Name              SAAD ALI AIBAN

Position           Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department

                        King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

                        Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

            1.1  Personal

                                    Date of Birth     :           01.01.1960     

                                    Place of Birth    :           Bilad Qahtan, Saudi Arabia

                                    Status               :           Married, 8 children

                                    Nationality        :           Saudi

            1.2  Education

                                    B.S. in Civil Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 1982.

                                    M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 1985, Thesis title “Static Strength Properties of Artificially Cemented Sands”.

                                    Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1991,  Thesis title “Centrifuge Modeling of Shallow Foundations on Sands”.

            1.3  Employment

                                    1981                Summer training in the Materials and Soils Laboratory, ARAMCO, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

                                    1982-1985       Graduate Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

                                    1985-1991       Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

                                    1987-1991       Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder.

                                    1991-1998       Assistant Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

                                    1998-Present   Associate Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

                                    2000-Present   Director of Counselling and Advising Center, Deanship of Student Affairs, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

            1.4  Specialization

                                    Foundations; Earth Structures; Soil Stabilization and Ground Improvement; Geoenvironmental Engineering (soil contamination, design of landfills, utilization of waste materials); Coastal Engineering and Shore Protection; Engineering Properties of Eastern Saudi Soils and their Improvement (marls, sands, sabkhas and expansive clays); Modeling of Geotechnical Problems and Experimental Geomechanics.

            1.5  Awards

                                    KFUPM Excellence in Teaching Award for the year 1997-98.

                                    KFUPM Excellence as an Instructor in the Short Course “Stabilization of Indigenous Soils and Assessment of Pavements”, KFUPM, October 1998 (the main instructor).