Other Activities

Presented Short Courses
Presented Seminars , Workshops, and symposiums
Attended Workshops : (Weblog)
Attended Seminars : ( Weblog)
Paper Review:
Projects Review:
Additional Reviews
Thesis and Dissertation Supervision
Conference Attendance
Membership
Committee Work

Presented Short Courses

    6) Data Networking Technologies (Coordinator/ Instructor)

Offering # Date # of Participants Notes
12 May 17-28, 2008 15  
11 Feb, 2008 15  
10 May 19-30, 2007   shortcourses/ShortCoursePhotos_Part_1.zip

shortcourses/ShortCoursePhotos_Part_2.zip

9 Feb. 24- Mar 7, 2007    
8 Nov. 11-22, 2006. 20  
7 May 27-June 7, 2006 22  
6 Mar. 11-22, 2006 15  
5

May 7-18th, 2005

22  
4

Feb 19-Mar. 2 ,2005

20  
3 May 15-26, 2004 20  
2 January 3-14, 2004 25  
1 September 6-17, 2003 22  

5) Broadband Communication Access: Technologies & Applications

4) Web Site Development for Internet Use" on the 5th IEEE Technical Meeting Exchange TEM'98.

3) Programmable Logic Controllers

2) Introduction to PSpice

1) Advanced PSpice

Presented Seminars & Workshops

# Title

Presented for

Duration Location Notes
 

 محاضرة للموهوبين : السن الأزرق  وأفران المايكروويف

مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز و رجالاته لرعاية الموهوبين 2009 -7-22  to 2009-7-23 KFUPM 083 Certificate
  Things You Need to Know About Microwave Ovens

IET  KFUPM, Young Members Section

 

10th June 2009

 
 Dhahran International Hotel

082

 Certificate
  Are Commercial Microwave Ovens not "not Safe"?!  KFUPM Community through EE Department April 21, 2009 B59-2002  PPT (pdf)
  Directional UWB Channel Characterization

Center for Communications and Computer Research/ RI/ KFUPM under Center's Affiliate Program (CAP).

30 March 2008   KFUPM power point presentation
 

 محاضرة للموهوبين : السن الأزرق  وأفران المايكروويف

 

مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز و رجالاته لرعاية الموهوبين

 

2008AD / 1429AH

ثلاث ساعات * 2 ملتقى (أ) وملتقى (ب)

جامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن

KFUPM

 
 

ورشة عمل : مقدمة للاليكترونيات والمؤقت 555

مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز و رجالاته لرعاية الموهوبين

 

2008AD / 1429AH

أربعة أيام / 3 ساعات يوميا

 KFUPM

 
   Two Seminars for Gifted Students (Girls)

محاضرتان للموهوبات

مقدمة تطبيقية لتعلم الإليكترونيات: المؤقت 555
البلوتوث ( السن الأزر)

برنامج موهبة الصيفي في العلوم التطبيقية

مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز و رجالاته لرعاية الموهوبين

2007AD / 1428AH

 4 hours

4 ساعات

Girls College (Dammam)

كلية البنات بالدمام

  Certificate
 

 محاضرة للموهوبين : السن الأزرق

 

مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز و رجالاته لرعاية الموهوبين

 

2007AD / 1428AH

ساعة واحدة

جامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن

KFUPM

  Certificate
 

ورشة عمل : مقدمة للاليكترونيات والمتحكم

مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز و رجالاته لرعاية الموهوبين

 

2007AD / 1428AH

أربعة أيام / 3 ساعات يوميا

 KFUPM

 
  Ultra-wideband Technology  STC: Saudi Telecome Company

11:00am –noon time, Tuesdays, Dec. 19, 2006.

STC, Riyadh, King Abdulaziz compound in Mourslat.    
  Silencing Mobile Phones; STC could be a leader   STC: Saudi Telecome Company 9:00am 10:45, Tuesdays, Dec. 19, 2006. STC, Riyadh, King Abdulaziz compound in Mourslat.    
  Seminar for the Gifted students (Girls)

Introduction to Electronics: 555 Timer

برنامج موهبة الصيفي في العلوم التطبيقية

مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز و رجالاته لرعاية الموهوبين

 

During 2007 Summer (1428AH) Girls College (Dammam)    
  Seminar for Gifted Students (Girls)

Bluetooth Technology

برنامج موهبة الصيفي في العلوم التطبيقية

مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز و رجالاته لرعاية الموهوبين

