BIOGRAPHY  

Muhamad Rasydan Mokhtar received the B.Eng. (Hons.) degree in Electrical majoring in Power and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), in 2011 and 2018, respectively. His research interests lie in the area of multiple attribute decision making, sustainability, renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy management.  

RESEARCH INTERESTS  

Sustainable Energy, Decision Analysis, Criteria Weighting, Operation Research, Demand Side Management  

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND  

• PhD (Electrical Engineering), Centre of Electrical Energy Systems, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2018)  

• BEng (Electrical Engineering), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2011)  

WORKING EXPERIENCE   

• Lecturer, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia (September 2022 to Present)  

• Subject Matter Expert, Learning Port Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia (January 2021 to August 2022).  

• Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Victoria International College, Malaysia (October 2019 – December 2020)  

• Research Assistant, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (January 2017 – December 2017)  

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE / GRANTS  

• Development of an algorithm to optimize DSM options, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (KeTTHA), 2013 – 2015, RM 160,000 (Role: Project Member)  

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS  

• Mokhtar, M. R., Abdullah, M. P., Hassan, M. Y., & Hussin, F. (2017). Comparative study of Multiple Criteria Decision Making methods for selecting the best Demand Side Management options. ELEKTRIKA-Journal of Electrical Engineering, 16(1), 11-16.  

• Mokhtar, M. R., Abdullah, M. P., Hassan, M. Y., & Hussin, F. (2016). Application of PROMETHEE Method for Demand Side Management (DSM) Options Ranking. Jurnal Teknologi, 78(5-7).

• Mokhtar, M. R., Abdullah, M. P., Hassan, M. Y., & Hussin, F. (2015). Combination of AHPPROMETHEE and TOPSIS for selecting the best Demand Side Management (DSM) options. IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD) (367-372).  

HONORS/AWARDS  

•  PhD Scholarship Award, Ministry of Higher Education (2012 – 2015)  

•  Dean’s Honour List, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2008 – 2011)  

•  BEng Scholarship Award, Majlis Amanah Rakyat (2007 – 2011)