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Undergraduate Student Enrollment and Graduation Statistics :
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Number of Papers Published by Petroleum Engineering Faculty:
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Petroleum Engineering Awards and Achievements
Faculty Awards between Year 2016 – 2021
Student Competitions / Awards
| Name | DATE | Award / Recognition |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Dhafer Al-Shehri | 2021 | Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Distinguished Membership Award. |
| 2021 | Executive Board Member of the International Petroleum Engineering Department Heads. | |
| 2019 | Advisory Board Member of Petroleum Engineering Department, Khalifa University, UAE. | |
| 2018 | Appointed as member of SPE Middle East Board Advisory Council. | |
| Dr. Shirish Patil | 2021-2026 | ABET Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) Commissioner. |
| 2020 | Recipient of highest university award from the University of Alaska Fairbanks: • Professor Emeritus- Petroleum Engineering. • Director Emeritus- Petroleum Development Laboratory. |
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| 2018-Present | SPE Middle East Board of Directors- Academic Director. | |
| 2018-Present | Appointed as SPE Education and Accreditation Committee- Ex-Officio Member. | |
| 2016-2021 | Elected as a Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. This is the highest honor for any academician in Poland in July 2020. | |
| 2014 | SPE Western North America Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty. | |
| 2012 | ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) Commissioner. |
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| Dr. Abdullah Sultan | 2021 | SPE Regional Distinguished Service Award. |
| Dr. Madhar Azad | 2024 | Serve as an Associate Editor on the Editorial Review Board of the SPE Journal Editorial Board. |
| 2021 | Outstanding technical reviewer award for SPE Journal | |
| Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Nasr Eldin Mahmoud | 2021 | SPE Regional Production and Operations Award. |
| 2024 | MENA Regional Sustainability and Stewardship in the Oil and Gas Industry Award | |
| 2023 | ACS Energy and Fuels Star Award | |
| 2022 | SPE Distinguished Petroleum Engineering Faculty Award | |
| 2020-2021 | Listed as top 2% researchers in the energy section by Stanford/Elsevier. | |
| 2020 | SPE Journal Outstanding Technical Editor Award. | |
| 2020 | SPE Drilling and Completion Journal Outstanding Technical Editor Award. | |
| 2019 | SPE Reservoir Engineering Journal Outstanding Technical Editor Award. | |
| 2017 | University Distinguished Research Award. | |
| 2016 | University Distinguished Teaching Award. | |
| Dr. Abdulaziz Abdulla E Al-Majed | 2020 | SPE Distinguished Membership Award. |
| 2019 | Certification of Appreciation. Recognition of Outstanding Students' Advising/KFUPM 5th Senior Design Expo. | |
| Dr. Rahul Narayanrao Gajbhiye | 2020 | SPE Regional Service Award. |
| Dr. Ruud Weijermars | 2017 | SPE Distinguished Member Award. |
| Dr. Sidqi Ahmad M Abu-Khamsin | 2017 | SPE Distinguished Membership Award. |
| Dr. Sulaiman Alarifi | 2024 | 2024 SPE MENA Regional Service award |
| Dr. Sami Alnuaim | 2024 | Daneshy Sustainability/Energy Transition Award |
| Title | DATE | Team | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPE Middle East and North Africa Regional Award | 2024 | Mr. Mohammad S Al-Kadem | Winner |
| Regional Young Professional Member Outstanding Service Award | 2024 | Mr. Ahmed Al-Ghamdi | Winner |
| SPE Regional Paper Contest, B.S. Division | 2024 | Mr. Mohamed Al Yousef | 1st Place |
| SPE International Student Paper Contest for the MENA region (B.S. Division) | 2024 | Mr. Mohamed Al Yousef | 1st Place |
