Assistant Professor Ir Ts Dr Chong Kim Soon
Head of Department, Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Academic Qualifications
PhD (Electrical, Electronic & System Engineering)
Master of Science (Electrical, Electronic, & System Engineering)
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) (Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Areas of Interest
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Industrial Applications
Applications of Large Language Models
Embedded Systems Design
Hardware Prototyping and Rapid Development
Sensor Technology and Instrumentation
Biomechanics
Motion Analysis
Wearable Sensing
Research
Research Grants
- Name of Grant: Industry Grant
Funder: Billion Prima Sdn. Bhd.
Project Title: Optimizing Radiation Monitoring Systems for Enhanced Safety and Efficiency
Code: IND-FETBE-2024-007-SST
Duration: 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2027
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: RM 79,597.73
Status: On-Going
- Name of Grant: Industry Grant
Funder: Billion Prima Sdn. Bhd.
Project Title: Optimizing Scintillation & Proportional Counter Synergy for Extended Li-Ion Battery Life in Portable Radiation Monitoring
Code: IND-FETBE-2024-009-SST
Duration: 1 May 2024 – 1 Apr 2027
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: RM 79,597.73
Status: On-Going
- Name of Grant: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
Funder: Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
Project Title: Investigation and Modelling of Metamaterial Antenna Electromagnetic Properties and Tissue Impedance Matching for Beamforming Microwave Hyperthermia in Breast Cancer Treatment
Code: FRGS-1-2024-TK07-UCSI-02-1
Duration: 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Aug 2027
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: RM 131,440.00
Status: On-Going
- Name of Grant: Industry Grant
Funder: Billion Prima Sdn. Bhd.
Project Title: Advanced Image and Signal Processing Programme
Code: IND-FETBE-2024-008-SST
Duration: 1 May 2024 – 31 Apr 2025
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: RM 50,000.00
Status: Completed
Professional Bodies
- Professional Engineer, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)
- Professional Technologist, Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT)
- Certified HRDF Trainer
Publications
- K. B. Gan, K. S. Chong, A. D. Nawoor, S. M. Then, N. A. A. Murad, A. R. A. Jamal. “Development of a HLA-B* 58: 01 Allele Screening System for Allopurinol-Induced Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions Detection”; IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 225306-225323, 2020.
- K. S. Chong, N. A. Devi, S. M. Then and K. B. Gan, “Development of A Fluorescence Detection System for High-Resolution Melting Analysis Using Silicon Photomultipler”; Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, vol. 14(2), pp. 951-964, 2019.
- K.S. Chong, K.B. Gan and E. Zahedi, “Development of Real-time Adaptive Delta Compression Algorithm on Photoplethysmography System”; IEEJ Transaction on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 13, issue 10, pp. 1454-1460, 2018.
- Kim Soon Chong, Nawoor Anusha Devi, Kok Beng Gan and Sue Mian Then, “Design and Development of Polymerase Chain Reaction Thermal Cycler Using Proportional-Integral Temperature Controller”; Malaysia Journal of Fundamental and Applied Science, vol. 14(2), pp. 213-218, 2018.
- K. S. Chong, K. B. Gan and S. M. Then.; “Development of A Portable Low-cost Real-time PCR System”; International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Sciences (ICORAS), Multimedia Universiti, Melaka, 27-29 November 2017.
- K. S. Chong, K. B. Gan and S. M. Then; “Evaluation of The Effect of Proportional Gain on Thermal Cycler Performance for Polymerase Chain Reaction”; International Medical Device and Technology Conference, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 6-7 September 2017.
- K. S. Chong, K. B. Gan; "Portable Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR): “Thermal Ramping Rate Performance Evaluation”, 2016 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES)”; Kuala Lumpur, pp. 447-449, 2016.
- K. S. Chong, K. B. Gan; “Extended Abstract: Development of A Miniaturized Portable Thermal Cycler”; Bengkel Pemantapan Penyelidikan dan Penerbitan ANGKASA, 2016.
- K. S. Chong, E. Zahedi, K. B. Gan, and M. A. M. Ali; “Evaluation of The Effect of Step Size On Delta Modulation for Photoplethysmogram Compression”; 4th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (ICEEI 2013), vol. 11, pp. 815-822, 2013.
- K. S. Chong, K. B. Gan, E. Zahedi, and M. A. M. Ali; “Data Compression Technique for High Resolution Wireless Photoplethysmograph Recording System”; Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Space Sci. (IconSpace), pp. 345-349, Jul. 2013.
- K. S. Chong, K. B. Gan and M. A. M. Ali; “Development of A Two Channel Simultaneous Photoplethysmography Recording System”; ITB J. ICT, vol. 6, No. 2, pp.171-182, 2012.
Editorial Board
- Editorial Board member for IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (2022 - Present)
