DR. SAMI S. HABIB

Associate Professor, Aeronautical Engineering Dept., King Abdulaziz Univ.

 

Education

Degree

Field

Institution

Year

PhD

Mechanical Engineering

The University of Leeds, UK

1986

MS

Mechanical Engineering

Cal. State University, Los Angeles, USA

1983

BS

Mechanical Engineering,

King Fahed University of  Petroleum & Minerals , Saudi Arabia

1978

 

Service in KAU

Date of original appointment:

1978

Number of years of service:

23

Years

From

to

Academic Rank

Department

1978

1979

Graduate Assistant

Aeronautical Engineering

1986

1996

Assistant Professor

Aeronautical Engineering

1996

Date

Associate Professor

Aeronautical Engineering

 

Other Related Experience

Courses Taught

Flight Vehicles Materials, Aircraft Structural Design, Structural Integrity, Aircraft Design, Special Topics in Aeronautical Engineering, BS Project.

 

Industrial Experience

1993–1994

Sabbatical Year with the Indonesian Aircraft Industries IPTN working as a member of  the designing team of the N-250 Aircraft.

 

Consulting, Funded Research Projects and Patents

1.

KACST special grand, King AbdulAziz City for Science and Technology, KACST, Conceptual Design of a Micro Air Vehicle, 2006.

2.

1998: Consultant to the Ministry of Defense & Aviation.

 

States or countries in which professionally licensed or certified

Not Applicable

 

Scientific and professional societies of which a member

 

Society

Rank

Member Since

1.

American Inst. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, AIAA

Member

1990

2.

Saudi Society for Aerospace Sciences

member of the founding committee, currently member

2003

3.

Saudi Council of Engineers

Member

2005

 

Honors and Awards

1.

Chairman, Saudi Society for Aerospace Sciences (2003-present).

2.

Reviewer & Editing Consultant for the "Al-Tairan Al-Madaney" Magazine, Which is published by the Saudi Arabian Civil Aviation Presidency, 2003-2008

3.

Weekly Column writer in local Newspapers for the last 15 years, with too numerous articles to include here, many of which are dedicated to simplify aerospace knowledge to the educated public.

 

Institutional and professional service in the last five years (administration, committees, units, etc.)

1.

Head of the Nanotechnology Research Center, KAU, 2007- present.

2.

Head of the Saudi Society of Aerospace Sciences, 2003-present.

3.

Chairman, Aeronautical Engineering Department, KAU, 1991- 1993 and 1999-2003.

4.

Member of the Alumni, Industrial Relations and Training Committee, AE Dept., KAU, 2006-present.

 

Percentage of time available for academic activities

Research:

25%

 

  

Teaching:  10%

 

     Other academic activities:

20%

 

 

Percentage of time committed to the program:

100%

 

 

Principal publications of the last five years

1.

Sami S. Habib, “The Future of Nanotechnology: Saudi Roadmap,” International Journal of Nanomanufacturing (Communicated)

2.

Sami S. Habib, “Growth of carbon nanotubes using low pressure chemical vapor depostion,” International Journal of Nanomanufacturing (Communicated)

3.

 

Sami S Habib, Numan Salah, Zishan H Khan, S. Al- Heniti, F S Al-Hazmi, Shamshad A Khan, Adel S Faidah, O Abu Al-khair, “Synthesis and characterization of Tin Dioxide Nanoparticles and effect of annealing temperature,” International Journal of Nanomanufacturing (Communicated)

4.

Sami S. Habib, “Highly Crystalline ZnO Nanoparticles,” International Journal of Nanomanufacturing (Communicated)

5.

Numan Salah, Zishan H Khan, Sami S Habib and Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, “Optical Properties of LiF:Mg,Cu,P Nanorods,” International Journal of Nanomanufacturing (Communicated)

6.

Numan Salah, S P Lochab, Ranju Ranjan, D Kanjilal, Sami S Habib, V E Aleynikov and A A Rupasov, “Nanoparticles of K2Ca2)SO4(3 :Eu as effective detectors for swift heavy ions,” Journal of Applied Physics 102(2007) 64904-8.

7.

S P Lochab, D Kanjilal, Numan Salah, Sami S Habib, Jyoti Lochab, Ranju Ranjan, V E Aleynikov, A A Rupasov and A Pandey, “Nanoparticles Ba0.97Ca0.03SO4:Eu for Ion Beams Dosimetry,” Journal of Applied Physics (Accepted).

8.

Numan Salah, Sami S Habib, Zishan H Khan, S P Lochab, D Kanjilal, Ranju Ranjan , V E  Aleynikov and A A Rupasov, “Nanorods of LiF:Mg,Cu,P as Detectors for Mixed Field Radiations,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (Accepted).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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