Appendix II - Institutional Profile
To accompany Program Self Study Reports
For B.S. Programs in
Aerospace Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Applied Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Applied Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Applied Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Applied Mechanical Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Computer Engineering
Software Engineering
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Control & Instrumentation Systems Engineering
Architecture Engineering
Construction Engineering and Management
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
Date April 2007
Submitted to the
Engineering Accreditation Commission
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
111 Market Place, Suite 1050
Baltimore, Maryland 21202-4012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Appendix II – Institutional Profile ……………………………………………… / 4
A. / Background Information Relative to the Institution ………………………… / 4
1. / General Information ………………………………………………….. / 4
2. / Type of Control ………………………………………………………. / 4
3. / Regional or Institutional Accreditation ………………………………. / 4
4. / Faculty and Students …………………………………………………. / 4
5. / Mission ……………………………………………………………….. / 4
6. / Institutional Support Units …………………………………………… / 5
B. / Background Information Relative to the Engineering Unit …………………. / 55
1. / Engineering Educational Unit ………………………………………... / 55
Table II-2a – KFUPM Administrative Organizational Chart ………… / 56
Table II-2b – College of Engineering Sciences Organizational Chart .. / 57
Table II-2c – College of Computer Sciences and Engineering
Organizational Chart ………………………………... / 58
Table II-2d – College of Environmental Design Organizational Chart / 58
2. / Programs Offered and Degrees Granted ……………………………... / 60
3. / Information Regarding Administrators ………………………………. / 60
4. / Supporting Academic Departments ………………………………….. / 61
5. / Engineering Finances ………………………………………………… / 61
6. / Engineering Personnel and Policies ………………………………….. / 63
7. / Engineering Enrollment and Degree Data ……………………………. / 67
8. / Definition of Credit Unit ……………………………………………... / 67
9. / Admission and Graduation Requirements, Basic Programs …………. / 68
10. / Non-Academic Support Units ………………………………………... / 76
C. / Tabular Data for Engineering Units………………………………………….. / 87
Table II-1 – Faculty and Student Count for Institution ………………. / 87
Table II-3-1 (Part 1) – Engineering Programs Offered ………………. / 88
Table II-3-1 (Part 2) – Degrees Awarded and Transcript Designations / 90
Table II-4 – Supporting Academic Departments …………………….. / 92
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures College of Engineering Sciences .. / 93
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures Aerospace Engineering ………….. / 93
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures Chemical Engineering …………... / 94
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures Civil Engineering ……………….. / 94
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures Electrical Engineering …………... / 95
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures Mechanical Engineering…………. / 95
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures Petroleum Engineering ………….. / 96
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures College of Computer Science and Engineering …………………………………………………... / 96
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures Computer Engineering Department / 97
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Table II-5 – Support Expenditures Information & Computer Science .. / 97
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures Systems Engineering Department / 98
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures College of Environmental Design / 98
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures Architecture Engineering Dept ….. / 99
Table II-5 – Support Expenditures Construction Engineering and Management Department …………………………………….. / 99
Table II-6 – Engineering Education Unit as a Whole: College of Engineering Sciences ………………………………………… / 100
Table II-6 – Personnel and Students Aerospace Engineering ………... / 101
Table II-6 – Personnel and Students Chemical Engineering …………. / 101
Table II-6 – Personnel and Students Civil Engineering ……………… / 102
Table II-6 – Personnel and Students Electrical Engineering …………. / 102
Table II-6 – Personnel and Students Mechanical Engineering ………. / 103
Table II-6 – Personnel and Students Petroleum Engineering ………... / 103
Table II-6 – Personnel and Students Architecture Engineering ……… / 104
Table II-6 – Personnel and Students Industrial & Systems Engineering/Control & Instrumentation Systems ……………. / 105
Table II-6 – Personnel and Students Computer Engineering Dept …... / 106
Table II-6 – Personnel and Students Information & Computer Science /Software Engineering Program ……………………………… / 106
Table II-7 – Faculty Salary Data …………………………………….. / 107
Table II-8 – Engineering Enrollment and Degree Data Engineering Educational Unit as a Whole: College of Engineering Sciences / 110
Table II-8 – Engineering Enrollment and Degree Data Engineering Educational Unit as a Whole: College of Computer Science and Engineering ………………………………………………. / 123
Table II-8 – Engineering Enrollment and Degree Data Engineering Educational Unit as a Whole: Architectural Engineering ……. / 128
Table II-8 – Engineering Enrollment and Degree Data Engineering Educational Unit as a Whole: Construction Engineering and Management ………………………………………………….. / 128
Table II-9 – History of Admissions Standards for Freshmen ……….. / 129
Table II-10 – History of Transfer Engineering Students ……………... / 129
D / Syllabi of Common Courses in Engineering Program ………………………. / 130
List of Courses Common to Engineering Program ……………………. / 131
E / Curriculum Vitae for Deans of Colleges & Chairmen of Departments …….. / 171
List of CVs …………………………………………………………….. / 172
F / Supplementary Documents ………………………………………………….. / 199
Appendix II – Institutional Profile
A. BACKGROUND INFORMATION RELATIVE
TO THE INSTITUTION
A.1) General Information
Institution:
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
Chief Executive Officer
Professor Khaled S. Al-Sultan
Rector of the University
Submitter of Questionnaire
Professor Samir A. Al-Baiyat
Dean, College of Engineering Sciences, and
Acting Dean, College of Applied Engineering
A.2) Type of Control
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals is a Saudi Government-financed institution. It is a non-profit public university governed by the policies of the Ministry of Higher Education.
