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Dr. Katrina D. Dambul Assistant Professor FACULTY OF ENGINEERING (FOE) AR4018 , Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia 63100, Cyberjaya, Selangor 03-83125476 katrina@mmu.edu.my 
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Biography
Katrina D. Dambul received her B. Eng (Hons) Electronics majoring in Telecommunications and Master of Engineering Science from Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia in 2002 and 2007 respectively. In 2011, she received a Master of Science from University of Oxford, United Kingdom and in 2018, she received her Doctor of Philosophy from University of Malaya.
In 2002, she began her academic work as as a tutor in Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia and in 2007, she was promoted to the position of lecturer. Her research interests are specialty optical fiber design and fabrication and optical communications. Her knowledge in this area has led to 10 publications in peer-reviewed indexed journal papers, 8 conference proceedings and 1 book chapter (accepted). She was the first author for 3 journals and 3 conference proceedings. As of December 2018, from her publications, she has 198 citations and a h-index of 6.
In terms of awards, at I-Inova 2014 which is an innovation expo held on 31 October to 2 November 2014 in Malaysia, her research work on multicore flat fiber won the Gold Medal and a special ASM Innovation Award (the only award given specially by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia).
Katrina was the project leader of a few grants which from 1 February 2016 to 31 January 2018 is a research project amounting RM 295,102.00 entitled 'Optical Amplifier for GPON Extender'. This is an external grant given by TMR&D. During this project, she led the team of research fellow and research officers to ensure the successful completion of the project on time, including an application for intellectual property (industrial design), successful completion of four final year project students and publication. Another example of her leadership capabilities is as a project leader for an internally funded project worth RM8000 entitled 'Transmission and Sensing Characteristics of a Tapered Flat Fiber'. Since 2003, as a project leader and team member, she has received a total of RM 1.05 million in research grants from agencies such as Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Telekom Malaysia and Multimedia University.
She has also supervised 5 final year project students (from the year 2012 to 2015). Her recent final year project student also published a conference paper from the final year project. She was also the moderator for more than 10 final year project students since 2010 and the expert for 2 Masters project.
As a recognition to her expertise and significant performance in research, she was also invited to become a reviewer for several top ranking journals and international conferences such as IEEE conferences. She has been a reviewer for journals such as Journal of Lightwave Technology, 0733-8724, Optical Society of America and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Journal of Modern Optics, 0950-0340, Taylor and Francis Group.
Katrina has also been granted 2 patents for her innovation in 2015 and she is currently in the process of applying for one industrial design (intellectual property).
To demonstrate her leadership capabilities, Katrina held several important administrative positions in Faculty of Engineering including as the assistant programme coordinator for B.Eng (Hons) Electronics majoring Optical Engineering from 2011-2014. During her time as the assistant programme coordinator, her programme also successfully obtained the EAC accreditation for 5 years. She is also currently the secretary for Fiber Optics Research Center and Industrial Training Committee. She is also a member of Homepage committee and has been an invited committee member for student academic affairs committee and academic planning committee. She is also active in professional societies and has been in the organizing committee for international conferences such as IEEE SCORED 2011, ICP 2011 (International Conference on Photonics 2011) and ICP 2012 (International Conference on Photonics 2012). She is also a graduate member of Board of Engineers Malaysia.
As a lecturer, since 2010, she has been the subject coordinator for more than 10 times for subjects such as 'Optical Communication Systems', 'Optoelectronics and Optical Communications', 'Fundamental of Optics', 'Optoelectronic Devices' and 'Multimedia Management Systems'. As a subject coordinator, she has to coordinate the administrative part of her subject including exam preparation and analysis of exam results. Her teaching evaluations have also been higher than average for all the subjects that she has taught. She has consistently received letter of recommendation from her university for achieving a higher than average score for her teaching evaluations.
In conclusion, Katrina has demonstrated a consistent significant performance as an academic in research, teaching and administration work.
