Abu Sahmah received his PhD degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

(UTM) in 2004. He joined Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UTM

in 1986 as an Assistant Lecturer.He has taught various subjects

and worked  on a variety of research projects in the field

of Optical Fibers, Free Space Optic, Visible Free Space Optic

and PLC, and Photonic Devices. With the expertise gained

in Photonics Switching Devices, he has been working

as a visiting researcher in MesaResearch Institute,

University of Twente the Netherland  ZenPhotonics Inc.

and ChemOptics Inc.both are in Korea and a visiting professor

in Pusan National University of Koreaand City,

University of Hong Kong. To date he has written

more than 100 papers, which has been published in National

and International Journals as well as in the conferences.

He is presently a Professor and the Dean of Research,

Infocomm Research Alliance Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.