Academic Activities

a)      Teaching of undergraduate courses:

b)      Supervised M. Sc. Thesis:

1)       Moh. Hariri “Control Law for Auto-Guided Vehicles Tracking a Predetermined Trajectory," M.Sc. Thesis, Dept. of Production Engineering & Mechanical Systems Design, Faculty of Engineering, King AbdulAziz University, June, 1997.

2)       Turki Al-Hamdan “Generation of Optimal Trajectories for Terrain-Following Vehicles,” M.Sc. Thesis, Dept. of Production Engineering & Mechanical Systems Design, Faculty of Engineering, King AbdulAziz University, March, 1999.

3)       Faiz Al-Thebaiti  “Full Envelope Missile Autopilot Design,” M.Sc. Thesis, Aeronautical Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, King AbdulAziz University, June, 2005.

c)       Supervised B. Sc. Projects:   

1)             Optimal Performance of Aircraft Spare Parts Inventory

2)             Significant Failure Combinations Method for Risk Analysis of Aeronautical Systems

3)             Safety Analysis of Aeronautical Systems Using Fault Tree Technique

4)             Software Package for Aircraft Maintenance Management

5)             Risk Assessment of Aged Airplanes

6)             Multiple Fault Diagnostics of Gas Turbine Engines

7)             Preliminary Design of Aircraft Landing Gear

8)             Numerical Solution of Unsteady Incompressible Two Dimensional Navier-Stokes Equations

9)             Flow Around Axisymmetric Bodies : Direct and Inverse Problems

10)         Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Flow Field Around an Oscillating Airfoil

11)         An Investigation of the Flow Field of an Airfoil with Spoiler

12)         The Aerodynamic Interference Between Tanker and Receiver Aircraft During Air-to-Air Refueling.

13)         Inverse and Direct Simulation of Aircraft Motion.

14)         Inverse Simulation of Continuous Roll Maneuver.

15)         Flow Around Axisymmetric Bodies: Doublet and Source Formulations.

16)         Design and Manufacture of a Small Turbojet Engine for Model Aircraft.

17)         Main Parts of Turbine Engines and Their Mechanical Problems.

18)         Preliminary Design of a Mini Unmanned Air Vehicle.

19)         Preliminary Design of a Subsonic Antiship Missile.

20)         Preliminary Design of a Sport Model Aircraft.

21)         Aerodynamic Design of an Ultra-Low Reynolds Number Airfoil.

22)         Preliminary Design of a Man-Portable Missile.

23)         Preliminary Design of a Micro Aerial Vehicle

d)      Curriculum Development Activities: 

1)       Design of M Sc. Program in Aeronautical Engineering (1997)

2)       Design of “Technical Aviation Maintenance Studies Program” for high school technicians (1992)

3)       Review and updating of B.Sc. Program in Aeronautical Engineering (1998)

4)       Development of  undergraduate courses in A/C Maintenance Eng. and in Aircraft Systems (1989)

5)       Implementation of a computer-based course in Incompressible Flow (1995).

6)       Coordination of the Aeronautical Engineering Dept. work for ABET Substantial Equivalence accreditation, based on conventional criteria (2000-2003).

7)       Implementation of one of the first active/cooperative learning courses in the Faculty of Engineering, KAAU (2003).

8)       Design of the first active/cooperative course to address ABET EC2000 accreditation requirements (2004-2005).

9)       Participation in monitoring the work of the Faculty of Engineering, KAAU for ABET Substantial equivalence accreditation, based on EC 2000 accreditation criteria (2005-).

e)      Other University Activities:  

1)       Director of the Academic Accreditation Unit of the Faculty of Engineering, KAU, 2005- present.

2)       Chairman, ABET Committee, Aeronautical Engineering Dept., KAU, 2003- present.

3)       Chairman, Curriculum Development Committee, Aeronautical Eng. Dept., KAU, 1993-present. Now member of this Committee.

4)       Chairman, Postgraduate Committee, Aeronautical Eng. Dept., KAU, 1991- 2007. Now member of this Committee.

5)       Member of the Executive Committee of the Aeronautical Eng. Dept., KAU, 2006 – present.

6)       Chairman, Student Affairs Committee, Aeronautical Eng. Dept., KAU, 2000-2006.  Now member of this Committee.

7)       Chairman, Training and B. Sc. Projects Committee, Aeronautical Eng. Dept., KAU, 1989-1996.

8)       Chairman, Department Labs Committee, Aeronautical Eng. Dept., KAU, 1992-1996.