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DR.
ALI M. AL-BAHI
Professor, Aeronautical Engineering Dept., King
Abdulaziz Univ.
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Education |
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Degree |
Field |
Institution |
Year |
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PhD |
Aeronautical Engineering |
ENSAE,
Toulouse, France |
1983 |
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MS |
Aeronautical Engineering |
ENSAE,
Toulouse, France |
1980 |
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BS |
Aeronautical Engineering |
Cairo
University, Egypt |
1975 |
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Service in KAU |
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Date of original appointment: |
1987 |
Number of years of service: |
21 |
Years |
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From |
to |
Academic Rank |
Department |
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1978 |
1993 |
Assistant Professor |
Aeronautical Engineering |
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1993 |
1999 |
Associate Professor |
Aeronautical Engineering |
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1999 |
Date |
Professor |
Aeronautical Engineering |
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Other Related
Experience
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Courses Taught |
Engineering Mechanics I, Thermo-Fluid Lab.,
Incompressible Aerodynamics, Viscous Aerodynamics,
Aircraft Systems & Instruments, Aircraft Maintenance
Engineering, Computer Applications in Aeronautical
Engineering, Introduction to Engineering Design II,
Fluid Mechanics, BS Project. |
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Thesis Supervised |
1. |
Control Law for Auto-Guided
Vehicles Tracking a Predetermined Trajectory, MS Thesis,
1997. |
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2. |
Generation of Optimal Trajectories for Terrain-Following
Vehicle, MS Thesis, 1999. |
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3. |
Full Envelope Missile Autopilot
Design, MS Thesis, 2005. |
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Industrial Experience |
1975–1977 |
Egyptian Air Force Training Center, Helwan, Egypt. |
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1977–1978 |
R&D Engineer, Aircraft
Engines Factory, Helwan, Egypt. |
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1983–1987 |
R&D
Senior Engineer, Aircraft Engines Factory, Helwan,
Egypt. |
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Consulting,
Funded Research Projects and Patents |
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1. |
Grant No. 137/412, King AbdulAziz University, Research
Project, Missile Design - A Conceptual Approach,
1992. |
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2. |
Grant No. 012/416, King AbdulAziz University, Research
Project, On Safe Air-to-Air Refueling Operations,
1996. |
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3. |
Grant No. 424/105, King AbdulAziz University, Research
Project, Application of Phase Change Materials For
Building Insulation to Reduce Cooling Loads, 2004. |
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4. |
Grant No. 424/619, King AbdulAziz University, Research
Project, Development of Fluid Mechanics as an Active
Learning Course, 2005. |
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5. |
KACST special grand, King AbdulAziz City for Science and
Technology, KACST, Conceptual Design of a Micro Air
Vehicle, 2006. |
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States or
countries in which professionally licensed or certified |
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Egypt |
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Scientific and
professional societies of which a member |
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Society |
Rank |
Member Since |
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American Inst. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, AIAA |
Senior Member |
1981 |
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2. |
American Society of Engineering Education, ASEE |
Member |
2005 |
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3. |
Egyptian Syndicate of
Professional Engineers |
Member |
1975
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4. |
Saudi Society for Aerospace
Sciences |
member of the founding committee,
currently member |
2003
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5. |
Saudi Council of Engineers |
Member |
2005 |
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Honors and Awards |
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1. |
1988, 1993, 2001, 2007 and 2008 Faculty of Engineering
Awards |
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2. |
2005 KAU Distiguished Faculty
Award |
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3. |
Letter
of appreciation from the College Council for monitoring
the work of the Faculty of Engineering in Academic
Assessment and Accreditation, 2006. |
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4. |
