Physical Sciences and Engineering Division
Introduction to the Division
The Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE) Division includes Earth Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Some of these programs have specific academic tracks, and you may choose the track that best suits your goals. You will be offered modules consisting of lectures, seminars and laboratory classes, and you will conduct independent research. Both master's and Ph.D. degrees are offered.
The PSE Division boasts superb facilities and resources. In particular, students have access to the latest supercomputing and visualization facilities. In addition, a state-of-the-art seismic field laboratory is available in the Earth Sciences and Engineering program.
The facilities of the Electrical Engineering and Materials Science programs include a 2,000 m2 Class 1000 clean room and multiple bays at Class 100, and state-of-the-art thin-film deposition techniques, including molecular beam epitaxy with full analysis and atomic layer deposition; thermal deposition; sputtering; plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, metal oxide chemical vapor deposition; photovoltaic materials and device fabrication and testing; microscopy; focused ion beam; printing capabilities for thin-film processing; laser crystallization and spectroscopy, surface analysis and two-photon absorption; fabrication and testing of solar cells and light-emitting diodes; thin-film transistors and photodiodes; magnetic characterization; wet chemistry; high temperature processing and diffusion furnaces; local electrode atom probe; laser assisted wide angle tomographic atom probe; tools for magnetic analyses including vibrating sample and alternating gradient magnetometers, Kerr-effect and magnetic force microscopes, all of which support research in advanced materials, biotechnology, electronics, photonics, and MEMS/NEMS.
In addition, labs in various areas of expertise in Mechanical Engineering include an integrated environment dedicated to state-of-the-art modeling, simulation and inverse approaches for composite materials, state-of-the-art instrumentation for experiments in fluid mechanics, advanced equipment and facilities for combustion diagnostics, experimental capabilities for reactive flow modeling, and a total internal refraction fluorescence microscope.
Combined with the superbly equipped experimental laboratories, experimental studies in the PSE Division will be almost unconstrained by physical resources.
Dr. Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Acting Associate Dean
Mailing Address
Physical Sciences and Engineering Division
Engineering and Science Building (Building 9)
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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