Power Plant Engineering

Curriculum Vitae

(Dr. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi)

1. Name :

Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi

2. Nationality :

Syrian

3. Date and Place of Birth :

** ***** / ****. ****, *****.

4. Degree of Qualification :

PhD (Doctorate of Philosophy) in Mechanical Engineering,

(Resource and Energy Science)

5. Name & Location of Institution :

Kobe University. Kobe City, Japan.

6. Current Occupation :

Engineering Manager at Arabian Company & Sasakura for Water & Power (Acwa Power

Sasakura), Saudi Arabia.

I had been joined Acwa Power Sasakura on August 2007 with position of Engineering manager and

since that time till present I am involving for the followings:

1. Engineering Management: Basic, Detailed Design, manufacturing, construction

drawings and As-Built-Drawings.

2. Review of tender documents, including technical specifications and contract

conditions.

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3. Undertaking site visits of the projects to be tendered.

4. Submit deviation/clarification list to client.

5. Formulation, Negotiation, Finalization, and Administration of Contracts.

6. Sub-vender prequalification.

7. Reviewing offers received from suppliers for incorporation in the final proposal.

8. Undertaking technical and commercial evaluation of received quotations.

9. Costing, Estimation and Bidding Projects.

10. Active participation in the preparation of the final commercial and technical submittal

to the clients.

11. Participation in construction management: Preparation of Construction Manual,

Construction Supervision, Testing & Commissioning, and Operations & Maintenance.

12. Participation and helping in project Management: Phasing Project, Planning, Tracking

/ Evaluation and Control. Latest. Project Management Tools & Tackles.

Executed Projects Under My Supervision:

1. Turn key project of the new satellite desalination plants MED Type

(Multi-Effect distillation) in six sites (Al-Wajh 9000M3/D, Ummlujj

9000M3/D, Rabigh 18000M3/D, Al-Lith 9000M3/D, Qunfuda 9000M3/D

and Farasan 9000M3/D), Client: Saline Water Conversion Corporation,

in the western coast of Saudi Arabia, 2006 ~ 2010.

2. Rehabilitation of two desalination plants (1&2) at Rabigh power plant

SEC / WOA. Client: Saudi Electricity Company, 2009 ~ 2010.

3. Shuaiba Desalination Plant phase # 1, Re-tubing of (Ten Evaporators

Units), Client: Saline Water Conversion Corporation, in the western

coast of Saudi Arabia, 2011 ~ 2014.

7. Skills & Capabilities:

7.1 Excellent capabilities in scientific & academic research relating water & power fields.

7.2 Strong Leadership and quality skills, self-confidence and motivation, decisiveness,

flexibility, sound business judgment, and determination.

7.3 Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to persuade,

influence, negotiate and make formal presentations in meetings and training

environments.

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7.4 Thorough understanding of estimating process, bidding and contracting

techniques and practices, project management and delivery of technical and

industrial services.

7.5 Entrepreneurial and leadership skills.

7.6 Technical experience ideally in large sized industries of Water, energy, power generation.

7.7 Experience in Saudi Arabian industrial governmental demands.

7.8 Strong Business interest to understand Client expectations.

7.9 Open minded to new ideas and new technologies.

8. Work Experience and Qualifications :

Since 2007 to date : Engineering Manager of Arabian Company and Sasakura for Water

& Power at ACWA Power Sasakura, Saudi Arabia.

Since 2004 to 2007 : Associate Professor in the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at

king Khalid University, Saudi Arabia.

Teaching Courses : Power and Desalination plants, Heat Transfer,

Thermodynamics I & II, Fluid Mechanics, Engineering

Drawings, Graduating Power Engineering Projects.

Also, I had been participated and supervised several academic committees

during teaching in the university.

Since 2003 to 2004 Working as invited Ph.D. Graduated Researcher in the Mechanical

Department of Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Japan.

- I had been published two international papers during this time.

1. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi, Terushige Fujii, Katsumi Sugimoto.

" A modern Injected Steam Gas Turbine Cogeneration System Based on Exergy Concept"

International Journal of Energy Research 2004; 28 :1127 - 1144 . Published online 19 July

2004 in Wiley InterScience. DOI:10.1002/er.1019.

2. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi, Terushige Fujii, Katsumi Sugimoto, and Hitoshi Asano.

" New Rankine Cycle for Hydrogen-fired Power Generation Plants "

International Journal of Exergy, volume 1, No. 1: 29 – 46, 2004. InderScience Enterprised

Ltd.

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Since 2000 to 2003 : Ph.D Engineering Course in order to obtain doctorate of philosophy

in Resource and Energy Science in Mechanical Engineering.

Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Japan.

Since 1999 to 2000 : Japanese language course at Kobe International Center of Foreign

Languages, Kobe University, Japan.

Since 1994 to 1999 Maintenance Chief Engineer at Jandar Power Station, 700 MW

Combined Cycle Power Plant, Ministry of Electricity of Syria.

