1. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology www.kaust.edu.sa

2. KAUST Mission Through inspiration, discovery.

3. Where is KAUST? Built on 14 square miles on the Red Sea in Thuwal

4. What is KAUST? 4

5. Fast Facts Language of Instruction: English At maturity, KAUST will have 2,000 students (1500 master’s and 500 Ph.D. students) Initially, KAUST will have 110 faculty members, building to 225 at maturity Full research community at KAUST will consist of 1,500 people (not including students) At maturity, the KAUST community will have 20,000 residents Will have one of the largest endowments in the world

6. The KAUST Degrees M.S.M.S. - A three-semester degree, including a summer internship with KAUST academic or industry partners, and an intensive research experience in the final semester; offered as a terminal degree but also as a gateway to the Ph.D. program Ph.D.Ph.D. - Typically a three- to four-year, post-master’s degree; involves original research in a KAUST Institute, culminating in a research thesis

7. Prof. Frank H. T. Rhodes President Emeritus, Cornell University Professor Rhodes addresses first cohort of U.S. and Canadian based Discovery Scholarship recipients on February 23, 2008.

8. KAUST Research & Teaching Model Fields of Study Chemical & Bio Eng Mechanical Eng Environmental Sci & Eng Materials Science & Eng Applied Math & Comp. Science Electrical Engineering Bioscience Chemical Science Marine Science & Eng Earth Science & Eng Computer Science PhD Students MS Students Research Degree Faculty of Science Faculty of Engineering Joint Appointment Research Teaching Physical and Chemical Sciences & Engineering Earth and Environmental Sciences & Engineering Mathematical and Computer Sciences & Engineering Life Sciences & Engineering

9. Research Institutes Biosciences and Bioengineering Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Research Centers Salt Tolerant Plant Genomics Red Sea Science and Engineering Research Centers 3-D Modeling and Visualization Earth and Subsurface Sensing Computational Bioscience Focus on genomic and molecular biosciences important to regional and global agriculture, aquaculture, biodiversity, industrial bioprocesses, and human health. Focus on high-performance computing, new computer architectures. Advanced computational techniques, and applied mathematics in areas of importance to the region and the global scientific and engineering research enterprise.

10. Focus on research and instruction in energy sources, systems, and uses; environmental quality and improvement; and water and coastal zone resources. Focus on materials, including molecular engineering of application-specific materials and developments in nanotechnology to improve environmental quality and industrial processes, and contribute to human welfare. Research Institutes Resources, Energy and Environment Materials Science and Engineering Research Centers Composites and Nanomaterials Membranes Terahertz and Microelectronics Nanochemistry Research Centers Catalysis Clean Combustion Solar Energy Water Desalination

11. Unique Curriculum Features Inter-Semester Activities Special short courses and seminars at the end of the fall semester and start of the winter and spring semesters: e.g. KAUST Technical Symposia, Lectures by KAUST Investigators and GRP Members. Cross-Cutting Programs Technology and Society Communication Skills Teaching and Learning of Science and Technology Management and Entrepreneurship

12. KAUST King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Research Labs Perspective

13. KAUST King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Interior View of Research Lab Courtyard

14. Flexible Lab Design

20. KAUST King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Interior View of Research Atrium

21. KAUST King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KAUST Campus - Spine Connecting Research Facilities

22. KAUST King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Engineering & Science Buildings

23. KAUST Development Strategy Student s Resear ch Facult y Industry Collaboratio n Global Research Partnership Special Research Partnerships Academic Excellence Alliance King Abdullah Professors KAUST Discovery Scholarships King Abdullah Scholars Innovation Center Research Park

24. KAUST Research

25. Global Research Partnership (GRP) Create a global network of researchers & research activities essential for rapid development and recognition of KAUST Research

26. GRP Centers Inaugural Awardees Cornell University KAUST Center for Research Education University of Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics (OCCAM) Stanford University Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics Texas A&M Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (IAMCS) Organic-inorganic hybrid nanomaterials as new platforms for carbon dioxide capture and sequestration, desalination of water, production of gas and oil, and solar energy conversion Development of mathematical solutions to real-world problems, such as modeling of plant and crop growth in stressed Efficiency and reliability in the conversion of solar energy to electric energy via molecular photovoltaic collectors with elements made from refined petroleum Reservoir modeling, thermoacoustic and photoacoustic imaging, models of gene expression, and imaging of complex data such as seismic data

27. GRP Centers-in-Development Inaugural Awardees National Taiwan University’s (NTU) Solar Energy Research Center (SERC) King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals’ (KFUPM) Transformative Research in Petrochemicals and Polymers Serve as the platform for integrating major solar energy research efforts underway at NTU Addressing the current and future needs of the petrochemical industry in the Kingdom Utrecht University’s Center for Soil, Water and Coastal Resources (SOWACOR) Application of advanced physical and biological approaches for water treatment and soil remediation

