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Prof Chan Hwang See

Post Nominals BEng(Hons) PhD CEng FIET SMIEEE FHEA
Biography Chan H. See received a first class B.Eng. Honours degree in Electronic, Telecommunication and Computer Engineering and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Bradford, UK. Currently, He is a Professor in School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, UK. Previously, he was head of Electrical Engineering & Mathematics within the School of Engineering and the Built Environment from 2019 to 2022. His teaching covers embedded systems, instrumentation Systems, Communication Electronics, Mobile and microwave communications, and Wireless Sensors and IoT.
His research interests cover Internet of Things (IoTs), wireless sensor network system design, acoustic/microwave sensors, antennas, microwave wireless power transfer, computational electromagnetics, and microwave circuits. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers. He is a co-author for one book and five book chapters. He was named in the recent 2022, 2023 and 2024 edition of the Stanford University list of World Top 2% Scientists.
Since 2023, he has served as the UK representative for Commission K: Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine within International Union of Radio Science (URSI). Dr. See was awarded a IEEE Malaysia AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter- Best Paper Award in 2020. He was also a recipient of two Young Scientist Awards from the International Union of Radio Science (URSI, US) and Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC, Japan) in 2008 and 2010, respectively. He was awarded a certificate of excellence for his successful Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Yorkshire Water on the design and implementation of a wireless sensor system for sewerage infrastructure monitoring in 2009. Dr. See is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE), Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET). He is also a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (FHEA), a full member of the EPSRC Review College, an Associate Editor for IEEE Access and an Editor for Journal of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Scientific Reports, Peerj Computer Science and Wireless Power Transfer journals. According to Web of Science, he has completed over 500 verified reviews and over 300 verified editor records.

