FACULTY

TIE engages a range of distinguished personnel who bring a record of pioneering research expertise and innovation excellence to the program — from world-class faculty and education specialists to research translation specialists and instructional faculty.

KAUST Faculty

AAMIR FAROOQ

TIE Program Director

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

MIKKEL DRAEBYE

Instructional Professor of Entrepreneurship

JINCHAO XU

Director of KAUST Innovation Hub in Shenzhen for his title.

HATTAN AHMED

Associate Director,

KAUST-Shenzhen Hub

ZEXIANG LI

Visiting Distinguished Professor,

TIE Program

KHALID NABIL SALAMA

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

PEIYING HONG

Professor, Environmental

Science and Engineering

XIAOHANG LI

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

DERYA BARAN

Associate Professor, Material Science & Engineering

SHEHAB AHMED

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

CARLOS A. GRANDE

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

YATING WAN

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

AMR ABDUL HAMID

Instructional Professor of Engineering

JOSE ILTON DE OLIVEIRA FILHO

Prototyping and Engineering Specialist



Research Translation Team:

SAMEH DARDONA

Research Translation Manager

AHMED ALIYU

Research Translation Engineer Mechanical Design & Manufacturing

SABOOH AJAZ

Research Translation Engineer

Administration Team:

REHAM ALMUBARAK

Education And Outreach Advisor

MAYSOUN FAYEK

Liaison And Admin Assistant

CAMPUS FACILITIES

KAUST hosts a wide range of sophisticated instruments and world-class facilities that students can access, including the Prototyping and Product Development Core Lab, and laboratories involving robotics and embedded systems, sensors, intelligent autonomous systems and biotechnology. Specific labs will be identified based on the curriculum and individual projects.


CAMPUS

FACILITIES

CONTACT US

Office of Admissions:

Graduate Affairs 

Engineering Building (Building 9), Suite 4328 

4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Thuwal 23955-6900

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

For a list of commonly asked questions, please visit the TIE FAQ and Admissions website.

If you have specific questions about TIE not answered here, please send the email to tie@kaust.edu.sa


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