Taibah University

Taibah University ( _ar. جامعة طية) is located in Medina, Saudi Arabia.

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Schools include:
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* College of Engineering, one of the top colleges in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, provided Engineering Education in an all English,

A Royal Creed was issued on 18/1/1426 H. to establish a college of Engineering at Al Medina Al Munawara. This college is to be part of Taibah University system of Colleges. The Engineering College is to fulfill the Kingdom's needs within the various Engineering fields and specialization. Thus, this action had a great impact on the young generation's future of this country's proud people.

It is my pleasure to welcome you to Taibah University College of Engineering at Al Medina Al Munawara. No doubt that each student who has joined our college have accomplished great knowledge both scientific as well as informative. This knowledge has provided the student entrance to the College of Engineering. This success was achieved by continuous study and spending time going through text books and attending classes; and that’s what we at the college of Engineering expect of you to do.

Finally, I hope that your study at the field of your choice will increase your concentration and future capabilities while attending classes at the College of Engineering. I wish you a successful and fruitful education starting with Engineering Design all the way till your Senior Design Project.

Dean of the College of Engineering

Vision

Where every member (Faculty, Staff and Student) of the College of Engineering Body excels to create a better tomorrow through providing the best educational system for the country.

Mission

We add value to our Kingdom through the best, innovative, and internationally recognized and accredited Academic Programs. The quality of service and effective teaching methods that endorse the current country's Engineering needs.

Objectives

ý To serve the Saudi Community in order to construct a well established educational system.

ý To provide the best academic program.

ý To be a nationally and internationally recognized and accredited institute.

ý To infuse the student's capabilities on safety, teamwork, leadership and communication skills.

Departments: Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, Industrial, and Arch. Engineering.

Department of Electrical Engineering

Department Vision:

The Department of Electrical Engineering focus on being a leading department in Electrical Engineering field and provide excellence in teaching, state of the art research and promote community services.

Department Mission:

The Mission of the Electrical Engineering Department is based on ASPIRE.

Achieve excellence in active teaching/learning methodologies. Selecting the up to date courses that suits most educational and industrial requirements. Provide state of the art laboratories with the novel methods of virtual labs as well as emphasizing the classical method of bred board and color code reading. Initiate the contact with the local industry so that the student will cover a great training period and mingle with the working life paste. Recent research developments are not to be missed. As we focus on obtaining the latest information from on line journals and periodicals. Enhance the student thinking process on evaluating real life engineering problems; analyze them and providing alternative solutions.

Department Goals and Objectives:

The Electrical Engineering Department educational goals and objectives are:

To prepare graduates to practice Electrical Engineering in its major areas, such as control theory, digital communication systems, electric power and electronics. To further develop skills pertinent to Electrical Engineering problem definition, formulation, design, analysis and solution. · To design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret the data

To demonstrate ability for life long learning, leadership and service among the graduates. To produce graduates who further develop team work and effective oral and written communications skills. To apply and practice the Electrical Engineering knowledge in a professional setting such as ethics and safety

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Program Mission:

All processes, facilities, human resource, administration and financial resource whatever so is involved in modeling a mechanical engineer to meet the requirements of a modern industry, government sector or self entrepreneurship development is the mission of this department. Therefore, to incorporate all the teaching techniques, curriculum meeting ABET requirements, laboratory practices, team work culture, academic atmosphere and object oriented work culture, the department will be looking forward to inhabit resourceful faculty, skilled technicians and ` administrative support. Further, the department will be establishing modern mechanical engineering laboratories, informative and state of the art library, computational facilities, and modern class room teaching supports. Efforts will be made to regulate the financial resource in the optimal and result oriented investment. There are various disciplines under the Mechanical Engineering major which includes:

1) Solid/Structural Mechanics and Materials Science,

2) Thermo-fluids/Aerodynamics, and

3) Physical Response, Mechanical Design, and Mechanisms.

Research laboratories will be established through the coordination of research funding organizations. Collaborated research programs will be initiated with the Research and Development Organizations within the country and abroad.