The plant is a 700 MW combined cycle which constructed as turn-key delivery of

Mitsubishi heavy industries Ltd, where I had been responsible for the followings:

- Testing and commissioning of two combined cycle blocks.

- Inspection & maintenance of gas turbines & steam turbines.

- Inspection & maintenance of BOP (Balance of Plant).

Also, I had been attended and completed the under mentioned training courses in Japan

& Egypt during this time:

October 17, 1994 to December 2, 1994: Maintenance training course for Jandar

combined cycle power plant. ( Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Takasago

Machinery Works, JAPAN ).

November 2, 1996 to December 12, 1996: Operational of Gas Turbine combined

cycle & Maintenance. Middle Delta Zone Training Center. EGYPT.

November 17, 1997 to December 19, 1997: Maintenance and Operating training

course for Jandar combined cycle power plant. ( Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Takasago Machinery Works, JAPAN ).

September 1994 to February 1997: Testing and Commissioning, Inspection and

Maintenance of Jandar combined cycle power plant. EKONO Energy Jandar

power team, local branch of Finnish company EKONO ENERGY LTD. FINLAND.

1994 : Master degree in Thermal Power Engineering.

Since 1989 to 1994 : Bachelor Engineering Course in mechanical engineering, in order to

obtain degree of bachelor in Thermal-Energy Engineering.

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9. Speaking languages:

Arabic (Mother language), English, Japanese.

10. Computer Knowledge:

- Proficient skills of some industrial & simulation softwares.

- Proficient skills in MS office applications & internet.

11. Publications :

Two international papers published in the International Journal of Energy Research,

(UK, USA, Switzerland).

Two papers published in the Kobe University, Japan.

Five papers published in the different international conferences on power

engineering. ( Japan, Canada, USA, China ).

One international paper being sent to the International Journal of JSME.

(Under processing).

12. Membership of International Journal:

I am a reviewer for paper submission of International Journal of Applied Thermal

Engineering since 2004.

13. Addresses :

( Saudi Arabia ) : Mobile No. : +966-*********,

Residence Tel. +966-2- 6680666,

P.O.Box: 1745 Jeddah 21441, Saudi Arabia.

E-mail: ******@*****.***

E-mail: **********@*****.***

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14. Main Publications :

1. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi, Terushige Fujii, Katsumi Sugimoto.

" A modern Injected Steam Gas Turbine Cogeneration System Based on Exergy Concept"

International Journal of Energy Research 2004; 28 :1127 - 1144 . Published online 19 July

2005 in Wiley InterScience. DOI:10.1002/er.1019.

2. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi, Terushige Fujii, Katsumi Sugimoto, and Hitoshi Asano.

" New Rankine Cycle for Hydrogen-fired Power Generation Plants "

International Journal of Exergy, volume 1, No. 1: 29 – 46, 2004. InderScience Enterprised

Ltd.

3. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi, Terushige Fujii, Katsumi Sugimoto.

" A Study of Steam Injected Gas Turbine Cogeneration power plant "

JSME international Journal. ( Currently the process of approval is going on).

4. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi, Terushige Fujii, Katsumi Sugimoto.

"Improvement of Performance Characteristics of Power Generation Cycle with Gas Turbine"

Memoirs of Graduate School of Science and Technology Kobe University.

No. 20-A, March 2002.

5. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi, Terushige Fujii, Katsumi Sugimoto.

"An Analysis Based on Exergy Concept for Jandar Combined Cycle Power Station"

ICOPE- 2001. CSPE- JSME- ASME International conference on power engineering.

Volume 1, 20. October 8 – 11, 2001. Xi’an, China.

6. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi, Terushige Fujii, Katsumi Sugimoto.

"Gas Turbine Cogeneration System with Steam injection. A Modern Cogeneration plant"

The 13th International symposium on transport phenomena. Under the auspice of

( PCTFE ), USA. July 14 – 18, 2002. Victoria, Canada.

7. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi, Terushige Fujii, Katsumi Sugimoto.

" A Clean Environment Gas Turbine Cogeneration Plant "

The 6th ASME – JSME thermal engineering joint conference, Hawaii,USA. March 16 – 20,

2003. ( TED – AJ03- 169 ).

8. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi, Terushige Fujii, Katsumi Sugimoto, and Hitoshi Asano.

" A New Rankine Cycle for Hydrogen-fired Power Generation Plants "

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IEEES-1 The First International Exergy Energy and Environment Symposium 13-17 July

2003 – Izmir, Turkey.

9. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi, Terushige Fujii, Katsumi Sugimoto, and Hitoshi Asano.

" A Study of Renewable Energy Hydrogen-fired Power Generation Plants "

JSME- ASME- CSPE, International Conference on Power Engineering-03, ICOPE-03

November 9 – 13, 2003,Kobe, Japan.

10. Mohammed Ghiyath Soufi, Terushige Fujii, Katsumi Sugimoto, and Hitoshi Asano.

" HAT and MAT Cycle for Power Augmentation of Gas Turbine Power Plants "

Memoirs of Graduate School of Science and Technology Kobe University, No. 22-A, March

2004. Kobe, Japan.

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