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 Associate Professor

Department of

Faculty of Maritime Studies - Marine Engineering

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Phone: 0126990461 Ext. 51525

Email: falthobiani@kau.edu.sa

Dr. Faisal AlThobiani

 Associate Professor

Profile

Dr. Faisal AlThobiani is an Associate Professor at the College of Marine Studies - Department of Marine Engineering, Dr. Faisal is a researcher in the field of engineering diagnostics at the Center for Competency and Performance Engineering at the University of Huddersfield. He obtained an environmental monitoring degree from the University of Leeds, an Electrical engineering technology degree from the Technical College and a Mechanical engineering technology degree from Jeddah Technical College and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical College in Riyadh before completing a Masters degree in Advanced Control Systems from the University of Manchester. He obtained a PhD from the University of Huddersfield on early detection of cavitation in centrifugal pumps.

Education

  • 2008

    Master degree from Advanced Control and Systems Engineering Engineering and Physical scineces, University of Manchester, مانشستر, بريطانيا

  • 2012

    Doctorate degree from Mechanical EngineeringComputing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield, هدرسفيلد, بريطانيا

Employment

  • 1991-1994

    Environmental Monitoring , General presidency of Meteorology and Environment Protection, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 1994-2005

    Teacher, College of Technology, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2002-2005

    Maintenance Engineer, King Abdul Aziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2011-2013

    Researcher, University of Huddersfield, هدرسفيلد, بريطانيا

  • 2015-2019

    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Maritime Studies, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2017-2021

    Vice-Dean for Development, Faculty of Maritime Studies, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2018-2021

    Chairman of Marine Engineering, Faculty of Maritime Studies, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2020-حاليا

    Part-time consultant, Vice presidency for business and Knowledge creativity, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2020-حاليا

    Dean of Maritime Studies, Faculty of Maritime Studies, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2020-حاليا

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Maritime Studies, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2021-حاليا

    Consultant, Vice President for Project, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2022-حاليا

    Academy Council Member, Jeddah Academy for Maritime Science and Security Studies, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

Data Analysis

Condition Monitoring of machine.

Fault Diagnosis.  

Scientific interests

Publications

Faisal Al Thobiani, Samir Khatir, Brahim Benaissa, Emad Ghandourah, Seyedali Mirjalili, Magd Abdel Wahab.(2022) “A hybrid PSO and Grey Wolf Optimization algorithm for static and dynamic crack identification” Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 118 .103213

Muhammad Irfan, Abdullah Saeed Alwadie, Faisal AlThobiani, Khurram Shehzad Quraishi, Mohammed Jalalah,Ali Abbass, Saifur Rahman, Mohammad Kamal Asif Khan, Samar Alqhtan (2022) “A Comparison of Machine Learning Methods for the Diagnosis of Motor Faults using Automated Spectral Feature Extraction Technique,” Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 41(2)

Muhammad Irfan , Faisal Althobiani, Abdullah Saeed Alwadie, Maryam Zaffar, Ali Abbass, Adam Glowacz, Saleh Mohammed Ghonaim, Hesham Abdushkour, Saifur Rahman, Omar Alshorman, Mohammad Kamal Asif Khan, Samar Alqhtani and Fahad Salem Alkahtani,(2022) “Condition monitoring of water pump bearings using ensemble classifier,” Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 14, Issue 3, pp. 1–14.

Muhammad Irfan, Nasir Ayub, Faisal Althobiani, Zain Ali, Muhammad Idrees, Saeed Ullah, Saifur Rahman, Abdullah Saeed Alwadie, Saleh Mohammed Ghonaim, Hesham Abdushkour, Fahad Salem Alkahtani, Samar Alqhtani and Piotr Gas (2022) “Energy Theft Identification Using Adaboost Ensembler in the Smart Grids,” Computers, Materials & Continua. Vol.72, no.1

Faisal Al Thobiani, Mohamed A. Khadimallah, Muzamal Hussain, Gar Al-Nabi Ibrahim Mohamed and Emad Ghandourah (2021) “Computer visualization approach for rotating FG shell: Assessment with ring supports” Computers and Concrete, Vol. 28, No. 6. pp. 459-466

