Academic Curriculum Vitae

 

Personnel Details

Name: Abdelkrim Mekki

Nationality: Algerian

Marital status: Married, 3 children

Address: Department of Physics

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

Phone: + 966-3-8604292

Fax: + 966-3-8602293

E-mail: akmekki@kfupm.edu.sa

 

 

Education

Degree: Ph.D, Physics, 1997

Thesis title: ‘‘X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and magnetization studies of transition metal silicate glasses’’

Advisors: Dr. D. Holland and Dr. C.F. McConvillle

Place: Department of Physics, Center for Advanced Materials, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL, UK.

 

Degree: Master of Science, Physics, 1986

Thesis title: ‘Measurements of the Spin Lattice Relaxation Time in Polymers’’

Advisor: Professor P. Casabella

Place: Department of Physics, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, N.Y., USA.

 

Degree: Bachelor of Science, Solid State Physics, 1984

Place: University of Algiers, Algeria.

 

Career History

Position: Assistant Professor

Date: September 1998 – Present

Place: Department of Physics, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Position: Lecturer

Date: September 1990 – August 1998

Place: Department of Physics, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Position: Research/Teaching Assistant

Date: January 1987 - June 1990.

Place: Department of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., USA.

Position: Teaching Assistant

Date: September 1985 - August 1986.

Place: Department of Physics, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York, USA.

Committees

1. Undergraduate Laboratory Review Committee, Department of Physics, KFUPM

Position: member

Date: September 97 – June 98 and September 98 – June 99

  • Function: I am serving as a member of this committee with four other faculty members of the department studying different matter related to the review and improvement of the undergraduate laboratory experiments and write-ups. We also discuss ways of introducing practical demonstration in lectures at the freshman level as well computer simulations.
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    2. Undergraduate Program Review Committee, Department of Physics, KFUPM

    Position: member

    Date September 97- June 98

  • Function: I served as a member of a group of four faculty members working on the review of the Physics 131 and Physics 132 course content. This course is offered by the Physics of Department to students majoring in non-science and non-enginnering subjects.
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    3. Extra-Curricular Activities Committee, Department of Physics, KFUPM

    Position: member

    Date: September 93- June 94.

  • Function: I served as a member in this committee organizing social activities of the Department of Physics. Among these activities; invitation of high school students to visit the department, organizing parties for departing faculty members and welcoming new faculty members and organizing the "Open Physics Day".
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    4. Computer Utilization Committee, Department of Physics, KFUPM

    Position: member

    Date: September 1998 - Present.

  • Function: The main task of this committee is to look for the needs of the department in terms of computer hardware and software.

    • 5. Committee on Teaching, Department of Physics, KFUPM

    Position: member

    Date: September 1998 - Present.

  • Function: The main goals of this committee is to look for ways to improve the teaching of physics in general, the use of computers in courses, the use of audiovisuals and presentation packages in the learning process, etc.
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    Programming Languages and Software

    Awards

    Research

    A: research Interest

  • My research interest is mainly in experimental material science. The following areas of research are of interest to me:
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    B: Personal Research

  • I am presently involved in the use of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) technique in the structural study of inorganic oxide glasses doped with transition metal oxides. We are also studying the bulk magnetic properties of these materials. Other techniques are also used in the characterization of these materials such as Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS) and magnetic neutron diffraction and Proton-induced X-ray emission (PIXE).
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    Teaching experience

    1. Place: King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, September 1990 - Present.

  • Taught during: Fall 97
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  • Taught during: Spring 97, Fall 98, Spring 98, Fall 99
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  • Taught during: Fall 92, Spring 92, Fall 93, Spring 93, Fall 94, Spring 94, Fall 95, Spring 95, Fall 96, Spring 96, Spring 97
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  • Taught during: Fall 1993, and Fall 1998.
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  • Taught during: Spring 1993 and Spring 99.
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  • Taught during: Fall 99.
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    2. Place: Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, January 1987 - August 1990;

  • General Physics I, II and III laboratory sessions.
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    3. Place: Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, USA, September 1985 - August 1986;

  • Problem solving sessions General Physics I (Mechanics).
  • Grading homeworks of Quantum Mechanics course at the graduate level.
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    Thesis Committee

    Degree: Master of Science,

    Place: Department of Physics, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    Function: Member of thesis committee

    Thesis title: "Free Energy Surface of GdxY 1-xBa 2Cu 3O 7-d High Temperature Superconductors".

    Referred Journal Publications

    1. A. Al-Mulhem, A. Mekki and I. Nasser, "Resonant Elastic and Electron Capture by Al-like P2+ and S3+ Ions at Low Energies", Arabian Journal of Science & Engineering 17-2A (1992) 167.

    2. A. Mekki, A. Al-Mulhem and I. Nasser, "Resonance Excitation Cross Section of Al-like P2+ and S3+ Ions at Low Energies", Arabian Journal of Science & Engineering 18-3 (1993) 383.

    3. A. Mekki and I. Nasser, "Resonant Electron Capture Cross-Section for PIII", Arabian Journal of Science & Engineering 19-4A (1994) 707.

    4. A. Mekki, D. Holland, C.F. McConville and M. Salim, "An XPS Study of Iron Sodium Silicate Glass Surfaces", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 208 (1996) 267.

    5. A. Mekki, D. Holland and C.F. McConville, "Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Copper Sodium Silicate Glasses"', Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 215 (1997) 271.

    6. A. Mekki, D. Holland, Kh. A. Ziq and C.F. McConville, "XPS and Magnetization Studies of Cobalt Sodium Silicate Glasses", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 220 (1997) 267.

