EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
4 May 2003 –
to-date
Rector, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals,
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
A. Academic Positions
September
1999-May 2000:
Adjunct Professor, College of Engineering, King Saud University,
Riyadh
June 1998-August
1998:
Professor of Systems Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran
May 1994-May
1998:
Associate Professor of Systems Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran
May 1990-April
1994:
Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran
January
1987-April 1990:
Lecturer, Systems Engineering Department, KFUPM, Dhahran
January
1985-January 1987:
Graduate Assistant, Systems Engineering Department, KFUPM.
August 1990-June
1991:
Visiting Research Scientist, Department of Industrial and
Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, U.S.A.
August
1989-December 1989:
Temporary Research Associate, Department of Industrial and
Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, U.S.A.
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B. Administrative
Duties
September
1998-May 2003
Deputy Minister for Educational Affairs, Ministry of Higher
Education, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
September 1996 -
August 1998:
Dean, College of Computer Sciences & Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran
July 1993 -
August 1996:
Chairman, Systems Engineering Department, KFUPM, Dhahran
June – August,
1998:
Director, Summer Program, KFUPM
July – September,
1995:
Summer Coordinator, College of Computer Sciences & Engineering,
KFUPM.
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C. Part-Time
Consulting Duties
October
1997-Present:
Part-time Consultant to H.E. the Minister of Communications.
October
1995-Present:
Part-Time Consultant, Research and Development Complex, Saudi
Basic Industries Company (SABIC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Honors, Awards
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Graduated with
HIGHEST HONORS with GPA of 3.91/4.00 in the B.S. degree and
ranked FIRST in graduating class of 405 students.
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Graduated with
GPA of 4.00/4.00 in the M.S. degree and ranked FIRST in a
graduating class of 57 students.
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Finished Ph.D.
within a record time; and ranked FIRST in the graduating
class of the year of graduation, and Ph.D. dissertation was
nominated for the best dissertation award at the University
of Michigan, 1991.
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Received Award
of Distinction in the Saudi Arabian 10th Annual National
Computer Conference, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, February,
1988.
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Received Award
of the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the U.S. for best
Ph.D.'s (1990).
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Nominated by the
Industrial and operations Engineering Department, University
of Michigan for the Gilbert Memorial Fellowship for the
1990-91 year.
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Received a
fellowship award from the Industrial and Operations
Engineering Department, University of Michigan for winter
term 1990.
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Nominated for
the "Distinguished Teacher Award" for the College of
Computer Sciences and Engineering, 1993-1994.
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Received the
"Distinguished Researcher Award" in King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals, 1996-97.
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Promoted to
Associate and full Professor ranks with distinguished
ratings and in record time.
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Received “Middle
East CEO of the Year 2005” award presented by Datamatix
Group of Dubai, U.A.E. (March 2005).
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