Welcome to the College of Engineering Sciences End of the Year Party 2003 - 2004

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Welcome to the College of Engineering
SciencesEnd of the Year Party2003 - 2004
King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals
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Reading from the Quraan
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Deans Address

• Dr. Samir A. Al-Baiyat
• Dean, Colleges of Engineering Sciences Applied
  Engineering

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College Statistics
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Undergraduate StudentsTotal2373
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Graduate StudentTotal 216
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Graduating 2003/2004Total485
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Total FacultyTotal218
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Professorial Rank FacultyTotal168
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• Accomplishments of the
• College and the Departments
• 2003/2004

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Journal PublicationsTotal241
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Conference presentationsTotal134
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Funded Projects Total114
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Short Courses Total42
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Utilization of Computers in Education

• More than 78 of the college faculty utilize
  WebCT or Blackboard for teaching their courses.

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Program Assessments and Accreditation

• The college of Applied Engineering has submitted
  a dossier to ABET to extend the Substantial
  Equivalency of the its programs till 2008.
• The EE ME departments have undertaken Program
  self Assessments .
• The remaining departments will carry out program
  self assessment 2004-2005.

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Aerospace Engineering

• A memorandum of understanding has been signed
  between AE and Royal Saudi Air Force. The memo
  has been approved by H.R.H Prince Sultan Bin
  Abdul-Aziz, 2nd Deputy Minister of Defense
  Aviation General Inspector.
• The proposed AE Master program has been approved.

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Aerospace Engineering

• Four new labs are being established in the
  department (Aerodynamics, flight dynamics, flight
  structure and propulsion).

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Chemical Engineering

• The Department established an Industrial Advisory
  Committee to promote cooperation with the
  industry. The Committee met twice this year.
• Professor Tomoyuki Inui joined the Department as
  the Saudi Aramco Chair Professor for Petroleum
  Refining and Petrochemicals.

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Chemical Engineering

• The Department upgraded its polymer research
  laboratory with state of the art equipment.
• The Department organized an Open Day and
  Exhibition for the prep-year students in
  association with Saudi Aramco and Sabic.

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Chemical Engineering

• Three undergraduate students won the 2nd place in
  a National senior design competition sponsored by
  SABIC.
• The department established the Polymer Research
  Group An interdisciplinary research group that
  includes 10 faculty from three different
  departments.

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Chemical Engineering

• The department co-organized three meetings of the
  Saudi Section of AIChE.
• The department co-organized the 4th Annual Award
  Banquet for the Best Design and Co-op Report in
  the Department.
• The department selected three adjunct professors
  in the areas of environmental engineering (Texas
  AM), polymer engineering (University of
  Waterloo) and Thermodynamics (Rice University).

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Civil Engineering

• The department established a new Engineering
  Graphics Laboratory.
• Structural Analysis Laboratory has been fully
  upgraded and instrumented.

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Civil Engineering

• The Department offered 12 courses to teach and
  train Highway Engineers across the Kingdom.
  "Superior performing Mixes Superpave".
• NDT (Non-Destructible Testing) Laboratory has
  been acquired to meet the current demand in NDT
  testing.

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Electrical Engineering

• Establishment of the Scientific Society of Saudi
  electrical engineers. 200 engineers joined the
  society.
• Organization of the 11th IEEE meeting on 13-14
  April, 2004. Five hundred people participated in
  the meeting and 17 papers were presented.

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Electrical Engineering

• The department established an industrial advisory
  committee to promote cooperation with the
  industry.
• Several labs in the department have been
  computerized and upgraded with new equipment.

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Electrical Engineering

• Several EE Faculty Members were selected as
  Associate Editors for International Journals as
  well as Members of the Technical Committees
  of International Conferences.

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Electrical Engineering

• Dr. Asrar Shaikh
• Was elected fellow of IEEE, the only fellow in
  Saudi Arabia.
• Published a book titled Wireless Communications
  Theory Techniques, published by Kluwer
  Academics.

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Mechanical Engineering

• The ME advisory committee met several times.
• Restructuring of courses in module form was
  started to enable participation of industry in
  teaching ME courses

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Mechanical Engineering

• Several ME Faculty Members were selected as
  Associate Editors for International Journals as
  well as Members of the Technical Committees of
  International Conferences.

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Petroleum Engineering

• The department organized a technical exchange
  meeting with Schlumberger and the Centre for
  Petroleum Minerals on December 2003.
• The Department of Petroleum Engineerings and
  centre for Pet Minerals jointly organized the
  2nd annual KFUPM-Aramco research review workshop
  on May 4, 2004.

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Petroleum Engineering

• The department offered a 10 module training
  program for Saudi Aramco Engineers.
• PETE PC lab has bee upgraded with new PCs and a
  new server.

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Petroleum Engineering

• Dr. Mohammad Aggour published a book titled
  petroleum and gas field processing, Marcel
  Dekker, NY, 2003.
• Several PETE Faculty Members were selected as
  Associate Editors for International Journals.

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Long and Short Term Strategies of the College
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Short Term Objectives of the College
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Improvement in Teaching

• Emphasis of Course Projects Seminars to improve
  Students Communication Skills
• Use of experienced and qualified industrial
  experts in teaching some of the senior and
  graduate courses.

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Improvement in Teaching (Contd.)

• Re-training of technical support staff.
• Engineering labs will be upgraded and equipped.
• Encouragement of faculty to visit the students at
  the COOP training locations.
• Company supervisors should be invited and hosted
  for a meeting at KFUPM.

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Improvement in Teaching (Contd.)

