Education

• 2005

  Bachelor degree from Nuclear EngineeringFaculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

• 2008

  Master degree from Medical PhysicsFaculty of Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, بريطانيا

• 2012

  Doctorate degree from Medical PhysicsFaculty of Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, بريطانيا

Employment

Research Interests

Radiotherapy treatment using IGRT and CBCT

Radiation oncology research

Radiotherapy simulation

Scientific interests

CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA & WORKSHOPS:

• F2012Workshop on “MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN HIGHER EDUCATION”, offered by Center for teaching and learning development at King Abdulaziz University, October.
• F2012Workshop on “COURSE DESIGN AND EFFECTIVE TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION”, offered by Center for teaching and learning development at King Abdulaziz University, December.
• F2012The Sixth Annual meeting of Radiology Society of Saudi Arabia, Abstract submission, oral presentation.
• F2011Workshop in An Introduction to Monte Carlo Method in the Radiation Science, Chesester, United Kingdom.
• F2011European Medical and Engineering Conference in Dublin, Ireland. Abstract submission, Poster presentation.
• F2011Surrey Postgraduation Conference at Univerisyt of Surrey. Abstract submission, Oral Presentation.
• F2010Negotiation and influencing Skills, Manchester university, United Kingdom.
• F2010Teamwork and Leadership development, Manchester university, United Kingdom.
• F2010The Third International Saudi Students conference Manchester university, United Kingdom. Abstract Submission, Oral Presentation.
• F2009The Second International Saudi Students conference SurreyUniversity, United Kingdom. Abstract Submission, Oral Presentation.
• F2009Workshop in Introduction to Radiation Therapy simulation, Cardiff University, United Kingdom.
• F2009Leadership through Personal goal setting, offered by LMI London, United Kingdom.
• F2008Successful Conference and Events, Guildford, United Kingdom.
• F2007Introduction to Radiation Protection, Guildford, United Kingdom.
• F2007"Instructor as Coach and Councilor", Center of Teaching & Learning Development, KAU.
• F2006"Learning to Lead", Center of Teaching & Learning Development, KAU. With "James Davis" , Professor, Higher Education and Adult Studies. Dean, University of Denver.
• F2006"How to Write a Research Proposal", 5 Credit Hours, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, KFSHRC, Jeddah, KSA.
• F2006 "Islamic Medical Legislations and Ethical Aspects of Medical Practice", International Medical Center, Jeddah, KSA.
• F2005"Intrapersonal Skills", Center of Teaching & Learning Development, KAU.
• F2005"Radiology for non-radiologists", 6 CME Hours, New Future Center, Jeddah, KSA.
• F2005"Nuclear Medicine - Principle & Practice", 4 Credit Hours, in KFSHRC, Jeddah, KSA.
• F2004"Recent Update in Radiation Oncology", 4 Credit Hours,King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, KFSHRC, Jeddah, KSA.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:

• F2003 - presentMember of Radiological Society of Saudi Arabia, RSSA.
• F2005 - presentMember of Saudi Council of Engineers, SCE.
• F2005 - presentMember of ABET[1] in faculty of engineering, KAU.
• F2005 - presentMember in Academic Accreditation Unit (AAU), Faculty of

                                      Engineering, KAU.

• F2012 - presentMember in College Curriculum committee at Faculty of Engineering, KAU.
• F2013 - presentMember in Saudi Medical Physics Society, SMPS.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:

• 1-Fouad Abolaban, Safayet Zaman, Jason Cashmore, Andrew Nisbet and Catharine Clark “Changes in patterns of IMRT verification and quality assurance in the UK”. Radiation Oncology UK. doi:10.1016/j.clon.2016.01.013. 13^th February 2016.

   

• 2-M.A. Najem,F.A. Abolaban , Z. Podolyák , N.M. Spyrou. “Neutron production from flattening filter free high energy medical linac: A Monte Carlo study” Radiation Physics and Chemistry. Volume 116, November 2015, Pages 176–180

   

• 3-Salahuddin M. Kamal, Yas Al-Hadeethi, Fouad A. Abolaban, Fahd M. Al-Marzouki, and Matja?z Perc. “An evolutionary inspection game with labour unions on small-world networks”. Nature Publishing Group, SREP-15-01150. 8th February 2015.

