The world's biggest energy provider and the world's newest research university are collaborating on the future of energy. Saudi Aramco Engineering Services professionals met recently with King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) leaders to brainstorm over research into energy conservation and solar energy. The company was represented by Ahmed M. Al-Zahrani and Ali H. Al-Qahtani of the Process and Control Systems Department (P&CSD), and Ali M. Al-Qahtani and Richard A. Horner of the Research and Development Center (R&DC). The visitors saw KAUST's state-of-the-art facilities - the Shaheen Supercomputer; the 3D Visualization Center; and the Nanofabrication, Imaging and Characterization Laboratories. Then, Solar and Alternative Energy Science and Engineering Research Center director Dr. Ghassan Jabbour explained the university's long-term basic research-and-development interests in the field of solar and alternative energy. Also on hand for KAUST were business manager Dr. Janne Virtapohja and Economic Development senior management members Omar Abdulhaid, Raed Bkayrat, Talal Bakri and Sami Obaid. --MORE