Program Vision:

To be at the edge of technology and engineering education, and to lead a state of the art research with a combination of both faculty and facilities, and to provide its graduates an opportunity of enrichment to fulfill job markets needs and propagation by giving them both skills and leadership.

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

IntroductionThe department offers a four-year curriculum for the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. A modern mechanical engineering curriculum must prepare students for professional practice in a broad spectrum of industrial activities. Today's mechanical engineer must be soundly educated in the mechanics of solids and fluids, thermodynamics and heat transfer, the science of materials, and the principles and techniques of mechanical engineering design. The undergraduate program provides this necessary foundation while retaining a flexibility that permits students to specialize to a limited extent in one of their particular interests. At the end of the four-year program, the student's education and training enable them to assume professional status as practicing engineers.

Mechanical engineers study the behavior of solids, liquids and gases when forces are applied to them and when they are heated and cooled. They learn how to convert energy efficiently from one form to another. Using this knowledge base, mechanical engineers play key roles in the design of transportation systems, including automobiles and space vehicles; environmental control systems, and processes, including robots; energy conversion technology, including engines and power plants; biomedical devices; and the list goes on. The tremendous breadth of mechanical engineering gives the mechanical engineer access to employment in every major industry.

Program MissionAll processes, facilities, human resource, administration and financial resource whatever so is involved in modeling a mechanical engineer to meet the requirements of a modern industry, government sector or self entrepreneurship development is the mission of this department. Therefore, to incorporate all the teaching techniques, curriculum meeting ABET requirements, laboratory practices, team work culture, academic atmosphere and object oriented work culture, the department will be looking forward to inhabit resourceful faculty, skilled technicians and ` administrative support. Further, the department will be establishing modern mechanical engineering laboratories, informative and state of the art library, computational facilities, and modern class room teaching supports. Efforts will be made to regulate the financial resource in the optimal and result oriented investment. There are various disciplines under the Mechanical Engineering major which includes: 1) Solid/Structural Mechanics and Materials Science, 2) Thermo-fluids/Aerodynamics, and 3) Physical Response, Mechanical Design, and Mechanisms. Research laboratories will be established through the coordination of research funding organizations. Collaborated research programs will be initiated with the Research and Development Organizations within the country and abroad.

Program Vision:To be at the edge of technology and engineering education, and to lead a state of the art research with a combination of both faculty and facilities, and to provide its graduates an opportunity of enrichment to fulfill job markets needs and propagation by giving them both skills and leadership.

Program Objectives:The broad educational objectives of the undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering is to provide a solid foundation of mathematical, scientific and engineering knowledge and to develop the basic engineering skills that will serve students throughout their careers.

Detailed Program Objectives:

Objective 1: Foundation: To provide students with a strong foundation in mechanical engineering sciences and design methodologies that emphasizes the application of the fundamental mathematical, scientific and engineering principles in the areas of mechanical engineering.

Objective 2: Skills & Tools: To provide students with skills to enter the workplace well prepared in the core competencies listed below:(a) Design and modeling experience(b) Open-ended problem solving ability(c) Experimental and data analysis techniques(d) Teamwork experience(e) Oral, written, and multimedia communication skills(f) Experience with contemporary computing systems and methodology

Objective 3: Awareness & Professional Ethics: To provide students with issues relevant to mechanical engineering practice, including ethical, professional, social and global awareness, the impact of mechanical engineering on society, the importance of continuing education and life-long learning in both technical and non-technical areas.The Mechanical Engineering curriculum, faculty, facilities are to be developed to the extent that this program is attractive for the incumbents. The program must ensure quality education to be provided to the students. This will equip students with the professional capabilities like creativity, decision making and problem solving techniques. The aim of the program is to provide technical training such that students could build their engineering status which will attract employers of government and private sector.

