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   Name:                                   Abdullah  Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Mhaidib

   Place and date of birth:            Riyadh,  1960

   Current Rank:                          Professor

   Current Employment:               Vice Dean for Development and Quality

                                              College of Engineering,King Saud University 

   Current Address:                    Department of Civil Engineering,

                                             P.O.Box 800,  Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia

   Office :                                00966(1)4673397 / 4677087

   Fax:                                    00966(1)4673517/4677008 

   Mobile:                                00966555407762         

   E-mail:                                muhaidib@ksu.edu.sa   

   My Site:                              http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/Al-Muhaidib/default.aspx

 

 

   Academic Degrees:

   Ph.D. Civil Engineering           University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 1992

   M.Sc. Civil Engineering          University of Colorado-Boulder, USA, 1986

   B.Sc. Civil Engineering          King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1982

  

  Awards and scholarships:

Winner of The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz International Award for Translation in the field of  (Translation Award in natural sciences, from other languages into Arabic) for translation, from English into Arabic, the book: Geotechnical Engineering:Soil Mechanics, Authored by John N. Cernica (2007)

Best Faculty Site in the Collage of Engineering in King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Second Prize Winner (2007)

Scholarship from King Saud University for Graduate Studies (M.S.and Ph.D.) in the United States of America (1984-1992).

Second Class Honor from King Saud University with B.S. degree (1982)

 

   Employment and Academic History:

   Septemper 2007 - Present:

   Vice Dean for Development and Quality, College of Engineering,

   King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

   January 2006 - Present:                 

   Professor, Civil Engineering Department, King Saud University,  Riyadh,

    Saudi Arabia

 

   July 2000 - January 2006:             

   Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, King Saud University, 

   Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

   November 1992 - July 2000:        

   Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department,  King Saud University, 

   Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

   August 1982 –December 1983:    

   Teaching Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, King Saud University, 

   Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

   Membership of Scientific Associations:

  • Associate member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), U.S.A
  • Member, Saudi Society of Engineers.
  • Member, Saudi Society of Civil Engineers.

 

  Publications:

