KFUPM Future Newsletter Volume XXIX, No. 41

November 29, 2015 (17 Safar 1437 H)

Volume XXIX, No. 41

South Korea Licensed a Saudi Technology A new Saudi technology for petroleum refining industry, invented and developed in KFUPM’s laboratories, has been licensed in South Korea and based-on this technology, a huge refinery of “S-Oil” Korean company would be operated. Now, the new Saudi technology penetrates the global refining industry strongholds.

KFUPM is the first university in the region to convert the results of basic scientific research into a technique used on an industrial scale, and generating millions of riyals to the national economy, through the innovation and development of an inductive technology for cracking and producing heavy oil (HS-FCC).

KFUPM put significant efforts to attract partners to invest in and deliver this technology

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KFUPM launch Huawei R&D Center in DTV

IN THIS ISSUE

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KFUPM visited Saudi Aramco to Congratulate its President

Deanship of Research Organize a meeting with DTV Companies Regarding the Reseach Collaboration Grant

to the global markets. As a result of these efforts, the technique was developed by global alliances exceeding $250 million of investments on the research lead by Professor Halim H. Redhwi over the past 20 years.

After passing through the stages of patent registration, licensing and modeling on an industrial scale, HS-FCC has become the first Saudi technology to invade world markets, to be used afterwards to build a huge refinery that returns millions of riyals to the university and its partners in the HSFCC development Alliance.

Dr. Samir Al-Baiyat, the supervisor of KFUPM Technology Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (TTIE), mentioned

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OFFICIALLY LAUNCH: (L-R) Mr. Amin AlNasser, Acting President and CEO of Saudi Aramco, H.E. Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, Rector of KFUPM, Dr. Martin Jischke, Chairman International Advisory Board and President Emeritus at Purdue University, Mr. Yan Lida, President of Huawei›s Enterprise Business Group, cuts the ribbon during the inauguration of Huawei R&D Center in DTV .

New Building ‘57’ now opens for Students of Preparatory Year Program story on pg. 9

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A Delegation from KFUPM Visited Saudi Aramco to Congratulate its President

STRONGER TIES: KFUPM Rector Dr. Khaled S. AlSultan and Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin H. Al-Nasser pose for a group photo with other KFUPM and Saudi Aramco Officials on 11th of October.

KFUPM and Saudi Aramco confirmed their “keenness on the continuity of partnership and development between the two institutes“. They have commended this partnership which “became a unique model of the relationship between the academic and industrial sectors“ and noted their “keenness to develop cooperation programs between them“.

These agreements happened during a visit of Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, KFUPM Rector, Vice-Rectors, supervisors and deans to Saudi Aramco on Sunday morning of 11th October 2015, to congratulate Engineer Amin H. Nasser, on his appointment as President and chief executive officer of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco). Engineer Al Nasser, vice presidents and a number of company leaders greeted the delegation upon their arrival to the company headquarters.

Dr. Sultan on behalf of the university congratulate engineer Amin Nasser, on his appointment as President and chief executive officer of the

Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), pointed that the university was proud to see one of its graduates leading one of the largest companies in the world and wished him success. In addition, he stressed that the relationship between the university and the company has formed a unique model for cooperation between the academic and industrial sectors, indicating that this cooperation will have the greatest impact on both sides and on the development process in the Kingdom.

“Cooperation between KFUPM and Saudi Aramco took place in many different aspects, but the establishment of DTV and the College of Petroleum and Earth Sciences remain as two prominent witnesses on the success of the partnership between the two sides.

For his part, Engineer Amin Nasser thanked KFUPM officials for their visit, stressing the desire of the company to continued cooperation between the two sides and seek to develop and strengthen it.

”Dr. Al Sultan: Our

partnership is a unique model of relationship

between academic and industrial sectors

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South Korea Licensed a Saudi Technology that HS-FCC is the first success story of a Saudi University in delivering technologies produced through basic research into global markets.

He added that there are other success stories of the university in transforming research output in field of highly polluted water purification, which has been licensed to a successful American company.

At present, this company produces purified water in semi-commercial quantities. What distinguishes this technique is that it is being applied in South Korea, which is considered as one of the world’s most advanced countries for building refineries and oil-refining technology.

Dr. Al-Baiyat said that the success of KFUPM in licensing advanced technology that is being produced commercially (76,000 Barrels per Day of oil products), is considered a unique achievement for a university in the region.

This is an indication that the university surpassed the stage of obtaining patents to technology marketing and conversion into industrial production projects or emerging technology companies.

Consequently, with this achievement, KFUPM contributes effectively in the activities of economic transformation of the Kingdom.

Dr. Al-Baiyat explained that, having Dhahran Techno Valley and the number and sizes of the research and development centers in it with the newly established college of petroleum and geology, in addition to the number of patents published by the university, KFUPM aims at becoming the a global capital of research and development of oil and gas by 2020.

Dr. Iyad Alzaharnah, Director of KFUPM Innovation Center, said that Saudi Arabia is interested in the transition to a knowledge economy, and he considered the reach of a Saudi technology to the world market is an important indicator of that transition. He explained that knowledge economy means that you get revenue based on knowledge and intellectual products.

