Faculty 

Education                              

Ph.D.                Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA 2004

M.Sc.               Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2001                              

B.Sc                 Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1996                               

Courses Taught

  • ME 201             Dynamics
  • ME 203             Thermodynamics
  • ME 309             Mechanics of Machines
  • ME 413             System Dynamics and Control
  • ME 551             Continuum Mechanics
  • ME 552             Advanced Dynamics

Research Scholar

 Interdisciplinary Research Center for Intelligent Manufacturing & Robotics (IRC-IM & R)


Research Areas

Thermoelasticity, FEM, Ultrasonics, Wave Propagation, NDT

Representative Publications       

  • Malgaca, L; Al-Qahtani, H; Sunar, M ;  Vibration Control of Rotating Blades Using Root-Embedded Piezoelectric Materials ;2015
  • Tomar, RH; Hashim, MH; Al-Qahtani, MH ; Effects of a 12-week aerobic training on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus male patients ;2013
  • Al-Qahtani, H; Yilbas, BS ; Entropy Generation Rate During Laser Short Pulse Heating: Contribution of Heat Transfer and Thermal Stress ;2013
  • Ouakad, HM; Hawwa, MA; Al-Qahtani, HM ; Modeling the Electrostatic Deflection of a MEMS Multilayers Based Actuator ;2013
  • Al-Qahtani, HM ; A Closed Form Solution of Temperature and Stress Fields for Laser Short-Pulse Heating of a Solid: Exponentially Decaying Volumetric Source ;2013
  • Arif, AFM; Al-Nassar, YN; Al-Qahtani, H; Khan, SMA; Anis, M; Eleiche, AM; Inam, M; Al-Nasri, NI; Al-Muslim, HM ;Optimization of Pipe Repair Sleeve Design ;2012​

Research scholar, IRC-Intelligent Manufacturing & Robotics Bldg-63 Room-354 966-13-860 2846 966-13-860 2949 (ME Dept) qahtanih@kfupm.edu.sa