Mohamed Amine Khadimallah, Muzamal Hussain, Faisal Al Thobiani, Mohamed Elbahar, Abdullah F. Al Naim, Elaloui Elimame, Imene Harbaoui and Abdelouahed Tounsi,(2021) “An innovative system for novel vibration of rotating FG shell with combination of fraction laws”. Advances in Concrete Construction, Vol. 12, No. 2 pp. 157-165

Zainab Ali, Mohamed Amine Khadimallah, Muzamal Hussain, Sehar Asghar, Faisal AlThobiani, Mohamed Elbahar, Elaloui Elimame and Abdelouahed Tounsi (2021) “Propagation of waves with nonlocal effect for vibration response of armchair double-walled CNTs” Advances in Nano Research, Vol. 11, No. 2. pp. 183-192

Mohamed A. Khadimallah, Muzamal Hussain, Ahmad Yahya, Khaled Mohamed Khedher, Faisal Al-Thobiani, Shauket Ali Tahir and Abdelouahed Tounsi,(2021) “Structural performance of submerged ring support FG shell using numerical ananlysis”  Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Vol. 80, No. 3. pp. 253-264

Muhammad Irfan, Nasir Ayub, Faisal Althobiani, Zain Ali, Muhammad Idrees, Saeed Ullah, Saifur Rahman, Abdullah Saeed Alwadie, Saleh Mohammed Ghonaim, Hesham Abdushkour, Fahad Salem Alkahtani, Samar Alqhtani (2022) “Week Ahead Electricity Power and Price Forecasting using Improved DenseNet-121 Method,” Computers, Materials & Continua

Israa Adil Hayder, Sundas Naqeeb Khan, Faisal Althobiani, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Idrees, Saeed Ullah, Faisal Alsaaq, Adam Glowacz, Iwona Goldasz, Marcin Tomczyk, Radu Martis, (2021) “Towards Controlled Transmissio A Novel Power-based Sparsity-aware and Energy Efficient Clustering for UWSN in Marine Transport Safety,” Electronics MDPI, Vol. 10, No. 07. 854

Muhammad Irfan, Aksam Iftikhar, Sana Yasin, Umar Draz, Tariq Ali, Shafiq Hussain, Sarah Bukhari, Abdullah Alwadie, Saifur Rahman, Adam Glowacz, Faisal Althobiani (2021) “Role of Hybrid Deep Neural Networks (HDNNs), Computed Tomography and Chest X-rays for the Detection of COVID-19,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 18.(6):3056

Aamir Hussain, Tariq Ali, Faisal Althobiani, Umar Draz, Muhammad Irfan, Sana Yasin , Saher Shafiq , Zanab Safdar,  Adam Glowacz, Grzegorz Nowakowski, Muhammad Salman Khan, Samar Alqhtani (2021) “Security Framework for IoT Based Real-Time Health Applications,” Electronics MDPI, Vol. 10, No. 06

AlShorman Omar, Alkahtani Fahad, Masadeh Mahmoud, Muhammad Irfan, Glowacz Adam, Althobiani Faisal, Kozik Jaroslaw, Glowacz Witold (2021) “Sound and Acoustic Emission-based Early Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Induction Motor: A Review Study,” Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 13(2) 1–19

Muhammad Kamal Asif Khan, Farman Ali, Muhammad Irfan, Fazal Muhammad, Faisal Althobiani, Asar Ali, Suliman Khan, Saifur Rahman, Grzegorz Perun, Adam Glowacz (2021) “Mitigation of Phase Noise and Nonlinearities for High Capacity Radio-over-Fiber Links,” Electronics MDPI, Vol. 10, No. 02

Haris Dildar, Faisal Althobiani, Ikhlas Ahmad, Wasi Ur Rehman Khan, Sadiq Ullah, Naveed Mufti, Shakir Ullah, Fazal Muhammad, Muhammad Irfan, and Adam Glowacz (2020) “Design and Experimental Analysis of Multiband Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna for 5G and Sub-6 GHz Wireless Communication,” Micromachines MDPI, Vol. 12. (1), 32

Van Tung Tran, Faisal Al Thobiani, Andrew Ball (2013) ‘An Application to Transient Current Signal based Induction Motor Fault Diagnosis of Fourier-Bessel Expansion and Simplified Fuzzy ARTMAP’ Expert Systems With Applications. ISSN 0957-4174.