A.3) Regional or Institutional Accreditation
Engineering programs at KFUPM were evaluated by ABET in 1993 and 2001. In both evaluations, they were granted “substantial equivalency” status, as ABET does not accredit programs outside North America.
A.4) Faculty and Students
Table II-1 in Appendix C shows the faculty and student count for the fall semester 061, for the entire institution.
A.5) Mission
KFUPM Mission and Vision are on the website of the KFUPM Office of Planning and Quality (OPQ) under the link “Strategic Planning.” These are as follows:
Our Mission
KFUPM is an institution of higher learning committed to:
a) Preparing professionals empowered with the knowledge, skills, values and confidence to take a leadership role in the development of the Kingdom in the fields of science, engineering, environmental design and business.
b) Producing research that contributes to the knowledge and sustainable development of the Kingdom and region by providing innovative solutions to identified economic and technical problems and opportunities.
c) Providing a stimulating campus environment for the welfare of its students, faculty and staff, and offering outstanding professional services and out-reach programs to the society at large.
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Our Vision
“To be a vibrant multicultural University of international repute focused on quality education and innovative research that prepares professionals and entrepreneurs to lead social, economic and technical development in the region.”
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A.6) Institutional Support Units
A.6.1 Computer Facilities
It is noteworthy that all computer facilities at KFUPM have been substantially enhanced since the last ABET visit in 2001. The following sections present the current status of the computer facilities at KFUPM.
A.6.1.1 Computer Facilities Available for use in Engineering Programs
(A) Information Technology Center
The Information Technology Center (ITC) is the primary computing facility at KFUPM. It provides computing support for education, research, and administrative applications for the University community. It also provides services for governmental and industrial agencies.
The Supervisor of Information & Communications Technologies (SICT) position was established at KFUPM on January 29, 2005. The SICT acts as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for KFUPM. He is to focus on the development of information and communications technologies at KFUPM. This development should be aligned with the University strategic IT plan along with the academic and administrative goals. SICT reports to the Rector ofKFUPM (CEO). Four heads of departments report to him, namely, the Director of Information Technology Center (ITC), the Director General of Educational Technologies, The Administrator for Telecommunications and The Director of Press.
1. Organization of ITC
ITC consists of the following departments as shown in the above figure: Academic Information Systems (ACIS); Administrative Information Systems (ADIS); Computing Services Department (CSS); Networking (NETS); Systems Operations Support (SOS) and Business Support Office (BSO).
The CSS Department serves the faculty, students, staff and the Research Institute with extensive IT consulting services and help desk support in addition to comprehensive examination generation and grading services and maintenance of hardware equipment. CSS supports faculty, students and staff in the design and integration of technology into their teaching, learning and research work. In addition the department provides faculty, staff and students with the computing skills they require. CSS also supports general purpose, departmental and teaching PC Labs.
ADIS Department maintains the University’s administrative applications such as payroll, personnel, financial accounting systems, material management, etc. In addition ADIS department has a software development section for new applications or reengineering of existing administrative systems.
