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Texas A&M University at Qatar recently hosted its sixth annual Research-Industry Partnership Showcase, “Making an Impact” at the Sheraton Grand Hotel and Conference Center. The annual event highlights the work performed by Texas A&M at Qatar faculty, staff and student researchers to help realize sustainable solutions to real-world issues with high relevance to Qatar and contribute to Qatar’s…

Texas A&M at Qatar hosted the Student Affairs Leadership and Student Achievement (SALSA) awards at the HBKU Student Center 20 April. The winners are listed below: Athletics Awards Boys Soccer MVP - Marwan Badreldin Boys Basketball MVP – Jawad Yamine Gathright Scholar Award U4: Omar Ashour U3: Shaikha Al-Qahtani U2: Ahmad Al-Sadi Richard…

Texas A&M at Qatar won the Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU) soccer tournament and finished second in the league. Marwan Badreldin was named best goalie as well as to the all-star team. Tarek Saad and Ahmed Kaikal were also named to the league-wide all-star team.

The Petroleum Engineering Program recently hosted its Junior Students Paper Contest in which about 26 students competed in two sessions chaired by Dr. Nayef Alyafei and Dr. Dominique Guérillot. Judges included engineers and researchers in oil and gas companies, academia and diplomatic advisers. Winners from the first session were Tabarak Abdulhussein, Hessa Al-Thani and Preston Freisner. Second…

Abouelkassim Becetti and Saadat Khan presented posters at the 75th annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association Conference in Chicago. Becetti presented his work on the relationship between economic and political performance in Algeria from 1971 until 2016. Khan's poster focussed on the rise of religious militancy in South Asia. Both students worked under the supervision of Dr. Hassan…

The Petroleum Engineering Program recently hosted its awards ceremony in which students were recognized for their scholastic and research achievements as well as overall exemplary performances. Some of the winners included Mohamad Abdul Ghani, Nikolayevich Dela Rosa, Muhammad Zia and Abdul Sattar AlKahala for having the highest cumulative GPAs of their classes. Firas Jamaleddin, Tabarak Abdulhussein…

Three Texas A&M at Qatar researchers have been awarded travel grants to showcase their research through the Research Excellence Travel Grant Program. M. Ziyan Sheriff, Imran Shafique Ansari and Jiyong Park are this quarter’s recipients of $1,200 travel grants. Sheriff is a graduate research assistant in the Chemical Engineering Program working with Dr. Mohamed Nounou. He will present two…

Dr. Mohammed Al-Hashimi, Dr. Konstantinos Kakosimos and Dr. Robert Balog formed a multidisciplinary instructional team to teach a short course on sustainable solar photovoltaics to professionals working in the area of renewable energy at Total Qatar, QSTec, Qatar Shell, Kahramaa, Ashgal and QAPCO. The course material covered the basic fundamentals from material design and solar technologies to the…

Electrical and computer engineering junior Shaikha Al-Qahtani was recently selected by the Texas A&M University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi as its Outstanding Junior award recipient. Al-Qahtani was awarded and inducted into the prestigious honor society at a ceremony in College Station. Phi Kappa Phi is the oldest honor society in the United States.

Texas A&M at Qatar hosted a reception for newly admitted students 22 April. The annual event welcomes all new students and their parents to the Texas A&M Engineering Building to meet faculty and staff and socialize with current and former students. Administrators were also present to answer any incoming student questions about academics, financial aid, scholarships, study…