AFFILIATION:

• General Manager of Harasani Aerospace, a consulting engineering firm in the area of aerospace systems and fleet planning.     http://harasaniaerospace.kau.edu.sa/
• Team leader and project manager of the Solar UAV project with Tokai University
• Co- supervisor of the Aerospace Vehicle Design course at Cranfield University, U.K., (recognized teacher status). 2009- 2010 
• Associate Professor at KAU 2015-
• Founder and director of a UAV Lab at KAU.
• Professor 2019
  Head of the Alumni, Industrial Relations and Training Committee, AE Dept., KAU, 2006-present.
• Member of the Student Affairs Committee, AE Dept., KAU, 2006-present.
• Member of the Saudi Council of Engineering.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

• Co- supervisor of the Aerospace Vehicle Design course at Cranfield University, U.K., (recognized teacher status) 
• Professor at KAU.
• Currently teaching four courses at the university, namely Aircraft Design, Airline Fleet Planning, aircraft materials, and Introduction to Engineering Design.
• Establish the first UAV lab in King Abdul Aziz University
• Design, build, and fly test the first UAV at King Abdul Aziz University
• ABET scholar, participating in the ABET Institute for the Development of Excellence in Assessment Leadership, 2013     

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE:

• Team leader and project manager of the Solar UAV project with Tokai University (Japan), 14 faculty members from both Tokai university (Japan) and king Abdulaziz University and about 32 students and engineers from both Universities where involved.  

• Training experience while working in four engineering departments of Saudi Arabian Airlines.  These included the departments of Aircraft Reliability Engineering, Aircraft Reliability Program, Aircraft Development Engineering, and Technical Operation Engineering. During training in these departments, important engineering practices, has been learned including failure diagnosis (1994-1995).

• Accumulated good working knowledge of advanced computer applications, particularly simulation packages such as “NASTRAN”. Using finite element methods he has worked in static, dynamic and damage tolerance analyses. 

• Opportunity to work at Aerotech Engineering and Research Corporation Kansas (USA) as research and development engineer mainly in the area of 1: Composites design, and manufacturing, 2: Ultrasonic motors design and patents, and 3: Research in aerospace applications. (1998-1999)

• Member of the Kansas Universities Design Team that worked on the UAV project “Aladdin.”  The team comprised members from four Kansas universities.  Aladdin won a national general aviation competition sponsored by NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the U.S. Air-force Research Laboratory in 1999.

• Specialized in airline fleet planning, aircraft design, and unmanned air-vehicles.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVIES  (Workshops, training, etc.)

1. “Recent Changes in EAC of ABET Accreditation  Requirements,” ASU Workshop, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 2014
2. ABET Institute for the Development of Excellence in Assessment Leadership (IDEAL) Workshop, Gloria Rogers, ABET Foundation, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 2013.
3. “Strategic planning and performance measurement”, Personal Development Course, KAU Centre for Teaching and Learning Development, 2014.
4. “Principal of educational assessment in classroom”, Personal Development Course, KAU Centre for Teaching and Learning Development, 2014.
5. DARcorporation, Kansas USA, “AAA aircraft design” , 2014

SKILLS:

• Computer: AAA (Advanced Aircraft Analysis), Qbasic and Matlab. 
• Languages: Arabic and English.
• Works well independently or as a team member.