NETS Department provides Internet and Intranet services to the KFUPM community. Some of the services provided by NETS include LAN services for all academic buildings and student housing, Wireless networking, ADSL network for home campus users, VPN services and RAS. Furthermore network connectivity form KFUPM to remote sites i.e. Dammam Community College, and SCITECH Center is provided using Wi-Fi technology. NETS comprises of three groups namely: infra-structure, management and security. Infrastructure group is responsible for designing the network layout based on the requirements. It plans to procure the necessary equipments needed to provide network connectivity to all the buildings on campus. The management group is responsible for monitoring and managing all network devices which includes routers, switches, access-points, firewalls, load balancers, servers as well as critical services running on those servers. The security group is responsible for securing KFUPM IT infrastructure from inside and outside threats. Moreover hardware firewalls from Cisco and Fortinet have been acquired to ensure perimeter security.
ACIS Department is responsible for all applications related to student information. In addition, ACIS Department has sections that provide technical support to the University Libraries and their automation systems and services, Web, portal, process workflow and document management support services.
Finally, the SOS Department provides systems and operational support to different operating system platforms (UNIX/AIX on RS/6000, z/OS on z/800, Win2K & Linux on Intel). Server administration of course management systems is also handled by SOS.
2. ITC Mission
ITC is committed to providing high-quality information services that foster a productive academic and research environment for students, faculty, staff, and management at KFUPM.
3. The Network
Networking facilities at KFUPM have seen exponential growth over the last five years. Networking facilities, which started with Novell based PC labs, now comprise a fiber optic Gigabit Ethernet backbone serving more than 10,000+ fast-Ethernet switched network points. All faculty offices, classrooms and PC labs are connected to the network. Faculty housing and multi-story student dorms buildings are also connected to network. The network is enhanced to provide wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) connectivity to all academic buildings across the campus. A total of 390 access points have been installed across the campus. Dial-in facilities are also available for remote access to KFUPM Intranet and Internet resources.
■ KFUPM Enterprise Network Infrastructure
KFUPM Enterprise network serves to provide services to KFUPM community for research and academic purposes. All computers at KFUPM campus are connected to KFUPM enterprise network. The network consists of a redundant Gigabit Ethernet backbone over fiber optic cables. All the academic buildings in the campus are connected to the backbone of ITC (Bldg-14) using single mode fiber optic cables. Some of the remote buildings with a small number of users are connected to the main campus network over leased telephone lines using HDSL (High Speed Digital Subscriber Link).
KFUPM enterprise backbone used state-of-the-art equipment from Cisco and was upgraded to gigabit Ethernet technology in 2001.Cisco Catalyst 6500 series gigabit switches were chosen in redundant configuration for the backbone. Network inside the buildings consist of Catalyst 3550 gigabit edge switches which serves to connect the building network to the backbone using FO cables. At the desktop level, fast Ethernet switches connect to the edge switches using gigabit uplinks over copper cables (UTP). Use of UTP cables for gigabit uplinks inside the buildings has reduced the network costs and makes it easier to maintain. Switches in the backbone and edge devices have full routing capabilities. This gives flexibility and control in network operations.
Most of the Academic buildings are connected to building 14 (ITC) through single mode fiber. The remaining buildings with fewer users are connected through HDSL. The entire Enterprise network is logically divided into different VLANs for faculty, staff, students and wireless users for enhancing security. Thus each building has a VLAN for faculty, staff, students and wireless users created on Layer 3 and Layer 2 switches. VLAN implementation also increases the overall manageability and increases the bandwidth efficiency by preventing huge broadcast network traffic clogging the usable bandwidth.
■ KFUPM Enterprise IT Security
► Cisco ASA firewall is being used to protect threats from inside as well as outside.
► Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is being used to monitor suspicious activity and traffic for external as well as for important servers inside the server farm.
► Providing VPN services to the KFUPM community for remote access using state of art security infrastructure.
► Preparing and implementing security policies and guidelines.
► Performing audits and security health checks of the entire KFUPM IT infrastructure.
Figure on the following page shows the KFUPM Enterprise Network.
■ KFUPM Enterprise Network Management
► WhatsUp Professional 2006: This management application was acquired by ITC to provide an all-encompassing tool which can cater the need to monitor both the network devices and services through a single console. This system has the ability to monitor servers running on different platforms i.e., Windows, Linux, and AIX. We can monitor different services running on these servers and an alert is immediately raised and sent to the system administrator. SMS gateway has also been configured to send the notifications for critical devices\services to the administrator(s) on their mobile phones.