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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

Nature’s Secrets: The Pathway to Plasma

Speaker
Prof.  Waleed Moslem
British University in Egyp
Date: Monday, 09 February 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Bldg. 6/Room 125

Abstract:
Nature presents a variety of phenomena closely related to plasma physics, emphasizing plasma's significance across scales, from nanosystems to astrophysical contexts. The presentation explores key plasma phenomena, starting with oceanic structures like solitons, rogue waves, and tsunamis, which have parallels in plasma experiments. These nonlinear wave behaviors observed in fluids are mirrored in plasma systems, shedding light on similar energy transfer mechanisms in both environments. The focus then shifts to Mach cones, plasma expansion, and wakefields, which are significant in high-energy plasma systems such as plasma accelerators and the interaction of ions escaping from planetary atmospheres. Investigating these phenomena are essential for understanding particle dynamics in space and plasma-based acceleration techniques. Water droplets, which mimic the formation of nanostructure pits in materials and semiconductor fabrication. Additionally, Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) jets offer insights for potential medical applications, while lightning phenomena provide inspiration for waste recycling technologies. The talk ends with Tokamak fusion, a promising energy source that faces several instabilities. Understanding and addressing these instabilities from both a physics and engineering perspective is key to advancing fusion as a viable energy solution.

Biography:
Professor Waleed Moslem is a theoretical plasma physicist currently serving as a visiting professor at the British University in Egypt. He earned his PhD in 2002 from Mansoura University and subsequently received a prestigious fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, conducting research at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Professor Moslem published 180+ refereed articles in highly ranked journals, which explore the dynamics of classical, dusty, and quantum plasmas, as well as modelling of the mechanisms of nanostructures creation using ion beam technology and ionic escaping of planets. He has an h-index of 41 and over 5,000 citations in Web of Science and Scopus. Professor Moslem is an editorial board member in Physica Scripta, an esteemed journal endorsed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.  He has been a dedicated peer reviewer for over 50 prestigious international journals and has supervised more than 50 M.Sc. and PhD theses. Professor Moslem founded the EGYPlasma Society in 2016, which is the first plasma physics society in the Arab world.

All faculty, researchers and students are invited to attend.

    Location and Time
  • 6/125

  • 09 Feb, 2026

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 AM