Personal information:
Marital status: Single
§ Nationality: Saudi
§ Age: 24
§ Place of Birth: Abha City – Saudi Arabia (1979)
§ Lecturer in Petroleum Engineering Dept. at KFUPM.
Experience
q 1997-1998 PETE-CLUB KFUPM
Active member in Petroleum Engineering Club
q 1997-1998 ME-CLUB KFUPM
Active member and coordinator of Mechanical Engineering Club Activities
q 1998-1999 CHE- CLUB KFUPM
Chief of Club Committee in Chemical Engineering Club
q 1999-2001 CHE- CLUB KFUPM
Vice President & Chief of Public Relations Committee in Chemical Engineering Club
q 2001 PROCESS ENG. DEP. FOSTER WHEELER ITALIANA (FWI) ITALY-MILAN
Summer Training Program includes the following topics:
§ Steady state simulation of refinery processes.
§ Preparation of heat and material balances.
§ Concept of pinch technology.
§ Preparation of PFD, P&ID, and equipments process specification.
§ Main equipment sizing.
§ Conceptual cost estimating.
q 2002 (SUMMER) CONSULTANT SERVICE DEPARTMENT (CSD) SAUDI ARAMCO
Summer Job, in which I exposed to:
§ Cathodic Protection and Coating Unit.
§ Corrosion Technology in:
o Upstream and Downstream Corrosion
o Water Treatment.
o Chemical Cleaning.
§ Material Engineering
q 2002-now CONSULTING AND ADVISING CENTER (CAAC) KFUPM
Academic Advisor in the Prep Year at KFUPM.
q 2004 (SUMMER) RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTER (R&DC) SAUDI ARAMCO
Faculty Temporary Employment Program, in which I worked with:
§ Developing new model to Study Drilling Fluid Optimization using Drilling Data and Available Technology
§ Construction of a New Database for Drilling Fluid LAB.
§ Building a Mud Calculator for Drilling Fluid LAB.
§ I exposed to the activities handled by Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior Unit and Petrophysics Unit
§ Valuable time has been invested on a side work like “thermal expansion of drilling fluid and its effect on mud properties” and “fitting a correlation between chloride ion concentration and resistively as a function of temperature”
Education
§ 1991: Primary School certificate (grade: Excellent) , Abha, SA
§ 1994: Elementary School Certificate (Grade: Excellent), Abha, SA
§ 1997: Secondary School Certificate (Grade: Excellent) , Abha, SA
§ 1997 – 2001: Undergraduate student in Chemical Engineering Department at King Fahd
University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
§ January 2002: Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from KFUPM.
§ 2004: Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from KFUPM.
Additional Educational Activities
§ 1997-1998: Intensive English Language program, KFUPM
§ 1998 : Short course in Power Point program, KFUPM
§ 1998: “ Paper Recycling Industry In Australia” , Report
§ 1999: Short course in Car Maintenance, KFUPM
§ 2000: “Technology of Methanol Fuel Cell Vehicles and its Applications “, Report
§ 2000: Short course in Advance Excel Program, KFUPM
§ 2001: Sort course in Computer Hardware, KFUPM
§ 2001: Short course in Web Page Design , KFUPM
§ 2002: "New Technologies in Palladium Membrane Reactors and Their Applications"
(Advance Reaction Kinetics) - Paper.
§ 2002: "Shortcut Design Method for Hybrid Membrane – Distillation Processes For Separation of
Nonideal Multicomponent Mixtures"
(Rate Controlled Separations) - Paper.
§ 2002: "Numerical and Analytical Solution for a Bidiffusion Problem"
(Advance Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering) - Paper.
§ 2003: "Evaluation and Enhancement of Polymer Modified Asphalt"
(Advance Processing in Polymeric Material Industry) - Paper.
§ 2002: "Evaluation of Thermodynamic Properties in Natural Gas Wells and its effects on Retrograde
Condensation Phenomena" (Advance Thermodynamic in Chemical Engineering) - Paper.
§ 2002: "Numerical Solution of Navier Stocks Equation used in Weather Prediction Problems "
(Advance Transport Phenomena) - Paper.
Special Honors:
§ 1997- 2002 : Dean’s list of honors at KFUPM, Dhahran, SA
§ Overall GPA 3.89 out of 4.0
§ Degree of BS in CHE is conferred with First Honors by KFUPM.
§ Degree of MSc. in CHE is conferred with High Honor by KFUPM.
Memberships:
§ Engineering Committee.
§ Saudi Society for Technology Development & Transfer (SSTDT).
§ American Institute of Chemical Engineer (AIChE).
§ Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE).
§ Dhahran Geosciences Society (DGS).
Hobbies:
§ Reading, Volleyball, & Badminton.