Research output per year
Research output per year
Organization profile
Organization profile
The mission of the Physical Science and Engineering Division is to create knowledge pertaining to matter at all scales – nano, meso, macro –, in all forms – from bulk, to divided colloids and fluids – as well as the interaction of matter with external stimuli in order to design new materials/technologies addressing the issues of our times.
Research in the Division includes areas such as theoretical physics and physical chemistry; catalysis and bioengineering; polymers and composites; energy production, storage and conversion; water purification and environmental protection; novel materials, nanodevices and systems; sensors and smart devices for the detection of pollutants and the purification of air, water, and food; earth sciences, mechanics and geomechanics; oil exploration and recovery; and CO2 sequestration.
Research in the PSE Division is driven by independent faculty labs and five Research Centers with which Faculty can affiliate to perform applied, goal-oriented research. Centers affiliated with the Division include:
- Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research Center (AMPMC)
- Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC)
- Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC)
- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
- KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
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Profiles
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Shehab Ahmed
- Electrical and Computer Engineering - Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering
Person: Faculty
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Abdulkader Alafifi
- Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering - Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
- Physical Sciences and Engineering
Person: Faculty
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Tariq Ali Alkhalifah
- Earth Science and Engineering - Professor, Earth Science and Engineering
- Physical Sciences and Engineering
Person: Faculty
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Jawaher Almutlaq
- Material Science and Engineering - Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science and Engineering
Person: Faculty
Research output
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Accurate simulation of spontaneous Raman scattering of CO2 for high-temperature diagnostics
Lill, J., Dreizler, A., Magnotti, G. & Geyer, D., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 330, 109223.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Affective Visual Dialog: A Large-Scale Benchmark for Emotional Reasoning Based on Visually Grounded Conversations
Haydarov, K., Shen, X., Madasu, A., Salem, M., Li, L. J., Elsayed, G. & Elhoseiny, M., 2025, Computer Vision – ECCV 2024 - 18th European Conference, Proceedings. Leonardis, A., Ricci, E., Roth, S., Russakovsky, O., Sattler, T. & Varol, G. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 18-36 19 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 15133 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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An adaptive learning strategy for surrogate modeling of high-dimensional functions - Application to unsteady hypersonic flows in chemical nonequilibrium
Scherding, C., Rigas, G., Sipp, D., Schmid, P. J. & Sayadi, T., Feb 2025, In: Computer Physics Communications. 307, 109404.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations -
Carboxyl-functionalized polyimide for polar/non-polar organic solvent separation by pervaporation
Esposito, R., Abdulhamid, M. A., Upadhyaya, L., Volkov, A. & Nunes, S. P., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Membrane Science. 713, 123277.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations -
Evaluation of chemical kinetic models for simulations of hydrogen detonations by comparison with experimental data
Sankar, V., Chatelain, K. P. & Lacoste, D. A., Mar 2025, In: Applications in Energy and Combustion Science. 21, 100306.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations
Prizes
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1st and 3rd prizes, EM micrograph competition, Materiais2007, Portugal
Da Costa, P. (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Award or Honor › Presentation Award
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1st place at the Middle Eastern Process Engineering Conference (MEPEC) technical debates
AlGhamdi, N. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Award or Honor › Presentation Award
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1st Prize in Chemistry in the nationwide competition of young researchers “Jugend forscht”
Laquai, F. (Recipient), 1999
Prize: Award or Honor › Excellence Award
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2017 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award
Khachab, N. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Award or Honor › Excellence Award
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2019 Jan Czochralski Award, E-MRS
Bradley, D. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Award or Honor › Excellence Award
Press/Media
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IIT Kharagpur to strengthen well-being of students after three suicides this year
Asif, M.
05/10/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Reports Findings in Science (Intermolecular-force-driven anisotropy breaks the thermoelectric trade-off in n-type conjugated polymers)
Baran, D., Rosas Villalva, D., Sharma, A. & Zhang, Y.
05/9/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Investigators from Fuzhou University Have Reported New Data on Chemicals and Chemistry (Activating Lattice Oxygen In Perovskite Ferrite for Efficient and Stable Photothermal Dry Reforming of Methane)
Zhao, J.
05/9/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Advanced AI-Powered Vehicle Diagnostics And Repair: Ride N Repair's Unique Solution Coming To The US
Tyagi, S.
05/9/25
41 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media