This does not only mean the manufacture of industrial products for local needs, but it is based on developing technical products that generate revenues for local economies.

“For the first time a Saudi university exports a technical product in a very complex industry, and transforms an idea developed in the university’s research laboratories to an industrial product from which the university gains financial returns as a result of licensing the idea to global companies.”

Dr. Iyad added.

Regarding the story of the HS-FCC technique, Dr. Alzaharnah said the university carried out a scientific research and got a patent and had developed the technology for over 20 years. The beginning was in the university’s laboratories where the researchers designed a laboratory model of the refinery that did not exceed 0.1 barrels per day.

In cooperation with Saudi Aramco, the project moved to the modeling and practical application stage, where Aramco contributed in building a refinery in Ras-Tanura that produces 30 barrels per day.

Saudi Aramco supported the project by providing the site, contribute to the design and modeling, provide human resources and operation process. The company also provided the feedstock for refinery and helped to dispose of industrial wastes.

To transfer the technology to more advanced stages, KFUPM established an alliance with the Japanese company Nippon. This coalition resulted in the construction of a

model that reached 3000 barrels per day, and the technology has been licensed to Axens as a new ally. Axens designed an innovative treatment process, and technical production amounted to 30,000 barrels, and eventually the technology was sold to the Korean company S-Oil, which created a huge laboratory based on this technology with a production that will reach 76,000 barrels per day, down to 120 barrels per day at the end of 2015.

He explained that there is a traditional treatment method for heavy oil, but very heavy oil is difficult to be cracked by conventional methods. Therefore, KFUPM invented a creative mechanical treatment method that has contributed to increasing the effectiveness of traditional methods and enabled refining heaviest oil varieties and making use of varieties of oil that have not been utilized previously.

This opened a new market for the technology, and Axens implemented the design because of its long experience in designing refineries.

One of the main benefits of this technology is to increase the possibility of getting, in addition to liquid petroleum, high value alkenes such as propane, which is used to manufacture propylene and poly propylene, which is one of the most important industrial feedstock in petrochemical industry and is being used in multiple domains.

About other technologies exported to different countries, Dr. Alzaharnah mentioned that GRADIANT Corporation was founded based on the technologies licensed by KFUPM for an emerging American company. The technology produced through scientific research in the area of heavily polluted water desalination, carried out by the University in collaboration with MIT, is still in the semi-commercial production stage. This is not the case for the technology that was exported to South Korea, which has completed the technical course and factories are built upon KFUPM’s technology, through which the university gains millions in revenue.

He pointed out that, despite the

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Dr. Samir A. Al-Baiyat

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3 success of the University in the last years in exporting technology to global markets, there is still a shortfall in innovation supply chain in the Kingdom, including technical entrepreneurial culture, Venture Capital, modeling and marketing skills. Even though KFUPM is putting a lot of effort to bridge these gaps through its innovative system, it did not wait until this task is completed, but has made maximum use of its international research alliances to bring its technologies to global markets. And it is an evidence of KFUPM’s success of marketing its innovative products.

In parallel with this effort, KFUPM is working to finalize its innovative system, and the university made great strides in this area. For instance, it has Dhahran techno Valley, which is the largest global research gathering in the fields of oil and gas, the Entrepreneurship Institute, a Center for Business Incubators and a modelling center under construction with other necessary items to complete the system.

Dr. Alzaharnah said that the refining and petrochemical industry in Saudi Arabia stood for many years at a certain stage, where refineries and petrochemical companies take raw materials and transform them into primary products used as feedstock for other industries in other parts of the world, which means, the refining and petrochemical industry in the Kingdom stands at a very early stage. But with the production of modern refining techniques, the efficiency goes up and the chances increase by moving fast to further stages in the industry, since the potential and investment opportunities as well as jobs in refining and petrochemical industry are more than extraction industry.

Therefore, the focus in the second phase of Dhahran Valley would be to attract refining and petrochemicals companies. Sipchem inaugurated its center recently, and there are discussions with a number of major petrochemical companies to join DTV and intensify research and development in this important industry.

Dr. Alzaharnah said that the arrival of Saudi technologies to global markets would be an incentive to focus on research projects related to value-added strategic needs of the Kingdom. Moreover, it would help changing the way of thinking of the researchers not only relying on domestic market, but to seek global markets as well, arguing that this contributes to the economic transformation, which is one of the strategic goals of the Kingdom.

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Research Deanship Organize a Meeting with Dhahran Techno Valley Companies Regarding the Research Collaboration Grant between KFUPM & the Companies Research Deanship, in collaboration with KFUPM Technology Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (TTIE), organized on, Wednesday 9th September 2015, a meeting with Dhahran Techno Valley companies about the Research Collaboration Grant between KFUPM & the companies. In his inaugural speech, Dr. Sahel N. Abduljauwad, Vice Rector for Graduate Studies & Scien-

tific Research, welcomed the attendees and particularly the staff of DTV Companies, and spotlighted on the process of cooperation between KFUPM and the DTV since its inception more than ten years ago when KFUPM found a strategic need to develop its relationship with the industry and realized that its role goes beyond providing graduates to participate in building a knowledge

society. Therefore, the idea of creating an institute bearing a local task with a global vision aimed at creating an important global position for the Kingdom in the economically viable industrial researches, innovation and creativity programs.

