Senior Lecturer; Atmospheric and Lightning Research Laboratory (ThorLab), Faculty of Electronic and Computer Engineering (FKEKK) Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM).
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:
1. B. Engineering in Computer System And Communications (2003) – Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
2. M. Engineering in Wireless Communication (2009) – University of Wollongong, Australia
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH:
1. PhD in Atmospheric Discharges (2014); Interaction of Lightning Flashes with Wireless Communication
Network – Uppsala University, Sweden
2. Postdoctoral in Lightning Physics (2016); – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Mohd Riduan Ahmad, Joan Montanya, Vernon Cooray (2020), Chapter 5: Microwave radiation generated by
lightning, to be published in Lightning Electromagnetics, 2nd Edition: Fields and Atmospheric Effects, The
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Michael Faraday house, Six Hills Way, Stevenage,
Hertfordshire, SG1 2AY, UK
2. Mohd Riduan Ahmad, Eryk Dutkiewicz and Xiaojing Huang (2011), Energy Efficient Cooperative MAC Protocols
in Wireless Sensor Networks, in: Wireless Sensor Networks, ISBN: 978-953-307-325-5, InTech Education and
Publishing, Vienna, Austria
3. Mohd Riduan Ahmad, Eryk Dutkiewicz, Xiaojing Huang (2011), Cooperative MIMO Systems in Wireless Sensor
Networks, in: Radio Communication, ISBN: 978-953-307-091-9, In-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna,
Austria.
4. Mohd Riduan Ahmad, Eryk Dutkiewicz, Xiaojing Huang (2011), Optimal Cooperative MIMO Scheme in
Wireless Sensor Networks, in: Radio Communication, ISBN: 978-953-307-091-9, In-Tech Education and
Publishing, Vienna, Austria.
5. Mohd Riduan Ahmad, Eryk Dutkiewicz and Xiaojing Huang (2010), A Survey of Low Duty Cycle MAC Protocols
in Wireless Sensor Networks, in: Emerging Communications for Wireless Sensor Networks, ISBN: 978-953-
307-082-7, In-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria.
6. Mohamad Kamal A. Rahim and Mohd Riduan Ahmad (2008), Propagation Measurement for Indoor WLAN
System, in: Special Topics in Propagation and Communication Engineering, UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
VISITING RESEARCHER AND CONSULTANCY WORK:
1. Uppsala University Sweden (2018), University of Science and Technology of China, USTC (2019)
2. Consultation work to TMR&D on Protection of Telecommunication Lines against Lightning Strikes (2018)
3. King Sejong Station in Antarctica (2020), Under the South Korea lightning data research
CURRENT PROJECT SITES:
1. Mystery of lightning initiation mechanism –utilizing short range detection system (UTeM station in Melaka)
2. Other local stations – Legoland, UNITEN, UTM, UNIMAP, UMP
3. International stations – Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang, Indonesia, Conghua China, King Sejong station,
Antarctica
4. Microwave radiations emitted by lightning flashes – Triggered Lightning Research in Conghua, Guangzhou, China
5. Observation of lightning activity in Antarctica (King Sejong station)
6. Flash flood early warning system in Malaysia (IoT platform) –UTeM station
7. Lightning as large-scale interference source to 5G network – UTeM station
8. Algorithms Development for 5G network – UTeM station