 

During 2007 Summer (1428AH)

 

Girls College (Dammam)    
  Workshop for the Gifted students (Boys)

Introduction to Electronics & Micro-controllers

 

برنامج موهبة الصيفي في العلوم التطبيقية

مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز و رجالاته لرعاية الموهوبين

 

4 days   Summer 2007 /1428 AH KFUPM    
  UWB Through the Wall Propagation EE department, KFUPM        
  The latest in the Communications Field  EE Student Club        
  Non-civilian applications for Communications: The hidden side of Communications IEEE Student Branch        
  Bluetooth Technology

برنامج موهبة الصيفي في العلوم التطبيقية

مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز و رجالاته لرعاية الموهوبين

Summer 043 , 2005   Arabic  
  What is new in the Communication Field?

برنامج موهبة الصيفي في العلوم التطبيقية

مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز و رجالاته لرعاية الموهوبين

Gifted Students

 Summer 043,      2005   Arabic  
  Microcontroller Applications

برنامج موهبة الصيفي في العلوم التطبيقية

مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز و رجالاته لرعاية الموهوبين

Summer 043, 4 days workshop 2005      
             

Attended Workshops : (Weblog)

#

Title

Presenter Duration Location Notes  
24 LTE (Long Term Evolution) Workshop Group of Speakers Wednesday March 3, 2010 KFUPM, B20 http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/LTE/workshop.html  Partial Atendance
23 Second AJSE Workshop
Visibility, IMPACT FACTOR, AND DEVELOPMENT
Many speakers , see

THE ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

http://ajse.kfupm.edu.sa/

Sunday, December 20, 2009 (one day) KFUPM, B20 THE ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING  
22 Random Matrix Theory for Wireless Communications Dr. Merouane Debbah  Dec 2009 (2 Lectures ,reduced to one) KFUPM, B59    
21 General Workshop on Electrical Engineering Department Activities Dr. Chairman & Dr. Wail Mousa Sep 27 & Sep 28, 2009  Recreation  Center, KFUPM    
20 Some ways to promote deeper learning Dr. Gary Poole, the Director for Center of Teaching and Academic Growth, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

September 06, 2009 Sunday

 

B20 - Room 001 Deanship of Academic Development  
19 Designing a curriculum to support student understanding of research in their discipline Prof. Alan Jenkins, Emeritus Professor, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK September 05, 2009 Sunday B24-Room 128 Deanship of Academic Development  
18 Open Education Resources: Connexions Demonstration and Training Workshop Dr. Joel Thierstein:J.D., Ph.D, Associate Provost, Rice University Houston, USA  Sunday, August 30, 2009 B20-001    
17 The Future of Communications in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Abdullah ibn Ibrahim Al-Qadi, Advisor to the IT Commission.
Sultan ibn Muhammad Al-Malik, General Manager of the Public Relations, Media and International Affairs Department of the Communications & IT Commission.
Tariq Al-Umari, Chairman of the National Draft Guidelines Program for Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields and Radio Frequencies at the Communications & IT Commission.
 
June 9th, 2009

Asharqia Chamber - Main Building

Sheikh Hamad Al-Qusaibi Hall

 
   
16 2nd Workshop on Engineering Design 4 Professors from MIT Sunday April 19, 2009 B15-Romm 4006 College of Engineering Sciences  
15 Discussion forum on Research Groups DEANSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Wednesday
7 January 2009
Building 20-103    
14 Latest Developments of Telecommunication & ICT Standardization ITU : International Telecommunication Union Nov. 25-26, 2008 Riyadh Arranged by STC (Saudi Telecomm. Company)  
13 Research Open Day CIT/RI/KFUPM Center for Communications and Computer Research/ RI/ KFUPM under Center's Affiliate Program (CAP). 30 March 2008 KFUPM    
12 Program & Course Specifications Program Assessment Center: DAD Nov. 13, 2007 B-20/KFUPM  NCAAA  
11 1st Workshop on WiMax Technology Center for Communications and Computer Research/ RI KFUPM Oct. 28, 2007 B- 20 /KFUPM Research Institute Certificate
10 Online Course Content Authoring using Adobe e-Learning Suite (Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator)
e-Learning Center, DAD
 
