Personal Information

 Professor

Department of  Mining Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Contact Information

Phone: 6952184

Email: msjuhani@yahoo.com

Mohammad Saad Mirisheed Aljuhani

 Professor

Profile

Dr. Mohmmad Aljuhani is a professor and head of the mining engineering department at faculty of engineering , King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. He ha sobtained his Ph dgree in mining engineering from West Virginia University, USA in 1994.
 
His Special area is in mine planning and mangement field. He teach the courses related to this field as : mine planning , mie law and mangement and surface mine. In addition, he gives the engineerng consultation related to this field.

He has presented 25 scientfic papers in the international periodic and magazines. He also has edited three boks related to the mine planning and management and mine industrial investments.

He had supervised on a M. Sc thesis in the evaluation of gold deposits in 2001. He is a memder at mining engineering socities in USA and SA.

The research fields of his interest are as fellow:

- Mine Planning
- Mine Engineering mangement
- Evaluation of Mineral Deposits
- Feasibility Studies in Mining Industrials


Consulting, Funded Research Projects and Patents

1.

King AbdulAziz University, Research Project, Factors affecting the productivity of Mahd Addahab Mine, 2000.

2.

King AbdulAziz University, Research Project, Locting the optimal silica sand in Jeddah Area, 2002.

3.

King AbdulAziz University, Research Project, Writing a book “Data Analysis and Design in Mining Engineering”, 2008.

 

States or countries in which professionally licensed or certified

Saudi Arabia

 

Scientific and professional societies of which a member

 

Society

Rank

Member Since

1.

SME (society of mining engineers, USA)

Member

1985

2.

Saudi Council of Engineers

Member

2005

 

Honours and Awards

1.

Listed in Whos Who, Engineering, 2004

2.

Listed in Whos Who, Engineering, 2005

3.

Listed in Whos Who, Engineering, 2006

4.

Listed in Whos Who, Engineering, 2007

 

Institutional and professional service in the last five years (administration, committees, units, etc.)

1.

Chairman, Mining Engineering Dept 2004 - 2006

2.

Director, Department projects commuity 2002 - 2005

3.

Chairman, Mining Engineering Dept 2008 - now

5.

Academic advisor for more than 100 students, over 15 years, Mining Engineering Department

6.

Supervised more than 23 graduate projects over 15 years.

 

Percentage of time available for academic activities

Research:

25

%

   Teaching:

25

%

     Other academic and administration activities:

50

%



  
 

Education

  • 1985

    Bachelor degree from Mining Engineering., KAAU, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 1988

    Master degree from Mining Engineering., Univ. of Pittsburgh, ., امــريــكـا

  • 1994

    Doctorate degree from Mining Engineering., WVU, فرجينيا, امــريــكـا

  • 1994

    Doctorate degree from Mining DepartmentFaculty of Engineering, West Virginia, USA, فرجينيا الغربية, امــريــكـا

Employment

  • 1986-1993

    TA, Faculty of engineering, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 1994-2003

    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2003-حاليا

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

Mine management and planning – Investment in mining and support projects – production planning – production scheduling – Productivity enhancement – Improvement of mine crew productivity – Strategic planning to exploit mineral deposits – Training in mining – Mine health and safety – Geostatistics – Ore reserve estimation. Man power planning. 

Scientific interests

Mine management and planning – Investment in mining and support projects – production planning – production scheduling – Productivity enhancement – Improvement of mine crew productivity – Strategic planning to exploit mineral deposits – Training in mining – Mine health and safety – Geostatistics – Ore reserve estimation. Man power planning. 

Courses

Mine Planning 321 هـت 321
Mine Law and Management 403 هـ ت 403
Surface Mining 322 هـت 322

Areas of expertise