CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: DR. MUHAMMAD HAMID RAIS
ADDRESS:
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering,
College of Engineering,
King Saud University,
PO Box: 800,
Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
(TELEPHONE/ +966 1 467 6801
FACSIMILE/ +966 1 467 6757
EMAIL): mhrais@ksu.edu.sa,
mhrais@yahoo.com.au
NATIONALITY: Australian
QUALIFICATIONS:
Ph.D., (Electronics Design)
Microelectronics Research Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Western Australia (UWA) (June 2000)
M. Sc. (Electronics),
Department of Electronics, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad, Pakistan (January 1990)
AWARD/DISTINCTION:
-Merit scholarship during M.Sc.
-HRH Prince Muhammad Bin Fahd Award for “Excellence” in --Research, awarded to Laser Research Section (LRL), Research -Institute (RI), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
-Yearly evaluation of performance at LRL, RI, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, rated as “Excellent” (June 10th 1991-August 1996).
-Adhoc Scholarship during Ph.D. (August 1996-December 1997)
-University Postgraduate Scholarship (UPA) during Ph.D. (January 1998-February 2000)
-Adhoc Scholarship during Ph.D. (March 2000-June 2000)
-Best Poster Award, at the 10th International Workshop in the Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD'99), Society for Semiconductor Devices, Delhi, India, 14-18 Dec. 1999.
-Awarded Best Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology Department and Chairman in the College, awarded by the committee headed by Vice Rector of Academic Affairs, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, (2001-2004)
-Chairman, Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology Unit Hafr Al-Batin Campus, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, (2001-2004)
COURSES TAUGHT AT UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL:
Electronic circuits and models
Microelectronics
Electronic Workshop (Printed Circuit Boards designing for various Electronics Circuits) (Eagle Automated (Quick Circuit) and manual Printed Circuit Board Technology)
Digital circuits
Electronic troubleshooting
Industrial Electronics
Solid state devices
Electric circuits
Linear systems
Computer Engineering
C++
Electronic Communication Techniques
ASSIGNMENTS AT UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL
Responsible for laying foundation of a new department of Electronics Engineering and Technology at Curtin University of Technology and Electronics Engineering Technology at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Hafr Al-Batin Community College by setting up state-of-the-art teaching and training laboratories for undergraduate electrical and electronic engineering students, procurement of equipment, devices, and material for establishment of such labs, hiring of faculty and staff for the department. Beside these important tasks, I also fully involved in adopting new textbooks and designing various courses and curriculum for department of electrical and electronic Engineering. Introduced Special Electronics Workshop course based on printed circuit board using state of the art automated design approach and manual etching and soldering system.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Analog & Digital Electronics
Printed Circuit Board
Semiconductor device design, processing and testing
Semiconductor device modelling
Semiconductor Noise testing and modelling
Infrared detector technology
Printed Circuit Board
VLSI
VHDL
FPGA
Laser