AJSE EDITORIAL BOARD

Dr. Sahel Abduljauwad is a Professor in the Civil Engineering Department, Vice-Rector for Applied Research, Acting Vice-Rector for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, and Director of the Office of Planning and Quality. He served as Chairman of the Civil Engineering Department (1990-1996), Director of Academic Development Center (1999-2002), and Dean of Academic Development (2002-2007). Dr. Abduljauwad received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 1985. His research interests include geotechnical engineering, soil-structure interaction and environmental geotechnique. He is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has published over 100 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Abduljauwad supervised the preparation of the first strategic plan of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (2006-2011), and contributed to the development of faculty skills in training, teaching, and evaluation of academic curricula. He is the manager of AAFAQ project for the development of a strategic plan of university education in Saudi Arabia. For more details please: click here

Dr. Bassam M. El Ali received his Ph.D. in Petroleum Sciences and Catalysis from the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP) - University Pierre and Marie Curie in France in 1989. He has worked as a research associate and then as an Assistant Professor at the Chemistry Department at Ottawa University - Canada in 1989-1996. He has served also as a visiting scientist in British Petroleum Company - UK in 1991-1992. He has been at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) since 1996. He became a full Professor in 2004. He is the author/co-author of 80 research articles in refereed journals and of conference papers, two patents and one book published by McGraw-Hill. He received the following awards from KFUPM: Distinguished Research Award in 2003, the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2004, and the Distinguished Short Course Award in 2005. For more details please: click here

Dr. Mohammad Saad Al-Homoud is the Dean of Scientific Research, the Director of the Office of International Cooperation, and an Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering (ARE) at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM). He received his B.S. degree in May 1986 from KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and M.S. degree in December 1989 from Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA and his Ph.D. degree in May 1994 from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. He was the Acting Dean of Graduate Studies from 2007-2008, the Director of the Program Assessment Center at the University since its establishment in 2003 until 2006, the Director of the Office of Energy Management from 2000-2003, and the Coordinator of the ARE Co-op Program from 1998-2003. He taught many undergraduate and graduate courses at KFUPM from 1994-now. Dr. Al-Homoud is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM)  from the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), USA. He has managed and participated in a number of funded research projects. He published over 40 articles in refereed international journals and conferences in his field of specialization. He supervised many master theses, senior projects and co-op students. He has organized and participated in many national and international symposia and conferences and delivered several invited keynote speeches and workshops. He is active in conducting professional training short courses and consulting projects in his field of specialization to government and private organizations. Dr. Al-Homoud is the recipient of the KFUPM Distinguished Researcher Award in 2005, the Distinguished Training Short Courses Award in 2001, and the Distinguished Teacher Award in 1999. Dr. Al-Homoud is a member of many international professional organizations such as ASHRAE and AEE. He is listed in several editions of Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in Engineering and others. In additions to his active contributions in his area of specialization, Dr. Al-Homoud has been extensively involved in quality assurance in higher education through academic assessment and accreditation and curricula review and development as well as strategic planning in higher education. He also participated in a number of projects on developing strategic plans at the University as well as the national levels. He was the chairman and member of many committees inside and outside the University. His areas of research and consulting interests include energy conservation & management in buildings, HVAC and building mechanical systems, facilities management, quality assurance in higher education, and strategic planning. For more details please: click here

Dr. Shaikh Asrof Ali received his Ph.D. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from State University of New York at Buffalo in 1980. After his post-doctoral training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979-81), he joined KFUPM in 1981 and became a full professor in 1995. He has published 130 research articles so far in refereed journals. His current research interests are in the area of organic synthesis, polymer synthesis and corrosion inhibition of metals. Recipient of KFUPM Distinguished Researcher Awards in 1994 and 1999, special Distinguished Research Award, College of Science in 2003, and the Distinguished Teaching & Advising Award in 2001. For more details please: click here

