Currently, Yusnita Rahayu is a senior lecturer and a researcher at Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Riau (UR). She has been working for Universitas Riau since 2005 till now. She graduated her B.Eng from Institute Science and Technology National (ISTN), Jakarta in 1999. She finished her PhD from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 2009 and graduated her Master of Engineering (M.Eng) in 2004 at the same university. She has experiences for more than 10 years in academic and research position at various international and national universities. She has conducted various research projects from national and international grants. Her research interest areas are such as radio transceiver design, antenna design, sensor networks, controlling and monitoring system, IoT and wireless communication system. She has published more than 30 papers for national and international conference, 5 book chapters, 12 international journals. She is also active as reviewer and technical program committee for various journals and conferences. She is a senior member of IEEE and member of IEEE antenna & propagation society.

• Yusnita Rahayu, Haziq Hazman and Razali Ngah, Design LTE Microstrip Antenna Rectangular Patchwith Beetle-Shaped Slot, Telkomnika Journal (Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control). 2017.
• Gilang Bagaskara, Rahyul Amri and Yusnita Rahayu, Design and Development of Wood Peatland Fire Detection by Using Heat Characteristics Method, Sinergi Journal, 2017.
• Taufiq Muammar, Rahyul Amri and Yusnita Rahayu, Design and Development of Portable Power Supply Management System at Node Early Warning System for Mitigating Peatland Fire Disaster, Sinergi Journal, 2017.
• Yusnita Rahayu, Rian Arighi Mahan, Nobon Lazirsah Adhil, and Razali Ngah, Two Types Design of Microstrip Antennas With Three Edges-Coupled Method for LTE Application. International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information (IJASEIT). 2017.
• Yusnita Rahayu and Jherino Permana Putra, Design of Circular Patch With Double C-Shaped Slot Microstrip Antenna for LTE 1800 MHz, Telkomnika Journal Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control). 2017.
• Yusnita Rahayu and Rezki Ananda Gusma, Design and Development of 6 Elements Aperture Coupled Feed Planar Array Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna for CPE WiMAX Application at 3.3 GHz, Journal of ICT Research and Applications. 2017.
• Ali Kareem Nahar and Yusnita Rahayu, Design of Selectable Modems for MC-CDMA based on Software Defined Radio. International Journal of Engineering Technology and Sciences (IJETS), 3(1). pp. 1-7. 2015. ISSN: 2289-697X.
• Ali Kareem Nahar, Yusnita Rahayu and Ali Y. Jaber, Design the MC-CDMA System with LS-PSO Channel Estimation Based FPGA, Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, vol. 10, Issue: 9, 2015.
• Yusnita Rahayu and Hee Chien Yee, Monitoring Parking Space Availabilitty via Zigbee Technology, International Journal of Future Computer and Communication, vol. 3, no. 6, Desember 2014, pp: 377-380.
• Yusnita Rahayu and Fariza N. Mustapa, A Secure Parking Reservation System using GSM Technology‖, International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering, vol. 2, no. 4, July 2013, pp: 518-520.
• Yusnita Rahayu and Razali Ngah, Radiation Pattern Characteristics of Mutiple Band-Notched Ultra Wideband Antenna with Asymmetry Slot Reconfiguration, International Journal on Advances in Telecommunications, vol. 5, no. 1 & 2, July 2012, pp: 90-100.
• Yusnita Rahayu, Fariza Norbaya and Norazwinawati Basharuddin, Intelligent Parking Space Detection System Based on Image Processing, International Journal on Innovation, Management and Technology (IJIMT), vol. 3, no. 3, June 2012, pp: 232-235.

RF transceiver design for wireless system application, Ultra Wideband Antenna, RF and Microwave Link Design

RF transceiver design, antenna design, wireless communication system, wireless sensor network, controlling and monitoring system, Internet of Thing (IoT), D2D communication, Mobile communication, Peatland Fire Detection, Energy monitoring and efficiency.

Membership of Professional Body

• Member of the Institution of Engineers Indonesia (PII).
• Senior Member of IEEE.
• Senior Member of IEEE Antenna & Propagation Society.
• Senior Member of IEEE Women in Engineering Society.
• Member of AMTA (Antenna Measurement Technique Association).
• Member of IEEE Standard Association.
• Senior Member of IAES Indonesia Section
• Senior Member of IACSIT
• Member of IEEE Computer Society
• Member of IEEE Communication Society
• Member of Malaysia 5G Working Group

Professional Certificate

• Lecturer Certificate (Indonesia Ministry of Higher Education, 2013)
• Training Internal Auditor (UGM, 2013)
• IT Security Specialist (ECCS Certificate, 2009).
• Training on MS ISO/IEC 17025/2005 (UMP Certificate, 2009).
• Training Internal Auditor ISO 14001 (PT. Sucofindo Certificate, 1999)

Professional Experience

• Session Chairperson, Malaysian Technical Universities Conference and Exhibition on Engineering and Technology (MUCEET 2009), 20~22Jun, Ms Garden, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
• Invited Speaker, UMP/UIA Research Methodology Courses (SLAB/SLAI), Hotel Seri Malaysia, Kuantan, Pahang, 3 Dec 2009.
• Executive Committee of IEEE Antenna & Propagation Society (Malaysia Section), Year 2010- 2011
• Executive Committee of IEEE Women in Engineering Society (Malaysia Section), Year 2010
• Technical Session Chairman, National Conference in Mechanical Engineering for Research and Postgraduate Studies (NCMER), 3rd – 4th Dec 2010, FKM, UMP, Pekan, Malaysia
• Organizing Committee, 2010 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Applied and Electromagnetic (APACE), 9 – 11th November, 2010, Port Dickson, Malaysia.
• Vice Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering Society (Malaysia Section), Year 2011
• Technical Program Committee, The Seventh International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC), June 19th – 24th, 2011, Luxembourg.
• Technical Committee, RF and Microwave Conference (RFM 2011), Dec 11 – 14, 2011.
• Technical Committee, International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Research (ICMER), Dec 5th – 7th, 2011, Kuantan, Malaysia.
• Technical Program Committee, The Eighth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC), June 24th – 29th, 2012, Venice, Italy.
• Editorial Board, International Journal on Advances in Networks and Services, 2012 – to date
• Invited speaker for Seminar ―How to write a journal and getting paper published (Scopus, IEEE, and High Impact Factor), ISTN, Jakarta, 5th October 2012.
• Technical Program Committee, The Eighth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC), July 21st – 26th, 2013, Nice, France.
• Invited speaker for Public Lecturer ― UWB Antenna and Its Challenges‖, University Muhammadiyah of North Sumatera (UMSU), March 27th, 2014.
• Technical Program Committee, The Eleventh International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC), October 11th – 16th, 2015, St. Julians, Malta.
• General Chair, International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (ICON-EEI), Oct 5th – 6th, 2016. Pekanbaru, Indonesia.
• Chief Editor, International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (ICON-EEI), Oct 5th – 6th, 2016. Pekanbaru, Indonesia.
• Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Communication and Broadband Network, Feb 20th -22nd, 2017, Bali, Indonesia.
• Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Frontiers of Sensors Technologies, April 14th -16th, 2017, Shenzhen, China.