Scholarships
· French post-graduate scholarship for DEA (Master degree) in ECN Laboratory, Civil Engineering Department, Ecole Centrale of Nantes, Nantes University –France, "Dynamics and Terrestrial & Maritime Civil Engineering", 1990.
· PhD Scholarship from the French Government in ECN Laboratory, Civil Engineering Department, Ecole Centrale of Nantes, Nantes University –France, "Sciences for Engineering/Civil Engineering", 1990-1994.
Research Grants:
· 2002-2006 German Research Fundation Network DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) for Field measurement of soil moisture dynamics and numerical simulation using the kinematic wave approximation project.
· 1997-2002 Network of European Centrifuges for Environmental Research (NECER) for the project scaling laws in centrifuge modelling for capillary rising in non-cohesive soils.
· 1994-1997 Marine Sciences and Technology Research Network (MAST II) for the project tide effect on intertidal slopes and harbors stability.
· 1990-1994 French Oceanographic Union (UOF), financing the French youth of oceanographic researchers, variety of coastal engineering themes, University of Nantes and IUT of St Nazaire –France
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
· Porous Media Modelling and its Implementation for Civil and Environmental Engineering.
· Combined Impacts of high Tide with Rainfall on the Coastal Areas of the Red Sea - Case Study: Last Jeddah Flood Events.
· Natural Air-Conditioning for Open Areas in the Desert Cities of the KSA.
