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Academic Background
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- 1967-1971 B.Sc. in Engineering Sciences with Honors, College of Petroleum
& Minerals, Dhahran-Saudi Arabia.
- 1973-1975 M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford-U.S.A.
- 1975-1981 Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University,
Stanford-U.S.A.
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Academic Ranks
1971-1972 Graduate Assistant in the Mechanical Engineering department at College
of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM now)
1981-1991 Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department
1991-2001 Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department
2001-present Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department
Work Experience
- Jun, 1970 - August, 1970: Summer Trainee in the maintenance department, ARAMCO
- June, 1985 - August, 1985: Summer Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering department at KFUPM
- 1983-1998: Director of Aerodynamics laboratory in the Mechanical Engineering Department at KFUPM
- 1991-1998: Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering department at KFUPM
- 1998-present: Dean of the College of Engineering Sciences and Acting Dean of the College of Applied Engineering at KFUPM
- June, 1999 - Sep, 1999: Director of the Summer Program for the University
- June, 2000 - Sep, 2000: Director of the Summer Program for the University
- 2001 - Present: Vice Rector for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research
- 2004 - Present: Acting Vice Rector for Applied Research
- 2001 - present : Chairman of The Scientific Council
Areas of Research
► Experimental and theoretical analysis of aerodynamic and hydrodynamic flows
over bluff bodies; including wind tunnel testing, velocity measuring techniques
using hot-wire anemometers, pressure measuring techniques using electronic
transducers, and flow visualization techniques like smoke wire technique and
surface flow visualization technique.
► Experimental and numerical thermofluids; including experimental and numerical
analysis of fouling in heat exchangers; energy optimization of thermal systems;
entropy analysis and heat transfer in thermofluid systems; software codes
involved PHOENIX, EXCEL, and others.
Professional Societies
Member, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME, USA
Member,
Saudi Council Of Engineers, Saudi Arabia
Member, Saudi Society of
Mechanical Engineers, Saudi Arabia
Member, New York Academy for Science( until two years back)
Honors & Awards
► Scholarship from KFUPM during Graduate Studies in the USA
► Life
time Member in Stanford Alumni Association
► Member of the New York Academy of Science
► Recipient of the British Council Grant for the Summer of 1994 at the
University of Wales
► Recipient of the Royal Medal of Merit from the First Degree
► Selected as the Best Academic Advisor in the Mechanical Engineering Department
and College of Engineering Sciences in 1989-1990
► Best advisor Award
nominee at KFUPM in 1989-1990
► Best Teaching Award nominee in the Mechanical Engineering Department for the years (1989-1990), (1990-1991) |
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