Corrosion and Materials Degradation Concentration Program
Overview / نظرة عامة
This interdisciplinary concentration provides the students with the required fundamental understanding of electrochemical corrosion engineering and materials degradation. Students are exposed to topics such as corrosion types and mechanisms, and materials’ degradation. Furthermore, it also equips students with the ability to use numerical and analytical techniques to predict and evaluate corrosion phenomena in order to develop sound corrosion management plans. In addition, it promotes interdisciplinary education where materials science and engineering intersect with chemistry and mathematics and other engineering disciplines. The applications of this concentration are wide-ranging and include oil and gas industries, petrochemical industries, desalination plants and constructions.
يوفر هذا التخصص للطلاب الفهم الأساسي المطلوب لهندسة التآكل الكهروكيميائي وتدهور المواد. يتم تعريف الطلاب بمواضيع مثل أنواع وآليات التآكل وتدهور المواد. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، يزوّد الطلاب بالقدرة على استخدام التقنيات العددية والتحليلية للتنبؤ بظواهر التآكل وتقييمها من أجل تطوير خطط إدارة تآكل متينة. كما يعزز التعليم متعدد التخصصات حيث يتقاطع علم وهندسة المواد مع الكيمياء والرياضيات والتخصصات الهندسية الأخرى. تتنوع تطبيقات هذا التخصص وتشمل صناعات النفط والغاز، الصناعات البتروكيماوية، محطات التحلية، والإنشاءات.
Application for the Concentration Program
Eligibility Criteria
Requirements:
- Minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for all BSc KFUPM students.
- Students with applied major cannot enroll in concentrations.
- Students who completed (79 – 115 hours).
- Students who finished all junior-level courses of the specific majors are eligible to enroll in the concentration after completing the prerequisites.
Timeline:
- Applications open at the end of the first semester of the Junior year ( around November ) till the middle of the following semester ( around February)
- Applications are reviewed at the end of the second semester or early summer.
Hosting Department:
- Material Sciences and Engineering
For more information about concentration programs, visit the general information page.
To apply for the concentration program, please visit the official application page provided by the university.
Offered To:
| Major | Pre/Co-requisites | Notes |
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| Mechanical Engineering (ME) | CHEM 101 and ME 216 | - |
| Material Sciences and Engineering (MSE) | CHEM 101 and (MSE 201 or ME 216) | - |
| Chemistry (CHEM) | CHEM 101 and (MSE 201 or ME 216 or ME 207) | |
| Civil Engineering (CE) | CHEM 101 and (MSE 201 or ME 216 or ME 207 or CE 204) | |
| Industrial & Systems Engineering | CHEM 101 and (MSE 201 or ME 216) |
Courses in the Concentration
| Course | Course Title | Brief Description | Pre-requisites | Instructors | Average GPA | Notes |
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| MSE 434 | Mechanical Failure of Material | Stress, fracture, fatigue, and time-dependent failure. | Senior standing | Prof. Zuhair Mattoug Gasem, Mr. Muhammad Uzair Malik, Dr. Muath Al-Malki | - | - |
| MSE 435 | Corrosion Prevention, Control and Monitoring | Corrosion testing, prevention, and influencing factors. | Senior standing | Mr. Muhammad Uzair Malik, Dr. Saviour Umoren | ||
| ME 456 | Fundamentals of Nondestructive Evaluation | NDT methods: ultrasonics, AE, MPI, eddy currents, and radiography. | Senior standing | Prof. Saheb Nouari | ||
| ME 472 | Corrosion Engineering | Corrosion types, prevention, protection, and design considerations. | CHEM 101 and (MSE 201 or ME 216 or ME 207 or CE 204) | Prof. Zuhair Mattoug Gasem, Prof. Syed Fida Hassan, Dr. Ahmad Sorour, Dr. Ihsan ul Haq Toor, Dr. Akeem Adesina |
| Semester | Course 1 | Course 2 |
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| First Semester (Fall) | MSE 434 | ME 472 |
| Second Semester (Spring) | MSE 435 | ME 456 |
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Resources
- For courses’ study materials click here
Instructors
| Photo | Name | Courses | Office Number | Telephone | Office Hours | Department | Specialization | Taqeem Post | Coordinator | |
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| Dr. Abduljabar Q. Al-Sayoud | Building 63 Room 244 | sayoudaq@kfupm.edu.sa | 966-13-860 2950 | - | Materials Science and Engineering | Modeling and atomistic simulations of materials using both classical molecular dynamics and density functional theory (DFT) | Taqeem Post |  Program Coordinator |
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| Dr. Jie Ren | Building 16 Room 178 | Jie.Ren@kfupm.edu.sa | 966-13-860 - | - | Materials Science and Engineering | Alkali-activated materials | Taqeem Post | |||
| Prof. Zuhair Gasem | ME 472 | Building 63 Room 347 | Zuhair@kfupm.edu.sa | 966-13-860 2569 | - | Mechanical Engineering | Material Science | Taqeem Post | ||
| Prof. Saheb Nouari | ME 456 | Building 63 Room 304 | nouari@kfupm.edu.sa | 966-13-860 7529 | - | Mechanical Engineering | Metallic Materials, Nanomaterials, Nanocomposites | Taqeem Post | ||
| Prof. Syed Fida Hassan | ME 472 | Building 63 Room 350 | sfhassan@kfupm.edu.sa | 966-13-860 7787 | - | Mechanical Engineering | Metal Matrix Composite and Nanocomposite | Taqeem Post | ||
| Dr. Ihsan ul Haq Toor | ME 472 | Building 63 Room 358 | ihsan@kfupm.edu.sa | 966-13-860 7493 | - | Mechanical Engineering | Corrosion/Electrochemistry/Environmental Induced cracking | Taqeem Post | ||
| Dr. Ahmad Sorour | ME 472 | Building 63 Room 150 | sorour@kfupm.edu.sa | 966-13-860 7507 | - | Mechanical Engineering | Corrosion | Taqeem Post | ||
| Dr. Muath Al-Malki | MSE 434 | Building 63 Room 101-2 | mmalki@kfupm.edu.sa | 966-13-860 5517 | - | Mechanical Engineering | Hard materials for wear resistance applications | Taqeem Post | ||
| Dr. Saviour Umoren | MSE 435 | Building 14 Room 258-5 | umoren@kfupm.edu.sa | 966-13-860 7902 | - | IRC for Advanced Materials | Corrosion | Taqeem Post | ||
| Dr. Akeem Yusuf Adesina | ME 472 | Building - Room - | 966-13-860 - | - | - | Taqeem Post | ||||
| Mr. Muhammad Uzair Malik | MSE 434 & MSE 435 | Building | - | 966-13-860 - | - | Materials Science and Engineering | Taqeem Post | |||
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شاركنا تجربتك مع التخصص عبر الإجابة على الأسئلة التالية:
هل ترى أن ما تعلمته في هذا التخصص يتماشى مع أهدافك المهنية؟:
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من برأيك يستفيد من دراسة هذا التخصص؟:
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