PERSONAL DATA
Name: Fahd Abdulaziz Abanmy
Place and date of birth: Riyadh, 1963
Nationality: Saudi
Business Address: King Saud University
Civil Engineering Department,
P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Phone : + 966-1467‑7009
Fax: + 966-1467-7008
E-mail: fabanmy@ksu.edu.sa
Web site http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/FahdAbanmy/default.aspx
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Civil Engineering /Surveying Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 1996
M.Sc. Civil Engineering/ Surveying Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison,, USA, 1990
B.Sc. Civil Engineering_ King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1986
CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Surveying Engineering Program, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Employment and Academic History:
· 1996-present , Assistant Professor, King Saud University
· 1994-1995, Project assistant (orthophoto production for DNR), University of Wisconsin-Madison.
· 1993-1994, Project assistant (Control points collection using GPS and producing DEMs and orthophotos), University of Wisconsin-Madison.
· 1986-1987, Teaching Assistant, King Saud University
Fields of Interest
- Analytical and digital photogrammetry
- Surveying
- Digital image processing
- GIS and remote sensing
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
· Member of the National Society for Professional Surveyors (USA).
· Member of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM).
· Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
· Member of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).
· Member of the International Society for Geodesy and Geophysics.
· Member of the Saudi Society for Earth Sciences.
AWARDS
- Second Class Honor from King Saud University with B.Sc. degree.( 1986).
Administrative activities
- Member of the graduation committee at the college of Engineering 1997-1998
- Member of student training committee 1998-1999
- Member of computer center board 2000-2002
- Member of purchases committee 2002-2004
- Civil Engineering general secretary, 2000-2004
- Summer training program supervisor, 2002 – present
Consultation
- Consultant at Riyadh Municipality, 1998 – present
Published Papers
Abanmy, F., 1996 “Grid-Based DEM Generation Using Existing DEM Information” Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 156 pages.
Abanmy, F., Khamees, H., Scarpace, F. and Vonderohe, A 1995 “An Evaluation of DEM and Orthophoto Generation on OrthoMAX.” ACSM/ASPRS Annual Convention, Charlotte, pp 479-488.
Scarpace, F., A. Vonderohe, and F. Abanmy, 1995 “An Evaluation Of Softcopy Photogrammetric Systems”, a Report submitted to Dane County, 32 pages
Scarpace, F. and F Abanmy 1996 “Softcopy Photogrammetric Software to Investigate the Production of Digital Orthophotos” ISPRS, Madison, WI.
Abdullah S.A. Alsalman, Yousef Siyam and Fahd Abanmy. “ Introduction in Scale and linear Measurements used in Surveying”, Riyadh Municipality, 1st Edition, 1420 (2000). 150 pages. (in Arabic).
Abdullah S.A. Alsalman, Yousef Siyam and Fahd Abanmy. “ Introduction in Traversing and Topographic Surveying”, Riyadh Municipality, 1st Edition, 1420 (2000). 145 pages. (in Arabic).
Abdullah S.A. Alsalman and Fahd Abanmy. “Study about Development and Updating Digital Spatial Data base for Ministry of Health Properties”, Research proposal presented to Ministry of Health via Prince Abdullah Institution for Research and Consultant Studies, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 1419 (1999). (in Arabic).
ِAbanmy, F.; Abdullah E. Ali and Abdullah S. Alsalman 2007 “Optical, Laser and Digital Electronic Levelling : A Comparisonof Accuracy Performance”, Sudan Engineering Society Journal, Vol 53, No. 48.
ِAbanmy, F.; Abdullah E. Ali and Abdullah S. Alsalman 2008" APPRAISING REFLECTORLESS EDM INSTRUMENTS” To be published later this year.