Profile
Prof. Ahmed Alabdulwahab is a full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering at King Abdulaziz University. He has been a consultant to the Electricity and Co-Generation Regulatory Authority in Saudi Arabia and a visiting scientist at Kinectrics and the University of Manchester.
Leading a multinational team composed of 100 members. Ignited the transformation of JCC from a traditional academic institution to a professional training institution to become the host of 5 testing centers and 7 internationally accredited training center including CII for insurance, ACCA for accounting, CIM for marketing, Cisco and Microsoft for IT and CEH for ethical hacking. Expanded our training services for new customer segments in the corporate sector. Exported our training products to other universities. He is a certified accreditation team member by the American Council of Occupational Education and he participated to evaluate and number of American colleges.
The cofounder and managing director of King Abdulaziz University Business Accelerator. Trained by Babson college to works with entrepreneurs to make their way to success. He worked with over 20 startup companies. Professor of Electrical Engineering, Certified Energy Manager CEM by the AEE. Curried out funded research projects in the area of renewable energy, power system reliability and smart grids. Published in prestigious ISI journals. Received MSc and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the university of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Certified Scuba diver to have more adventures not only on the surface but underwater too.
Education
- 1996
Bachelor degree from Science in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems)Engineering College, King Abdull Aziz University, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2000
Master degree from Electrical Engineering DepartmCollege of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, ساسكاتمن, كـــــــندا
- 2003
Doctorate degree from Electrical Engineering DepartmCollege of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, ساسكاتون, كـــــــندا
Employment
- 1997-2003
Teaching Assistant, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2003-2003
Visiting scientist, Kenictrecs, تورونتو, كـــــــندا
- 2003-2012
Assistant Prof, College of Eng King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2007-2007
Visiting Scholar, University of Manchester, مانشستر, بريطانيا
- 2007-2008
Chairman of Computer Information Tecnology Dept, JCC, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2008-2010
Vice Dean for Development and Technology,JCC, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2009-2010
Consultant, Electricity and Co-Generation Regulatory Authority, الرياض, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2010-2011
Visiting professor, University of Saskatchewan, ساسكاتون, كـــــــندا
- 2011-2012
Director of Expertise Houses Sector, Knowledge and Business Alliance, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2012-2018
Associate Professor, College of Eng King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2012-حاليا
Dean, Jeddah Community College, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2016-حاليا
Founding director, KAU accelerator, , المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2018-حاليا
Professor, College of Engineering, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية
Research Interests
Power system planning, generation, transmission and distribution systems reliability evaluation, interconnected systems reliability assessment, reliability cost/worth analysis, power system analysis, preventive maintenance scheduling, reliability centered maintenance, Engineering systems reliability, smart grids, energy efficiency
Scientific interests
Total Leader® certificate by the Leadership Management International
Certified assessor from the European Foundation for Quality Management
Certified team member for the American Council on occupational Education
Certified Energy Manger and Trainer by the American Association of Energy Engineers
Reviewer for national and international journals and funding agencies
Member of the Business and Knowledge Alliance executive board
Member of accreditation committee at the Elect. & Comp. Engg. Depart.
Member of the Elect. & Comp. Engg. Depart., council
Member of King Abdulaziz University Council
Member of Jeddah University Council
Member of the deans advisory committee
Chairman of accreditation committee at Jeddah Community College
Chairman of Jeddah Community College Council
Chairman of the advisory board of JCC
Chairman of the organizing committee for the seventh career day at JCC
Chairman of the organizing committee of the second Saudi community colleges forum
Member of the emergency planning for King Abdulaziz Univeristy
Member of the Power Quality Working Group in Saudi Arabia
Member of the Saudi council for Quality
Member of the scientific committee of the Saudi Arabia Smart Grid Conference for four years
Member of the human capital development committee in the Saudi energy efficiency program
IEEE senior member
Courses
| Power system analysis I |
351 |
EE |
| Power system reliability |
448 |
EE |
| Basic Electric |
250 |
EE |
| Power system analysis II |
451 |
EE |
| Power Systems Planning and Reliability |
448 |
EE |
| Advanced power systems planning and reliability- MSc |
610 |
EE |