Dr. Nasser bin Mohammed Al-Aqeeli, dean of the scientific research, in his presentation about the new grant, said that the aim of the grant is to encourage research cooperation between KFUPM faculty, researchers and students on one hand and researchers of DTV companies on the other hand. Moreover, through the promotion of basic research and joint exploration in KFUPM & DTV areas of interest leading to more applied research, which lead to the development of new technologies. Dr. Al-Aqeeli explained the differences between this grant and the granting of other collaborative research, pointing out that this grant is for relatively small and fast projects with a limited budget does not exceed 200 thousand riyals contributed by KFUPM and the company equally. These researches service as nuclei of larger and more practical projects.

At the end of the meeting, Dean of Scientific Research managed an open discussion involved Dr. Iyad Zaharnah, Director of Innovation Center, Dr. Mohammad K. Alghamdi, Director of Technology Advancement and Prototyping Center, deans, heads of departments and research centers and representatives of DTV companies who attended the meeting.

EE faculty had his twelfth title published

Mohammad Nuruzzaman, a faculty working in the Electrical Engineering Department, had his twelfth title “Solving Electronic Circuits in MATLAB and SIMULINK” (October 31, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-516-91895-9) published from CreateSpace, North Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Good understanding of microelectronics had never been so imperative to electrical and/or electronic engineers than it is today given the advancement in the semiconductor and communication industries. “Solving Electronic Circuits in MATLAB and SIMULINK” introduces a startling alternate computer aided tool to SPICE which is widely used for the electronic circuitry simulation. Rather than furnishing with an elucidation, step by step ap-

proach is emphasized to arrive at a finished solution incorporating logical thought sequence and slight theoretical context. The concurrence computing and graphing of MATLAB/SIMULINK are so handy and easy-to-exersize that one will find the text motivating for analysis and design of electronic problems. Worked out illustrations and end-of-chapter exercises will benefit undergraduate electrical/ electronic baccalaureate students and future researchers in the field.

Other titles from the author are the following: Title 1: “Control System Analysis & Design in MATLAB and SIMULINK”, 2014, Lulu Press, Inc., North Carolina, Title 2: “Finite Difference Fundamentals in MATLAB”, 2013, Createspace, South Carolina, Title 3: “Digital Image: Theories, Algorithms, and Applications”, 2012, CreateSpace, Washington, Title 4: “Digital Audio Fundamentals in MATLAB”, 2010, Createspace, California, Title 5: “Modern Approach to Solving Electromagnetics in MATLAB”, 2009, BookSurge Publishing, South Carolina, Title 6: “Signal and System Fundamentals in MATLAB and SIMULINK”, 2008, BookSurge Publishing, South Carolina, Title 7: “Electric Circuit Fundamentals in MATLAB and SIMULINK”, 2007, BookSurge Publishing, South Carolina, Title 8:

“Technical Computation and Visualization in MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists”, 2007, AuthorHouse, Indiana, Title 9: “Digital Image Fundamentals in MATLAB”, 2005, AuthorHouse, Indiana, Title 10: “Modeling and Simulation in SIMULINK for Engineers and Scientists”, 2005, AuthorHouse, Indiana, and Title 11: “Tutorials on Mathematics to MATLAB”, 2003, AuthorHouse, Indiana.

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KFUPM launch Huawei R&D Center in DTV Under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Khaled S. AlSultan, rector of the university, KFUPM and Huawei has launched a new Joint Innovation Center in Dhahran Techno Valley. The inauguration ceremony was attended

by Mr. Amin Al-Nasser, President and CEO of Saudi Aramco, Huawei delegates led by Mr. Yan Lida, President of Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group, Guest of Honor Dr. Martin Jischke, Chairman International Advisory Board and President Emeritus at Purdue University and other executives and business partners.

The Joint Innovation Center will focus on digital & intelligent oil fields, digital pipelines, intelligent refineries, high performance computing, Big Data, mobility, safety & security, cloud computing, and energy management. The center will also play a key role in knowledge sharing through structured training and knowledge transfer programs, which can effectively add value to KFUPM, Saudi Aramco, other oil & gas companies, and business partners.

Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan said, “As everyone knows, over the coming decades the world will continue to rely heavily on large-scale supplies of oil and gas. As the industry moves on to more and more difficult oil and gas deposits, the pace of technological progress will need to accelerate significantly if past production trends are to be maintained. So, decisions related to petroleum exploration and production are increasingly becoming very complex because of the high number of issues involved in the process. Facing these challenges requires advanced information, data processing and computational systems that preserve the geological, technical and economic parameters that can

facilitate the purposes of performance analysis and de-risk the execution of petroleum exploration and production projects. This is where comes from the importance of establishing the Huawei center in DTV”.

