Representing Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, KFUPM Team qualified to the SPE International PetroBowl Competition.

Representing Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, KFUPM Team qualified to the SPE International PetroBowl Competition.

Students in CPG Win First Places in Global and Regional Competitions

A student team from the College of Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences won the second place in the worldwide competition for geoscience graduate students on 2020 “AAPG IBA 2020" .

Received Research Funding from the National Science Foundation: KFUPM Graduate Contributes to Innovating a Less Expensive and More Effective Device for "COVID-19" Test

King Fahd University Ranked 4th among top 100 universities in granted patents at USPTO for 2019

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals achieved the fourth position in the annual classification of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association for the universities worldwide

New proposed technology improvements in future communication networks

A research team, consisted of Dr. Salam Zummo (Supervisor), Dr. Anas Salhab (Co-Supervisor) and graduate student Muhannad Obeid, has implemented a project that proposed a new technology to improve the efficiency of visual light communication. As a result, (4) patents have been submitted to the Center for Technology

Earned 4 Patents: Distinguished Research at KFUPM is Being Commercialized to Reduce Maintenance Costs in Plants

A research team at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, in cooperation with Yokogawa, has innovated a new technology that reduces the maintenance costs in plants and improves residual life-cycle of equipments used in control systems (control loops).

KFUPM Starts Work after Vacation with E-Greeting Ceremony

On Sunday morning, May 31, 2020, KFUPM resumed its official working with e-greeting ceremony for Eid Al-Fitr.

A student team wins first place in the international "Hope" Hackathon competition

A student team, Electrical Engineering department, won first place in the international “Hope” Hackathon competition that was organized by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in cooperation with more than 15 entities in the public and private sectors and global partnerships. More than 15 thousand competitors participated representing 450 teams from more than 70 countries around the world.

KFUPM Systems Engineering Club Adapts to Distance Education

The Systems Engineering Club (SEC) at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals continued to organize its activities during the second semester with the aim of developing students' capabilities by using the technical means available for distance education. The activities included organizing workshops, lectures and qualitative initiatives in which many students from various scientific disciplines participated.

Earned 3 patents: A research project to develop quantum computing technology

The idea of developing quantum-computing technology began more than two decades ago, however, the quantum computer was not developed because of its complex structure quantum circuits transmit information via photons other than classical circuits, requiring knowledge of how to build the physical hardware and software that supports it.