Dr. Mohammed Ashraf Gondal received his Ph.D. in Laser Physics from Kaiser Wilhelm University Bonn, Germany in 1983. He has worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the Post Graduate Center for Lasers and Electro-optics, Tripoli (1983-1991), before joining KFUPM in November 1991. Dr. Gondal’s research interests are in the areas of atomic and molecular spectroscopy using lasers, laser remote sensing, pollution monitoring using lasers, development of laser based high sensitive analytical techniques (LIDAR, PAS, LIBS,LEI), synthesis of nano-structured metal oxides using laser and their applications in laser-photo-catalysis for water purification, corrosion inhibition, production of high value hydrocarbons & hydrogen generation for fuel cells development, and laser desulfurization of crude oil. He became a full professor in 2001. He is the author/co-author of 85 research articles in refereed journals and three patents that have been published by USPTO. He received the Distinguished Researcher Award from KFUPM in 2005, and several best paper awards at various international conferences. He is a Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Spectroscopy and the Pakistan Journal of Analytical Chemistry and Environment. He served also as an associate member of the International Center of Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1989-1995). For more details please: click here

Dr. Gabor Korvin is a Professor of Geophysics in the Earth Sciences Department. Dr. Korvin took his M.Sc. Degree in Applied Mathematics in 1965 and his Ph. D. in Geophysics in 1982, both in Hungary. In 1998 he got a Graduate Diploma in Islamic Studies from the University of New England (Australia) and is just finishing his PhD in Islamic History. Between 1965 and 1985 he worked in the Hungarian Geophysical Institute, as Head of the Seismic Theory Department. In 1986 he immigrated to Australia, and became Senior Lecturer (Geophysics) at the University of Adelaide. In 1994, he joined KFUPM as an Associate Professor (Geophysics). Dr. Korvin’s main interest lies in applied mathematics, statistical rock physics and signal processing. He has more than fifty publications on these topics, including the monograph Fractal Models in the Earth Sciences (1992, Elsevier, Amsterdam). For details please: click here

Dr. Mohammed Baluch is a Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering at KFUPM. His area of research expertise includes finite element modeling of transport phenomena in concrete type materials, damage mechanics based constitutive modeling for concrete and use of fiber reinforced plastics for the repair and strengthening of concrete structures. He also has wide consulting experience in forensic engineering related to distress and failure in buildings, bridges, tanks and reservoirs, water canals and pipelines. Dr. Baluch serves as a member of Technical Committees for International Conferences and reviews papers for the American Society of Civil Engineers Composites Journal, American Concrete Institute Journals and the Cement & Concrete Composites Journal. He is also a founding member of the Saudi Chapter of the American Concrete Institute in the Eastern Province and has served on the Board of the Saudi Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. For details please: click here

Dr. Mohamed Ben-Daya is a Professor in the Department of Systems Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD in Operations Research from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.  His research interests are in the areas of production planning and scheduling, maintenance, quality control, and supply chain management.  He teaches courses in the areas of facilities planning, Production and inventory control, scheduling, Quality control, Maintenance and reliability engineering and supply chain management. Dr. Ben-Daya is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Logistics.  He has published over sixty papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings.  He has co-edited a book on Flexible Manufacturing Systems, published by Elsevier, two books on Maintenance Modeling and Optimization and Integrated Models in Production Planning published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, and a Handbook on Maintenance Management & Engineering to be published by Springer. He has keen interest in the quality in the higher education through involvement in teaching for learning, program assessment, strategic planning in higher education and other activities. For more details please: click here

Dr. Hassan Ragheb was born in Port-Said, Egypt, in 1953. He received the B. Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt, in 1977 and the M. Sc. and Ph. D. degrees in Elctrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, in 1984 and 1987, respectively. From 1987 to 1989, he was a research assistant in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Manitoba. In 1989, he joined the Depatment of of Electrical Engineering at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, where he is now a Professor of Electrical Engineering. His research interests include electromagnetic scattering by mulitple and coated objects, microstrip antennas, phased arrays,  slot and open ended waveguide antennas. For more details please: click here