On the other hand, Mr. Abdulaziz Abdulkarim, Vice President, Information Technology, Saudi Aramco said “This innovation center we are opening today will join 31 other centers that Huawei has across the world BUT this differs in its focus toward delivering information and communications technology solutions for the Oil & Gas industry. I believe that this center is strategically positioned to achieve that ….being in the heart of major industry leaders and academia, here in Dhahran Techno Valley. This is a fertile environment for the exchange of technology and business ideas, crossing diverse industrial divides, to deliver solutions that address current and future challenges. With the addition of Huawei, a new dimension is being added to further diversify the expertise available in DTV. I believe that

this should advance technology collaboration and integrate communication and computing capabilities into product development by DTV partners” Meanwhile, Mr. Yan Lida, President of Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group said “By bringing together leading talent from across the industry, the new Joint Innovation Center is an iconic achievement adding to the Kingdom’s great strengths in the oil & gas field.

Our partners at KFUPM are well regarded as one of the most advanced educational institutions in the region. We are also thrilled to be partnering once again with Saudi Aramco who are not only one of the world’s largest energy companies, but also leaders in research and talent development.”

With 15 years’ presence in Saudi Arabia, Huawei itself is one of the foremost ICT solutions providers in the Kingdom. The company has developed a particular expertise in the Oil & Gas sector having served 12 of the world’s top 20 petroleum companies. Huawei has had a number of flagship projects

across the region in the Oil & Gas sector, including Saudi Arabia, as well as working on global projects in Mexico, Kazakhstan and China.

Middle East energy companies can greatly improve their operations, business processes and drive competitiveness through modern Digital Oilfield Solutions which involve the realtime capture of broadband data, intelligent and fast processing of information, and the enabling of true collaboration amongst engineers and specialists anywhere, anytime.

The Oil & Gas Joint Innovation Center is part of an ongoing Huawei investment program in customer-centric research and development (R&D) which has expanded in recent years.

Within Saudi Arabia, Huawei has supported similar knowledge-sharing initiatives such as its annual Seeds for the Future education program, which offers select students each year the opportunity to develop practical skills that will prepare them for a career in the ICT industry.

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KFUPM wins a major globally competed project The College of Environmental Design (CED) from the KFUPM has won a major research project funded by the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE).

In terms of its huge scope and potential impact, it is an unprecedented building research project in the Kingdom. The project, aiming to improve the sustainability standards in the residential and commercial buildings through application of energy saving and renewable energy systems, was competed for by a number of international consortiums consisting of prominent academic, research and industrial entities from around the world. After a rigorous and multi-round evaluation process, K.A.CARE has awarded the project to KFUPM accepting its bid of 51 Million SAR. The core research team from KFUPM includes Dr. Muhammad Asif (Principal Investigator, ARE), Dr. Ismail Budaiwi (Project Manager, ARE), Dr. Adel Al-Dosary (Dean CED), Dr. Mohammad Babsail (Chairman ARC), Dr. Ahmed Abd El Fattah (ARC), Dr. Adel Abdou (ARE), Dr. Tauhidur Rahman (CRP) and Dr. Kh Md Nahiduzzaman (CRP). Researchers from some of the other departments within KFUPM will also be engaged. Given the nature and magnitude of the project, KFUPM has established an international consortium comprising of Fraunhofer Institute (Germany); two North American construction companies IBACOS (USA) and Stantec (Canada); and three US universities Duke University, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Colorado. With the help of its global partners, KFUPM brings together deep understanding of local building/ construction practices and cultural values besides cutting edge technical solutions and international best practices to undertake the project with excellence.

The project is of great strategic importance to KSA. Buildings

consume nearly 80% of the total electricity produced in the Kingdom.

Residential buildings alone use over 50% of the national electricity.

In a business as usual scenario, the growing energy appetite of the building sector driven by factors like infrastructure and population growth and modernization is bound to have significant energy, economic and environmental implications for the Kingdom.

The project, with its first phase underway from September 2015, will investigate the energy consumption patterns in the residential and commercial buildings and will subsequently determine the potential for energy saving and application of renewable energy. It will also involve a typology analysis of existing building stock, energy auditing and monitoring, building energy modeling, preparation of energy saving and renewable

energy utilization guidelines.

The project will help build the capabilities and technical foundations required to promote the development and adoption of energy efficiency and building integrated renewable technologies for current and future buildings, leading ultimately to the development of sustainable buildings.

The project has significant capacity building and knowledge dissemination dimensions. Its

outcomes, mainly in the form of building energy models, design and operational guidelines, publications and reports, and workshops and seminars will greatly benefit not only the academic and scientific but also the wider construction sector stakeholders both from the government and private sector.

Further information about the project can be obtained from Dr. Muhammad Asif (asifm@ kfupm.edu.sa)

Dr. Farooqi Got Best Paper Award

Dr. Abul Hassan Farooqi, Research Scientist II from Centre of Research Excellence for Islamic Banking and Finance and Faculty Member, Finance and Economics Department (CIS), attended the International Conference on “An Islamic Perspective of Accounting, Finance, Economics and Mnagement 2015”, organized by the University of Glasgow and held in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

His research paper titled: “Towards Understanding an Alternative Concept of the Shari’ahBased Firm” has been selected as best paper and on behalf of the conference organizer, Dr. Farooqi has been awarded the Best Paper Award by the Chief Guest Lady Ms. Yvonne Ridley for his creative contribution in the area of the Shari’ahbased firm at a Gala Dinner Ceremony held in Glasgow.