The Mechanical Engineering curriculum has been developed to satisfy ABET requirements. The standard text books with active learning techniques have been adapted in the curriculum. The department is in the process of acquiring a rich journal-on-line library to support research. Efforts are being made to establish a high power computational facility with a dense internet channel system. Besides few faculty members already present in the department, more faculty members of high educational caliber are being sought. These all preparations and efforts are being aimed at the best out put from the department in terms of highly skillful and academic engineer. Process evaluation and assessment lay down by ABET has been implemented to assess the performance of faculty, students, facilities, administrative cooperation and other connected areas. There are guide lines laid down by ABET for the faculty to transfer knowledge to the students. These instructions are being practiced in the department.

The Mechanical Engineering curriculum provides a strong base in the main areas of mechanical engineering during the first three years of study. Moreover, the curriculum is also augmented by a number of mechanical engineering and technical elective courses in one or more branches of the mechanical engineering profession. It contains the required general education courses in the areas of mathematics, chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science, Islamic, and English. It balances theory with application and provides practical experience with laboratory sessions as applicable. The program is to give the student a strong mathematical background to enable him to address research-type problems or other problems encountered in engineering practice which require detailed analytical and/or experimental studies. The Senior Design Project (ME 491 and ME 492) is a capstone design course which presents a student an opportunity to participate in a design team which operates in unstructured problem-solving situations. Every mechanical engineering science student is required to spend 8 weeks in summer training (ME 390, after junior year) to make use of his knowledge and to acquire valuable experience in an industrial environment, which may give him a fresh outlook for appropriately selecting his elective courses. The program prepares a student either for an industrial career or for graduate studies.

Senior Research ProjectsStudents are encouraged to participate in Senior Research Projects as soon as they have received training in the fundamentals appropriate for a given research area. A sample of some interested students could develop interests in: Electro-Mechanical Systems, Production/Manufacturing, Dynamics/Vibrations, Aerodynamics, Heat Transfer, Computer-Aided Design, Turbo-machinery, Rotorcrafts and Materials Engineering.

Mechanical engineers have traditionally been concerned with a great variety of technologies, such as energy conversion, machine design, instrumentation and control of physical processes, and control of the environment. Mechanical engineers fill essential roles in the entire spectrum of industrial enterprises, including even such apparently "non-mechanical" ones as the aerospace, chemical, computer, and electrical power industries. Some new and exciting areas currently demanding mechanical engineer’s expertise include artificial organs (hearts, lungs, kidneys) and prosthetic limb and joint design, high-performance composite materials development, flexible manufacturing, mechanical design, automation, and the control of industrial environmental pollution.

Program Outcomes:A mechanical engineering graduate from this department is expected to have acquired following capabilities and abilities:• Formulate any problem using the basic laws of science, mathematics and engineering.• Analyze the formulated problem and produce a design which is optimal with regards to feasibility, dimensions and the cost.• Think beyond conventional laws to invent new ways and methods of design which result in creativity. • Have leadership qualities, facilities, resources and environment for useful and result oriented objectives.• Work in a team and contribute efficiently with cohesive attitude and obedience for the fruitful results.• Have communication skills to demonstrate the views of his Undertaking to the team members, companions, the market and the society. • Demonstrate drafting qualities by writing meaningful, consistent, well connected and standard drafts for his undertaking. • Demonstrate highest degree of discipline in living, interaction with the surroundings and in the work place.• Have capability to allocate and focus great visions for the concern to which he adapts as work place.by Dr. Yasir M. Shariff, Vice Dean of the College of Engineering

Yasir Maqbool Shariff, PhD

E-mail: [e-mail]

A. Fields of Interests:

(N/MEMS) Nano/Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, Heat Transfer: Enhancement Heat Transfer (experimental, analytical, and theoretical), Thermal Systems Analysis and Design, HVAC, Environmental Systems Design. Strategic Network Planning. Access, IP/ATM, Integration, Interconnection, Signaling Networks. Developing Networks Annual Plans. Project Management. Developing Standards, Policies, Strategies, Plans, Processes, and Procedures. Statistical Quality Control: Measuring Assurance. Process Development. Technology Standards Development.