  1. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (2007)" Efficiency of Pile Groups in Clay under Different Loading Rates ", proceedings of the Seventeenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2007) , Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. II.
  2. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (2006), "Influence of Shearing Rate on Interfacial Friction between Sand and Steel", Engineering Journal of University of Qatar, Volume 19, pp.35-50.
  3. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (2006) "Influence of Loading Rate on Axial Capacity of Pile Groups in Clay from Laboratory Model Tests" Proceedings of the 10th Arab Structural Engineering Conference, Kuwait, Vol. I, pp. 611-620.
  4. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (2006) " Experimental Investigation of the Behavior of Pile Groups in Sand under Different Loading Rates", Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Volume 24, pp. 889-902.
  5. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (2005)" Shearing Rate Effect on Interfacial Friction Betweeen Sand and Steel", proceedings of the Fifteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2005) , Seoul, Korea, Vol. II, pp. 633-640.
  6. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (2005) " Loading Rate Effects on Pile Groups in Clay", Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (EJGE), Vol. 10, Bundle (E), EJGE paper 2005-0583, World Wide Web of Geotechnical Engineers, USA.
  7. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (2004), "Effect of Loading Rate on Pile Groups in Sand", proceedings of the International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (ICGE-2004) , Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, pp. 62-67.
  8. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (2001), "Effect of Rate of Loading on Uplift Capacity of a Model Pile in Clay", proceedings of the 11th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2001) , Stavanger, Norway, Vol. 2, pp. 656-661.
  9. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (2001) "Loading Rate Effect on Piles in Clay from Laboratory Model Tests" Journal of King Saud University (Engineering Sciences), Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 39-55.
  10. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. and Al-Shamrani, M.A. (2000) "Lime Treatment of Expansive Soils Containing Sulfates", Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Ground Improvement Techniques, Singapore, 25-26 September 2000.
  11. Al-Shamrani, M.A. and Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (2000) "Vertical Swelling of Expansive Soils Under Fully and Partially Restraint Conditions ", Unsaturated Soils for Asia, Proceedings of the Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils UNSAT-ASIA 2000, Ed. by  H. Rahardjo, D. G. Toll & E. C. Leong, Singapore, pp. 627-632.
  12.  Al-Shamrani, M.A. and Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (2000) "Swelling Behavior Under Oedometeric and Triaial Loading Conditions ", Geotchnical Special Publication No. 99, Advances in Unsaturated Geotechnics, Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Denver 2000, Ed. by  Charles D. Shackelford, Sandra L. Houston, and Nien-Yin Chang, Denver, U.S.A., pp. 344-360.
  13.  Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (2000) "An Experimental Study on the Influence of Rate of Loading on the Axial Capacity of Steel Piles in Sand" Emirates Journal for Engineering Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 10-16.
  14. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. and Al-Shamrani, M.A. (2000), " Influence of Swell on Shear Strength of Expansive Soils" , GeoEng2000 Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
  15. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. and Edil, T.B. (1999) " Effect of Pile Installation Method on Uplift Capacity of Piles in Sand Journal of King AbdulAziz University (Engineering Sciences), Special Issue: Selected Papers from the Fourth Saudi Engineering Conference, pp. 73-79.
  16. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. and Al-Shamrani, M.A. (1999), " Effect of Loading Conditions on Expansion of Lime-Treated Expansive Soil Containing Sulfates", Civil Engineering Research Magazine, Al-Azhar University, Vol. 21, No. 2 ,  pp. 449-462.
  17. Al-Shamrani, M.A. and Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (1999) "Comparison of Vertical and Volumetric Swells of Compacted Expansive Soils ", proceedings of the Fifth Saudi Engineering Conference, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Vol. 3, pp. 239-248.
  18. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (1999), "Bearing Capacity of A Model Pile in Sand under Different Loading Rates", proceedings of the Ninth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-99) , Brest, France, Vol. 1, pp. 724-730.
  19.  Al-Shamrani, M.A. and Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (1999) "Prediction of Potential Vertical Swell of Expansive Soils Using a Triaxial Stress Path Cell", Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, Vol. 32, pp. 45-54.
  20. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (1998), " Swelling Behaviour of Expansive Shales from the Middle Region of Saudi Arabia", Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 291-307.
  21. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (1998), "Prediction of Swelling Potential of an Expansive Shale", proceedings of the Second International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT '98) , Beijing, China, pp. 315-320.
  22. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. and Edil, T.B. (1998) " Model Tests for Uplift Resistance of Piles in Sand", Geotechnical Testing Journal  (ASTM), Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 213-221.
  23. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (1997) "Influence of Loading  Rate on Undrained Bearing Capacity of a Model Pile in Clay" proceedings of the Fourth Regional Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (GEOTROPIKA '97) , Johor Bahru, Malaysia, pp. 357-370.
  24. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. and Al-Shamrani, M.A. (1996), " Swelling Characteristics of Lime-Treated Expansive Soils", Geotechnical Engineering, Journal of Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 37-53.
  25. Al-Shamrani, M.A. and Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (1995), "Multi-Dimensional Swell Behavior of Expansive Shales" proceedings of the Eleventh African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Cairo, Egypt, pp. 161-174.
  26. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. and Edil, T.B. (1995) " Effect of Pile Installation Method on Uplift Capacity of Piles in Sand" proceedings of the Fourth Saudi Engineering Conference, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Vol. II, pp. 353-360.
  27. Edil, T.B. and  Al-Mhaidib, A. I. (1995) " Direct Measurement of Shaft Resistance Distribution" proceedings of the 70 Years of Soil Mechanics, International Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 119-139.
  28. Al-Mhaidib, A. I. and Edil, T.B. (1994) " Effect of Pile-End on Uplift Capacity of Pipe Piles in Sand" proceedings of the First Regional Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers-Saudi Arabia Section, Manama, Bahrain, pp. 395-407.

