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Welcome to the Department of Physics at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. I invite you to explore our website where you can find information about our academic programs, courses, research activities, and faculty members. Physics has always been at the forefront of exploration. This is accomplished through cognitive enhancement by education transmitted through academic courses as well as carrying out research at the cutting-edge frontiers of human knowledge. The Physics department offer courses that are solidly based on the American system to meet international quality assurance requirements, which has placed the Department as a world-class regional center in a leading international institution. Our student body includes pure-physics students and double-major students, which reflects the interdisciplinary nature of our program. In addition, our research facilities span various fields of physics including condensed matter physics, lasers, materials research, magnetism and superconductivity, nuclear physics, and nonlinear and computational physics. Over the past five decades, our faculty members have conducted research using in-house facilities as well as collaborative research with national and international centers.

Mohammad Al-Kuhaili,
Professor & Chairman, Physics Department

Research and Academic activity statistics 2015 to 2021

3.1

Average Impact Factor Publications​

51

Patents

10042

Cumulative Citation Count​

452

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SEMINAR

SEMINAR: A PhD is not enough


Speaker: Khalil A. Ziq
Date: Monday, September 1st, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Bldg. 6/Room 125

Abstract:
A PhD is a journey that takes from “Dualistic binary thinker “Yes-No” True-false answers to the Multiplistic thinker “May be” other answers.
With a PhD You become less affirmative, but integrating knowledge learned, personal experience and reflections to create knowledge and become a “knowledge owner”.
In this seminar I will present some soft skills that may help you navigate through your “PhD journey and beyond.
Biography:

Education:
  • BSc .University of Jordan 1980.
  • MSc. University of Illinois, Chicago 1985.      
  • Ph.D. University of Illinois, Chicago 1989.
Joined KFUPM 1989
Associate Prof. 1995
Full Prof. 2005
1997 One-year Sabbatical at Iowa State University and Ames Lab USA.
Research Interest: Experimental Superconductivity and Magnetism
Published about 110
Supervised about 10 PhD and 22 MS students.

All faculty, researchers and students are invited to attend.

    Location and Time
  • 6/125

  • 01 Sep, 2025

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM