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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. Department of Electrical Engineering. Presentation Outline. University History Faculties Department History Programs Faculty Expertise & Areas Specializations Laboratories & Research Window into the Future Summary. KFUPM History.

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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

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  1. King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Department of Electrical Engineering

  2. Presentation Outline • University History • Faculties • Department History • Programs • Faculty Expertise & Areas Specializations • Laboratories & Research • Window into the Future • Summary

  3. KFUPM History • Established in 1969 as College of Petroleum & Minerals • First B.S. Degree granted 1971 • The status of university obtained in 1975 • First Master’s Degree Awarded in ?? • First Ph.D. Awarded in ??

  4. Electrical Engineering Programs • B. Sc. (Electrical Engineering) • M. Sc. (Electrical Engineering) • M. Sc. (Telecommunication Engineering) • Ph .D. (Electrical Engineering)

  5. EE Faculty • Chair Professor 1 • Professors 8 • Associate Professors 15 • Assistant Professors 23 • Lecturers 12 • TA’s/RA’s 18

  6. ANTENNAS COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL SYSTEMS DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING ELECTRONICS ELECTROMAGNETICS DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS FIBER OPTICS TELEPHONY Selected EE Teaching Laboratories

  7. Areas of Excellence • COMMUNICATIONS • IMAGE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING • HIGH SPEED NETWORKS/FIBER OPTICS • ELECTRONICS - ANALOG AND DIGITAL • CONTROL SYSTEMS • ENERGY AND POWER SYSTEMS

  8. Expertise and Services • Application of advancedtechniques to solve problems. • Development of prototypes of new systems or subsystems. • Continuing Education: Short courses and specialized educational programs. • Consultancy Services: • To provide innovative solutions to specific industrial problems • To prepare feasibility studies on industrial projects

  9. Telecommunications in EE • Wireless Communications and Networks • Telecommunications Networks • High Speed Networks • Digital Signal Processing • Electronic Circuits • Antennas & Propagation

  10. Selected Research Projects • Evaluation of Saudi Telephone Network for Full-duplex Data Transmission • Underwater Communication Systems • Anomalous Propagation in RADAR • Development of Advanced Computer Control to Petrochemical Industries • Evaluation of Distributed Control Systems

  11. Selected Research Projects (Cont’d) • A Master Plan Study of Saudi Arabia’s Extra HV Transmission System Requirements • Evaluation of HV InsulatorsPerformance in Saudi Arabia • Feasibility Study of Interconnecting Power Systems in GCC Countries • Feasibility Study of Interconnecting Power Systems of the Mashreq Arab Countries

  12. Technical Activities

  13. Selected Short Courses • Recent Applications in Communications • Cellular Telephony and GSM • Mobile Communications and its Applications • Wireless Communications and Networks • Anomalous Propagation and RADAR • Microwave and SatelliteCommunications • Antenna Theory & Applications • Optical Fiber Communications • Introduction to Digital Communications

  14. Communications • Communications Systems • Wireless Communications • Propagation & spectrum management • Systems • Data over wireless channels • Private Radio systems • Telecommunications Networks

  15. Active Research Projects • Adaptive Multiuser Detectors (AMUD) • Interference Cancellers & Adaptive Equalizers • OFDMA • Channel Estimation • V-BLAST • Turbo coding • Propagation & Interference • TUA for Multiuser packet traffic

  16. Window into the Future • University - Industry Collaboration • Enhanced University-Industry collaboration. • Bring university and industry together through Creation of a Science Park • A new building will serve as the focal point of the Science Park • Creation of Technology Innovation Center (TIC)

  17. University-Industry Collaboration • MOU has been signed with Schulumberger to be part of the Science Park. • MOU with Ciba Specialty Chemicals. • MOU with Japan Petroleum Energy Center.

  18. Telecommunications Research Laboratory (TRL) • Expertise in all areas of telecommunications and signal processing. • Interaction and collaboration with the Telecom industry vital to Development of Telecommunication Industry in KSA. • Telecommunications Research Laboratory (TRL) at KFUPM is Established

  19. TRL Objectives (Cont’d) • TRL to provide assistance to the Saudi telecommunication industry in • Technology Assessment • Research into new applications • Development of prototypes • Field measurements to evaluate systems

  20. TRL Organization • Three Main Groups • Systems & Concept Group • Prototype Development Group • Measurement & Evaluation Group

  21. Systems & Concept Group • The activities of the Systems and Concepts Group are directed towards developing new techniques and procedures for use in current and future telecommunications systems. • This group is a source of new knowledge which may be used by the researchers and industrial partners to help attain a leadership in the area of telecommunications.

  22. Product Development Group • The Product Development Group has been entrusted with the task of transforming the new techniques and procedures developed by the Systems and Concepts Group into prototypes of telecommunication products or sub-systems.

  23. Measurement & Evaluation Group • The Measurement and Evaluation Group is assigned the task of conducting field trials to evaluate telecommunication systems for performance, quality of service (QoS), suitability to the environment and so on.

  24. Areas of Expertise • Digital Communications – system design, traffic and performance evaluation, modem design, synchronization circuits. • Telecommunication Networks – study of network topology, protocols for packet and switched data, and network performance evaluation. • Wireless Communications – coverage analysis, spectrum management, licensing, cellular systems, Private Data Networks, GSM, CDMA, Capacity and QoS evaluations, handover design, 3G and 4G Systems, WAP and Wireless IP.

  25. Areas of Expertise • Signal processing in communications- simulations of new conceptual designs and implementation of signal detectors and estimators, adaptive equalizers, advanced receiver structures using DSP/FPGA. • Computer Communications- traffic analysis, network capacity, architectures, routing and protocol studies. • Development of test-beds of new systems.

  26. Active Areas of Research at TRL • Wireless Communications • Coding for Error Control • Equalization • Telecommunications Networks • 3G and Beyond Systems • Digital Transmission over Wireless Networks • Radio Propagation & Modeling • Network Protocols

  27. Summary • EE Department runs accredited programs of high quality. • EE Faculty is well qualified in practically all areas of Electrical Engineering. • We extend our hand to ARAMCO to participate in training of competent and high quality graduates for future generations of KSA.

  28. EE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLMENT

  29. Graduate Student Enrollment YEAR MS. Ph.D. TOTAL 1990-91 30 5 35 1992-93 45 5 50 1994-95 63 4 67 1996-97 79 4 83 1998-99 70 3 73 2000-01 58 4 62

  30. EE Alumni YEAR B.Sc. M.Sc. Ph.D. TOTAL 1990-91 73 4 1 78 1991-92 66 8 0 74 1992-93 87 4 1 92 1993-94 129 15 2 146 1994-95 123 10 2 135 1995-96 157 12 0 167 1997-98 159 5 1 165 1999-00 211 10 0 221 2000-01 231 10 1 242

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