His research defined a model of a Shari‘ah-based firm which shows that the economic; sociocultural and environmental responsibilities are crucial in the matter of choice of the concept of the firm. He said that with creative adjustments, a Shari‘ah-based firm would capture long-term impact to fulfil

the commitments to meet economic, social and environmental responsibilities in order to achieve the Maqasid al-Shari‘ah (objectivity of Islamic ethical responsibility). This prestigious conference was attended including the Vice- Chancellor of the Glasgow University, UK; and more than 250 academics , Researchers over 59 different Universities and Islamic Financial Institutions from Algeria, Bahrain, Brunei, Bangladesh, Canada, Egypt, France, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom.

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Entrepreneurs... From Job Seeking to Job Providing

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From job seeking to job providing, entrepreneurs are looking for a unique success, benefiting from the experience of a university instilling the entrepreneurship thinking culture in its students and including entrepreneurship skills in its academic programs.

Hamad Al-Muqbel and his colleagues, who like to be on top and don’t consider being an employee as a necessity, started a rock samples analysis project to overcome problems facing oil and gas companies, and they imposed on those who want to evaluate their experience, to not only read the results but to return to the introductions.

In the beginning, Hamad and his colleagues benefited from KFUPM strong infrastructure that supports entrepreneurial activities and from a long list of services provided for technical entrepreneurs where they realized the University’s keenness to benefit from the global expertise to build its own entrepreneurship model.

In addition to Mr. Almuqbel, the project was prepared by Abdelrahman Al-Serry, MS student in Software Engineering and Mr. Arbab Latif, PhD student in Electrical Engineering. The project was supervised by Mr. Abdullah Al-Battal, lecturer in electrical engineering department.

The project idea started during a course entitled “How to found a leading company?” organized by entrepreneurship institute and explaining to students how to start their own projects. The project made use of a patent called “Rock samples analysis device” of Dr. Wail A. Moussa, Associate Professor of Applied Signal Processing and Assistant Dean, Entrepreneurship Institute, and Dr. Abdullatif Al-Shuhail,

Geosciences professor.

Hamad Almuqbel says about this experience: “we thought about how to make our own project out of this patent and we started to make a business model and a feasibility study and whether it can be applied or not with the help of Dr. Wail Moussa, Dr. Abdullatif Al-Shuhail and KFUPM professors with specialties related to this area.”

“After it was proven that the project can be practically applied we participated in two competitions organized by Entrepreneurship Institute, the first one called “From idea to model” and we came at second place, while the second competition was called “Business model plan” where we won the first place, and we were honored by Dr. Khaled Al-Sultan, the University Rector. We also participated in the Sixth Scientific Conference for Students of Higher Education where we competed with 60 companies from different universities and we came at the first place and were honored by Dr. Azzam Al-Dakhil, Minister of Education. “Core Echo” project represents an attempt to overcome the problems facing oil and gas companies in studying rock samples formations beneath the

earth’s surface through providing innovative and advanced solutions for studying these samples. The project is studying the physical properties of rock samples which are very important to oil and gas companies for being one of the basic criteria in determining the oil and gas reservoirs, where tens of thousands of these samples are extracted annually around the world. This project is important in that in spite of the importance of studying these samples, the techniques used in the study have not experienced any major developments over the past two decades. Thus, these techniques suffer from many problems, one of the biggest problems hindering exploration is the extreme slowness of extracting the physical properties of the rocks.

The project aims to address the problems facing companies specialized in the study of rock samples by shortening the duration of this study from weeks to nearly two hours, thereby adding significant value to these companies through savings effort and money, in addition to preserving rock samples, as the devices currently in use are damaging rock samples either

partially or totally unlike the tools we will provide which rely on the use of non-destructive techniques to extract the required characteristics more accurately than the currently available devices.” Hamad added.

Hamad also said: “The idea is that the rock sample is put in a device and then this device is closed and is connected to computer and the program is run to determine the properties of the rocks and calculate the porosity and permeability of this sample. We are now holding talks with Dhahran Techno Valley companies to find an investor to adopt the project and to fill the business model form to ensure the feasibility of the project and the possibility of applying it.

We met with Baker Hughes and Halliburton and other companies to make sure that the market needs this project.

We benefited a lot from the University Entrepreneurship Institute, which aims to educate the university community about the importance of entrepreneurship in the academia and to raise awareness by utilizing international experience in promoting entrepreneurship.

We have also benefited from the university pursuit of building a knowledge-based society that provides jobs and support entrepreneurs who have ambitious ideas and distinct economic studies and directing the owners of new projects to focus on the core work in order to have self-reliance and become a successful entrepreneur in the academic field.

The university supported us through the patent upon which we relied in our project, in addition to lectures, courses organized by the Entrepreneurship Institute, competitions we have participated in and won their awards and relations with investors, as well as the university experience model offered to its students which includes in addition to the curriculum a set of values, skills and behavior.”

