Saad Al-Hamed

Dr. Saad A. Al-Hamed

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Saad A. Al-Hamed

Agricultural Engineering Department Head

 

 

College:	College of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Department:	Agricultural Engineering Department
Name:	Saad Abdulrahman Al-Hamed
Academic Rank:	Associate Professor
Place of Birth:	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Birth Date:	15 / 12 / 1962
Phone:	+966 1 4673454  +966 1 4678501  +966 1 4678500
Fax:	+966 1 4678502
E-mail:	alhamed@ksu.edu.sa saad.alhamed@gmail.com
Address:	Agricultural Engineering Department College of Food and Agricultural Sciences King Saud University P.O. Box 2460 Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia

 

 

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, 1996.
• MS    University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, 1990.
• BS     King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1986.

Research Interests

• Agricultural Power and Machinery.
• Computer applications in agriculture.
• Instrumentation and control for agricultural equipment.
• Applications of global positioning system (GPS) in agriculture.

Employment History

• Associate Professor, King Saud University, from 2004 to date.
• Assistant Professor, King Saud University, from 1996 to 2004.
• Teaching Assistant, King Saud University, from 1986 to 1996.

Administrative Assignments

• Agricultural Engineering Department Head.

Councils

• Member of the Deanship of Graduate Studies Council, King Saud University.
• Member of the College of Food and Agricultural Sciences Council, King Saud University.
• Member of the Agricultural Engineering Department Council, King Saud University.
• Member of Research Station Council, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

Committees

• Member of the Permanent Committee of Scientific Programs at the Deanship of Graduate Studies
• Chairman of Graduate Studies Committee, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
• Coordinator of the Agricultural Power and Machinery field, Agricultural Engineering Department.
• Chairman of Employment of Teaching Assistants and Follow up Committee for Mission Students, Agricultural Engineering Department.
• Member of the Scientific Committee, Agricultural Engineering Department, 2002 to 2006.
• Member of the Curricular Committee, Agricultural Engineering Department.
• Member of the Academic Supervising Committee, Agricultural Engineering Department.
• Representative of the Department of Agricultural Engineering in Research Station, College of Agriculture, 1996 to 2000.
• Supervisor of Computer Lab., Department of Agricultural Engineering, 2001 to 2003.

University and Community Service

• Member of Mechanical Measurement Committee, Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO).
• Reviewing and evaluating some standards for Saudi Arabian Standards Organization.
• Referee of some research papers for scientific magazines.
• Supervising Master theses.
• Participating in evaluating committees for Master theses of a number of graduate students.

Scientific Societies

• Member of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, SSAS
• Member of the Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering, AAAE

Research Work

 

Thesis and Dissertation

 

Al-Hamed, S.A. 1990. Tractor Performance Spreadsheet for Radial Tires. M.S. thesis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA.

 

Al-Hamed, S.A. 1996. Automatic Tractor Guidance System Based on Global  Positioning System. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA.

 

Translated Books

 

Wahbi, M.F., S.A. Al-Suhaibani, and S.A. Al-Hamed. 2002. Farm Power and Machinery Management (Translation to Arabic). King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 

Publications:

 

Al-Hamed, S.A., and A. Al-Janobi. 2007. An Educational Visual C++ Program Aid for Understanding Tractor Performance. J. of Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, 6(1): 20-35.

 

Al-Hamed, S.A. 2006. Effect of Forward Speed of Potato Harvester on Tubers Damage. Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 14(2): 533-550. (In Arabic).

 

Al-Hamed, S.A., M.F. Wahby, and I.S. Tabash. 2006. Evaluation of Different Types of Spray Nozzles Used to Apply Agricultural Chemicals. Misr J. of Agricultural Engineering, 23(2): 362-373. (In Arabic).

 

Al-Hamed, S.A., M.F. Wahby, and A.A. Al-Janobi. 2006. Effect of the Blades Angle of the Fertilizer Broadcaster On Particles Size and Uniformity. Emirates Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 18(1): 1-9. (In Arabic).

 

Al-Hamed, S.A., M.F. Wahby, N.M. Aldosari, and I.S. Tabash. 2006. Effect of Digging Depth and Amplitudes of the Riddle Chain of Potato Harvester on Tubers Damage. J. King Saud Univ. Agric. Sci., ___________. (In Arabic).

 

Al-Hamed, S.A. 2006. Effect of the Material of the Spinner Blades of a Centrifugal Broadcaster on Fertilizer Particles Size and Distribution. J. of Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, 5(2): 47-59. (In Arabic).

