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Academic

Dr.

Khaled A. Mahdi

Associate Professor

Office Location:
S03D1140

Education

Degree Discipline Institution Year
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Northwestern University     2000
M.Sc. Chemical Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology  1995
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering University of Toronto 1993

Research Interests

Process Optimization (Simulation & Economics), Complex Network (Bioogical and Chemical Reaction Networks), Properties Estimation (Thermodynamics & Transport).

Selected Publications

  • Eric Andrew Finkelstein, Jesse D. Malkin, Drishti Baid, Ada Alqunaibet, Khaled Mahdi, Mohammed Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Buthaina Abdulla Bin Belaila, Ebrahim Al Nawakhtha, Saleh Alqahtani, Sameh El-Saharty & Christopher H. Herbst The impact of seven major noncommunicable diseases on direct medical costs, absenteeism, and presenteeism in Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Journal of Medical Economics, DOI: 10.1080/13696998.2021.1945242 Taylor & Francis (2021) 

  • Ghufran Al-Shiridah, Maytham Safar, and Khaled Mahdi, Mobile Communication Networks. Accepted for publication in the section “History of Social Networks: Past, Present and Future", Encyclopedia of Social Networks and Mining (ESNAM). Co-edited by Reda Alhajj and Jon Rokne, Springer Verlag, (2014)

  • AlShiridah, Ghufran; Mahdi, Khaled; Safar, Maytham; Facebook feedback capacity modeling. Social Network Analysis and Mining (SNAM) 3:4, Springer Vienna (2013)

  • Safar, Maytham; Mahdi, Khaled; Farahat, Hisham; Albehairy, Saud; Kassem, Ali; Alenzi, Khalid; Approximate cycles count in undirected graphs. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, Taylor & Francis (2013)

  • Almohri, Sayed Mohammad; AlShiridah, Ghufran A; Safar, Maytham; Mahdi, Khaled; Correlating feedback capacity with degree of diffusion in heterogeneous complex networks. International Journal of Space-Based and Situated Computing 3:4, Inderscience Publishers (2013)

Work Experience

Academic Experience
Institution Designation Year/Period
Kuwait University Associate Professor 2013 - Now
Kuwait University Assistant Professor 2000-2013
Kuwait University  Scholarship Teaching Assistant  1995 – 2000
Industry Experience
Organization Designation Year/Period

The Conference Board (MENA)

Chairman

2024 – present

The Conference Board (MENA)

Board Member

2018 – 2024

IDC Kuwait Advisory Council

Board Member

2023- present

College of Business and Economics (AUK)

Advisory board member

2016- present

Center of Excellence in Management (KU)

Board Member

2021-20222

Supreme Council for Planning and Development

Secretary-General

2016-2024

Supreme Council for Planning and Development

Assistant Secretary-General

2015-2016

The State Minister of Planning and Development

Advisor

2014-2015

Environment Preservation Industrial Company

Chairman

2010-2013

Arab International Company for Industrial Projects, Kuwait

Vice Chairman

2009-2013

Al-Dhow for Environmental Projects

Board member

2008-2011

Office of Vice President for Academic Affairs

Advisor

2003-2005

KISR Research Engineer 1993 - 1995