Thesis Supervision:

a) Ph.D. Dissertation:

1. "Solution of the Transport Equation by the Collocation Method in Conjunction with the Adaptive Hermite Element Family," Ph.D. Dissertation by Mohammad Bhuiyan (Completed Spring 1988/89). Served as Principal Advisor

2. "Modeling of Aggressive Solute Transport in Porous Media," PH.D Dissertation by Abu Nassir Khondaker (Completed Spring 1990/91). Served as Principal Advisor

3. "Effect of dissolved oxygen and other factors on bioremediation of gasoline contaminated sandy aquifer," Ph.D. Dissertation by Mohammad Niaz (Completed in Spring May 1994/95)). Served as Principal Advisor

4.  “Unsteady Hydrodynamic Forces on Spheroid Bodies”, Ph.D. Dissertation by Rajai Al-Assar (Competed Spring 1996/97). Served as Principal Advisor

5. “Treatment Of Water Contaminated With Dimethyl Phthalate By Feton,Photo-Fenton And UV / H₂O₂ Processes" Ph.D. Dissertation by Bassam Tawabini (Completed Fall 2001/2). Served as Co-Advisor

6. "Effect of Dissolved Oxygen On the Adsorptive Capacity of Activated Carbon," Ph.D. Dissertation by Nabil Said Abu-Zeid, Dr. Girgis Nakhla, Principal Advisor (Completed Spring 1992/93)

7."Study of Biokinetics of an Immersed Membrane Activated Sludge Process", Ph.D. Dissertation by Iqbal Basha, Dr. Mohammad Malak, Principal Advisor (Completed Fall 2002/3)

b) MS Thesis:

1. "Effect of Denitrification on Dispersion of Nitrate in Saturated Porous Media," MS Thesis by Mohammad Niaz (Completed Fall 1986/87). Served as Principal Advisor

2. "Investigation of Leachate from a Sanitary Land Fill in Saudi Arabia," MS Thesis by Ramzy Hejazi (Completed Spring 1988/89). Served as Principal Advisor

3. "Status of Hydrological Networks in South-Western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," MS Thesis by Abdulla Al-Zahrani (Completed Fall 1989/90). Served as Principal Advisor

4. "Numerical Simulation of Groundwater in the Umm Er Radhuma Aquifer at Shadco Project Area, Eastern Province," MS Thesis by Rajai Al-Assar (Completed Fall 1991/92). Served as Principal Advisor

5. "Chemical Analysis of Al-Khobar Aquifer in the State of Bahrain," MS Thesis by Jalal Imbrahim Sharida (To be completed Fall 1992/93). Served as Principal Advisor

6. “ Numerical Simulation of Factors Causing Groundwater Depletion in Al-Hassa Area” MS Thesis  by Jamal Qubaiah (Completed Spring 1994). Served as Principal Advisor

7. "Variational Finite Element Solution For the Navier Stokes Equation in Two Dimensions," MS Thesis by Abu Nasser Khondaker, Dr. Farooq Mohsen, Principal Advisor (Completed Spring 1985/86).

8. "Tertiary Wastewater Treatment by Direct Filtration," MS Thesis by Mohammad Al-Sawaf, Dr. Mark Hammer, Principal Advisor (Completed Spring 1985/86).

9. "Trihalomethanes (THMs) Formation in a Distillation Process," MS Thesis by Bassam Tawabini, Dr. Hraj Khararjian, Principal Advisor (Completed Fall 1986/87).

10. "Tertiary Wastewater Treatment by Sedimentation & Sand Filtration," MS Thesis by Suhail Ahmad, Dr. Mark Hammer, Principal Advisor (Completed Fall 1986/87).

11. "Numerical Modeling of Alat, Khobar and Umm Er Radhuma Aquifer System in Eastern Saudi Arabia," MS Thesis by Mohammad Rasheeduddin, Dr. Hasan Yazicigil, Principal Advisor (Completed Fall 1986/87).

12. "Evaluation of Water Quality in KFUPM Drinking Water System,” MS Thesis by Sayed Hasan, Dr. Shawkat Farooq, Principal Advisor (Completed Spring 1986/87).

13. "An Experimental Model Study to Investigate the Effect of Scale on Dispersion Characteristics in Chlorine Contact Chambers," MS Thesis by Suhail Mitha, Dr. Farooq Mohsen, Principal Advisor (Completed Fall 1986/87).

14. "Use of Microtubes in the Design of Optimized Trickle Irrigation Network," MS Thesis by Mohammad Ibrahim, Dr. Farooq Mohsen, Principal Advisor (Completed Fall 1988/89).

15. "Tertiary Treatment of Municipal Sewage Via Slow Sand Filtration," MS Thesis by Samir Adham, Dr. Shawkat Farooq, Principal Advisor (Completed Spring 1988/89).

16. "Performance of Slow Sand Filters in Treating Secondary Effluent Using Different Sizes of Local Sand," MS Thesis by A. K. Al-Yusef, Dr. Shawkat Farooq, Principal Advisor (Completed Spring 1989/90).

17.. “Estimation of Groundwater Resources of Wadi Al-Miah Area, Eastern Saudi Arabia by Numerical Techniques using Hydrological & Geophysical Parameters” MS Thesis by Ayaz Hasan, Dr. Abdul-Latif Qahwash, Principal Advisor (Completed Fall 1994/95).

18. “Multi Objective Water Resources Planning Under Demand, Supply and Quality Uncertainties” MS Thesis by Mohammad Mujtaba Shareef, Dr Mohammad Zahrani, Principal Advisor (Completed Fall 1997/98).

19. "Development of An Equivalent Dispersion Coefficient For A Complex Contaminant Transport Model" MS Thesis by Abid Maqsood Ahmad, Dr. M Al-Suwaiyan, Principal Advisor

20. “Risk and Hydraulic Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems” MS Thesis Juned Lahiq Syed, Dr Mohammad Al Zahrani, Principal Advisor (Completed Spring 2003)

21. “Locating Booster Disinfection Stations in Al-Khobar Water Distribution System” Ms Thesis by Naeem Akhtar, Dr. Mohammad Al Zahrani, Principal advisor ( Completed Fall 2002/3)

22.  Mr. Mohammad Al-Subaini, MS Thesis King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia. Served as Externl Examinor

23. Mr. Mohammad Al-Murad, MS Thesis Arabian Gulf University, State of Bahrain. Served as Externl Examinor