Hamad Al-Muqbel

Abdullah Al-Battal

Arbab Latif

Abdelrahman Al-Serry

A study for overcoming the problems of oil and gas companies in the analysis of rock samples

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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals won the first place in the Middle East and Third globally in the AAPG Competition

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APPOINTMENTS His Excellency the Rector of the University, Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan is pleased to announce the appointment of the following:

Dr. Mohammed S. Al-Ahmadi as Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs, in the College of Industrial Management

A team of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals took the third place globally in the 2015 Imperial Barrel Award (IBA) competition for the world universities.

KFUPM team had won the first place in the IBA Middle East competition which was held in Muscat before two months. On the final qualifying of the competition held on the sidelines of (AAPG) Annual conference, KFUPM team qualified as a representative for the Middle East. The contest was held in Denver, Colorado, USA. In the IBA regional competition, a total of 180 universities from 18 countries participated in a project for evaluating an oil field, the possibility of its exploitation and to determine the appropriate places to drill.

12 teams reached the finals of IBA International Competition, where the British University Royal Holloway won the first place, USA Penn State University came in the second and KFUPM got the third place.

KFUPM team consists of four students from the Department of Earth Science, namely; Mohammed Hammad Malik, Muhammad Shukri al-Bahrani, Faisal Abdullatif Alshahyl, and Ordianchah Khoshdianh Allah.

The team supervisor was Dr. Khalid Al Ramadan.

In his comments, Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, Rector of the University, said achieving this high position is not surprising for KFUPM students, and it reflects two proud facts, first: the high level of excellence for students, since there were undergraduate students among the team members. Secondly: the quality and dedication of the faculty members who have devoted time and effort to support their students through all stages.

This integration between the two hearts of

the academic process is what makes the University global status.

For his part, Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohareb AlShaibani, Head of the Department said that this achievement confirmed the position and strength of King Fahd University globally, and revealed the good preparation of geology program students in the Department of Earth Sciences. King Fahd University surpasses many outstanding US universities who qualified after regional competition with other US universities.

Dr Khalid Al Ramadan, supervisor of the team, pointed out that the university students were very successful in presenting the result and in the scientific content. “The exceptional and more important thing is that most competitors are PhD students, who had scientific qualification and industrial expertise bigger than our team, which consists of two graduate and two undergraduate students�. He added.

Dr. Ahmad M. Khayyat as Assistant Director of Information Technology Center

Dr. Basem M. Al-Madani as Director, Al-Fozan Academy for the Development of Leaders in Non-Profit Organizations

The College of Industrial Management has been recognized by Southwestern Finance Association, Houston Texas, USA for the dissemination of research in finance. A certificate of appreciation was presented to the College at the SWFA 2015 Annual Conference held in Houston. One of our faculty members Dr. Fazlul Miah received the appreciation certificate on behalf of the College.

The Southwestern Finance Association was organized in 1961 with the goal of advancing the academic and professional finance profession.

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New Building ‘57’ now opens for Students of Preparatory Year Program (PYP) The newly constructed Building ‘57’ is a state-of-the-art building which is fully equipped with modern services and facilities to meet the demanding requirements of advanced learning development of Program’s content.

The building has the following facilities to offer new students: • • • • • •

60 Classrooms 10 Computer labs 10 Engineering labs 3 labs for Life Skills Private library Auditoriums for study and general discussions • Private lockers for each student.

The Preparatory Year Program grooms students in many ways, increasing the abilities of elicitation and analysis which is not only because of the curriculum but stimulating environment also plays a vital role. PYP helps students to continue their academic studies efficiently and prepare them psychologically and mentally to its requirements.

PYP is one of the leading programs adopted by KFUPM since its establishment in 1963, transferring its experience to many other universities and educational institutions. The program has succeeded, throughout its history, to make a tremendous difference in the lives of students and their behavior patterns and prepare them for university study.

This year, the students will start their PYP in newly constructed Building ‘57’. The new students certainly did not witness the old preparatory building (5), which evokes the memories of traditional history, and was essentially the first building of Petroleum and Minerals College, which became the great university, ‘King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals’.

While the great development of the program and the university required a transfer from building (5) to the building (57), however, building 5 will still exist to be an evidence to the times of the preparatory experience success which was first applied by KFUPM and it, also, a witness

of the experience role in making a tremendous difference in the lives and behavior of students.

Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Assistant Dean, College of Applied and Supporting Studies for Preparatory Year Affairs, said, “the program is reviewed continuously to keep pace with the academic requirements of the university.

Students, in the past years, commute between two buildings, exposed to the sun heat, to attend classes. This constitutes a difficult situation to the students to reach the class in the exact time, but the new PYP building - which was opened in the summer semester – enable the students to attend all lectures under one roof.

The new buildings, which are closed to the shaded parking lots and KFUPM Mall, consists of 60 classrooms, 10 computer labs, 10 labs for technology engineering and 3 labs for life skills. It, also, housed a private library for PYP students.”

There will be more services for students in the new building such as a locker for each of them, closed study auditoriums and others for discussion. We expect that these services will help to facilitate the educational process for students and provide more time. He added.

Dr. Alassaf pointed that PYP helps students, especially who come from public education system to study at a university such as King Fahd University, and

it prepares students to become comfortable and ready for study.