28. GRP Investigators Inaugural Awardees Dr. Yi Cui – Stanford University - Battery Technology Dr. Ahmed F. Ghoniem – MIT - Energy Conversion Systems Dr. Nicholas Paul Harberd – University of Oxford – Agricultural Genomics Dr. Nobuyasu Ito – University of Tokyo - Nanodynamics Study Dr. William Koros – Georgia Institute of Technology - Membrane Technology Dr. Bruce Logan – Penn State University - Sustainable Water Infrastructure Dr. Peter A. Markowich –Cambridge – Nonlinear Partial Equations Dr. Paulo Monteiro –California, Berkeley - Sustainable Construction Dr. Bengt Nordén – Chalmers University - Molecular Nanotechnology Dr. Edward Hartley Sargent – University of Toronto – Nano-scale Solar Cells Dr. Brian Stoltz – California Institute of Technology - Catalysis Dr. Anna Tramontano – University of Rome – Biological Organisms

29. Create special partnerships with highly capable institutions to capture unique research & academic opportunities critical to KAUST development Special Contracts & Partnerships

30. Special Partnerships- Collaboration Samples Red Sea Research Catalysis Research Fundamental and Applied Chemistry Marine Genomic Research Water and Solar Research Water and Energy Management and Nanotechnology World Digital Library Solar Energy and Mathematical Modeling

31. Product Development IP Protection Incubation Marketing Commercialization Market Innovation Center Research Create new company University Campus Innovation Center

32. Private Sector Collaborations “We were delighted to … build a new research and education model … We need each other to succeed, whether it is in basic research or talent creation.” 32 “GE’s collaboration with KAUST represents our commitment to find the best partnerships around the world to drive cutting-edge research and technology development for the company.” Robert Morris, Vice President, IBM Research John G. Rice, Vice Chairman, GE

33. KAUST Faculty and Leadership

34. Academic Excellence Alliance Agreements Area of StudyUniversity Chemical Engineering Imperial College - London Material Science Imperial College - London Computational Earth Science and Engineering University of Texas - Austin Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Stanford University Mechanical Engineering University of California - Berkeley Bioscience and Bioengineering Cambridge University

35. Founding President National University of Singapore President for 8 years Founding director of the national-level Institute of Materials Research and Engineering Brown faculty 1981-1996 Harvard Ph.D. - 1973 A foreign associate in the U.S. National Academy of Engineering Chairman of Singapore-MIT Alliance Governing Board Chairman emeritus of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities Professor Choon Fong Shih

36. Founding Provost Vice President for research at the University of Michigan Chair of the Radar Review Team for the Phoenix spacecraft Founding director of the NASA Center for Space Terahertz Technology Co-chair of the Advisory Board of the Arab American National Museum Fellow of AAAS and of IEEE Recipient of the NASA Achievement Award (1990), the University of Michigan Regents Medal for Meritorious Service (1996), the IEEE Millennium Medal (2000) “I believe in my heart that we will build a powerhouse of scientific inquiry and join the finest research universities around the world in addressing the needs – and dreams – of all people.” Professor Fawwaz T. Ulaby Vice President for research at the University of Michigan Chair of the Radar Review Team for the Phoenix spacecraft Founding director of the NASA Center for Space Terahertz Technology Co-chair of the Advisory Board of the Arab American National Museum Fellow of AAAS and of IEEE Recipient of the NASA Achievement Award (1990), the University of Michigan Regents Medal for Meritorious Service (1996), the IEEE Millennium Medal (2000) “I believe in my heart that we will build a powerhouse of scientific inquiry and join the finest research universities around the world in addressing the needs – and dreams – of all people.” Professor Fawwaz T. Ulaby

37. Appointed Faculty Center Directors Dr. Vladimir Bajic Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center Professor of Bioinformatics, University of the Western Cape Dr. James Luyten Director, Red Sea Science and Engineering Research Center Director Emeritus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. Helmut Pottmann Director, Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization Research Center Professor of Geometry, Vienna University of Technology Dr. Jian-Kang Zhu Director, Plant Stress Genomic and Technology Research Center Professor of Plant Biology, University of California, Riverside Division Chairs Professor David E. Keyes Division Chair, Mathematical and Computer Sciences and Engineering Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematics, Columbia University Professor Brian Moran Division Chair, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University

38. Appointed Faculty Dr. Husam N. Alshareef Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering University of Texas at Dallas Dr. Fabrizio Bisetti Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Stanford University Dr. Ray A. Bressan Associate Director, Plant Stress Genomic and Technology Research Center Purdue University Dr. Victor Manuel Calo Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Applied Mathematics and Computational Science University of Texas at Austin Dr. Samir M. Hamdan Assistant Professor, Chemistry Harvard Medical School Dr. Yu Han Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore Dr. Ibrahim Hoteit Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Scripps Institution of Oceanography Dr. Gilles Lubineau Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France Dr. Mikhail Moshkov Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Katowice Institute of Information Technologies, Poland Dr. Boon S. Ooi Professor, Electrical Engineering Lehigh University, Pennsylvania Dr. Iman S. Roqan Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Dr. Udo Schwingenschlögl Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering University von Brasília, Brazil Dr. Siggi Thoroddsen Professor, Mechanical Engineering National University of Singapore