 

Al-Janobi, A., and S. Al-Hamed. 2004. An educational Visual C++ program aid for understanding tractor performance. Proceedings of the AFITA/WCCA: Joint Conference of the 4th International Conference of the Asian Federation of Information Technology in Agriculture and the 2nd World Congress of Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources, 618-623.

 

Al-Janobi, A., and S. Al-Hamed, Y. Al-Majhadi. 2004. Microprocessor unit for monitoring performance of agricultural tractor based on MS Visual C++. Proceedings of the V International Scientific Conference on Microprocessor Systems in Agriculture, 11-20.

 

Al-Hamed, S.A. 2004. Effect of Shank Shape of the Chisel Plow on its Productivity and Fuel Energy Consumption During Tillage Operation. J. King Saud Univ. Agric. Sci., 17(1): 139-158. (In Arabic).

 

Wahbi, M.F, and S.A. Al-Hamed. 2004. Evaluation of the Performance of a Centrifugal Broadcast Distributor for Seeds and Fertilizer. Agricultural Research Center, King Saud University, Research Bulletin No. 127:5-23. (In Arabic).

 

Al-Janobi, A.A., M.F. Wahby, A.M. Aboukarima, and S.A. Al-Hamed. 2002. Influence of chisel plow shank shape on horizontal and vertical force requirements. Agricultural Sciences, Sultan Qabos University, 7(1): 13-19.

 

Al-Janobi, A., and S.A. Al-Hamed. 2002. An object-oriented program to predict tractor and machine system performance. Proceedings of the World Congress of Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources, 477-483.

 

Al-Hamed, S.A., and A. Al-Janobi. 2001. A program for predicting tractor performance in visual C++. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 31:137-149.

 

Al-Hamed, S.A., and A. Al-Janobi. 2001. An object-oriented program to predict tractor and machine system performance. Agricultural Research Center, King Saud University, Research Bulletin No. 106:5-24.

 

Al-Hamed, S.A. 2001. Sensitivity analysis of tractor performance prediction model. Misr J. of Agricultural Engineering, Vol. 18 No. 2:441-450.

 

Al-Hamed, S.A., and Abdulwahd M. Aboukarima. 2001. Predicting the optimum performance of agricultural tractor and implement system based on minimum specific fuel consumption. Misr J. of Agricultural Engineering, 18(2): 392-406. (In Arabic).

 

Al-Hamed, S.A., A.M. Aboukarima, and M.H.A. Kabeel. 2001. Effect of rear tire inflation pressure on front wheel assist tractor performance. Misr J. of Agricultural Engineering, 18(3):715-725. (In Arabic).

 

Al-Hamed, S.A., R.D. Grisso, F.M. Zoz and K. Von Bargen. 1994. Tractor performance spreadsheet for radial tires. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 10:45-62.

 

Bashford, L.L., S. Al-Hamed, M. Schroeder, and M. Ismail. 1994. Mapping corn and soybean yields using a yield monitor and GPS. Proc. 2nd International Conference on Site-specific Management for Agricultural Systems, 691-708.

 

Bashford, L.L., S. Al-Hamed and C. Jenane. 1993. Effects of tire size and inflation pressure on tractive performance. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. Vol. 9, No. 4: 343-348.

 

Grisso, R.D., S.A. Al-Hamed, R.K. Taylor and F.M. Zoz. 1992. Demonstrating tractor performance trends using lotus templates. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. Vol. 8, No. 6: 733-738.

 

Bashford, L.L., S. Al-Hamed and C. Jenane. 1992. Effects of tire size and pressure on tractive performance. ASAE Paper No. 92-1011. St. Joseph, MI: ASAE.

 

Grisso, R., S. Al-Hamed, and R. Taylor. 1991. Examples of Zoz templates to predict tractor performance. ASAE Paper No. Mc-91-113. St. Joseph, MI: ASAE.

 

Al-Hamed, S.A., R.D. Grisso, F.M. Zoz and K. Von Bargen. 1990. Tractor performance spreadsheet for radial tires. ASAE Paper No. 90-1576. St. Joseph, MI: ASAE.

 

Research Projects

 

Principle Investigator in the research project:

Evaluation of Agricultural Energy Use in Saudi Arabia And Development of a Computer Program to Determine the Optimum Energy.

Grant Source: King Abdulaziz City For Science and Technology

 

Co-Investigator in the research project:

Water Requirements For Economical Crops In Saudi Arabia

Grant Source: King Abdulaziz City For Science and Technology