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Collaboration

The Office of Research fosters research collaboration and transfers of technology striving for rapid commercialization of research results for the public benefit. Research collaboration plays an important role in linking faculty and new technology with other institutes and companies that can collaborate in both the further development of new inventions and the commercialization of research results.

Alfaisal University has signed an MOU with King Abdulaziz City for Science and technology (KACST) with the following aims:

Developing cooperation mechanisms for scientific research and technological development.
Cooperating on collaboration with faculty of world class universities like Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Creating the appropriate environment for joint technological research and technological development at levels of excellence that are recognized internationally.
Providing access for both parties’ students to use the information systems, databases and libraries of the other, and reciprocal access to facilities.
Studying the construction of a technology incubator.
Cooperation in other areas that is mutually beneficial.

Alfaisal University has developed trilateral research collaborations with MIT faculty, and KACST in the field of technology. Collaborative research contracts have been conducted for four nano-technology research projects:

Nanopatterning for Fuel-Cell Electrodes
Mid-Infrared Lasers for Sensing Applications
Photonics for the Petrochemical Industry
Enhancement of Transport Phenomena in Nanofluids

The University has signed MOUs with King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) and Security Forces Hospital (SFH) to establish a joint team to develop and conduct research projects, as well as to secure collaborative research and development with other organizations in Saudi Arabia and other countries. The University’s faculty and students will closely associate with these hospitals and their highly qualified staff.

The University has signed an MOU with Saudi Organization for Industrial Estates and Technology Zones (SOIETZ) to collaborate on research and achieve common goals. SOIETZ is interested to develop the five National Industrial Clusters and the University wants to be part of the program. Both parties will work together to support the program and specialized research in such areas as sea water desalination, petrochemicals industry, and other industries strategically important to the Kingdom.

Initiatives are under way to sign an MOU between Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and Alfaisal University for research collaboration. Both parties will work together to conduct research and development operations related to desalinated water technologies. The collaboration will aim to support these technologies and reinforce the technical and economical value of water desalination, in addition to developing and creating new methods and reducing the production cost.