Ned XoubiDr. Ned Xoubi is Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Reactor Design at King Abdulaziz University (KAU). Dr. Xoubi is the Founder of Jordan's first Nuclear Engineering Department at JUST University. His research interests include nuclear power plant esign, nuclear fuel management, criticality calculations, and modeling & simulation of nuclear reactors. He has published numerous peer reviewed journal articles, and several DOE Oak Ridge National Laboratory Reports, and made innumerable presentations at international conferences, the IAEA and universities worldwide. Dr. Xoubi has more than 35 years of industrial, governmental, and academic experience. He served as the Commissioner for nuclear fuel cycle, the Director General of JERI Uranium Company, and was on the Board of Directors of the Areva Jordan Resources Company. He was the Project Director of the JRTR research reactor, and has successfully established and managed several of nuclear projects including the JSA Subcritical Assembly, a Central Storage Facility (CSF) for sophisticated storage of radioactive waste and JAEC Uranium Analytical Measurement Laboratories. Read More Read Less