King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia
00966563189825
2013 – Present King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal KSA
Ph.D Candidate in Material Science and Engineering
2013 Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane Morocco
Bachelor/Master combined:
Bachelor in Engineering and Management, Graduation with highest honor (GPA: 3.72)
Master in Sustainable Energy Management Engineering
“Concentrated Solar Power Reflectors: Regional Assessment, Coating and Testing of
Surface Mirrors for a High Efficiency” (Master Thesis conducted in HZB, Helmholtz
Zentrum Berlin Germany)
The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia Cyprus 2012
December Young Scholars Forum, EWACC 2012: Energy, Water and Climate Change –
Building Bridges between Europe and MENA and between Generations.
HZB, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin Germany 2012
October - November
2012
August
SOPHIA (European Research Infrastructure) Workshop on analytical tools for PV
HZB, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin Germany
ISU energy
2012, Renewable energies IV: Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal & Wind. A two weeks interdisciplinary seminar in Falera, Switzerland
2012
August
TUM, Technische Universität München, Munich Germany
Summer program under the theme “Engineering and Management across Culture”
Willamette University , Salem, Oregon USA 2010
January - May Junior year – Exchange semester
2009 Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas USA
August - December
2009
June
2007
International outreach, distance learning course, International Composition Online.
Composing the written English used in education and business.
TUM, Technische Universität München, Munich Germany
Summer program under the theme “Innovation, Technology and Society”
Emile High school , Meknes Morocco.
High School Degree in Mathematics Science
2012-2014 InnoTherm II Grant IRESEN (Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et
Energies Nouvelles), Morocco
“Nanocoating and Testing; a Step Towards the Improvement of CSP Reflectors for Less Intensive Maintenance Both in Terms of Labor and Water” with an investment budget of 1.5M MAD.
2012
September
2012 IEEE-ISIEA Conference, Bandung Indonesia.
“Ralos Car: Solar Powered Car with a Hybrid Backup System”, paper presentation

2012
May
2012-2013
2010
Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane Morocco
Best Project in the 6 th Engineering Design Competition
“Ralos Car: Solar Powered Car with a Hybrid Backup System”, 2 nd Award
Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane Morocco
Scholarship covering the master degree’s tuition and common fees.
Willamette University , Salem, Oregon USA
January - May Semester Exchange Scholarship
D. Barrit, and Y. Salih-Alj, “ Ralos Car: Solar Powered Car with a Hybrid Backup System ,” The 2012 IEEE
Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA’2012), 23-26 Sep. 2012, Bandung, Indonesia, to appear.
“Many race cars were built as universities’ and high schools’ projects; however, the concept of solar cars has not been developed for consumers more often. RALOS project is about designing and building a theoretical model of a hybrid car using the best features while making the most optimal design decisions by evaluation the best existing cars’ technologies. In Ralos car, the latest technologies within a reasonable cost will also be included in addition to some of its limitation as a daily used car. Thus we developed a study that includes an overview on the electrical and mechanical system of the most optimal car’s system in terms of efficiency taking into consideration some of the existing newest possible technologies in the market as well as a financial analysis to estimate the car’s cost and to further optimize it as much as possible.”
January 2013 – May 2013: Digital Design grader, Al Akhawayn University
January 2012- December 2012: Calculus I and II grader, Al Akhawayn University.
June 2011 – July 2011:
Internship at l’ONE “National Office of Electricity” under the theme of “Study of the
Impact of the Staff on the Payroll of the regional director Meknés”.
January 2011 – December 2011: Resident Assistant at the housing services, Al Akhawayn University.
August 2010 – December 2010: Assistant in the Office of International Studies at Al Akhawayn University.
August 2010: English teacher (60 hours social work) in the Rita Zniber Foundation in Meknes, Morocco.
June 2010-Jully 2010: Internship in l’ONEP “National Office of Drinking Water and Sanitation”, Rabat
Morocco.
January 2010 – May 2010: Assistant in the international office in Willamette University at Salem, Oregon
USA.
2008-2010: Math tutor, Al Akhawayn University.
2013- Present : Member of the graduate council, KAUST
2012-2013: Member of AUI’s Environment Club, organization of the green days and recycling campaign – Al
Akhawayn University.
2012: Volunteer in the 9th edition of the Job Fair the Annual career Forum of the Association of Alumni of Al
Akhawayn University under the theme: “Human Capital, a lever for economic emergence of Morocco”.
2010- 2012: German Club President, Organization of the “German Day “–Al Akhawayn University.
2010 - 2011: Student Ambassador: Framing of the new international students and orientation program organization.
2010: Participant of the LIM program (Language in Motion) - which includes presentation about the participants’ cultures and countries to high school students in Salem Oregon, USA

2010: Member of the French Club, Organization of “Journée de la Francophonie” –Willamette University.
2010: Member of the German Club, Organization of the “German Day” – Al Akhawayn University.
2009: Member of the Swimming Club – Al Akhawayn University.
2009: Abacus Club Vice-President (Math Club), Organization of the “Math Day” – Al Akhawayn University.
2007 – 2010: Editor of the column “Instant poétique: Poems” in the French Publication with the publication of many poems and articles - Al Akhawayn University.
2007 – 2008: Japanese Club member, Organization of the « Japanese Day » - Al Akhawayn University.
Programing Ability_____ Software ability_____ Language Ability____ Interests______
Microsoft Office Pspice Arabic : Native Language Dance (9 years)
(World, Excel, PowerPoint) SPSS
C, C++, Java
Oracle, MS-SQL server
C-sharp
French: Fluent Music (5 years)
English: Fluent Swimming (9 years)
German: Conversant Reading
Traveling