Mechanical Engineering

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Dr. Saif A. Al-Kaabi Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Department King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Education	Courses Taught
Research	Projects
Experience	Contact

Education

Ph. D. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, 1995

M. S. (Mechanical Engineering), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 1986

B. S. (Civil Engineering), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 1982

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Courses Taught

ME 201	Dynamics
ME 309	Mechanics of Machines
ME 403	System Dynamics and Control
ME 482	Mechanical Vibrations
ME 484	Acoustics
ME 541	Continuum Mechanics
ME 562	Vibration Measurement & Analysis

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Research

Areas of Research:

Dynamics & Vibrations, Wave Propagation, Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing

Representative Publications:

"Reliability analysis of airplane brakes," QRE International, 15, 143, 1999 (with Al-Garni, Sahin and Al-Ghamdi).

Projects

·       Dr. M. Sunar, Dr. S. Al-Kaabi, and Dr. F. Al-Sunni, “Substructural  Control of Fuzzy Flexible Systems,” October 1, 1999-September 30, 2001, KFUPM Research Project (ME/FUZZY/197).

 

·     Dr. S. Al-Kaabi (Manager), Dr. Y. Khulief, and Dr. S. Said, “Flow Induced Vibration in Heat Exchangers,” November 2000-December 2003, ARAMCO Funded Research Project (ME 2122).

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Experience

 -   The Graduate Coordinator of the Mechanical Engineering Department (1998-2003).

 -   The Group Coordinator of the ME Design, Dynamics & Control Group (2002-2003).

- The Coordinator of the ME Dept Labs Affairs (2003)

Contact

	Tel: 966-3-860 4496 (Office)
	Fax: 966-3-860 2949 (ME Department)
	E-mail: kaabis@kfupm.edu.sa

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