Faisal Al Thobiani, Van Tung Tran, Fengshou Gu, Andrew Ball (2013). An Experimental Study of a Novel Method for Cavitation Detection in Centrifugal Pumps using a Non-intrusive Capacitance Sensor. Measurement

Van Tung Tran, Faisal Al Thobiani, Andrew Ball (2013). An evaluation of simplified Fuzzy Artmap and Texture Features of Infrared Thermography for Rotating Machinery Fault Diagnosis. NDT&E International

Van Tung Tran, Faisal AlThobiani, Andrew Ball (2013). An Approach to Fault Diagnosis of Reciprocating Compressor Valves using Teager-Kaiser Energy Operator and Deep Belief Networks. Expert Systems With Applications

Tesfa, B., Horler, G., Al Thobiani, F., Gu, F. and Ball, A. (2012) ‘A clamping force measurement system for monitoring the condition of bolted joints on railway track joints and points’ Journal of Physics: Conference Series , 364, p. 012021. ISSN 1742-6596

 Albraik, A., Al Thobiani, F., Gu, F. and Ball, A. (2012) ‘Diagnosis of Centrifugal Pump Faults Using Vibration Methods’ Journal of Physics: Conference Series , 364, p. 012139. ISSN 1742-6596.

Tesfa, B., Gu, F., Anyakwo, A., Al Thobiani, F. and Ball, A. (2012) ‘Prediction of metal pm emission in rail tracks for condition monitoring application ’. In: Railway Condition Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing (RCM 2011), 5th IET Conference on. London: IET. pp. 1-6.3.

Al Thobiani, F., Gu, F. and Ball, A. (2011) ‘Monitoring Cavitation in Centrifugal Pumps using a Noninvasive Capacitance Sensor’. In: Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM 2011). : COMADEM. pp. 875-883. ISBN 0954130723.

Tesfa, B., Horler, G., Al Thobiani, F., Gu, F. and Andrew, b. (2012) ‘A clamping force measurement system for monitoring the condition of bolted joints on railway track joints and points ’. In: 25th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering, 18th-20th June 2012, University of Huddersfield, UK.

 Tesfa, B., Gu, F., Anyakwo, A., Al Thobiani, F. and Ball, A. (2011) ‘Prediction of metal pm emission in rail tracks for condition monitoring application’. In: RCM 2011: The 5th IET conference on Railway Condition Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing, 29-30 Nov 2011, Derby, UK, pp. 1-6.

Raharjo, P., Al Thobiani, F., Gu, F. and Ball, A. (2010) ‘Early Failure Detection and Diagnostics of High Speed Self Aligning Journal Bearing’. In: COMADEM 2010, June 28-July 2 2010, Nara, Japan.

Al Thobiani, F., Gu, F. and Ball, A. (2010) ‘The monitoring of cavitation in centrifugal pumps based on the analysis of vibro-acoustic measurements’. In: CM 2010 and MFPT 2010 : The Seventh International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies, 22-24 June 2010,  Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.

 

Conferences Refereed Papers

Attended the “International Continuing Professional Development Programme”, introduced by King Abdulaziz University (KAU) and University College Cork (ucc), Ireland, held 28 – 30 Nov. 2016

Attended the “International Continuing Professional Development Programme”, introduced by King Abdulaziz University (KAU) and University College Cork (ucc), Ireland, held 26 – 27 March 2017

Attended the “Internal Academic Audit” workshop, introduced by the Deanship of Quality & Academic Accreditation, King Abdulaziz University, held 2 – 3 Dec. 2018

Attended the workshop: “Securing Academic Standards Through Effective Reporting and Actions”, introduced by the Deanship of Quality & Academic Accreditation, King Abdulaziz University and the British Council, held in Jeddah, 26 – 27 Nov. 2017

