Department of Electrical Engineering King Fahd University of

Department of Electrical Engineering King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Presentation Outline ü University History ü Faculties ü Department History ü Programs ü Faculty Expertise & Areas Specializations ü Laboratories & Research ü Window into the Future ü Summary

KFUPM History ü Established in 1969 as College of Petroleum & Minerals ü First B. S. Degree granted 1971 ü The status of university obtained in 1975 ü First Master’s Degree Awarded in ? ? ü First Ph. D. Awarded in ? ?

Electrical Engineering Programs üB. Sc. (Electrical Engineering) üM. Sc. (Telecommunication Engineering) üPh. D. (Electrical Engineering)

EE Faculty ü Chair Professor 1 ü Professors 8 ü Associate Professors 15 ü Assistant Professors 23 ü Lecturers 12 ü TA’s/RA’s 18

Selected EE Teaching Laboratories ü ANTENNAS ü COMMUNICATIONS ü DIGITAL SYSTEMS ü DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING ü ELECTRONICS ü ELECTROMAGNETICS ü DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS ü FIBER OPTICS ü TELEPHONY

Areas of Excellence ü COMMUNICATIONS ü IMAGE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ü HIGH SPEED NETWORKS/FIBER OPTICS ü ELECTRONICS - ANALOG AND DIGITAL ü CONTROL SYSTEMS ü ENERGY AND POWER SYSTEMS

Expertise and Services ü Application of advanced techniques to solve problems. ü Development of prototypes of new systems or subsystems. ü Continuing Education: Short courses and specialized educational programs. ü Consultancy Services: ü To provide innovative solutions to specific industrial problems ü To prepare feasibility studies on industrial projects

Telecommunications in EE ü Wireless Communications and Networks ü Telecommunications Networks ü High Speed Networks ü Digital Signal Processing ü Electronic Circuits ü Antennas & Propagation

Selected Research Projects ü Evaluation of Saudi Telephone Network for Fullduplex Data Transmission ü Underwater Communication Systems ü Anomalous Propagation in RADAR ü Development of Advanced Computer Control to Petrochemical Industries ü Evaluation of Distributed Control Systems

Selected Research Projects (Cont’d) ü A Master Plan Study of Saudi Arabia’s Extra HV Transmission System Requirements ü Evaluation of HV Insulators Performance in Saudi Arabia ü Feasibility Study of Interconnecting Power Systems in GCC Countries ü Feasibility Study of Interconnecting Power Systems of the Mashreq Arab Countries

Technical Activities Activity 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total Journal Papers Confere nce Papers Short courses Funded Projects 21 34 24 34 36 149 18 20 29 20 30 117 6 2 3 16 2 3 3 3 2 13

Selected Short Courses ü Recent Applications in Communications ü Cellular Telephony and GSM ü Mobile Communications and its Applications ü Wireless Communications and Networks ü Anomalous Propagation and RADAR ü Microwave and Satellite Communications ü Antenna Theory & Applications ü Optical Fiber Communications ü Introduction to Digital Communications

Communications ü Communications Systems ü Wireless Communications ü Propagation & spectrum management ü Systems ü ü Data over wireless channels Private Radio systems ü Telecommunications Networks

Active Research Projects ü ü ü Adaptive Multiuser Detectors (AMUD) ü Interference Cancellers & Adaptive Equalizers OFDMA ü Channel Estimation V-BLAST ü Turbo coding Propagation & Interference TUA for Multiuser packet traffic

Window into the Future ü University - Industry Collaboration ü Enhanced University-Industry collaboration. ü Bring university and industry together through Creation of a Science Park ü A new building will serve as the focal point of the Science Park ü Creation of Technology Innovation Center (TIC)

University-Industry Collaboration ü MOU has been signed with Schulumberger to be part of the Science Park. ü MOU with Ciba Specialty Chemicals. ü MOU with Japan Petroleum Energy Center.

Telecommunications Research Laboratory (TRL( ü Expertise in all areas of telecommunications and signal processing. ü Interaction and collaboration with the Telecom industry vital to Development of Telecommunication Industry in KSA. ü Telecommunications Research Laboratory (TRL) at KFUPM is Established

TRL Objectives (Cont’d( ü TRL to provide assistance to the Saudi telecommunication industry in ü Technology Assessment ü Research into new applications ü Development of prototypes ü Field measurements to evaluate systems

TRL Organization ü Three Main Groups ü Systems & Concept Group ü Prototype Development Group ü Measurement & Evaluation Group

Systems & Concept Group ü The activities of the Systems and Concepts Group are directed towards developing new techniques and procedures for use in current and future telecommunications systems. ü This group is a source of new knowledge which may be used by the researchers and industrial partners to help attain a leadership in the area of telecommunications.

Product Development Group ü The Product Development Group has been entrusted with the task of transforming the new techniques and procedures developed by the Systems and Concepts Group into prototypes of telecommunication products or sub-systems.

Measurement & Evaluation Group ü The Measurement and Evaluation Group is assigned the task of conducting field trials to evaluate telecommunication systems for performance, quality of service (Qo. S), suitability to the environment and so on.

Areas of Expertise ü ü ü Digital Communications – system design, traffic and performance evaluation, modem design, synchronization circuits. Telecommunication Networks – study of network topology, protocols for packet and switched data, and network performance evaluation. Wireless Communications – coverage analysis, spectrum management, licensing, cellular systems, Private Data Networks, GSM, CDMA, Capacity and Qo. S evaluations, handover design, 3 G and 4 G Systems, WAP and Wireless IP.

Areas of Expertise ü Signal processing in communications- simulations of new conceptual designs and implementation of signal detectors and estimators, adaptive equalizers, advanced receiver structures using DSP/FPGA. Ø Computer Communications- traffic analysis, network capacity, architectures, routing and protocol studies. Ø Development of test-beds of new systems.

Active Areas of Research at TRL ü ü ü ü Wireless Communications Coding for Error Control Equalization Telecommunications Networks 3 G and Beyond Systems Digital Transmission over Wireless Networks Radio Propagation & Modeling Network Protocols

Summary ü EE Department runs accredited programs of high quality. ü EE Faculty is well qualified in practically all areas of Electrical Engineering. ü We extend our hand to ARAMCO to participate in training of competent and high quality graduates for future generations of KSA.

EE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLMENT

Graduate Student Enrollment YEAR MS. Ph. D. TOTAL 1990 -91 30 5 35 1992 -93 45 5 50 1994 -95 63 4 67 1996 -97 79 4 83 1998 -99 70 3 73 2000 -01 58 4 62

EE Alumni YEAR B. Sc. M. Sc. Ph. D. TOTAL 1990 -91 1991 -92 1992 -93 1993 -94 1994 -95 1995 -96 1997 -98 1999 -00 2000 -01 73 66 87 129 123 157 159 211 231 4 8 4 15 10 12 5 10 10 1 2 2 0 1 78 74 92 146 135 167 165 221 242