The impact of the preparatory year is not only caused by the developed academic curriculum, but by the overall system. The motivating academic environment has a role not lesser than the role of curriculum. Moreover, the program focuses on developing the student’s ability in English Language and reformulation of mathematics concepts and other sciences in order to make the student familiar to the academic method where they receive information not by memorization but by encouraging his abilities to analysis and elicitation.

The material offered in the PYP will help the student to continue his academic studies perfectly, provide him with the basic scientific information, help him in mastering life skills, develop his health and physical ability and supply him with all ways of success in his academic study.

The Assistant Dean explained that the preparatory year program includes three sub-programs vary in terms of size and the number of hours of study; The English Language Program, which has the biggest number of hours, Math program, and Science and Engineering Program.

The later includes four courses namely Physical Sciences, Computer Science, Learning Skills, and Engineering Technology.

Dr. Alassaf said the program in its current form was designed to

9 take into account the differences between the levels of students and give them what they need. In the past, the program was unable to meet the needs of very weak levels, now it starts from primary to higher than average.

The new program, which was designed to be finished within a year, requires students to complete five levels or units each for a period of 150 hours of instruction and each unit is a compulsory to the next unit. In case of failure in a unit, student can continue the program for 3 semesters at most.

The most important features in the new system is the ‘unit system’ which means distributing students in different levels regarding their linguistic abilities, provide them with clear achievable objectives, help them to determine their level early and facilitate their success in the program. It, also, enables teacher to achieve the needs of very competitive levels students which helps to complete the course objectives. In addition, the new system allows to re-distribute students by promoting them to a higher level apt to their abilities or to provide assistance to some of them.

PYP students, who act at the beginning of joining the university very spontaneously, led by the lack of experience and knowledge of the characteristics of the new environment, always had funny situations and draw the attention of their older colleagues.

The word “Oriah” is a common word among university students dedicated to these new students who may do a lot of ridiculous acts at first but soon these actions disappear after engaging in the new academic life.

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The Joy of Giving Most of the people will agree with me on one point - that we feel happy and enjoying - while receiving something from others. So it is a good thing to be nurtured in the society. Of course, on other hand, there should be givers to maintain this level of happiness.

It is easy to read messages which contain thoughts, principles and certain directives, but in practical life, immense level of firm commitment and devotion is needed - even to follow, adhere and implement a small simple thing.

The joy of giving is one of such good quality, which everybody cannot attain unless he/she have some of the following characteristics.

• Love and Affection • Sacrifice and Sympathy • Care and Compassion • Enlightenment and Fulfillment • Helping mentality and a blissful life A common man may have a doubt that - I don’t have enough money and property to give or distribute to others. It is true in the real world, but giving doesn’t means money and property alone.

Health Corner Open Wounds

An open wound is an injury involving an external or internal break in body tissue, usually involving the skin. Nearly everyone will experience an open wound at some point in his or her life. If open wounds are minor it can be treated at home, in some cases it is a vital to consult medical doctor and need further medical treatment.

Common types of open wounds, which are classified depending on their cause.

PUNCTUREis a small hole caused by a long, pointy object, such as a nail or needle.

Punctures may not bleed much, but they can be deep enough to damage internal organs. If you have a puncture wound better to consult your doctor for further evaluation and management and to get a tetanus booster shot and prevent infection.

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It can be a smile, sharing of knowledge, showing the right way, speaking politely, honouring elders, caring parents, providing physical help and support to the needy, carefully using the available resources, cleaning a location, watering a tree, giving water to the thirsty, keeping a queue, driving with care to save the life of others, avoiding wastage of food, donating blood, preserving water etc. The list may go endlessly. In all of the cases, we are directly or indirectly giving something to others.

Now some may say that, oh - it is very easy - if it don’t involve payment of money or property. But the truth is that - it is very difficult to practice even any one of the above unless you have any of the above mentioned qualities plus a firm commitment and strong belief throughout the life.

Lecturing before a crowd in a dais, hearing good speeches, sitting under a well captioned slogan, performing with loud voice among friends circles, writing an article in a daily or omnipresent in medium like face book, twitter and internet will not merely bring you the capability and the spirit of the joy of giving.

It is a paradox that we know everything about a person or thing thousands of kilometers away, but nothing about a neighbor who is fighting with his fate. It needs a passion and a spiritual approach inside our body but not like a superficial demonstration at the level of boasting.

The satisfaction, blissfulness and peace that a giver feels are immeasurable and invaluable, provided the enemy of selfishness is brought under control to a certain level. To be selfish is not a bad thing - but when it grows beyond a certain level, it brings catastrophe and kills the joy of giving.

Where and when to begin? Here I

ABRASION -is a wound caused by superficial damage to the skin, often caused by sliding fall onto a rough or hard surface. There is usually not much bleeding, but the wound needs to be scrubbed and cleaned well to avoid further infection.

INCISION-usually caused by a clean, sharp object, such as a knife, shard of glass, or razor blade. Incisions bleed a lot and quickly. If the incision is deep, tendons, ligaments, and muscles might be damaged.

