Dr. HAMAD IBRAHIM AL‑ABDUL WAHHAB

Professor

Civil Engineering Department

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

KFUPM No. 1625

Dhahran 3l261

Saudi Arabia

 

Telephone        (Off.) (03) 860‑3828

                        (Res.) (03) 860‑6905

 

 

1.  GENERAL

 

      1.1  Personal Data

 

                        Date of Birth     :           28.10.1957

 

                        Place of Birth    :           Ashaiger, Saudi Arabia

 

                        Nationality        :           Saudi

 

                        Marital Status   :           Married ‑ 8 children

 

                        Languages        :           Arabic, English

 

 

      1.2  Academic Accomplishments

    

                        Ph.D. (Transportation)            Oregon State University

                                                                        USA, 1985

                                    Ph.D. Dissertation title: “Evaluation of Emulsified Asphalt for Use in Saudi Arabia”.

 

                        M.Sc. (Transportation)           University of Petroleum & Minerals

                                                                        Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1981

M.S. Thesis title: “The Effect of Baghouse Fines and Mineral Fillers on Asphalt Mix Properties in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia”.

 

                        B.Sc. (Civil Engineering)        University of Petroleum & Minerals

                                                                         Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1979

 

 

      1.3  Employment History

 

                        1974 ‑ 1979     Student (1st‑2nd Honor)

                                                King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

 

                        1977                Coop Program

                                                Project Management Dept.

                                                Aramco

 

                        1979 ‑ 1981                 Research Assistant

                                                Civil Engineering Dept.

                                                King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

 

                        1981 ‑ 1985    Civil Engineering Dept.

                                                Oregon State University

 

                        1985 ‑ 1990                 Assistant Professor

                                                Civil Engineering Dept.

                                                King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

 

                        1990 ‑ 1999     Associate Professor

                                                Civil Engineering Dept.

                                                King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

                                   

                        1998                Sabbatical Year

                                                Roads & Heavy Equipment Dept.

                                                Roads Division, Saudi Aramco

 

                        2000 ‑ 2006  Chairman of Civil Engineering Dept.

                                                King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

                                                Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

 

                        1999 ‑ present  Professor of Civil Engineering

                                                Civil Engineering Dept.

                                                King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

                                                Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

 

                       

 

 

      1.4  Special Recognition

 

·      Has been nominated for second position in the Best Teacher Award for 1992 and 1993 and best researcher award in 1997.

 

·      Consultant - Dammam Municipality (PMS & Pavement Materials and Design).

 

·      Consultant for a number of KACST projects.

 

·      Member of committee to determine Riyadh Street network needs for the year 2000.

 

·      The subject of the biographical record in Who’s Who in the World, fourteenth edition, 1997.

 

                        ·   Best Research Award – 1993 for project “King Fahd International Airport Portland Cement Concrete Pavements – Pavement Design and Evaluation”.

 

                        ·   Best Research Award for 1420H, Prince Muhammad Bin Fahad Research Award.

 

                        ·   Distinction Certificate for participation in the Best Short Course 1419H.       

 

 

      1.5  Memberships in Societies

 

                        -   Member of Transportation Research Board.

 

                        ‑   Member of International Transportation Engineers.

 

                        ‑   Member of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists.

 

                        ‑   Member of American Society for Testing and Materials.

 

 

      1.6  Interest

 

Highway and airport materials (including soils), analysis, design, Construction, specification, evaluation, maintenance, management, Quality control, Traffic Engineering, operations and facility planning.