DHAHRAN: Several students sponsored by the Saudi Aramco’s Career Development Department have been recognized for their achievements at their universities overseas.
Husameddin S. Al-Madani was named Texas A&M University’s Graduate Student Council president for 2009-2010. Al-Madani is pursuing his master’s degree in engineering in the International Petroleum Management Program. He is advised by Petroleum Engineering Department head Stephen Holditch. His research focuses on the integration and enhancement of software applications for the estimation of unconventional gas resources and optimum drilling, stimulation and production practices.
Al-Madani is originally from Riyadh and received his undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Kansas in 2003.
Ahmad Al-Huthali won first place in a research contest for his paper “Optimal Water Flood Management Under Geologic Uncertainty Using Rate Control: Theory and Field Applications.”
He presented the paper at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Regional Student Paper Contest at Rice University in Texas. To qualify for that contest, Al-Huthali was selected from among 300 students, 40 of whom were doctoral students, and was judged by 100 industry representatives at a competition at Texas A&M University. He was among nine presenters in the Ph.D. competition.
In the master’s division, another Saudi Aramco student, Mohammed Al-Wadani of Rice University, also presented a paper.
Ph.D. candidate Mohammed S. Al-Ghamdi recently won the doctorate level prize for Exceptional Design and Presentation during the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department poster competition at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Mohammed Al-Ahmed was elected president for the Student Society of Human Resource Development (SSHRD) at the University of Houston. The second-semester student was nominated for the position by faculty and fellow students.
The SSHRD is a society that helps human resource development students in their professional and academic development.
It works closely with the Houston chapter of the American Society for Training and Development and the Academy of Human Resource Development, and is developing a partnership with the Society of Human Resource Management.