August 26-29, 2007
Sunday - Wednesday

Time: 08:00 - 11:00 AM 
 B59-2029
 
Deanship of Academic Development
Teaching & Learning Center
Certificate
9 Advanced Writing Course in English Deanship of Academic Development (DAD) April 18-May 09,2007     Certificate (Cer.1)
8 Building Your Academic Portfolio Dr. James E. Groccia The Director of Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Auburn University, Alabama February 25 & 27, 2007 (08:30 AM - 4:00 PM) B 20 Deanship of Academic Development
Teaching & Learning Center
 
7
Research at KFUPM: Future Outlook
  Tuesday  February 20, 2007 B 20 Deanship of Scientific Research  
6 Evaluating Student Learning Dr. L. Dee Fink
 University of Oklahoma, USA
September 05, 2006   Deanship of Academic Development Certificate
5 Effective Leadership Skills for Interacting with Students Dr. L. Dee Fink
 University of Oklahoma, USA
September 05, 2006   Deanship of Academic Development Certificate
4 First KFUPM Workshop on Engineering Design   April 11-12,2006      
  Research Enhancement   April 16, 2006      
             
3 Using Course Design to Create more Significant Learning Experiences for Students          
2 Good Learning and Good Teaching: How do we Promote more of it?          
1 A 2-day Professional Development Program for Junior Faculty Members

Dr. Simon Barrie
Senior Lecturer Institute of Teaching and Learning, University of Sydney – Australia

September  5 - 6, 2005 Conference Center, Building 20 Teaching & Learning Center, DAD  
  Workshops for Junior Faculty Speaker
Prof. Sergio J. Piccinin
University of Ottawa, Canada
September 04-08, 2004
 
Conference Center, Building 20   Program
  Things I Wish They Had Told Me!   Wdnesday , September 8, 200401:30 PM–04:00 PM      
  Student-Centered Teaching and Learning   Wdnesday , September 8, 200408:30 AM–12:00 PM      
  Assessment of Student Learning   Tuesday , September 7, 2004,
08:30 AM–12:00 PM
     
  Engaging Students in the Classroom   Monday , September 6, 2004,
08:30 AM–12:00 PM
     
  Motivation and Student Learning   Monday , September 5, 2004,
08:30 AM–12:00 PM
     
  Preparing to Teach   Saturday , September 4, 2004,
08:30 AM–12:00 PM
     
  Use of Raed ERP System For Research   Monday February 5th, 2007
Building 28 - 105

 

Deanship of Scientific Research  

 

Attended Seminars : ( Weblog)

# Title Presenter Duration Location Organizer Notes
10 Accessing the Core Labs at KAUST Dr. Tony R. Eastham

Director of Laboratories, KAUST

Nov 3, 2009 RI The Office of Cooperation with KAUST  
9 Roles and Responsibilities of Faculty Members in Program Assessment Dr. Larry David
University of Missouri, USA
September 08, 2009
Tuesday
B20-103 DAD  
8 Principles of Open Education Resources Dr. Joel Thierstein, J.D., Ph.D,Associate Provost, Rice University Houston, USA Sunday , August 30, 2009 B20-103 DAD  
7 The feasibility of using GPR method to map near surface factors and fractures Engineer Abdullah Al-Homidy Jan 6,2009 B4-125 Civil Engineering Department  
6 Wireless sensor networks:
Applications and Design Challenges
Dr. Mohamed Younis
Associate Professor,
Department of Computer Sc. and Elec. Eng.
University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
Jan. 3, 2009 B22-105 COE Department  
5 Identifying Student Misconceptions in Engineering and Science Prof. Ronald L. Miller
Director of the Center for Engineering Education
Colorado School of Mines, USA
Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 10:30 - 11:30 AM
 
Conference Center Building 20 Deanship of Academic Development  
4 Online Submission of Research Proposals and Conference Applications through ERP System  
At 1:30 PM, Monday
29 January 2007

 

Building 20-103 DEANSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH  
3 Academic Digital Divide:
Importance and Evaluation of the University Web Presence
Isidro F. Aguillo
Spanish National Research Council
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 (01:30 - 03:00 PM)
 
Conference Center, Building 20 Deanship of Academic Development  
  Be Part of Tomorrow 2006 LUCENT BELL LABS Technology Seminars   May 16-17, 2006 Riyadh STC  

