the Master of Engineering Science programme in 2011, securing its provisional accreditation the same year. In 2019, he founded the Bachelor of Technology (Honours) in Electronic Systems programme, achieving provisional accreditation that year and full accreditation in 2022, after leading and coordinating the accreditation process and compiling the self-review report from 2021 to 2022. He also led and coordinated the accreditation processes and compiled self-assessment reports for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Electronic Engineering programme during two major accreditation cycles (2011 – 2012 and 2019 – 2020), resulting in full accreditations in 2012 and 2020.

He has also served in various quality assurance roles, including Chairperson of the Self-Assessment Committee (SAC) for the Master of Engineering (Electronic Systems) programme in 2013 and Member of the SAC for the Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) programme from 2022 to 2024. Additionally, he contributed as a Member of the External Review Panel (ERP) for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Industrial Engineering programme in 2016 and the Master of Engineering (Electronic Systems) in 2018. He was the External Moderator for the Foundation in Arts and Science Programmes from 2018 to 2021. Since 2020, he has also been coordinating the credit transfer processes for advanced standing students in the Department of Electronic Engineering.

Yeap has played a strategic role in fostering industry–academia collaborations, institutional partnerships, and student development. He maintains close collaborations with industries such as Intel Microelectronics and StarFive Technology, reflecting his active engagement in bridging academic research with industrial practice. In 2012, he was involved in establishing the first LabVIEW Academy in Malaysia through a collaboration between UTAR and National Instruments. This initiative expanded opportunities for students to obtain industry-recognised certification and practical experience in graphical system design. His collaborations with Intel span multiple dimensions. In 2018, he participated in collaboration discussions that mediated the establishment of the Intel® FPGA University Program at UTAR. As part of this programme, Intel sponsored 25 DE1-SoC FPGA boards, significantly strengthening UTAR’s capability in digital and embedded system design education. Beginning in 2020, several of his published works — including books, book chapters, and journal and conference papers — were co-authored with staff from Intel Microelectronics, reflecting an ongoing partnership in advancing microelectronics education and research. His collaboration with StarFive Technology has also resulted in the sponsorship of several VisionFive RISC-V boards to UTAR in June 2022, further enhancing research and teaching activities in RISC-V–based system design. Within the university, he has led and coordinated numerous industry–academia initiatives. He supported the delivery of the UTAR–OTH Double Master’s Degree Programme, a collaboration made possible through Infineon, which served as the intermediary linking UTAR with Regensburg University of Applied Sciences — the institution now known as Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg. He also played a central role in initiating the Infineon laboratory at UTAR. In 2012, he launched the RM 5,000 Infineon Best Student and Best Final Year Project awards, which continued for several years. In a significant milestone in 2020, he successfully registered UTAR as a partner university of the Collaborative Microelectronic Design Excellence Centre (CEDEC). This partnership enables UTAR to access more than 50 Synopsys, Siemens MentorGraphics, and Cadence licenses to support the teaching of integrated circuit design courses, thereby strengthening the university’s microelectronics education and research infrastructure.

Actively engaged in both teaching and research, Yeap has taught more than 10 different courses since 2005. Throughout more than 20 years of teaching, more than 98% of his student survey scores have been above 4 out of a total of 5. His research interests include radio astronomy, electromagnetics, and microelectronics. Since 2006, he has secured 3 patents and has published extensively — authoring 109 peer-reviewed journal articles (with over 50 as first and/or corresponding author), 52 international conference papers, 16 books, and 30 book chapters. Yeap has been invited to present his work by distinguished universities, professional bodies, and companies, including National Taiwan University, National Chiao Tung University, Tamkang University, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Mangalore University, the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, I-Manager Education Society, Altair Engineering Inc., and ViTrox Corporation Berhad. His research published in Wireless Personal Communications and the Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, conducted in collaboration with Prof. Ir. Dr. Choy Yoong Tham, who was a scientist at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, contributed to the receiver optics design of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the world’s most powerful millimeter/submillimeter interferometric radio telescope. ALMA has significantly advanced our understanding of the universe, enabling high-resolution studies of star and planet formation, molecular gas in galaxies, and the physics of the early universe.  It also played a central role in the Event Horizon Telescope’s first-ever image of a black hole in M87, where its 66 highly sensitive antennas dramatically enhanced the array’s sensitivity and resolution, allowing the detection of faint polarized emissions near the event horizon. Without ALMA’s contributions, such imaging precision and many other astrophysical breakthroughs would not have been possible.

Yeap has served the academic community as a reviewer for 1 book, 2 book chapters, 23 journals, and over 61 conferences, symposiums, and workshops. From 2017 to 2022, he was an external examiner and course assessor for Wawasan Open University. During the same period, he served as Editor-in-Chief of i-manager’s Journal on Digital Signal Processing. He also sits on the advisory boards of journals such as the International Journal of Electronics, Communication and Computer Technology, Advances in Computational Research, and the World Research Journal of Telecommunications Systems. Additionally, he serves on the editorial boards of journals including International Journal of Advances in Applied Sciences, Advanced Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Scientific Journal, International Journal of Engineering and Manufacturing, and the Journal of Advanced Research in Microelectronics and VLSI, and has contributed as a guest editor for several publications.

Throughout his career, Yeap has received numerous accolades, including First Prizes in the 2024 International Article Writing Competition and the 2022 IEM Engineering Education Symposium’s paper presentation competition. He is a recipient of the University Teaching Excellence Award, 4 Kudos Awards from Intel Microelectronics, and has secured 29 research grants. His achievements have been recognized in Marquis Who’s Who in the World (2012 – 2014, 2018 – 2021), Who’s Who in Engineering Malaysia, First Edition, Volume 1 (2022), and featured in the January/February 2012 issue of MBA Edge magazine. He was also nominated twice for the National Academic Award (Anugerah Akademik Negara) and represented his university in both the 14th and 16th editions of the national-level competition.