39. KAUST Students

40. Students - Scholarships and Enrollment KAUST King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Initial class - Fall 2009 Scholarships develop student pipeline and contribute to the global graduate educational enterprise KAUST Scholars 17 Scholars have received funding at doctoral programs KAUST Scholars 17 Scholars have received funding at doctoral programs KAUST Discovery Scholars 500 students to enter KAUST at graduate level in Fall 2009 600 students to enter KAUST at graduate level in fall 2010 KAUST Discovery Scholars 500 students to enter KAUST at graduate level in Fall 2009 600 students to enter KAUST at graduate level in fall 2010

41. Discovery Scholarship Student Benefits For the remainder of first university degree studies, students will receive: Full tuitionFull tuition to complete degree at current institution A monthly living stipend An allowance to purchase textbooks and a laptop All travel costs associated with participation in KAUST- sponsored student development activities Access to KAUST academic advising and online community Upon the completion of the first university degree program, students will receive: Admittance into a master’s degree program at the KAUST campus in Saudi Arabia Full scholarship at KAUST, including tuition, healthcare, housing and travel costs A $30,000 stipend One roundtrip airfare to home country

42. Eligibility Official bachelor's university transcript Minimum overall GPA of 3.0 and a minimum major field of study GPA of 3.3 (For nominated students: 3.3 in major, 3.5 overall) Be currently enrolled in bachelor’s degree program in relevant field of study Have completed 80 credit hours, or equivalent, of course work by the end of 2008 TOEFL Score of 550 or equivalent (if necessary) Demonstrate academic and research interest and/or leadership potential Willingness to matriculate at KAUST in Saudi Arabia September 2009 or September 2010 Ability to travel outside his/her home country to attend KAUST- sponsored enrichment activities

43. Selection Criteria Academic achievement First university or bachelor’s field of study Commitment to KAUST goals Statement of Purpose Demonstrated leadership abilities Involvement in related extracurricular activities Commitment to matriculate at KAUST upon graduation Interview with KAUST representatives or faculty (for finalists only)

44. KAUST Discovery Scholarships First Two Cycles Selection Results Students come from 58 countries

45. Campus and Community

46. KAUST King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Innovation Center Commercial Center Hotel & Conference Center Marina Recreation Academic Campus Research Park Community

47. KAUST Campus

48. A sustainable campus

49. To make KAUST a model of the innovation that will be the focus of the university’s research To use KAUST to demonstrate the highest level of energy conservation To demonstrate new ways to build in the region, and a new way to live that promotes health and environmental stewardship through energy, water and materials conservation. Sustainable Goals

50. LEED Certified Campus The USGBC LEED rating system is an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas.

51. Unique solar towers for cooling

52. Alternative transportation Multiple methods of transportation are being discussed to reduce the overall carbon footprint of the project.

53. Campus buildings designed for renewable energy and energy conservation Thermal Recovery Chilled Beams Solar Thermal Solar Electric

54. Inside Main Campus

56. KAUST King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Main Campus Quadrangle, Sea Court and the Red Sea

57. KAUST King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Red Sea Court

58. KAUST Community

59. K-12 International School

60. Commercial Center The Harbor District commercial center offers all the shopping, service providers and conveniences faculty, staff and students could need, including: a grocery store a dry cleaner a movie and live theater a bank a travel agent a post office a beauty salon a variety of restaurants and cafes

61. Commercial Center Movie Theater Lobby KAUST Town Center Retail Arcade

62. Student Housing - Designs Community and residential services are provided and include: daycare centers home maintenance high-speed wireless Internet satellite television electricity and water refuse removal local telephone service

63. Student Housing - Interior Modern Traditional

64. Student Housing - Construction

65. KAUST King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Villas: Faculty and Staff Housing

66. Services Recreation Center Health Clinic Marina Security and Fire Protection

67. Recreational Facilities Seaside marina with yacht and sailing facilities Swimming and scuba diving in the Red Sea Gym facilities with professional trainers World-class golf course Soccer, baseball, basketball, athletic fields Tennis, squash, racquetball, badminton courts Swimming pavilions Billiard and snooker tables Bowling alley complex Rock climbing wall

71. KAUST in Progress Pictures from June 21, 2008

73. 73 A university built around real-world needs with world-class faculty and a high-caliber student body finding solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges Extraordinary vision….limitless opportunity www.kaust.edu.sa Thank You