Paper Review

# Period Conference , Journal # of  papers     Notes
31 March 2010 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement 1     Journal
30 March, 2010 VTC 2010 IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference 1 VTC2010-Fall 6–9 September 2010, Ottawa, Canada 092  
29 Jan, 2010 7th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications 1   091  
28 Dec, 2009 ICT 2010 Wireless Communications 1 Qatar 091  
27 Dec, 2009 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 1   091 Journal
26 Dec, 2009 2010 IEEE 71st Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2010-Spring 1 16–19 May 2010, Taipei, Taiwan 091  
25 Nov, 2009  Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing 1   091 Journal
24 Nov, 2009 IET Communications 2   091 Journal
23 Nov. 6, 2009 ICC 2010 SPC: IEEE International Conference on Communications 2010  Signal Processing for Communications Symposium 1   091  
22 Sep. 18, 2009 4th IEEE International Design and Test workshop 1   091  
21 August, 2009 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 1   083 Journal
20 May, 2009 IET Communications 1   082 Journal
19 May, 2009 IEEE Globecom 2009 Signal Processing for Communications Symposium 1   082  
18 April,2009 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 1   082 Journal
17 Feb, 2009 IET Communications 1   082 Journal
16 Dec, 2008 Wirless Communications and Mobile Computing, Wiley 1   081 Journal
15 Nov, 2008 2009 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2009) 1 http://ieeewcnc2009.trackchair.com/ 081  
14 Sep, 2008 EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 1   081 Journal
13 July 2008 Wirless Communications and Mobile Computing, Wiley 1   073 Journal
12 May 2008 IEEE Globecom 2008 Signal Processing for Communications Symposium 1   072  
11 April, 2008 1 http://dropzone.tamu.edu/~xizhang/IWCMC2008/IWCMC08.html

 

072

Crete Island, Greece

10 Feb. 2008

WoSPA 2008, An International Workshop on Signal Processing and its Applications, 18-20 March 2008

2   072 UAE, Sharjah
9 Dec. , 2007 Wireless Personal Communications, SPRINGER 1     Journal
8 Oct, 2007 ICC 2008 SPC: IEEE International Conference on Communications 2008  Signal Processing for Communications Symposium 1      
7 Oct ,2007 WCNC 2008: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2 http://www.ieee-wcnc.org/
 
   
6 Sep. 4, 2007 Innovations' 07: Innovations in Information Technology 2007 (Innovations'07)        
5  Sep. 1, 2006-Sep. 1, 2007 ICC 2007 SPC: IEEE International Conference on Communications 2007  Signal Processing for Communications Symposium 1      
4 Sep. 1, 2006-Sep. 1, 2007

ICSPC07 : 2007 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication, 24-27 November, 2007, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2      
3 Sep. 1, 2006-Sep. 1, 2007 PIMRC '07 / Athens, Greece / 18th annual International symposium on personal, indoor and mobile radio communications, through Dr. Al-Harthi. 1      
2 Sep. 1, 2006-Sep. 1, 2007 International Conference on Wireless Broadband and Ultra Wideband Communication (AusWireless 2007) 1      
1 Sep. 1, 2006-Sep. 1, 2007 WCNC 2007:  IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2007 - Phy / MAC. 1      
  2006 ICUWB 06, The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband will be held at the Westin Hotel in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, from 24 — 27 September 2006 1      
  2006 ICC'06 Signal Processing for Communications , 11-15 June 2006, Istanbul, TURKEY 2      
  2006 IEEE GCC 2006, Kingdom of Bahrain 4      
  2005 International Symposium on Wireless Systems and Networks, Dhahran , Saudi Arabia 5      
  2005 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (Journal) 1      
  2003 IEEE UWBST-2003 Conference, Washington DC, USA        
  2003 AJSE (Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering) 2      

 

Thesis and Dissertation Supervision

S.N.

Student Name

Advisor

Dept.

Deg. 

