Personal Information

 Associate Professor

Department of

Faculty of Engineering - Department of Industrial Engineering

Contact Information

Phone: 6952000 Ext. 72390

Email: aalkabaa@kau.edu.sa

Abdulaziz Saud Abdulaziz Alkabaa

 Associate Professor

Profile

Dr. Abdulaziz Saud Alkabaa is an associate professor and department head of the Industrial Engineering Department at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah. He received his PhD in ISE, and his second Master’s degree in Statistics from the University of Tennessee, and achieved several academic recognitions during his graduate studies.  Dr. Alkabaa educated under well-known professor in the areas of industrial engineering Dr. Mustafa Alidrisi who is a renewed professor and a former Vice President for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research at King Abdulaziz University and  member of Saudi parliament, Dr. Alberto Garcia, where one his books is Fundamentals of Network Analysis was the official source in the class of Network Analysis in King Abdulaziz University. Moreover, Dr. Alkabaa’s chiar in his M.S. in Statistics was Dr. Hamparsum Bozdogan who developed several model selection criteria that have been widely used and offered in SAS and JMP software. Dr. Alkabaa’s research interests include stochastic process, industrial statistics, design of industrial experiments, forecasting models, and high dimensional data mining.

Education

  • 2006

    Bachelor degree from Industrial EngineeringFaculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2010

    Master degree from Industrial EngineeringFaculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2016

    Doctorate degree from Industrial EngineeringTickle College of Engineering , The University of Tenessee, نوكسفيل, امــريــكـا

  • 2016

    Master degree from StatisticsHaslam College of Business, The University of Tenessee, نوكسفيل, امــريــكـا

Employment

  • 2006-2012

    Material Department, Saudi Electricity Companey, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2018-2023

    Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz University, , المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2021-2023

    Consultant of vice president for graduate studies and scientific research at King Abdulaziz University, King Abdulaziz University, , المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2023-حاليا

    Chair board director of the Saudi Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, , المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2023-حاليا

    Associate Professor, King Abdulaziz University, , المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2024-حاليا

    Department Head of Industrial Engineering, King Abdulaziz University , , المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

  • Stochastic process.
  • High dimensional data mining.
  • Industrial statistics.
  • Optimal design of industrial experiments.
  • Forecasting models.
  • Optimal data classification.
  • Healthcare Engineering

Courses

Engineering Design 202 IE
Engineering Statistics 332 IE
Project Management 415 IE
Dynamic Forecasting 436 IE

Areas of expertise

Saudi Electricity Companey Material Department