Kim Ho Yeap

Kim Ho Yeap received his BEng (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi Petronas in 2004, MSc from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2005, and PhD from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman in 2011. n 2008 and 2015, he underwent research attachments at University of Oxford (experimental cosmology laboratory) and Nippon Institute of Technology, respectively. Yeap is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the IET. He is also a Chartered Engineer registered with the UK Engineering Council and a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. He is currently an associate professor in Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. Throughout his career, Yeap has served in various administrative capacities, including the Head of Programme of Master of Engineering Science and the Head of Department of Electronic Engineering. Yeap's research areas of interests are in radio astronomy, electromagnetics, and microelectronics. Since 2006, he has published 64 journal papers, 35 conference proceedings, 4 books, and 8 book chapters. Yeap is the external examiner of Wawasan Open University. He is the Editor in Chief of the i-manager’s Journal on Digital Signal Processing. Yeap has been given various awards which include the university teaching excellence award, 4 Kudos awards from Intel Microelectronics and 18 research grants.

Publications

Analyzing the Physics of Radio Telescopes and Radio Astronomy
Kim Ho Yeap, Kazuhiro Hirasawa. © 2020. 324 pages.
In the field of astrophysics, modern developments of practice are emerging in order to further understand the spectral information derived from cosmic sources. Radio telescopes...
Introduction to Radio Astronomy and Radio Telescopes
Kim Ho Yeap, Kazuhiro Hirasawa, Humaira Nisar. © 2020. 32 pages.
Radio astronomy studies the physics and chemistry of cosmic sources and cosmic phenomena at the radio wave spectrum. Radio telescopes are built to detect radiation within this...
Fundamentals of a Radio Telescope
Kim Ho Yeap, Kazuhiro Hirasawa. © 2020. 23 pages.
In radio astronomy, radio telescopes are used to collect radio waves emanated from cosmic sources. By analyzing these signals, the properties of the sources could be unraveled. A...
Development of a Simple Home-Brew Radio Telescope
Kim Ho Yeap, Wei Gie Lim, Tee Tang, Veerendra Dakulagi. © 2020. 11 pages.
In this chapter, the design and construction of a simple home-brew radio telescope are illustrated. The radio telescope is built essentially from commercial off-the-shelf...
A Simple Non-Invasive Automated Heart Rate Monitoring System Using Facial Images
Humaira Nisar, Zhen Yao Lim, Kim Ho Yeap. © 2016. 23 pages.
In this chapter we will discuss a simple non invasive automated heart rate monitoring method. Commonly heart rate is measured by using heart rate monitor devices. Many patients...
Analysis of Energy Loss in Superconducting Waveguides
Kim Ho Yeap, Kee Choon Yeong, Choy Yoong Tham, Humaira Nisar. © 2016. 13 pages.
In this chapter, the characteristics of the propagation of waves in superconducting waveguides are investigated. To compute the propagation constant, the complex conductivity of...