Major Achievements and Awards 

            1.         Received First Honor Awards in all the semesters in the BS program.

            2.         Obtained the highest GPA (3.93/4.00) among the Undergraduate Civil and Applied Civil Engineering students. 

            3.         First Ph.D. graduate from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals with a specialization in Geotechnical and Construction Materials Engineering.  

            4.         First Ph.D. to graduate from the Department of Civil Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals with a GPA of 4.0/4.0. 

            5.         Chosen as a founding member of the American Concrete Institute‑Saudi Arabian Chapter (ACI-SAC), Riyadh.  Currently, serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the ACI-SAC.  Furthermore, I was a founding member (with Dr. Marwan Daye and thereafter with Dr. Maher Bader) of the Eastern Province Branch of ACI-SAC, which is presently known as ACI-SAC (EP) and based at Dhahran (KFUPM).

            6.         Performance was evaluated as “Distinguished” for all the ten years of service at KFUPM (1992-2002).

            7.         Selected, based on a review paper, as a Keynote Speaker and Chairman of a Technical Session in the International Congress on: Concrete in the Service of Mankind, Dundee, Scotland, June 24-28, 1996. 

            8.         Selected, based on election, as a member of the Executive Committee of the Concrete Sciences Section, The Saudi Umran Society.

            9.         Received the Distinction Award for Excellence in Research* for the academic year 1996-97, KFUPM.

            10.       Nominated for the Best Teacher Award in the College of Engineering for the two consecutive academic years 1997-99.

            11.       Chosen as a member of the Technical Committee No. 2: Structural Regulations, General Committee for Preparation of National Building Code, Saudi Arabian Standards Organization, June 1998.

            12.       Member of the Editorial Team for the Theme Issue on: Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Protection, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 2C, December 1998.

            13.       Member of the project selected for the Distinction Award for Excellence in Applied Research in the Research Institute for the project Rock Mechanics Study of the Ghawar Khuff Reservoirs for the academic year 1998-99.

            14.       Received the FIRST Distinction Award for Excellence in Short Courses for the Course “Stabilization of Indigenous Soils and Assessment of Pavements” for the academic year 1998-99.

            15.       Selected for inclusion in the Who’s Who in the World, 16th edition, 1999.

            16.       Nominated for inclusion in the Outstanding People of the 20^th Century, International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, 1999.

            17.       Received the Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching and Academic Advising in the College of Applied Engineering for the academic year 1999-2000.

            18.       Received the Award for the Best Paper in the Sixth International Conference on Deterioration and Repair of Reinforced Concrete in the Arabian Gulf, held in Bahrain, November 20-22, 2000 and received the award of $10,000 in participation with another author.

            19.       Member of the project selected for the Distinction Award for Excellence in Applied Research in the Research Institute for the project Concrete Durability Research Study for the academic year 2000-01.

            20.       Selected (by election) as a Board Member of the Saudi Society of Civil Engineering, April 2002.

            21.       Chairman of a Technical Session in the Symposium on Urban Development in Arid Regions and Associated Problems, Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Riyadh, November 2002.

            22.       Received the Second Award in the Symposium on Urban Development in Arid Regions and Associated Problems, Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Riyadh, November 2002 and received the award of SR 35,000 in participation with another author.

            23.       Presented a Keynote Speech and Chairman of a Technical Session in the ACI-Kuwait Chapter 1^st International Conference & 4^th Exhibition, Kuwait, September 29-October 1, 2003.

            24.       Chairman of a Technical Session in the 7^th International Conference on: Concrete in Hot and Aggressive Environments, Manama, Bahrain, October 2003.

            25.       A member of the Scientific & Technical Committee of the 6^th International Congress on Global Construction: Ultimate Concrete Opportunities, Dundee, Scotland, UK, July 5 to 7, 2005.

            26.       Member of the Editorial Team for the Theme Issue on Advances in Concrete Technology and Repair, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, to be published in June 2006.

            27.       Promoted to the Rank of Professor with Distinction Award in Research, Teaching and Community Services, December 2003 (Shawwal 1424H).

            28.       Selected to be in the Editorial Board, Journal of Building Technology (It is an Arabic refereed journal), Ministry of Municipality, Rural Affairs and Housing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 2004.

            29.       Chairman of a Technical Session in the Symposium on Thermal Insulation and the Importance of Its Application in the GCC Countries, Saudi Council of Engineers, Riyadh, April 2004.

            30.       Member of the project selected for the Distinction Award for Excellence in Applied Research in the Research Institute for the project Corrosion Research Study for the academic year 2003-04.

            31.       Selected to be Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Building Technology, Ministry of Municipality, Rural Affairs and Housing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 2005.

            32.       Presented a Keynote Speech at the Symposium of the Corrosion and Protection of Metals, Arab School for Science and Technology, Kuwait, December 3-7, 2005.

            33.       Received An Honorary Award in the 7^th CANMET/ACI International Conference on Durability of Concrete, Montreal Canada, May 31^st, 2006. This award is given to eminent individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the subject area of the conference.

            34.       Presented a Keynote Speech at the 8^th International Conference on Concrete in Hot and Aggressive Environments, Bahrain Society of Engineers, Bahrain, November 27-29, 2006.

            35.       Received the Award for the Best Paper (with Dr. Mohammed Maslehuddin) at the 8^th International Conference on: Concrete in Hot and Aggressive Environments, for the paper "Influence of Temperature and Chloride Contamination on Corrosion of FBEC Steel Bars in Plain and Blended Cement Concretes" November 27 to 29, 2006, Manama, Bahrain and received the award of $10,000 in participation with another author.

            36.       Will presented a Keynote Speech at the NACE Corrosion/2007: TEG 053X "Symposium on Corrosion Health Assessment, Monitoring and Protection of Reinforced Concrete Infrastructures," Annual NACE Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, March 11-15, 2007.