Dr. Ibnelwaleed Ali Hussein is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at KFUPM.  Dr. Hussein obtained his PhD from the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at University of Alberta, Canada in 1999. His PhD Thesis won the Canadian Society of Rheology Graduate Student Award for the year 1999. He joined KFUPM in January 2000. His specialization is in the areas of Polymers, Rheology, Thermal Analysis with specific interest in structure-property relationships with focus on nanocomposites and applied rheology.  His work experience includes four years in the oil industry in Sudan. Dr. Hussein received many Awards, Scholarships, Prizes and Nominations at University of Khartoum, Sudan and at University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Hussein is actively involved in research in the area of polymers with more than 70 refereed journal and conference publications and a book chapter on Polymeric Membranes. In 2005, Dr. Hussein received the “KFUPM Distinguished Research Award”. During his seven years at KFUPM, the Chemical Engineering Department awarded Dr. Hussein the “Faculty Service Award” for three years. His work with the CHE Club was acknowledged by Awards from the Deanship of Student Affairs. He is also a member of the Executive Board of the Polymer Processing Society and member of the Editorial board of the Open Petroleum Engineering Journal. For more details please: click here

Dr. Khaled Salah is an associate professor of Computer Science. He received the B.S. degree in Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from Iowa State University, USA, in 1990, the M.S. degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, in 1994, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the same institution in 2000. He has over 10 years of industrial experience in embedded systems and software and firmware development of network protocol stacks and device drivers for ATM and Ethernet. He joined King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in September 2000. Dr. Salah is currently with the department of Information and Computer Science, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in the areas of computer and network security, operating systems, VoIP, computer networks, and performance evaluation. Dr. Salah is an Editorial Board member of several prestigious international journals including AJSE, IET Communications, Elsevier JNCA, Wiley IJNM, Wiley SCN, and J.UCS. Dr. Salah was the recipient of KFUPM University Excellence in Research Award of 2008/09, and also the recipient of the departmental awards for Distinguished Research and Teaching in prior years. His research interests are in computer and network security, network design, Linux Internals, Voice and Video deployment over IP networks, and performance analysis and design of computer systems and networks.  More details can be found at click here

Dr. Bekir Sami Yilbas received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Birmingham University in 1982. He worked at Birmingham and Glasgow Universities before joining to Erciyes University in Turkey where he became a full Professor in 1990. He joined at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) in 1992. He is the author/co-author of 390 research articles in refereed international journals and 60 papers of conferences, one appending patent, and one edited book. He received many awards including; President of India’s Prize for 1988, given by the Institution of Engineers (India), Technology Award for 1990, given by the Science and Technology Foundation in Turkey. Three times the best research award for 1997, 2002, and 2007, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Silver Jubilee Medal awarded by Silesian University of Technology, Poland in 2005, Doctor of Engineering Degree by Birmingham University in 2005, Donald Julius Groen Prize for 2007, awarded by Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE, UK), Distinguished University Professor award at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 2008 – 2011, and Professor W. Johnson International Gold Medal, awarded by the Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT, UK) Steering Committee in 2008. He served as an editorial board member of International Journal of Machine Tool and Manufacture Design, Research and Application, International Journal of Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, and currently editorial board member of Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, International Journal of Nanomanufacturing, Archives of Materials Science and Engineering, and Scientific Journals International. For more details: click here  

Dr. Hasan Y. Al-Yousef is an Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. He received his BS degree from KFUPM in 1977. He also received his MS and PhD degrees from Stanford University in Petroleum Engineering in 1981 and 1985, respectively. He is the author/co-author of several research articles in refereed journals and conference papers. His research interests are in the areas of improved oil recover and special core analysis. He participated in several client funded projects in the areas of improved oil recovery, wettability, relative permeability and capillary evaluation, and special core analysis as a project manager or a task leader. He received the College of Engineering Science distinguished teacher award from KFUPM in 1997 and the distinguished research project leadership award, RI-KFUPM in 2004. For more details please: click here