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Biography
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Education |
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Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Dec. 2005,
Virginia Tech at Blacksburg, VA USA. Dissertation title:
“Multi-layered space frequency time codes”. Major: Communications.
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M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, May 2000,
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia. Thesis title: “Performance evaluation of I-Q 16QAM TCM
over frequency selective fading channels”. Major: Communications.
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B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Highest
Honors), May 1997, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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Position Held |
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· Graduate Assistant, Electrical Engineering Department, KFUPM, Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia, September 1997 - January 2005.
· Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, KFUPM, Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia, Jan. 2006 - Sept 2015.
· Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, KFUPM, Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia, since Sept 2015.
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Undergraduate Coordinator for EE Department at KFUPM, since 2011.
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Summer Chairman for the EE department at KFUPM during summer 2014.
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Assistant Director for Quality and Planning office at KFUPM, starting on
2014.
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Visiting Professorship |
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Internships |
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Trainee, Pipeline maintenance, Saudi ARAMCO,
Summer 1996.
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Wireless LAN installation, Smart road project
at VVTI in Blacksburg, VA in Summer 2002.
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Honors and Awards |
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Best Paper Award. "Evaluative
Study of Detect-Split-Forward Scheme over MIMO Relays". ICWMC 2014,
Seville, Spain, June 22 - 26, 2014.
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Dean first honor list throughout B.S.c program
in Electrical Engineering.
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High GPA Award, IEEE section, Saudi Arabia
(1997).
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High GPA Award, Advanced Electronic Company (AEC),
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1997).
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Prince Mohammed bin Fahd award for high
achievement in High School over the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia
(1992).
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Professional Membership |
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Workshops and Training |
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1) Using course design to create more
significant learning experience for students.
Workshop at KFUPM, Sept. 2006.
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2) Evaluating student learning. Workshop
at KFUPM, Sept. 2006.
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Effective leadership skills for
Interacting with students. Workshop at KFUPM, Sept.
2006.
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Good teaching and effective lecturing.
Workshop at KFUPM, Nov. 2007.
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Research management workshop at
SciTech, Khobar, Dec 2007.
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Developing National R & D Talents.
SciTech, Khobar, Dec 2007
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Advanced English Proficiency Course.
12 Week course at KFUPM, Fall 2007.
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Content development for web-based
courses using Authorware. Workshop at KFUPM, April
2007.
· 9)_Using door-opening concepts in our
teaching. Workshop at KFUPM, Sept. 2009.
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10) Problem based learning workshop at
KFUPM, March 2009.
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12) Leadership skills workshop at KFUPM,
April 2009.
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Teaching and Learning Skills for
Online Education, Workshop at KFUPM, May 2009.
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Emerging Leaders. Workshop at KFUPM,
June 2009.
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15) E-Learning workshop at British
Columbia University, Canada, July 2009.
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Four weeks online course “Online
Teaching” by Illinois University, Nov. 2009.
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Student Motivation: An effective
approach to enhancing student learning. Workshop at
KFUPM, March 2010.
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Blended Learning in Higher Education:
Promises and Pitfalls. Workshop at KFUPM, October
2010.
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Academic Leadership Workshop,
Melbourne, Australia, June 2012.
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Formal Cooperative Learning-Design,
Implementation and Assessment. Workshop at KFUPM,
Aug. 2012.
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Teaching Engineering using Community
Engagement. Workshop at KFUPM, Aug. 2013.
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Teaching Engineering Design. Workshop
at KFUPM, Aug. 2013.
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Sharing Experience on Using Technology
in Teaching to Enhance Student Education. Workshop
at KFUPM, Aug. 2013.
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Getting Started with Blackboard 9.1.
Workshop at KFUPM, Aug. 2013.
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Instructional Objectives. Workshop at
KFUPM, Feb. 2014.
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E-LTE Huawei workshop at KFUPM TRL labs, Sept 2014. |
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