Mr. Haidar Al-Majed is a graduate assistant at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM. He worked as a managed pressure drilling engineer at Halliburton Energy Services in Saudi Arabia prior to his joining to KFUPM in 2022. His research interests focus on applications of geomechanics and matrix acidizing in the field of petroleum engineering.

Mohammed Almutawa is a Graduate Assistant in the Petroleum Engineering Department, KFUPM. He graduated from KFUPM in 2023, and rejoined KFUPM in the same year as a Graduate Assistant.

Dr. Doaa Shaker joined KFUPM as an Instructor in the Petroleum Engineering Department at CPG in 2025. She has over 10 years of combined experience in academia and the oil and gas industry. She completed Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Suez University in 2023, M.Sc. degree from Cairo University in 2018, and a B.Sc. degree in Petroleum Engineering in 2014.

Prior to her role at KFUPM, Dr. Shaker worked as a Senior Reservoir Engineer at North Bahariya Petroleum Company in Egypt for Six years. Earlier in her career, she worked as a Teaching Assistant at both Cairo University (credit hour system) and Future University in Egypt (FUE) for four years.

On September 2021 Assad was hired by the Petroleum Engineering Dept. as a Lecturer assisting the professors with the routine teaching and research assignments.

Formerly, he spent eight years for White Nile Petroleum Operating Co. – one of Sudan’s biggest oil companies, with a role responsible for scheduling service and testing required for oil wells. After that he joint petroleum department at KFUPM as technical research assistant on September 2012 to conduct his mater degree. Then he joined the petroleum department as technical researcher on June 2015. He was part of many research teams.

Currently working as a Petroleum Engineering Software Engineer at CPG’s Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, KSA. Previously, worked as a teaching assistant at the petroleum engineering department, University of Khartoum, Sudan. During master degree, I was involved as a research and teaching assistant. I was also an executive member of the Students’ Society of Petroleum Engineers (SSPE) and University of Khartoum Petroleum Engineering Alumni (UoKPEA).

Currently working as a Petroleum Engineering Software Engineer at Department of Petroleum Engineering, CPG, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, KSA. Previously, worked as a workover assistant driller on an offshore SOCAR Azneft “Neft Dashlari” (Oil Rocks) oilfield in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Currently working as a PETE Petroleum Software Engineer at CPG’s Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, KSA. Previously, working as a Startup Executive, LB, and RA at KFUPM.

Nashief M. Macud Serves as sole breed winner of the family. He completed his diploma in Computer Engineering at Iligan Computer Institute, Mindanao Philippines in the year 2010. He worked in AL ASRY ELECTRIC LTD in Second Industrial City Dammam K.S.A from the year 2012 up to 2018 as an Administrative Secretary

He started working at the Petroleum Engineering Department in the College of Petroleum and Geoscience, KFUPM, Al Khobar K.S.A Since Feb 2020.

Some of his duties are maintaining files, Processing expenses, and Reimbursement, answering phone calls, sending Emails to professors whenever there is a memo, and by simply assisting the Chairman and faculties of the Department of Petroleum Engineering. Accordingly, he is now experiencing an awesome but challenging role of becoming as Administrative Assistant.

After graduating associates degree he started working on 2010 in a Japanese Manufacturing company in Sto. Tomas Batangas, Philippines as an Administrative Staff until 2018. He earned his bachelors degree in Business Management in the year 2018 while juggling works and studies. After earning his bachelors degree he worked as a bank teller in one universal bank in the Philippines (Asia United Bank Corporation) from July 2018 up to August 2019. And then applied overseas job in Saudi Arabia and started working on September 2019 as an Administrative Assistant / Secretary in one of the Engineering Department in Saudi Aramco up to September 2025.

He joined the KFUPM – College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences on September 2025 as an Administrative Assistant.

Ali Al-Awadh has been with KFUPM for the past 12 years, advises on and implement policies related to the effective use of staff in an organization.