   

• 4-A. HUSSAIN, F. ABOLABAN, S. MUBIN and I. AHMED. "STEADY STATE AND TRANSIENT THERMALHYDRAULIC ANALYSIS OF PHWR USING COBRA-3C/RERTR" Iranian Journal of Science & Technology (IJST): Transactions of Mechanical Engineering 2015; Volume 39, Number M1: pp 233-242.

   

   

• 5-M. A. Najem; F.A. Abolaban; Z. Podolyák N. M. Spyrou^, "Neutron Production from Flattening Filter Free High Energy Medical LINAC". Industrial Radiation and Radioisotope Measurement Applications – IRRMA. Valencia, Spain, Valencia (Spain), 6-11 July 2014.

   

• 6-Fouad Abolaban. "Determination of Missile Impact Force on Turbine Generator of a Nuclear Power Plant" Advances in Physics Theories and Applications. ISSN 2224-719X (Paper) ISSN 2225-0638 (Online). Vol.29, 2014.

   

   

   

• 7-Ahmad Hussain and Fouad Abolaban. " Nuclear Desalination: A Viable Option for Producing Fresh Water- Feasibility and Techno-Economic Studies " Life Sci J 2014;11(1):301-307] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com

   

• 8-Fouad A. Abolaban, Maan A. Najem, Ahmad Hussain, Majdi Alnowaimi and David Bradley. "Improving MVCBCT image quality using a Cu target with flattening filter-free LINAC" Life Sci J 2013; 10(4): 1624-1628. 215.

   

• 9-Amani I. Alalawi, S.M. Jafari, M.A. Najem, W. Alsaleh, C.H. Clark, A. Nisbet, F. Abolaban, R.P. Hugtenburg, M. Hussein, Khalid S. Alzimami, D.A. Bradley, N.M. Spyrou, "Preliminary investigations of two types of silica based dosimeter for small-field radiotherapy", Radiation Physics and Chemistry, Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 21 May 2014, ISSN 0969-806X. Volume 104 (2014) 139–144

   

• 10-Amani I. Alalawi, S.Jafari, M. A. Najem, C.H. Clark, A.Nisbet, F. Abolaban, R.P. Hugtenburg, M. Hussein, Khalid S. Alzimami, N.M. Spyrou, and D.A.Bradley. “Comparison of Ge-doped TL optical fibres and glass beads with ion chamber and Gafchromic film for small field photon dosimetry”. International Conference on Dosimetry and its Applications – ICDA. Prague, Czech Republic, 23- 28 June, 2013.

   

• 11-M. Najem1, F. Abolaban, Z. Podolyák, N.M. Spyrou. “Risk Assessment In Removing The Flattening Filter From A High Energy Medical Linear Accelerator”. Surrey Postgraduate conference, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. March, 2013. Poster presentation.

   

   

• 12-M.A. Najem, N.M. Spyrou, Z. Podolyák, F.A. Abolaban, THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 15 MV VARIAN CLINAC 2100C UNFLATTENED BEAM, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem. 2013.04.035

   

• 13-Fouad Abolaban and Andrew Nisbet. Variation in Hounsfield Number with Mode Setting for a Linear Accelerator Mounted Cone Beam CT in Lung Adaptive Radiotherapy. The 5^th Latin American Conference on Lung Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 25 – 27, 2012, Poster presentation.

   

• 14-F. Abolaban, T. Jordan, M. Hussein, N. M. Spyrou and A. Nisbet. “Radiotherapy Treatment Planning using Cone Beam Computed Tomography images”. Surrey Postgraduate conference, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. January, 2012.Poster presentation.

   

• 15-F. Abolaban, T. Jordan, M. Hussein, N. M. Spyrou and A. Nisbet. “Variation in Hounsfield Number with Mode Setting for a Linear Accelerator Mounted CT”. European Medical Physics and Engineering Conference 2011, Trinity college, Dublin, Ireland. 1^st - 3^rd September 2011.

   

   

• 16-Abolaban F., Jordan T., Alshanqity M., Spyrou N. and Nisbet A. “Evaluation of CBCT dose for new Varian software version”. Saudi International Conference (July, 2010) at University of Manchester, Manchester. Awarded best presentation prize.

   

• 17-Abolaban, F., "Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy", RSSA, 4, 8, Dec 2005, Jeddah, KSA.

   

• 18-Abolaban, F. and Shatilla, Y., "Determination of Optimum Source Position in Radiotherapy Inverse Planning Using MCNP-4C", Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 94, 412, June 2006, Nevada, USA.

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