    7. A. Mekki, D. Holland, Kh. A. Ziq and C.F. McConville, "Magnetization and XPS Studies of the Redox State of Copper in Sodium Silicate Glasses", Physics and Chemistry of Glasses 39 (1998) 45.

    8. A. Mekki and Kh. A. Ziq, "Magnetic Properties of a SiO2-Na2O-Fe2O3 Glass and Glass Ceramic", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 189 (1998) 207.

    9. D. Holland, I.A. Gee, A. Mekki, M.D. Bowdry and C.F. McConville, "Photoelectron spectroscopy of glass fracture surfaces -relevance to bulk structure" Topical Issues in Glass, Vol.II (1998) 9.

    10. I.A. Gee, A. Mekki, M.D. Bowdry, C.F. McConville and D. Holland, "Photoelectron spectroscopy of iron sodium silicate glass", Topical Issues in Glass, Vol.II (1998) 39.

    11. J.A. Johnson, C.E. Johnson, D. Holland, A. Mekki, P. Appleyard and M.F. Thomas, "Transition metal ions in ternary sodium silicate glasses: a Mossbauer and neutron study'', Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 246 (1999) 104.

    12. A. Mekki and M. Salim, "XPS study of transition metal doped silicate glasses'', J. Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 101 (1999) 227-232.

    13. D. Holland, A. Mekki, I.A.Gee, C.F. McConville, J.A. Johnson, C.E. Johnson, P. Appleyard and M. Thomas, "The structure of sodium iron silicate glass-a multi technique approach", J. Non-Crystalline Solids 253 (1999) 192.

    14. A. Mekki, D. Holland kh.A. Ziq and C.F. McConville, "Structural and magnetic properties of iron sodium germanate glasses ", J. Non-Crystalline Solids (submitted).

    15. I.A.Gee, D. Holland, C.F. McConville, A. Mekki, R. Hussin and R. Dupree, "The structure of sodium germanate glass surfaces", J. Non-Crystalline Solids (submitted).

    16. J. Bent, D. Holland and A. Mekki, " Neutron study of copper sodium silicate glasses", J. Non-Crystalline Solids (under preparation).

    Conferences

    1. D. Holland, A. Mekki, I.A. Gee, C.F. McConville, J.A. Johnson, C.E. Johson, M. Thomas and P. Applyeard, "The structure of iron sodium silicate glasses- a multi-technique approach", published in the proceedings of the 18th International Congress on Glass, 5-10 July, 1998, San-Francisco, California, USA.

    2. A. Mekki and Kh. A. Ziq, "Magnetization study of an amorphous Ge-Na-Fe material", Published in the Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT22), August 4-12, 1999, Helsinki, Finland.

    3. Kh. A. Ziq and A. Mekki, "Comparative study of the magnetic properties of Fe-ions in silicate and germanate glasses", Published in the Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT22), August 4-12, 1999, Helsinki, Finland.

    Cited papers

    1. "Magnetization and XPS Studies of the Redox State of Copper in Sodium Silicate Glasses", Physics and Chemistry of Glasses 39 (1998) 45-50.

    2. "An XPS Study of Iron Sodium Silicate Glass Surfaces", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 208 (1996) 267-276.

    3. "XPS and Magnetization studies of cobalt sodium silicate glasses", J. Non-Crystalline Solids 220 (1997) 267-270

     

    Seminars and Informal talks

    1. Master thesis dissertation

    Title: Spin lattice relaxation time in polymers

    Date: August 1986

    Place: Department of Physics, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., USA.

    2. Informal talk at the Surface Science Group Meeting

    Title: Surface structural studies of iron doped glasses

    Date: January 1995

    Place: Department of Physics, KFUPM.

    3. Ph.D. Thesis dissertation

    Title: XPS and magnetization studies of transition metal based silicate glasses

    Date: July 21, 1997

    Place: Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K.

     

    4. Informal talk at the Surface Science Group Meeting

    Title: XPS study of high Tc superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-x at Room temperature and 130 K

    Date: March 1998

    Place: Department of Physics, KFUPM

     

    5. Informal talk at the surface Science Group Meeting

    Title: Electron-donor, electron-acceptor interaction in bimetallic surfaces; theory and XPS study

    Date: December 3, 1998

    Place: Department of Physics, KFUPM.

     

    6. Departmental seminar

    Title: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Glasses

    Date: February 28, 1999

    Place: Department of Physics, KFUPM

     

    Short Courses

    Title: ''Surface Analysis Techniques and Industrial Problems in Catalysis and Corrosion''

    Date: November 15-19, 1997

    Place: Department of Physics, KFUPM

     

    Research Projects

    1.Title: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Studies of Catalysts

    A. Mekki, N. Tabet and M. Salim, (to be submitted to KFUPM for funding).

    2.Title: Magnetic Properties of Rare Earth Glasses

    A. Mekki and Kh. A. Ziq, (to be submitted to KFUPM for funding).

     

    References

    1. Dr. D. Holland

    Department of Physics, University of Warwick

    Coventry, CV4 7AL, U.K

    E-mail:D.Holland@warwick.ac.uk

    2. Dr. C.F. McConville

    Department of Physics, University of Warwick,

    Coventry, CV4 7AL, U.K

    E-mail:C.F.McConville@warwick.ac.uk

    3. Professor R. Fox

    School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, Ga.30332, USA.

    4. Dr. M. Garwan

    Director, Center for Applied and Physical Sciences

    King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

    Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

    E-mail:mgarwan@kfupm.edu.sa