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PG DR RAFIDAH PG HJ PETRA

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Faculty of Engineering

Current Teaching Module

Current Teaching Module

  • Semiconductor Device Fundamentals, BEng Year 1.
  • Semiconductor Devices for Integrated Circuits, BEng Year 3.
  • Integrated Circuit Technology, BEng Year 4.

Specialized Area

Research Interest

  • To contribute to the development of multilayer silicon photonics technology by exploring methods to efficiently route and distribute optical signal from one layer to another – using low loss high refractive index silicon-based materials.
  • Exploring Group IV and metal-oxide semiconductor nanostructured materials for solar energy harvesting and sensor applications.
  • Investigating the effect of increased carbon dioxide level (due to haze) to the nutritional quality of leafy vegetables.
  • Investigation of direct air capture technology to alleviate the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) level in Brunei Darussalam.
  • Applications of nanotechnology for Halal authentication.

 

Qualifications:

  • PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering (University of Southampton, UK).
  • MSc in Nanoelectronics & Nanotechnology (University of Southampton, UK).
  • PGCTE (UBD, Brunei).
  • BEng in Electronics and Electrical Egineering (Twinned UBD, Brunei & University of Glasgow, UK).

Professional Bodies/Awards:

  • Member of Institution Engineering and Technology (IET).

Background:

  • She has sound experience in fabrication and characterization of thin film in nanometer scales

PhD – Silicon photonics technology for telecommunications.

  • Her PhD work focused on the design, fabrication and characterization of vertical optical waveguide based on slope platform. The design of the interlayer waveguide coupler is compact in structure for high density optical routing in multilayer silicon photonics integrated circuits.

MSc – Photovoltaic technology for thin-film solar cells using silicon-based materials.

  • The aim of her MSc project was to enhance the photovoltaic effect of thin-film silicon solar cells for high conversion efficiency. The work involved the design of a simple structure of metal-insulator-semiconductor solar cells by simulation. The designed device was optimized and characterized using commercial simulation software, Silvaco, with the emphasis for the solar cells to be manufactured at a low cost with pronounced efficiency.

Publication

Publication

 

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