President of Umm Al-Qura University Dr. Bakri bin M'atooq bin Bakri Assas honored at his office in Abdyia Dr. Faisal Abdulrahman on PhD Scholarship form the Department of Civil Engineering and the member of teaching staff in the college of Engineering for obtaining PhD certificate and for his scientific and research excellence during his PhD studies, in the presence of the Dean of College of Engineering Dr. Hamza Ghulman and the Head of Civil Engineering Department Dr. Mohamed bin Alawi. Additionally, Dr. Faisal's PhD thesis titled: "Selecting the best sites for engineering wastes using Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) Approach and identifying the Potential Biogas in the waste dumping sites in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia", from Istanbul University in Turkey, was selected one of the best thesis for the year 2017 with excellent grade.       

On this occasion, Dr. Assas lauded the achievements made by Dr. Faisal during his scholarship adding that such thing comes as no surprise as Umm Al-Qura Scholarship students made many bright achievements in the past which we are proud of. He then wished all success for Dr. Faisal and urged him to continue his excellence march in serving his university. 

For his part. Dr. Faisal expressed his sincere thanks and appreciation to UQU President Dr. Bakri Assas for his keenness and support provided for all university students on scholarships adding that the honoring of UQU President will motivate him to exert more effort for the sake of the university.