We have a common goal
to create a regional
3D real-time lightning
detection system

UTeM-UNITEN-Kindai

The RTL-3D project is a trilateral collaboration between Kindai University, Japan with Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka and Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia. 

Prof. Zen Kawasaki
Advisor

Emeritus Professor at Osaka University, Japan & Research Scientist at CFG Pte. Ltd (Singapore)

Track Record - An expert in the design and development of VHF interferometer systems in Japan for ground-based and space (satellite) lightning measurement.

Prof. Takeshi Morimoto
Principle Investigator (Japan)
Kindai University, Japan

Track Record - Lightning & lightning mapping, thunderstorms electrification. An expert in rocket-triggered lightning (TL) in Japan. Designed and developed lightning observations by means of space-borne VHF interferometry in GLIMS on JEM-EF of the International Space Station (ISS).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Riduan Ahmad
Principle Investigator (Malaysia)
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

Postdoc (MIT, USA), Ph.D. (Uppsala Uni., Sweden) - Lightning & Electromagnetics

Track Record - International Project on the correlation between lightning & flash floods. Consultation work with TM R&D on lightning protection of telecommunication lines. International Project on lightning activity in Antarctica. Industry Project with MCMC on lightning interference effects on 4G LTE. 

Dr. Zafri Baharuddin
Project Manager (Malaysia)

Ph.D. (Chiba University, Japan) - Synthetic Aperture Radar & Artificial Intelligence (AI)

He is currently lecturing digital signal processing, robotics and artificial intelligence in UNITEN where he also performs research and consultancy in the same fields. 

Dr. Ammar Nasser Al-Kahtani
Proposing Team

Ph.D. (UNITEN) - Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), & Renewable Energy

Track Record - An expert in signal processing with a focus on cutting-edge machine learning in a variety of engineering applications with 10 years of experience. Developed Kalman filter, Wavelet, and PSO-based optimization for lightning mapping in Malaysia.

Team members

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