Prof. M. Ali Kettani

Dr Kettani was born on September 27, 1941 in Fes (Morocco). He is married and father of four. He received his school education in Morocco and Syria. He obtained a “Diploma d’Ingenieur Electrician” form Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne, Switzerland) 1963; followed higher studies in Nuclear Engineering, Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, and obtained a PhD in Electical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA), 1966.

He was successively: instructor, Ecole d’Ingenieurs, Rabat, Morocco, 1964; Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, 1966-1968; Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1968-1969; Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1969-1973; Professor 1973-1982; Head, Electrical Engineering Department, same, 1972-1974; Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., (USA), 1975-1976; and Professor, Summer Graduate Courses, Italy,1970-1978.

Dr Kettani gave lectures in Universities in five continents. He speaks and writes Arabic, English, French, and Spanish, and was member of a number of science committees of a multitude of scientific conferences.

Prof. Kettani was the Director General of the Islamic Foundation for Science, Technology and Development, IFSTAD, 1981-1989 and Founding Fellow and Secretary General, Islamic Academy of Sciences (1986). He served as Secretary General, IAS, until he was elected Vice-President in 1994. In the nineties, Dr Kettani founded the Ibn Rushd International Islamic University, Cordoba, Spain

Prof. Kettani is a former member of the Editorial Board of a number of international journals, a Member of the Board, International Federation of Institutes of Advanced Studies (IFIAS), Stockholm, Sweden; and a Member, Energy Research Group, (ERG), Ottawa, Canada; A Member and Chairman of the Project Selection Committee, SOLERAS US-Saudi program 1979-1985; a Member of the Executive Committee of the Islamic Education, Science and Culture Organization (ISESCO), 1982-1986, member of the Arab Thought Forum, Amman (Jordan), etc.

Cited in the international Who’s Who of Intellectuals, he is author and co-author of about 12 books in English and Arabic, printed in the USA, England, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia; and author of more than 150 articles in different areas, especially in energy problems.