Welcome To KFUPM Physics

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 
Ultra-low-temperature cooling techniques
Speaker: Mr. Husam Abdulmajeed Noorwali 

Date: Monday, 09 December 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m.

Location: Bldg. 6/Room 125

Abstract: 
Ultra-low-temperature cooling is essential in many applications, such as superconductivity, quantum computing, and fundamental research like Bose-Einstein condensation. Several techniques are used to reach low temperatures, such as thermodynamic cycles, laser cooling, and dilution refrigerators. This seminar will discuss the working principles of some techniques, their limitations, and the most used techniques in certain applications.

SEMINAR 
Rutherford Backscattering and Medium Energy Ion Scattering
Speaker: Mr. Abdullah Ali Aljishi 

Date: Monday, 09 December 2024
Time: 11:15 a.m.

Location: Bldg. 6/Room 125

Abstract: 
Ion beam analysis is a highly sensitive analytical method to determine the composition of a sample. It can give information about the concentration of elements in a sample and the depth at which they are located. This seminar will give an overview of RBS and MEIS, as well as experimental data acquired with these techniques to compare them.

SEMINAR 
The quantum measurement problem, the collapse of the wavefunction and the different interpretations of quantum mechanics
Speaker: Mr. Mohammed Alsadah

Date: Monday, 09 December 2024
Time: 11:30 a.m.

Location: Bldg. 6/Room 125

Abstract: 
The quantum measurement problem is a problem at the foundations of quantum mechanics and is considered to be one of the most important open problems in physics to this day. Unlike classical mechanics where we have a deterministic equation like Newton’s equation and a deterministic outcome at the point of measurement, in quantum mechanics the Schr¨odinger equation is deterministic in the sense of being able to predict the evolution of the wavefunction over time given the initial state of the system, but there is a discrepancy at the time of measurement that instead of having the different probabilities predicted by the theory, these probabilities collapse into one random outcome at the point of measurement which is known as the collapse of the wavefunction. This seminar will talk about the different interpretations of quantum physics and the experiments related to them 
 
All faculty, researchers and students are invited to attend.



    Location and Time
  • 6/125

  • 09 Dec, 2024

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM