Keynote Speaker 1

Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Asan Gani Abdul Muthalif

Qatar University, Qatar

"Control Engineering"

Biography: Dr. Asan is currently attached to the Dept of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University. He obtained his Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Mechatronics Engineering. He earned a PhD from the University of Cambridge UK in 2008. Upon completing PhD, he continued post-doctoral research for a year at Cambridge University. He had also served as a teaching assistant at the university. He was attached to the Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, where he served as Head of Mechatronics Dept., followed by Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs, before being appointed as Dean (Centre for Postgraduate Studies).

Dr. Asan is a certified Professional Engineer (PEng) and Professional Technologist (PTech). He served as an Associate Fellow of the Academic of Sciences Malaysia. He is a life member of MySET & MINDS, a founding member of SVAM, Senior Member IEEE, MIIAV, and BEM. He is appointed as an evaluation panel member for the Malaysian Qualifications Agency, Ministry of Higher Education and Public Service Dept. of Malaysia. He was a working group member to develop the National Policy of Science Technology and Innovation Malaysia.

He has authored and co-authored publications in international and local refereed journals and conferences. He has acquired numerous research projects/grants as a principal- and co-investigator. His research interests are on Mechatronics and vibration related studies such as Active & Semi-Active vibration control, Smart Materials and Structures, Vibration-based energy harvesting, Mid-High frequency vibration control, Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA), Dynamics of built-up structures, and Bio-Mechatronics systems.

Topic: "Broadband Vibration Energy Harvesting using Piezoelectric patches"

Abstract: Vibration energy harvesting (VEH) refers to converting ambient mechanical to electrical energy to power remote sensors and portable power devices. Piezoelectric materials have been utilized to transduce mechanical energy in vibrating bodies to electrical energy. Vibration is generally grouped into low, mid and high-frequency based on modal overlapping factor (MOF). The dynamic response of structure in the Low-frequency range is deterministic in nature, while the mid-high frequency response is non-deterministic. One of the main challenges is to optimize their design for maximum energy harvesting at a wide range of frequency. In this talk, approaches for harvesting vibration energy from deterministic and non-deterministic substructures are discussed. These approaches include optimization of a piezoelectric beam, use of coupled-magnets and optimization of piezoelectric patch shapes.