Attended the Training Boot Camp of Academic Transformation Leadership Program, 35 training hours (A part of the project "ACADEMIC LEADERS"), at King Abdullah Economic City, On September 24 -27, 2018

Attended the workshop entitled “Promoting Innovation in Higher Education”, organized by Academic Leadership Development Center, Ministry of education, held at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, during Feb. 17 - 18, .2016

Completed the Professional Development Workshop in “Leading and Empowering Team Members”, as a part of the Effective Academic Leader Program, introduced by the Accreditation and development Consultancy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, during Oct. 2, 2017

Completed the Professional Development Workshop in “Personal Strategy and Productivity”, as a part of the Effective Academic Leader Program, introduced by the Accreditation and development Consultancy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, during Oct. 3, 2017 

Completed the Professional Development Workshop in “Leadership Skills”, as a part of the Effective Academic Leader Program, introduced by the Accreditation and development Consultancy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, during Oct. 4, 2017

 

Publications of International journals

Van Tung Tran, Faisal Al Thobiani, Andrew Ball, Byeong-Keun Choi, "An Application to Transient Current Signal based Induction Motor Fault Diagnosis of Fourier-Bessel Expansion and Simplified Fuzzy ARTMAP ", Expert Systems With Applications, Vol 40, Issue 13, pp 5372-5384, 2013. 

Van Tung Tran, Faisal Al Thobiani, Andrew Ball, "An Approach to Fault Diagnosis of Reciprocating Compressor Valves using Teager-Kaiser Energy Operator and Deep Belief Networks", Expert Systems With Applications, Vol 41, Issue 9, pp 4113-4122, 2014. 

Gar Al-Nabi Ibrahim Mohamed and Faisal Wahiss Al Thobiani, "The Role of Open Sources in Rural Areas Water Harvesting", International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Scientific Emerging Researc, Vol 6, Issue 2, pp 1079- .2014 ,1084.2017. 

Faisal Al Thobiani, Van Tung Tran, Tiedo Tinga, "An Approach to Fault Diagnosis of Rotating Machinery Using the Second-Order Statistical Features of Thermal Images and Simplified Fuzzy ARTMAP", Scientific research publishing, Engineering, Vol 9, pp 524-539, 2017. 

Van Tung Tran, Faisal Al Thobiani, Tiedo Tinga, Andrew Ball and Gang Niu, "Single and combined fault diagnosis of reciprocating compressor valves using a hybrid deep belief network", Proc IMechE Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, pp 1-14, 2017. 

Gar Al-Nabi Ibrahim Mohamed and Faisal Wahiss Al Thobiani, "Space technology based rainfall water flooding, solutions and preventive measures", International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research, Vol 5, Issue December, pp 1444-1446, 2017.

Al Thobiani F. and Gadelmawla E S, "Engineering Drawing Using SolidWorks", Deanship of Scientific Research Supported Book Series – 186, .2018.

Saad M. Aldousari, Noha Fouda, Hassan S. Hedia, and Faisal W. H. Al Thobiani, "Comparison of titanium and FGM dental implants with different coating types", Materials Testing, Vol 60, Issue 2, pp 142-148, 2018. 

Saad M. Aldousari, Hassan S. Hedia, and Faisal W. H. Al Thobiani, "Influence of different nanomaterials on the mechanical properties of epoxy matrix composites", Materials Testing, Vol 60, Issue 6, pp 639-646, 2018. 

Gar Al-Nabi Ibrahim Mohamed and Faisal Wahiss Al Thobiani,"Integration of GPS with Digital devices and Interactive objects for public safety.", International journal of Computers and Technology, Vol 17, Issue 1, pp .2018 ,7146-7152. 

Mohamed Gar Al-Nabi Ibrahim Mohamed and Faisal Wahiss Al Thobiani, "Modern technology applications and rainfall flooding disasters prevention", International Journal Of Computers & Technology, Vol 17, Issue 2, pp .2018 ,7335-7339. 

Gar Al-Nabi Ibrahim Mohamed and Faisal Wahiss Al Thobiani, "Rainwater Resources Development using Open Space data and Software Sources", International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research, Vol 6, Issue October, pp 1079-1084, 2018.

