Khaled S. Al-Sultan
Encyclopedia
Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan (born 1 January 1963 in Al Qasim
, Saudi Arabia
) is the third rector
of King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) a public university
in Dhahran
, Saudi Arabia and the first to have graduated from the institution to hold this position. Dr. Al-Sultan is married and has two children.
Al Qasim
Al-Qassim Province ), also spelled Al-Qaseem, Al-Qasim, Qassim, or Gassim, is one of the thirteen administrative provinces of Saudi Arabia. Located at the heart of the country, and almost in the center of the Arabian Peninsula. It has a population of 1,016,756 and an area of 65,000 km²...
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
) is the third rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
of King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) a public university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
in Dhahran
Dhahran
Dhahran is a city located in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, and is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. Large oil reserves were first identified in the Dhahran area in 1931, and in 1935 Standard Oil of California drilled the first commercially viable oil well...
, Saudi Arabia and the first to have graduated from the institution to hold this position. Dr. Al-Sultan is married and has two children.
Education
- Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering (Operation Research), The University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
, Ann Arbor, U.S.A., 1990. - M.S. in MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
(Applied Mathematics), The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A., 1990. - M.S. in Systems Engineering, King Fahd University of Petrolium and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, January 1987.
- B.S. (with Highest Honor) in Systems Engineering, KFUPM, January 1985
External links
- http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/kfupm/administration/rector.aspx