 

Papers written in Arabic Language:

    1.     Al-Mhaidib, A. I. " Sabkha Soil in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : Characteristics and Tretment", Journal of King AbdulAziz University, Engineering Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 29-80 , 2002-2003.

     2.      Al-Mhaidib, A. I. "Characteristics of Expansive Soil in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia", " Journal of King Saud University, Engineering Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 1-34 , 2003.

     3.      Al-Mhaidib, A. I.  "Arabization of Engineering Education : Obstacles and Solutions" Proceedings of the Symposium on Development of Engineering and Environmental Design Education,, King AbdulAziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, , February 2001.

    4.      Al-Mhaidib, A. I.  "The Needs for Teaching Engineering Education in Arabic Language" Proceedings of the Symposium of Gulf Engineer and Hopes of the New Century, Engineering committee, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 2000.

    5.      Al-Mhaidib, A. I.  "Arabization of Engineering Education : Acceptance versus Rejection" Al-Muhandison Magazine, Kuwait Society of Engineers, Kuwait , Vol. 67, January-Mars 2000.

    6.      Al-Mhaidib, A. I.  "Arabization of Engineering Education (Step Towards Development)" Proceedings of the Symposium on Assessment of Engineering and Technical Education in Saudi Arabia, King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, November 1999.

    7.      Al-Mhaidib, A. I.  " Opinion of Faculty of College of Engineering at King Saud University about Arabization of Engineering Education  " Al-Muhandis Magazine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 1999.

    8.      Al-Mhaidib, A. I.  " Attitude of Students of College of Engineering at King Saud University Towards Engineering Education in the Arabic Language  ", Proceedings of the Fifth Saudi Engineering Conference, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, March 1999.

    9.      Al-Mhaidib, A. I.  "Status of  Arabization of Engineering Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" Proceedings of the Symposium on Spreading Arbanization and Developing Translation, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 1998.

 

Participation  in Conferences and Symposia :

       Conferences:

  • Seventh Saudi Engineering Conference , King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Novemeber 2007.
  • Seventeenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2007), Lisbon, Portugal, July 2007 .
  • Fifteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2005), Seoul, South Korea, June 2005,.
  • International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (ICGE 2004), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, October 2004.
  • Eleventh International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2001) , Stavanger, Norway, 2001.
  •  Third International Conference on Ground Improvement Techniques, Singapore, September 2000.
  • Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT-ASIA 2000), Singapore, 2000.
  • Ninth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-1999), Brest, France, 1999.
  • Third National Geo-Institute Conference, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A. June 1999.
  • Second International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 98), Beijing, China, August 1998.
  • Forth Regional Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (GEOTROPIKA '97) , Johor Bahru, Malaysia, November 1997.
  •  Forth Saudi Engineering Conference, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, November 1995 (1 paper).
  • African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Cairo, Egypt, December 1995.
  • 70 Years of Soil Mechanics, International Symposium, Istanbul,Turkey, April  1995
  • First Regional Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers-Saudi Arabia Section, Manama, Bahrain, September 1994.
  • Geotechnical Engineering Congress - 1991, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., June 1991.
  •  70th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., U.S.A., January 1991.

 

      Symposia:

  • Assessment and Quality Assurence, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Novemeber 2007.
  • Vision of Education and Training of Royal Commission for Jubial and Yanbu, Royal Commission for Jubial and Yanbu, Jubial, Saudi Arabia, October 2007.
  • The Development of Engineering and Environmental Design Education, King AbdulAziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, February 2001.
  • First Saudi Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 2001.
  • Workshop on Earthquake Engineering and Risk Management, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 2000.
  • Gulf Engineer and Hopes of the New Century, Engineering committee, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 2000.
  • Assessment of Engineering and Technical Education in Saudi Arabia, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, November 1999.
  • Grand University Syposium, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 1999.
  • Spreading Arbanization and Developing Translation, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 1998.
  •  Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: Future Visions, Ministry of Higher Education, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 1998.

