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UPM's Staff Profile
PROF. MADYA DR. SAMSUZANA BINTI ABD AZIZ
PROFESOR MADYA
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
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PROFESSIONAL

NAME :
(Prof. Madya Dr.) Samsuzana Binti Abd Aziz
POSITION :
Profesor Madya
ENTITY :
Faculty Of Engineering

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
2021:
Adulterated Stingless Bee Honey Identification Using NIR-Spectroscopy Technique
2021:
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
2021:
Energy Use, Efficiency, and Distribution in Malaysian Oil Palm Cultivation
2021:
Portable wireless yield monitoring system on conventional rice combine
2020:
An overview of non-destructive approaches for quality determination in pineapples
2020:
Tropical Forest Rescue Extraction Point using GIS-based Landform Classification in Pahang National Park
2020:
Pineapple (Ananas comosus): A comprehensive review of nutritional values, volatile compounds, health benefits, and potential food products
2020:
Introduction of current pollination techniques and factors affecting pollination effectiveness by Elaeidobius kamerunicus in oil palm plantations on regional and global scale: A review
2020:
Classification of oil palm female inflorescences anthesis stages using machine learning approaches
2020:
Emerging non-destructive thermal imaging technique coupled with chemometrics on quality and safety inspection in food and agriculture
2020:
Exploring the chemical composition, emerging applications, potential uses, and health benefits of durian: A review
2020:
Principles and recent advances in electronic nose for quality inspection of agricultural and food products
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