Vice President, Egyptian
Section of the International Solar Energy Society
(1985-1987). |
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5. |
Chairman, Scientific
Committee of Saudi Society for Aerospace Sciences
(2003-present). |
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Institutional and
professional service in the last five years
(administration, committees, units, etc.) |
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1. |
Director of the Academic Accreditation Unit, Faculty of
Engineering, KAU, 2005- present. |
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Head of the ABET Comittee, AE Dept., KAU, 2003-present. |
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Head of the Curriculum Development Committee, AE Dept.,
KAU, 1993- 2007. Now member of that committee. |
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Head of the Research and graduate Studies Committee, AE
Dept., KAU, 1996-2007. Now member of that committee. |
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Member of the Department Executive Committee, AE Dept.,
KAU, 2006-present. |
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Academic advisor for more than 100 students, over 15
years, 1992-present. Also chairman (2000- 2006), and now
member, of the Student Affairs Committee, AE Dept., KAU, |
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7. |
AE Department coordinator for ABET Substantial
Equivalency Evaluation, 2000-2005. |
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Percentage of
time available for academic activities |
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Research |
33% |
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Teaching:
33% |
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Other academic activities: |
34% |
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Percentage of
time committed to the program: |
100 |
% |
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Principal
publications of the last five years |
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1. |
Al-Bahi, A.,
“Designing Undergraduate Engineering Lab Experience to
Satisfy ABET EC2000 Requirements,” 2008 Annual
Conference & Exhibition of the American Society of
Engineering Education, June 2008. |
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2. |
Zahed, A., Bafail, A.,
Abdel Aal, R., and Al-Bahi, A., “Preparing for
ABET Accreditation in a Non-Western, Non-English
Speaking Environment,” 2008 Annual Conference &
Exhibition of the American Society of Engineering
Education, June 2008. |
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3.
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Reda M.S. Abdel Aal,
Adnan H. Zahed, Abdallah O. Bafail, and Ali M. Al-Bahi,
“Using Multiple Methods to
Assess a Freshman
Active Learning Outcome Based Design Course,” 7th
Saudi Engineering Conference, King Saud University,
Riyadh, Dec. 2007. |
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Al-Bahi, A.M.,
"Exposure Matrix - an Approach to Evaluate Program
Outcomes Using Course Level Direct Assessment," ICEET- 2
Int. Conf. on Eng. Education and Training, Kuwait, 2007. |
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6. |
Al-Bahi, A.M.,
"HI-CLASS – a Handy Instrument for Course Level
Assessment," ICEET- 2 Int. Conf. on Eng. Education and
Training, Kuwait, 2007. |
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Al-Bahi, A.M.,
Zahed, A., Bafail, A., and Abdel Aal, R., "Triangulation
in Course Assessment Applied in a Freshman Modelling
Course," 10th UICEE Annual Conf. on Eng. Education,
Bangkok, Thailand, 2007. |
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Al-Bahi, A.M.,
"Development of a Design Phase Checklist for Outcome
Based Active/Cooperative Learning Courses," 2006 Annual
Conference & Exhibition of the American Society of
Engineering Education, 2006. |
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9. |
Ibraheem M. Al-Qadi and
Ali M. Al-Bahi, "Micro Aerial Vehicles Design
Challenges: State of The Art Review," Saudi Society for
Aerospace Sciences' Meeting & Exhibition on Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2006. |
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10. |
Khalid S. Al-Ghamdi,
Yasser B. Al-Zahrani, Seraj O. Al-Zahrani and Ali M.
Al-Bahi, "Preliminary Design of a Micro Aerial
Vehicle," Saudi Society for Aerospace Sciences' Meeting
& Exhibition on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia, 2006 |
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11. |
Al-Bahi, A.M.,
Al-Hazmy, M.M., and Zaki, G.M. “Natural Convection in a
Tilted Rectangular Enclosure with a Single Discrete
Heater,” KAU Journal of Eng. Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia, 2006. |
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12. |
Al-Hazmy, M.M.,
Al-Bahi, A.M. and Zaki, G.M., “Numerical Modeling of
Coupled Natural Convection Conduction Effects on the
Heat Load through Building Facades,”
Paper No. IMEC04-2018, Proceedings of the Int. Mech.
Eng. Conf., Kuwait, 2004. |
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