• Faculty placement with industry through summer
  assignments and other arrangements.
• Establishment of a training program for recent
  PhD graduates, Graduate Assistants, Lecturers and
  Research Assistants

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Improvement in Research

• Creation of Centers of Excellence in certain
  areas by recruiting highly specialized faculty
  for the job.
• Review and update the financial package for
  graduate students.

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Improvement in Research (Contd.)

• Simplify the process of recruiting RA.
• Establish More Endowment Chair Professorships.

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Long-Term Objectives of the College
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Long-Term Strategies

• Enhance cooperation with the industry in training
  and research.
• Direct research towards serving National needs.

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Long-Term Strategies

• Collaborate with International Reputable
  Institutions in teaching, research and faculty
  development.
• Develop specialized sub-programs that have the
  potential of growing into separate departments in
  the future.

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H.E. The Rector Dr. Khalid Al-Sultan
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College of Engineering Sciences Recognition
Awards
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Recipients of the University Excellence in
Research Awards

• Dr. Shahzada Z. Shuja Dr. Basel Abu-Sharkh
  Dr. Naser Al-Shayea
• ME CHE CE

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Recipients of the University Excellence in
Teaching Awards

• Dr. Ahmad Al-Qarni Dr. Youssef Abdel-Magid

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Recipients of the University Patent Awards

• Dr. Ahmad Al-Qarni Dr. Mohammad Abul-Hamayel

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Winners of the College of Engineering Research
Awards
Dr. Sleem ur-Rahman, CHE Dr. Dr. Abu El-Maati,
EE Dr. Bekir Yilbas, ME Dr. AbdulFazal Arif,
ME Dr. Mohammad Al-Marhoun, PE
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• Winners of the college of engineering teaching
  awards

Dr. Basel Abu-Sharkh, CHE Dr. A. K. Azad,
CE Dr. Mahmoud Dawoud, EE Dr. Mohammad Antar,
ME Dr. Sidqi Abu-Khamsin, PETE
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College of Engineering Science Short Course Award
Dr. Ahmad Al-Qarni, AE Dr. Sulaiman Al-Khattaf,
CHE Dr. Mohammad Shwaihdi, EE Dr. Majed
AL-Sharawi, ME Dr. Hasan Al-Hashim, PETE

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College of Engineering Science Funded Projects
Award

• Dr. Ibrahim El-Amin, EE
• Dr. Sayed Said, ME
• Dr. Mohammad Aggour, PETE

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College of Engineering Science Department Service
Award

• AE
• Mr. Ahmad Jamal
• Mr. Ayman Abdallah
• CHE
• Dr. Kevin Loughlin
• Dr. Nadhir Baghli
• Dr. Ramazan Kahraman
• CE
• Dr. Husain Al-Gahtani

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College of Engineering Sciences Department
Service Award

• EE
• Dr. Munir Al-Absi
• Dr. Saud Al-Semari
• Dr. Abdulah Al-Ahmari
• ME
• Dr. Zafarullah Khan
• Dr. Iyad Al-Zaharnah
• PETE
• Dr. Abdul-Aziz Al-Majid

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College of Engineering Sciences Staff Service
Award

• AE
• Mr. Jovencio Trinidad
• Mr. Essa Al-Dossary
• CHE
• Mr. Riasat Khan
• Mr. Romeo Capreso
• CE
• Mr. Muhammad Saleem

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College of Engineering Sciences Staff Service
Award

• EE
• Mr. Shamsu ur-Rahman Jan
• Mr. Farazi 
• Mr. Qusay Al Gheriyafi
• ME
• Mr. Saleh Al-Abbas
• Mr. Ahmad Abdrabulnabi
• PETE
• Mr. Ali Al-Sheikh
• Mr. AbdulSamad Iddrisu
• CES
• Hussein Dhaif
• Abdullah Al-Abdallah

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College of Engineering Sciences Sports Award

• Dr. Faleh Al-Suleiman
• Dr. Habib Zughbi
• Dr. Mahmoud Kassas

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Leaving Faculty
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Leaving Faculty

• Dr. Ashraf Fatehi, CHE
• Dr. Ashi Ishaq, CE
• Dr. Mehmet Pakdemirli, ME
• Dr. Gareth Davies, ME
• Professor Mohamed Aggour, PETE

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CES Outstanding Student Award

• Salman Al-Fifi, AE
• Mohammad Al-Nuwaiser, AE
• Fahad Sayer Al-Mutairi, CHE
• Muhammad Ba-Saffar, CHE
• Amro Al-Tamimi, EE
• Faisal Adnan Sabir, EE
• Muhammad Abdullah Ba-Hattab, ME
• Adeil Muhammad Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, ME
• Muhammad I. Al-Kharashi, PETE 
• Husain A. Al-Imran, PETE

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Members of the CES Special Functions Committee
Mr. Abdul Aleem Dr. Dr. Hasan Al-Yousef Dr.
Zakariya Al-Hamouz Mr. Mustafa Bouchama Dr.
Basel Abu-Sharkh
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Activities of The Special Functions Committee

• Organizing sports activities for the college
  Volleyball, basketball and football.
• Coordinating the college teams in the Rectors
  cup competitions
• Finalist in volleyball (Final on Wednesday)
• 1st place in basketball
• 2nd place in Tennis
• 2nd place in squash
• Organizing the welcome party.
• Organizing the end of year party and awards.

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Thanks

• To H. E. The Rector Dr. Kalid Al-Sultan for his
  guidance and support to the college.
• To members of the Industrial Advisory Committees
  of all departments.
• To those who supported the continuing education
  and research activities of the college.

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Thank you