| SPE International Paper Contest, B.S. Division, at the SPE ATCE. | 2024 | Mr. Mohamed Al Yousef | 2nd Place |
| SPE Regional Paper Contest, M.S. Division. | 2024 | Mr. Abdelaziz Elyasa | 1st Place |
| SPE International Paper Contest, M.S. Division, at the SPE ATCE. | 2024 | Mr. Abdelaziz Elyasa | 2nd Place |
| SPWLA International Paper Contest (UG and M.S. Division). | 2024 | Mr. Abdelaziz Elyasa | 2nd Place |
| SPE Regional Paper Contest, Ph.D. Division, at the SPE ATCE. | 2024 | Mr. Abubakar Isah | 2nd Place |
| SPWLA International Paper Contest (Ph.D. Division). | 2024 | Mr. Abubakar Isah | 1st Place |
| SPWLA International Paper Contest (Ph.D. Division). | 2024 | Mr. Abdulmalek Ahmed | 2nd Place |
| International SPE Paper Contest at the SPE ATCE (Ph.D. Category) | 2023 | Mr. Ahmed Abdelaal | 1st Place |
| SPWLA International Paper Contest (B.S. Division). | 2023 | Mr. Mohamed Al Yousef | 1st Place |
| Regional SPE Paper Contest at SPE MENA for B.S. Category | 2023 | Mr. Ali Alabdrabulrasul | 1st Place |
| International SPE paper Contest at SPE ATCE for B.S. Category | 2023 | Mr. Ali Alabdrabulrasul | 2nd Place |
| SPE Regional Student Paper, M.S. division | 2023 | Mr. Abdul Rehman Baig | 2nd Place |
| SPE Regional Student Paper, M.S. division | 2023 | Mr. Murad Hajiyev | 3rd Place |
| SPE university student experience at GOTECH | 2023 | Mr. Majed Alessa | 1st Place |
| SPWLA Saudi Chapter Paper Contest for the Ph.D. Category. | 2023 | Mr. Isah Mohammed | Winner |
| International SPE Paper Contest at the SPE ATCE (Ph.D. Category) | 2022 | Mr. Ahmed Gowida | 1st Place |
| ARMA Applied Research Award in Rock Mechanics Research | 2022 | Mr. Yevgeniy Samarkin | Winner |
| ARMA International Student Paper Contest Ph.D. Division | 2022 | Mr. Mahmoud Desouky | Winner |
| SPE PetroBowl International Competition | 2021 | Mr. Ahmed Elsayed Abdelaal Mr. Adedimeji Adeyemi Mr. Clement Afagwu Mr. Sham Kalam Mr. Saudi Yahya Alasiri | Top 8 teams out of the best 32 teams worldwide |
| MENA Virtual Regional Student Paper contest Ph.D. Level | 2020 | Mr. Amjed Hassan | 2nd Place |
| MENA Virtual Regional Student Paper contest M.S. Level | 2020 | Mr. Ibrahim Gomaa | 1st Place |
| SPWLA-KFUPM Student Chapter Paper Contest (Ph.D. Division) | 2019 | Mr. Ahmed Abdulhamid Mahmoud | 1st Place |
| SPE Middle East and North Africa Regional Student Paper contest (Ph.D. Division) | 2019 | Mr. Ahmed Abdulhamid Mahmoud | 1st Place |
| SPWLA International Student Paper Contest (Ph.D. Division) | 2019 | Mr. Ahmed Abdulhamid Mahmoud | 3rd Place |
| SPWLA-KFUPM Student Paper Contest (M.S. Division) | 2019 | Mr. Ibrahim Gomaa | 1st Place |
| KFUPM-ARAMCO EXPEC-ARC TechBench Hack Day | 2019 | Mr. Abdulmalek Saif Ahmed | 3rd Place |
| 2019 | Mr. Zeeshan Tariq Mr. Ahmed Elsayed Abdelaal Mr. Rakan Adnan Fadl Mr. Mohamed Lardhi | 3rd Place | |
| MENA Regional Paper Contest (M.S. Division) | 2018 | Mr. Tural Jafarov | 2nd Place |
| SPE MENA Regional Paper Contest (Ph.D. Division) | 2018 | Mr. Abdallah Yousif | 2nd Place |
| SPE MENA Regional Paper contest (Undergraduate Division) | 2018 | Mr. Rakan Adnan Fadl | 2nd Place |
| SPE MENA Regional Paper Contest (Ph.D. Division) | 2018 | Mr. Shams Kalam | 3rd Place |
| 2018 | Mr. Zeeshan Tariq Mr. Mohamed Rasheed Khan Mr. Ibrahim Al-Mulhim Mr. Yazan Ghazzan Mheilbesh Mr. Osamah Alluhaidan | 1st Place | |
| SPWLA-KFUPM Student Paper Contest (Ph.D. Division) | 2017 | Mr. Amjed Hassan | 1st Place |
| ADIPEC University Program | 2017 | Mr. Ahmad Al-Amri Mr. Abdulrahman Alowaid Mr. Mohammad Al-Qarni Mr. Mohammad Al-Subaie Mr. Abdullah Al-Daej | 3rd Place |
| SPE PetroBowl Regional Competition | 2017 | Mr. Rizwan Khan Mr. Abdul Asad Mr. Abdulmalek Almatrodi Mr. Salah Al-Amair Mr. Hassan Alismail | 1st Place |