Thesis Title

Start

End

Role

6

Ahmed Abdul Quadeer

Dr. Tariq Naffouri

EE

Msc

(SEMI) Blind Channel and Data Recovery in OFDM 071, Jan 2008 2 June 2008 CM
5

Falah Zawahemah

Dr. Salam Zummo

EE

Msc

Performance of LDPC and Turbo Codes in Wireless Environments

Jan 24 2006

 4 June 2008

CM

4 Badr AL-Dohan Dr. Adnan Andalusi

EE

Msc

Design, Performance and Implementation of Low Density Parity-Check Codes for Wireless Communications   31 May 2008 CM
3

Hamood-ur-Rehman Khan

Dr. Adnan Andalusi

EE

Msc

DLL Code Tracking for CDMA Signals under Fading and Multiple Access Interference

5/30/2007

Jan 2009 

CM

2

Refat Adnan Al-Nimnim

Dr. Ali Muqaibel/ Dr. Adnan Andalusi

EE

Msc

Classification and Weighting Techniques for NLOS Mitigation in TOA-based Radiolocation

3/21/2007

 April 2008

S

1 Faisal Zaheer  Dr. Salam Zummo /. Adnan Andalusi

 EE

Msc 

 Rate-Compatible Low-Density Parity Check Codes for Wireless Channels

 May 25, 2005

 3 May 2006

CM 

CM : Committee Member

S: Supervisor

Conference Attendance

# Period Conference Location Notes   Semester
    الموتمر الدولي لتقنيات الاتصالات 2010 Riyadh,      
    WPNC        
   May 2008 ICCCE08, International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering KL, Malaysia  Two Paper presentations and session chair

http://www.iiu.edu.my/iccce/08/index.php

  072
  April 29-30, 2008 13th Saudi Technical Exchange Meeting Dhahran, KFUPM http://www.sauditem.com/   072
   Dec. 2- Dec. 5, 2007

 Seventh Saudi Engineering Conference
المؤتمر السعودي الهندسي السابع

الرياض ، جامعة الملك سعود     071
    IEEE International Conference on Ultra Wideband Communications
IEEE ICUWB 2007, Singapore
Singapore     071
  23 – 24 May 2006 "The First Saudi Engineering Forum - 2006 “Engineering Education in 2020 : Meeting Industry Needs”   Dhahran, Saudi Arabia      

Membership

·         Member SCE Saudi Council for Engineers

·         Member of the Saudi Scientific Society for Electrical Engineers (SSEEE)

·         Registered as center affiliates for “Center for Communications & Computer Research , Research Institute (RI), KFUPM)

·         Previous Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.  (IEEE),  http://www.ieee.org

·         Previous member of IEEE Communication Society Member

·         MPRG: The Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG), Member. (at Virginia Tech)

·         TDL: Time Domain and RF Measurement Laboratory. (at Virginia Tech)

·         Member of Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics, and Telecommunications Engineering  (ICST),  http://www.icst.org/

·         Registered as member of the Ultra Wideband Working Group  (UWB) (currently not active)

·         Active in attending seminars by the Optical Device Simulation Group (informal research group )in the EE Department.

 

Projects Review:

Review of Fast Track Proposal/ Departmental review

Review two final technical reports  ( 1 Junior Faculty, 1 Fast Track)

Review one proposal for fast track, one technical proposal for university fund, one course evaluation

Project Proposal


Additional Reviews

Committee Work

1.1  Departmental Committees

·         Lab Development and Supervision Committee (032, 04, 05)

·         Continuing Education and Short Courses Committee (04, 05, Coordinator)

·         Applied Engineering Committee (06)

·         Student Advising Committee (061)

·         Planning Committee (07)

·         ABET and Assessment Committee (07): help in preparing Criterion #1  for ABET

·         Seminars & Short sources Coordinator (081-82) Two committees combined

Also helped the faculty search committee by evaluating many of the applications, and participated in EE workshop for Webpage update and fully updated my website with rich content to improve accessibility for better University Rating and web presences

1.2  College Committees

·         Continuing Education and Short Courses Committee (04, 05, College)

1.3  University Committees

Subcommittee to prepare the curriculum for the Electrical Engineering Program in a newly established University (Hail University)  (Formed by : KFUPM Vice rector)

1.4  Ad-Hoc Committees

 

·         Cooperation with Saudi Telecom (032)

·         Scholarship Students’ Committee (043, Departmental, not active)

·         Judging Committee for Ebtikar Contest (05, Department)

·         Cooperation with WASEDA University (Japan) (05)

·         Two PhD Entrance exam Committees (05)

·         Two PhD Comprehensive Exam Committee (06)

·         Load Distribution Committee (Department) (07)

·         Participated in the CCCR /RI (KFUPM)  improvements efforts

·     Analyzing bids for LAB Equipments  (082)

1.5  Other Committees and Councils (On and Off Campus)

o    Member of the ISA: Islamic Student Assembly at Virginia Tech

o    Member of the ICB: Islamic Center of Blacksburg