L AC E R ATION- is an irregular wounds or tearing of the skin. Lacerations are often caused by crushing or ripping forces or from accidents with tools and machinery, and bleed rapidly and extensively.

AV U L SION is a partial or complete tearing away of skin and tissue and is either hanging from the body or completely removed. Avulsions usually occur during violent accidents, such as body-crushing accidents, explosions, and gunshots

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Heart is the exact court to which each person can rely to have an appropriate answer and decision.

There are no court fees - to keep away as usual, time delay or legal lacunae. It can give a fair, feasible and practical judgment in the case of joy of giving.

The only problem is that most people ask or file petition for its judgment only at the fag end of life; by which thousands of kilometers may have passed after the beginning of our journey. May be we are late, but it is better to be late than never - at least to make sure a back bench seat! your hands and work on a clean surface when changing bandages and dressings. The possible complication from having an open wound is infection. The following are signs of infection: •Increase in redness, pain and swelling.

•Fever.

•Wound surface or area becomes dark and dry.

•Increase in drainage in green, yellow, or brownish pus.

• Foul-smelling pus.

If an infection develops, your doctor will prescribe antibiotic medication. In serious cases, surgery may be required to remove infected tissue and sometimes the surrounding tissue.

For minor wounds it can be treated at home by doing the following: •Wash and disinfect the wound to removing all dirt and debris do not use alcohol it can cause skin burn.

•Apply direct pressure and elevation to control bleeding and swelling.

•Bandage the wound with a sterile dressing or bandage.

•Keep the wound clean and dry.

•Take pain reliever if needed.

•Apply ice if there is bruising or swelling.

•Consult Medical Doctor if the wound is deep, with continuous bleeding even you applied pressure for 15 to 20 minutes.

The doctor may do the following medical interventions by cleaning the wound, stitch or suture the wound if needed, administer a tetanus booster shot in puncture cases, prescribe penicillin or another antibiotic if there is an infection, prescribe pain medication, reatBernard L. Carpio, RN, RM, RPT, MAN tached a severed body part It is important to always wash Nurse Specialist- KFUPM- Medical Center

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Messenger

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I presume that there is not a single governmental or non-governmental organizations all over the world which do not hire the services of personnel under this title :(messenger/peon). The terminology of this category comes under the administrative function of Civil Service Bureau. Without this category, it is impossible to build an integrated management system. Also, this position is created to assist office members in an organization/ department or sector within the same region or aboard by intercontinental companies and organizations.

The messenger is an important element to assist and complete administrative process and transfer documents and transactions to and from the concerned persons or departments within the same administration or relevant organizations Moreover, the messengers is not a decisionmaker, but assist in establishing contact directly with managers or any office members by delivering or conveying verbally or written

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However, in this business climate two types of messengers emerge: arrogant messenger, who consider themselves as boss and the other humble ones.

The humble messengers, besides performing official duties, also attend the personal assignments of their bosses outside the office jurisdiction just to remain in good book with their bosses.

Some messengers in Governmental organization believe that they serve as an obligation to public and take advantage of their position to accomplish their personal business. Also some of them think that whatever decision they take, it is final and never refer to the higher authorities.

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November 29, 2015 (17 Safar 1437 H)

University organizes Employment Open Day

On Monday, 30th November 2015, KFUPM will organize the Employment Open Day for four days. The Open Day will involve a large number of the government and private sectors’ institutions and companies. It seeks to achieve a set of objectives which include knowing the work opportunities for KFUPM students, work benefits at the participants and it seek to deepen their own ideas of Saudi Arabia works market and its needs of academic disciplines. Moreover, Open Day will enable students to know much about the market orientation and the required majors. He also explained that there will be lectures from experts in the university and speakers on self-marketing and market needs.

Dr. Mesfer bin Mohammed

Al-Zahrani, Chairman of the Organizing Committee said that the stunning response from leading institutions and companies the government and private sectors to participate in the Employment Open Day in previous years is a testament to the university’s success in the quality of its academic programs, its connection to the development needs, its students practical training in major institutions & companies, its adaptation of the large data offered by information technology in order to achieve the quality of

education, as well as the graduates outstanding giving at training work sites.

Employment Open Day program includes a series of lectures presented by academic

Supervisor, University Relations & Community Outreach Dr. Ashraf E. Fagih

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person and experts from the participants and aims to educate students for their future careers in various disciplines, provide an opportunity for employers to familiarize students with activities and establish a cooperative partnership based on closer ties between the university and work.

Dr. Al Zahrani thanked the supporters for this activity and those who keen to participate, pointing out that one of the fundamentals of the university is to develop a privileged relationship with sectors of society. He also thanked and praised the organizing committee and its controlling and administrative qualified individuals stressing that the Committee held a large number of meetings to make this event a successful one.

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Monthly News Bulletin published by the Public Relations & Information Department, KFUPM Box, 5015, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia. Website: www.kfupm.edu.sa/pr. News items to be included in the next issue of FUTURE should be submitted to the Director General, Public Relations & Information, Building 21, Room 301, Tel. 3100, Fax 3113, E-mail: media@kfupm.edu.sa or alberto@kfupm.edu.sa