Selected publications as follows:
1. F. Paul et al. "RF-sputtered Al-doped ZnO-based transparent electrochemical capacitors developed as a structural energy storage to replace double-glazed window for a smart building." Applied Physics Letters 126.13, 2025, doi: 10.1063/5.0255229
2.A.Zirdour, M. Ayad, M. Alibakhshikenari, C.H. See et al. “Wideband Endfire Antenna Array for 5G mmWave Mobile Terminals,” in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 39926-39935, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3375811
3. M. H. Jwair et al., "Intelligent Metasurface Layer for Direct Antenna Amplitude Modulation Scheme," in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 77506-77517, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3297264.
4. M.Alibakhshikenari et al., “Dual-Polarized Highly Folded Bowtie Antenna with Slotted Self-Grounded Structure for Sub-6 GHz 5G Applications,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagations, vol.70, no. 4, pp.3028-3033, April 2022. doi: 10.1109/TAP.2021.3118784.
5.M.Alibakhshikenari et al., “Singular Integral Formulations for Electrodynamic Analysis of Metamaterial-Inspired Antenna Array,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.20, no.2, pp.179-183, 2021
6. M.Alibakhshikenari et al., “Optimum Power Transfer in RF Front End Systems Using Adaptive Impedance Matching Technique,” Scientific Reports, vol.11, Article no. 11825, June 2021.
7. C.H. See et al., “An Acoustic Sensor for Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Screen Condition Monitoring in a Drainage Infrastructure”, Sensors 2021, 21(2), 404, https://doi.org/10.3390/s21020404
8.I.M. Danjuma et al., “Design and Optimization of a Slotted Monopole Antenna for Ultra-wide Band Body Centric Imaging Applications”, IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, vol.4, no.2, pp. 140-147, June 2020.
9.N.Soin, P.Zhao, A. Kumar, L.Shi et. al ,“Expanding the portfolio of tribo-positive materials: aniline formaldehyde condensates for high charge density triboelectric nanogenerators,” Nano Energy, vol.67, pp.1-13, Jan. 2020.
10.C.Zebiri et al., “Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Applications with Non-Uniform Defected Ground Plane and Offset Aperture-Coupled Cylindrical Dielectric Resonators,” IEEE Access, vol.7, no. 1, pp.166776-166787, Dec. 2019
11.C.H. See et al., “Design of Mobile Band Subsurface Antenna for Drainage Infrastructure Monitoring”, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, vol.13, no. 13, pp.2380-2385, Nov. 2019
12. A. Bati et al., “Dynamic Response Analysis of a Class E2 Converter for Low Power Inductive Links,” IET Circuits, Devices & Systems, vol.13, no.3, pp.399-405, May 2019
13.C.H.See et al., “Link Budget Maximization for a Mobile-Band Subsurface Wireless Sensor in Challenging Water Utility Environments”, IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics, vol.65, no.1, pp.616-625, Jan.2018, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2017.2719602
14. A.F. Mirza, C.H. See, et al., “ An Active Microwave System for Near Field Imaging,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol.17, no.9, pp.2749-2758, May 2017
15. C.H.See et al., “Calibration Model for Detection of Potential Demodulating Behaviour in Biological Media Exposed to RF Energy,” IET Science, Measurement and Techniques ,vol.11, no.7, pp.900-906, October 2017
16.H. Plihal et al., “A novel method for rapid inspection of sewer networks: Combining acoustic and Optical means,” Urban Water Journal, vol.13, no.1, pp.3-14, January 2016.
17.F. Zhu et al., “Ultra-Wideband Dual-Polarized Patch Antenna with Four Capacitively Coupled Feeds,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol.62, no.5, pp.2240-2249, May 2014.
18. A. Abu-Almal et al., “Statistical Analysis of Refractivity Gradient and βo Parameter in the Gulf region, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol.61, no.12, pp.6250-6254, Dec. 2013.
19.F. Zhu et al., “Multiple Band-Notched UWB Antenna with Band-Rejected Elements Integrated in the Feed Line,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation , vol.61, no.8, pp.3952-3960, August 2013
20. C.H. See et al. ,“A Low-Profile Ultra-Wideband Modified Planar Inverted-F Antenna,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol.61, no. 1, pp.100-108, Jan. 2013.
21. A.G.Alhaddad et al., “Folded Loop Balanced Coplanar Antenna for WLAN Applications,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol.60, no.10, pp. 4916-4920, Oct. 2012.
22. F. Zhu et al., “Miniaturized Tapered Slot Antenna with Signal Rejection in 5-6 GHz Band Using a Balun,” IEEE Antenna Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.11, pp.507-510, May 2012.
23.C.H. See et al., “The Design of a Resistively Loaded Bowtie Antenna for Applications in Breast Cancer Detection Systems,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol.60, no.5, pp.2526-2530, May 2012.
24.C.H. See et al. ,“A Low Power Wireless Sensor Network for Gully Pot Monitoring in Urban Catchments”, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol.12, no. 5, pp.1545-1553, May 2012.
25.C.H. See et al., “Wideband Printed MIMO/Diversity Monopole Antenna for WiFi/WiMAX Applications,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol.60, no.4, pp.2028-2035, April 2012
26.C.H.See et al., “A Broadband Dual Planar Inverted F-Antenna for WLAN/WiMAX and Lower-band UWB Wireless Applications”, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, vol.5, no.6, pp.644-650, 2011.
27.C.H.See et al., “A Planar Inverted F-L Antenna (PIFLA) with a Rectangular Feeding Plate for Lower-band UWB Applications”, IEEE Antenna Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.9, pp.149-151,2010.
28.C.H.See et al., “A Crescent-shaped Multiband Planar Monopole Antenna for Mobile Wireless Applications”, IEEE Antenna Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.9, pp.152-155, 2010.
29.R. A. Abd-Alhameed et al., "A Wire-Grid Adaptive Meshing Program for Microstrip Patch Antenna Designs Using a Genetic Algorithm", IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol.51, no.1, pp. 147-151, Feb 2009
30.C.H. See et al., “Dual-Frequency Planar Inverted F-L-Antenna (PIFLA) for WLAN and Short Range Communication Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol.56, No.10, pp.3318-3320, Oct. 2008
31.C.H. See et al., “Computation of Electromagnetic Fields in Assemblages of Biological Cells Using a Modified Finite Difference Time Domain Scheme”, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol.55, no.9, pp.1986-1994, Sept. 2007.

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Research Interests My overarching research interests are multi-disciplinary and have a number of cross cutting themes that include research in computational electromagnetics, acoustic sensor technologies, wireless sensor network, microwave circuits and antenna designs with the application of theoretical, computational and analytical approaches. Specific themes include:
•Wearable Internet of Things (IoTs) devices for Digital Healthcare
•Antenna/Antenna-filter/tunable antenna/MIMO antenna designs for wireless communication systems and wireless power transfer systems.
•Antenna design using new material for biomedical telemetry and wearable body area network applications.
•Health issues and hazards on using Mobile handsets/Portable devices.
•Electromagnetic hybrid numerical methods, such as, (MoM/FDTD) and (Quasi-Static FDTD) for complex electromagnetic problems.
•Optimisation techniques including Genetic Algorithms and Particle Swarm methods for antenna design purposes.
•Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) system design and implementation for IoT applications.
•Low cost acoustic sensor design for blockage and leakage detections in sewer pipeline.
•Bio-implantable Sensor designs and Portable microwave sensors for cancer detection.
•Microwave wireless power transfer
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PhD Supervision Availability Yes
PhD Topics 1. PhD in Miniaturised Cellulose Nanomaterial-based Antennas and Arrays Design and Performance Evaluation for green and sustainable Internet of Things Applications.

2. PhD in RF-Powered Battery-less Wireless Sensor Network Design and Performance Evaluation for Internet of Things Applications.

3. PhD in RF Wireless Power Charging and Tracking for Smart Places Applications.

4. PhD in Low cost wearable and implantable sensors for Digital Healthcare.