B. Education:

Wichita State University, KS, USAPh. D. Mechanical Engineering, (Micro and Nano Electro Mechanical Sys. N/MEMS) (December 2001)with distinction, Sum Cum Laude with honors

Washington UniversityM. S. Mechanical Engineering (August 1995)with distinction, Cum Laude with honors

Washington UniversityB. S. Mechanical Engineering (August 1995)with Second Honors

C. Experience:

1) Taibah University, College of Engineering, Madina, Saudi Arabia

Assistant Professor, Vice Dean, Acting Chairman ME, (March 2006 - Present)Assistant Professor, (Nov 2005 - March 2006)

2) Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Headquarters, Riyadh, KSA

Strategic Network Planner(Feb 2002 - Nov 2005):a) Prepared Annual Business Plan for 2002.b) Prepared Annual Business Plan for 2003.c) Updated Strategic Plan for 2002.d) Updated Strategic Plan for 2003.e) Technology Standards Development.f) Setting Networks Policies, Standards, Strategies, Plans, Processes,and Procedures 2002-2004.g) Fundamental Plan: Khamis-Mushait to Bisha Fiber Connection Study, April 2002.h) Fundamental Plan: Dammam TCC, Telecom relocation with possible RANConnectivity.

3) Saudi Binladin Group, Madinah, Saudi Arabia Project Management, Operation & Maintenance (Prophet Mosque Expansion) (Dec 2001 - Feb 2002).

4) Wichita State University, Wichita, KS. (Aug 1997 - Nov 2001)

Graduate Assistant: Fluid mechanics, heat transfer and thermodynamics.Graduate Teaching Assistant: Fluids and heat transfer laboratory.Graduate Research Assistant: Funded research in phase change heat transfer.

D. Councils and Academic Committees:

Taibah University1- Member, Scientific Council for two years, 2007.2- Member, Equipment and laboratory Committee for one year 2006.3- Member, Student Affairs Committee for two years 2006.4- Member, Standing Committee for the affairs of TA’s, Lecturers, Language Teachers and Assistant Researchers for two years, 2006.5- Member, Projects Evaluation Committee for one year, 2006. 6- President, IT Project Evaluation Committee for one year, 2006. 7- Member, Research Institute Council for one year, 2006.

E. Consulting:

Saudi Arabian Standards Organization, Headquarters, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Oct 2002- 2003), Consultant for Preparing the Saudi Arabian National Building Code, Chairman for Mechanical Building Code.

F. Training:

1) “Strategic Planning,” STC Training Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 15-19 March 2003.2) “Finance Fundamentals,” STC Training Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1-5 February 2003.3) “Marketing and Sales,” STC Training Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 4-8 January 2003.4) “Purchasing Management,” STC Training Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 12-16 October 2002.5) “5ESS Exchange,” STC Training Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 7-11 September 2002.6) “Management Fundamentals,” STC Training Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 10-14 August 2002.7) “Electronic Cabinets Operations,” STC Training Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 20-24 July 2002.8) “SIEMENS: EWSD Exchange,” STC Training Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 13-17 July 2002.9) “Customer Care,” STC Training Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 22-26 June 2002.10) “Telecom Power System,” STC Training Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 8-19 June 2002.11) “Telecom Fundamentals,” STC Training Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 11-22 May 2002.12) “Management and Telecom Systems,” STC Training Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 2002.13) NASA Langley Research Center Workshop, Statistical Quality Control for Measurement Assurance: Applications to Ground Testing workshop, Kansas 2000.14) Effective Collage Teaching workshop, 1999.15) National Instruments, NA, LabView Training, 1998.16) SASO, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, GCC Standards, 2006

G. Publications and Research:

Journals

1. Shariff, Y., 2007, “Characterstics of Refrigerant Mixture Flow Boiling in Meso Scale Heat Exchangers Enhanced with Coils,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, AIAA.

3. Shariff, Y., and Ravigururajan, T. S., 2007, “Boiling Characteristics of Refrigerant Mixture (R-407C) Flow in Smooth Micro Heat Exchangers,” ASME, HTD.

