Turki Sulaiman A. Alamro is a dean at the Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques’ Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research, and associate professor of transportation and traffic engineering at Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah.
Prior to taking up his current role, Alamro had experience developing and implementing educational strategies, teaching engineering and administrative courses, and conducting research in nanotechnologies and renewable energy.
Alamro received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering from Umm Al-Qura University, University of New Haven in Connecticut, and University of South Florida respectively.
From 2008 to 2019, he was a teaching assistant in the mechanical engineering department at Umm Al-Qura University and then promoted to the post of lecturer. He also worked as a maintenance engineer from 2008 to 2016 at the National Guard Health Affairs Hospital which forms part of the King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah.
Alamro has had several papers published in various academic journals. His most prominent paper titled “Assessment of Compression Ignition Engine’s Performance and Emissive Attributes Powered with Hybrid Biofuels” was published last year by the Journal for Engineering and Architecture of Umm Al-Qura University.
He has also received a patent for his “high specific capacitance solid state super capacitor and method of manufacture.”
Alamro has been honored with several awards including the Outstanding Student Award (second class honors) from the mechanical engineering department of Umm Al-Qura University in 2005.
In 2020, he secured first place for Excellence in the Development of E-Courses Award, (Golden e-Learning course) at Umm Al-Qura.