 

Committees:

6 /2005 - Present       Chairman, Registration Committee, Civil Engineering Department College of Engineering,  King Saud University.

 October 2004          Member, Technical Committee, International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (ICGE 2004), Sharjah,  United Arab  Emirates.

 2004/2005 Academic year   Member, Supervising Committee, Evaluation of Faculty  member in King Saud University, College of Engineering.

 5 /2003 - Present    Chairman, Academic Committee, College of Engineering,  King Saud University.

 5/2002 – Present  Chairman, Senior Projects Committee, Civil Engineering   Department, King Saud University.

 9/1997 – Present   Member, Senior Projects Committee, Civil Engineering    Department, King Saud University.

9/1997 - 8/1998   Conveyor, Geotechnical Engineering Group, Civil Engineering Department, King Saud University.

9/1997 - 8/1998   Conveyor, General activities Committee, Civil Engineering Department, King Saud University.

9/1994 - 8/1998      Member, General activities Committee, Civil Engineering Department, King Saud University.

9/1992 - 8/1994     Member, Teaching Assistant Scholarship Affairs Committee, Civil  Engineering Department, King Saud University

 

Councils:

9/2002 – 9/2003  Member, College of Engineering Council, College of Engineering King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

 

2/2002 – 2/2004    Member, Translation Center  Council, King Saud University,  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

 

11/1992 - Present    Member, Civil Engineering Department Council, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

 

11/1992 - Present      Member, Geotechnical Engineering Group Council, Civil  Engineering, Department, King Saud University, Riyadh,  Saudi Arabia.

 

          University and Community Services:

  • Part-time consultant for the Ministry of Transport (previously Ministry of Communications).
  • Member, College of Engineering Council, College of Engineering, King Saud University (September 2002 – September 2003).
  •  Member, Translation Center  Council, King Saud University (February 2002 – February 2004), and (June 2005-Present).
  • Chairman, Academic Committee, College of Engineering, King Saud University (May 2003 – May 2004).
  • Chairman, Registration Committee, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering,  King Saud University (July 2005 – July 2007).
  • Chairman, Senior Projects Committee, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University (May 2002 – May 2004).
  • Member, Supervising  Committee, Evaluation of Faculty Member in King Saud University, College of Engineering (2004/2005 Academic year).
  • Member, Technical Committee, International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (ICGE 2004), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (October 2004).
  • Participation in many scientific conferences and symposia by attending and presenting papers.
  • Prime Investigator of the project No. 16/420 funded by the Research Center in the College of Engineering at King Saud University.
  • Prime Investigator of the project No. 6/425 funded by the Research Center in the College of Engineering at King Saud University.
  • Co-Investigator of the project No. LG-1-16 funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia.
  • Translator of two books on Geotechnical Engineering (1. Soil Mechanics, 2. Foundation Design) authored by John N. Cernica.
  • Referee of  a number of journal and conference papers.
  • Refereeing a Research Proposal submitted to King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia.
  • Supervisor and Examiner of several graduation projects in the field of Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University.
  • Supervisor, Soil Mechanics and Rock Mechanics Laboratories, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University.
  • Chairman, Committee formed to review and upgrade the course (CSC 207 Programming In Fortran), College of Engineering, King Saud University.
  • Member of several committees at Civil Engineering Department and the College of Engineering, King Saud University.
  • Participated in developing the Ph.D. Program in Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University.
  • Participated in revising the Master Program in Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University.
  • Participated in evaluation and reviewing the Geotechnical Engineering courses given at the Bachelor level in Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University according to the new academic system.
  • Member, Skills Examination Committee, National Center for Assessment in Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education, King Saud University Examination Center, 2003.
  • Chairman, Skills Examination Committee, National Center for Assessment in Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Alrass Examination Center, 2004.
  • Member, Skills Examination Committee, National Center for Assessment in Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Bahrain University Examination Center, Bahrain (August 2005).
  • Member, Soil and Foundation Committee, Saudi Building Code (February 2004 – May 2005).
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