Conference Proceedings 1. Sheikh, N. A., Shariff, Y. M., Shariff, S. M., and Siddiqui, M. J., “Superfluous Curriculum Burdens on Mechanical Engineering Students, Causes and Remedies,” International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE 07), University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA, Dec. 3-12, 2007.

2. Shariff, S. M., and Siddiqui, M. J., Sheikh, N. A., Shariff, Y. M., “Response of First Active Teaching/Learning Course at Taibah University,” International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE 07), University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA, Dec. 3-12, 2007.

3. Shariff, Y. July 2007, “Boiling Characteristics of Refrigerant Mixture flow in Micro-Scale Heat Exchangers Using Micro-Coils,” Proceedings of IPACK2007, ASME, InterPACK ’07, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

4. Shariff, Y., and Ravigururajan, T. S. Nov 2007, “Enhancement of Single-Phase Refrigerant Mixture (R-407C) flow in Meso-Scale Heat Exchangers Using Micro-Coils,” ASME, International Conf. on Integration and Commercialization of Micro and Nano-Systems, Jan 10-13, 2007, Sanya, China.

5. Shariff, Y., and Ravigururajan, T. S., Jan 2005, “Enhanced Refrigerant Mixture Flows in Meso-channels Using Micro-coils,” ISHMT/ASME Intl. Heat Transfer Conf., India.

6. Shariff, Y., and Ravigururajan, T. S. Nov 2004, “Thermal Design Correlations for Single- and Two-Phase flow of R-407C in Meso-Scale Heat Exchangers,” ASME, IMECE Intl. Conf. & Expo., Anaheim, CA.

7. Shariff, Y., and Ravigururajan, T. S., Jan 2002, “Subcooled and Saturated Flow Boiling Characteristics of Refrigerant Mixture Flows in Meso-Channels,” ISHMT/ASME Intl. Heat Transfer Conf., India.

8. Shariff, Y., and Ravigururajan, T. S. Nov 2001, “Two Phase Flow of refrigerant Mixtures in enhanced Meso-Channel,” ASME, IMECE Intl. Conf. & Expo., New York, NY.

Desirtatoins

1) Shariff, Y. Dec. 2001, “Heat Transfer Characteristics of Single and Two-Phase Alternative Refrigerant Mixture Flow in Smooth and Enhanced Meso-Scale Heat Exchangers,” Doctoral Dissertation, Mechanical Engineering Department, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS.2) Shariff, Y. August 1995, “Analytical Developments on Heronis Alexandrini: Mechanics and Mechanical Equipment,” Masters Thesis, Mechanical Engineering Department, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

Research Visits

Research conducted at the Penn State Univ. CNEU (Center of Nanotechnology and Education and Utilization) 6/07 to 8/07 as a fellowship sponsored by KAKST King Abdul Aziz City for Scientific Research and Technology, “NEMS-Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems.”

H. Skills:

1) Computer and Software: LabView, Fluent, SAS JMPIN Statistical, MatLab,AutoCAD, Mathematica, MathCAD, Fortran, Web Design and Internet applications, Win ME, Office 2000.2) Personal: Proposals, Presentation, Planning, Organization, Multi-project management, Excellent writing, reading, and verbal communication capabilities.I. Honors/Awards:

1) PhD with distinction, Sum Cum Laude with honors, 2001 Wichita State Univeristy, Wichita, KS, USA.2) BSc with Second Honors, and MSc with distinction, Cum Laude with honors, 1995 Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA.3) Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Lifetime Member, 1999.4) Wichita State University, Mechanical Engineering Department Fellowship, 1998.5) Wichita State University, Bookstore Scholarship, 1998.6) ASHRAE Research Grant, 1998-2001.7) Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission Scholarship to USA, BS/MS/PhD, 1993-2001.8) Dean’s List, 1992.9) ASME Full Member, 1992.10) ASHRAE Member, 1998.

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