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PROFILE
UPM's Staff Profile
PROF. MADYA DR. SAMSUZANA BINTI ABD AZIZ
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
samsuzana@upm.edu.my
UPM WEBSITE
PROFILE
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PROFESSIONAL

NAME :
(Prof. Madya Dr.) SAMSUZANA BINTI ABD AZIZ
POST :
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ENTITY :
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

FIELD OF SUPERVISION
AGRICULTURAL MECHANISATION AND AUTOMATION / AGRICULTURAL PROCESS ENGINEERING / AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY / COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING / SENSOR TECHNOLOGY


EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2008
Ph.D, Agricultural Engineering
Iowa State University, USA
2004
M.S. Agricultural Engineering
Iowa State University, USA
2002
B. S. Electrical Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2013
Head, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
UPM
2009
Research Coordinator, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of
Engineering, UPM
2008
Senior Lecturer, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of
Engineering UPM
2007
Teaching Assistant, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, USA
2005
Research Assistant, Mechatronics Research Lab, Iowa State University, USA 2005-2008
2002
Tutor, Faculty of Engineering, UPM
2000
Research Assistant, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). 2000-2001
COMMITTEE
Golden Key International Honour Society. Iowa State University Chapter
Alpha Epsilon, The Honor Society of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering (2004-current)
Member, American Society of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers (2005-2010)
Graduate Member, Board of Engineers Malaysia (GradBEM)
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Vice President, Malaysian Society of Agricultural Engineers (MSAE) 2012-2013
Treasurer, IEEE GOLD Affinity Group (IEEE) 2012-2013
AWARD AND ACHIEVEMENT
2012
Silver Medal. Smart Sampling Design of Agricultural Field Measurements Using Spatial Analysis. Pameran Rekacipta, Penyelidikan dan Inovasi Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Malaysia, 2012.
2012
Best Paper Award, Malaysian Society of Agricultural Engineers (MSAE) at International Conference of Agricultural and Food Engineering For Life 2012.
2011
Honorable Mention Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), 2011.
2010
Excellent Service Award 2010, UPM.
2009
Excellence in Teaching Award
2006
Harold and Katherine Guy Graduate Fellowship
2005
P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship Award, International Chapter P.E.O. Sisterhood (2005-2007)
2004
Alpha Epsilon, The Honor Society of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering
RESEARCH AREA
Dr. Samsuzana research interests lie in the area of precision agriculture, geo-information systems, computer intelligence, sensing systems, control and automation for Agricultural Engineering
RESEARCH PROJECT
2012
Research and Academic Collaboration Meeting at Center For Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems, Washington State University, USA. UPM Networking Grant. RM 11470
2012
Development and Evaluation of a Prototype Sensor for In Situ Assessment of Cooking Oil Quality (PRGS). RM 50 000
2011
Dielectric Spectroscopy characterization of Oil Content and Bunch Components in Oil Palm Bunch Analysis (MOSTI). RM 144000
2009
Dielectric sensing for Crude Palm Oil Contamination Detection. Research University Grant Scheme (RUGS). RM 160 000
2009
Uncertainty Analysis for Targeted Soil Sampling. Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS). RM 50 000
2009
Soil Loss Estimation of Oil Palm/Tea Plantation in Malaysia Using DEMs
2008
Digital elevation model development for agricultural applications
2008
Dielectric sensing for hydraulic fluid contamination detection
PUBLICATION
2025
Analysis of the e?ectiveness of natural treatments for preserving apricots and the YOLOv7 application for early damage detection
2022
Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy for Moisture and Oil Content Prediction in Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis Jacq.) Fruitlets
2022
Design considerations of variable rate liquid fertilizer applicator for mature oil palm trees
2022
Artificial intelligence for spectral classification to identify the basal stem rot disease in oil palm using dielectric spectroscopy measurements
2021
Development of smartphone-based imaging techniques for the estimation of chlorophyll content in lettuce leaves
2020
A comparative study on dimensionality reduction of dielectric spectral data for the classification of basal stem rot (BSR) disease in oil palm
2020
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMART VERTICAL GARDEN SYSTEM FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE IN MALAYSIA
2019
Uncertainty analysis of rainfall depth duration frequency curves using the bootstrap resampling technique
2019
Dielectric Spectroscopy of Palm Olein During Batch Deep Frying and Their Relation with Degradation Parameters
2018
Development of classification models for basal stem rot (BSR) disease in oil palm using dielectric spectroscopy
2018
Interdigitated electrode for degradation assessment of palm olein during batch deep fat frying
2018
Evaluation of single reservoir performance for flood risk reduction using a developed simulation model: Case study of Makhoul reservoir
2018
Generation of a stochastic precipitation model for the tropical climate
2018
Early detection of diseases in plant tissue using spectroscopy – applications and limitations
2018
Spectral features selection and classification of oil palm leaves infected by Basal stem rot (BSR) disease using dielectric spectroscopy
2017
Spectral features selection and classification of oil palm leaves infected by Basal stem rot (BSR) disease using dielectric spectroscopy
2017
Novel Impedance Measurement Technique for Soluble Solid Content Determination of Banana
2017
Interdigitated Electrode for Degradation Assessment of Palm Olein During Batch Deep Fat Frying
2016
Enhanced genetic algorithm optimization model for a single reservoir operation based on hydropower generation: case study of Mosul reservoir, northern Iraq
2016
Fluorescence spectroscopy for analysing deterioration of palm olein in batch deep-fat frying
2016
Fluorescence spectroscopy analysis of palm olein in batch deep-fat frying
2016
Novel Impedance Measurement Technique for Soluble Solid Content Determination of Banana
2015
Modelling monthly operation policy for the Mosul Dam, northern Iraq
2015
Detection of Sludge Contamination in Crude Pam Oil Using Dielectric Spectroscopy
2015
HOMOGENEITY ANALYSIS OF RAINFALL IN KELANTAN, MALAYSIA
2015
DETECTION OF SLUDGE CONTAMINATION IN CRUDE PALM OIL USING DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY
2014
Development and Evaluation of an Impedance Spectroscopy Sensor to Assess Cooking Oil Quality
2014
Effect of Diesel Contamination on Capacitance Value of Crude Palm Oil
2014
. Dielectric Based Sensing for Banana Ripeness Assessment
2012
Assessing the effects of DEM uncertainty on Erosion Rate Estimation in an agricultural field
2010
Using Spatial Uncertainty of Prior Measurements to Design Adaptive Sampling of Elevation Data
2009
Quantifying sub-pixel signature of paddy rice field using an artificial neural network
2009
Utilizing Repeated GPS Surveys From Field Operations for Development of Agricultural Field DEMs
2009
Improving quality of public domain digital elevation models through data fusion