Mohamed AICHOUNI is currently a Professor at the Engineering College, University of Hail, in Saudi Arabia. He earned a PhD degree in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Salford, Manchester, Great Britain in 1992 and a Bachelor degree in Marine Engineering (Mechanical and Power Machinery) from the University of Sciences and Technology of Oran (Algeria) in 1987.

He has been in academia since 1992. He worked as an assistant professor to professor, at the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering, University of Mostaganem (Algeria), then at the university of Hail, Saudi Arabia since then.
During his academic career, he has been acting as a Principal Investigator and Leader of several Research Projects funded by big organizations both in private and government (Mualeem Mohamed BinLadin Research Chair on Quality Improvement in the Construction Industry; Principal Investigator of the “The 2030 Skills: A Foresight Study of Skills and Employment Landscape in the Perspective of the Saudi Vision 2030”, funded by the Research and Development Office (RDO), Ministry of Education for 1 year (Dec 2019 – Dec 2020), and Director and Research Team Leader (PI) for the Project “Program for Creativity and Innovation Skills Development through Quality and Organizational Excellence Concepts” funded by the Ministry of Higher Education for 2 years (October 2014 – October 2016). He is the Scientific Head and Founder of the Master Program “Quality Engineering and Management”, at the College of Engineering, Hail University, (launched fall 2015).

As an IRCA registered auditor for ISO 9001:2015 QMS, King Abdulaziz Quality AwardCertified Assessor and quality expert, he helped many Government and charity organizations and businesses to implement quality management systems and process improvement initiatives with substantial results. He served as Chair and member of the organization committees for several national and international conferences including the 4th National Quality Conference (NCQ4) and the Saudi Conference and Exhibition on Quality in Industry (QUALEX 2017, QUALEX 2018) and the International Engineering Conference (UoH, Nov 2018).

Prof. Mohamed supervised more than 30 PhD and MSc Theses in areas of engineering and management, and he has been the external examiner of more than fifty Master and PhD theses in the area of thermo-fluids engineering, metrology and Quality Engineering. He published more than 100 Scientific Papers in Refereed (ISI) Journals , international conferences and 11 textbooks.
During his academic carrier Prof Mohamed acted at top management positions at higher education institutions. He served as Vice Rector in charge of Post-Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, at the University of Mostaganem, Algeria, (during 1993 – 2001) and Quality Director and General Supervisor at Hail College of Technology, Saudi Arabia, (during the period April 2005-Jan 2007), and Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, then of Post graduate Studies at the College of Engineering, UoH (2009-2017).