Tanvir Sayeed, Faisal Al Thobiani, "Experimental Study of Iceberg Motions near a Fixed Structure ", International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 14, Number 23, pp. 4310-4324, 2019. 

Tanvir Sayeed, Faisal Al Thobiani, "Wave induced motions of irregular shaped ice mass close to fixed structure", International Journal of Advanced Education and Research, Vol 4, Issue 7, pp 533-537, 2019. 

Faisal ALThobiani*, and Shamji V.R. "A model Study for Dredge Volume Calculation at the Red Sea", International Journal of Oceans and Oceanography ISSN 0973-2667 Volume 13, Number 2, pp. 389-394, 2019. 

Faisal ALThobiani, "Hydrodynamic Modelling Along The Eastern Coast Of The Saudi Arabia", International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research Issn 2277- 8616 Volume 9, ISSUE 02, pp. 6049-6052. 2020. 

Faisal AlThobiani, Alfred Bawole, Muhammad Subhan" Artificial Island Based Port Expansion: A Review On Environmental Impacts", International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research Volume 9, ISSUE 02, Issn 2277-8616, pp. 1069-1072, 2020. 

Tesfa, B., Horler, G., Al Thobiani, F., Gu, F. and Andrew, B. ‘A clamping force measurement system for monitoring the condition of bolted joints on railway track joints and points ’. In: 25th International Congress onCondition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering, 18th-20th June 2012, University of Huddersfield, United kingdom 

Tesfa B., Horler G., Al Thobiani F., Gu F. and Ball A., "A clamping force measurement system for monitoring the condition of bolted joints on railway track joints and points", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 25th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering, Vol 364, Issue (364) 012021, pp 1-16, 2012. Derby,UK. 

Albraik, A., Al Thobiani, F., Gu, F. and Ball, A.‘Diagnosis of Centrifugal Pump Faults Using Vibration Methods’ Journal of Physics: Conference Series , 364, p. 012139. ISSN 1742-6596,2012. 

Tesfa, B., Gu, F., Anyakwo, A., Al Thobiani, F. and Ball, A. ‘Prediction of metal pm emission in rail tracks for condition monitoring application ’. In: Railway Condition Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing (RCM 2011), 5th IET Conference on. London: IET. pp. 1-6. 2012 

Tesfa B., Gu F., Anyakwo A., Al Thobiani F. and Ball A., "Prediction of metal PM emission in rail tracks for condition monitoring application", 5th IET Conference on Railway Condition Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing, RCM 2011, 29 - 30 Nov, 2011, pp 43471. 

Raharjo, P., Al Thobiani, F., Gu, F. and Ball, A. ‘Early Failure Detection and Diagnostics of High Speed Self Aligning Journal Bearing’. In: COMADEM 2010, June 28-July 2 2010, Nara, Japan. 

Al Thobiani, F., Gu, F. and Ball, A. ‘The monitoring of cavitation in centrifugal pumps based on the analysis of vibro-acoustic measurements’. In: CM 2010 and MFPT 2010 : The Seventh International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies, 22- 24 June 2010, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. 

Al Thobiani, F., Gu, F. and Ball, A. ‘Monitoring Cavitation in Centrifugal Pumps using a Noninvasive Capacitance Sensor’ In: Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Managemen (COMADEM 2011). COMADEM. pp. 875-883. ISBN 0954130723. 

Hassan S. Hedia, Ismail M.R. Najjar, Noha Fouda, Faisal W. Al-Thobiani and Hattan A. Timraz, " Effect of material and dimensions on the mechanical behavior of a dental implant ", Materials Testing, ISSUE 8, Vol 62, Issue 6, pp  775-782, 2020.

 

Published Books

Faisel W. Al Thobiani and Elamir S. Gadelmawla, “Engineering Drawing Using SOLIDWORKS”, Scientific publishing Center, King Abdulaziz University, IBN: 9960-06-912-5, 2018. 

Courses

Engineering dynamics 282 MSE
Technical Report Writing 283 MSE
Electrical Engineering and Electronics 370 MSE
Graduation Project 583 MSE

Areas of expertise