Chemical Engineering

Texas A&M University at Qatar officially inaugurated Omega Chi Epsilon (OXE), the American National Honor Society for Chemical Engineering, on 12 April at an initiation dinner ceremony. The society recognizes top engineering students and graduates for their chemical engineering achievements while promoting their further success in the field. Dr. Mohamed Nounou, associate professor of chemical …

Dr. Tahir Cagin, professor of chemical engineering and materials science at Texas A&M University, on 9 April, will present “First Principles Method in Studying Stress Corrosion Cracking in Metals.” This lecture will focus on stress corrosion cracking in metals, presenting a description of processes leading to these failures and review some predictive methods employed in …

Dr. Tahir Cagin, professor of chemical engineering and materials science at Texas A&M University, on 8 April, will present “Modeling & Design of Nanostructured & Low Dimensional Materials for Energy Harvesting, Conversation and Storage.” His lecture will focus on nanostructured materials for hydrogen storage and supercapacitor applications. The lecture is scheduled to begin at 12 …

Texas A&M University at Qatar and ConocoPhillips Qatar co-hosted the annual Qatar Process Safety Symposium from 13 – 14 March. The two-day event, titled “The Importance of Leadership Commitment in Making Safety a Core Value,” featured 18 speakers presenting on topics including incident case studies, best practices in process safety, research on process safety, incident …

Texas A&M at Qatar and ConocoPhillips Qatar co-hosted the annual Qatar Process Safety Symposium from 13 – 14 March. The two-day event, titled “The Importance of Leadership Commitment in Making Safety a Core Value,” featured 18 speakers presenting on topics including incident case studies, best practices in process safety, research on process safety, incident investigations …

Dr. Dragomir Bukur, professor of chemical engineering, Dr. Patrick Linke, professor of chemical engineering, and Dr. Nimir Elbashir, assistant professor of chemical engineering, were recognized by the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) for their research in its Feb. 2012 Academy eBriefing. The briefing highlighted the professors’ research activities as presented at the Qatar Foundation …

Dr. Nimir Elbashir, assistant professor of chemical engineering, served as a distinguished speaker at the 13th Gulf Industrialists’ Conference, held under the patronage of King Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 17-19 Jan.

The Academic Services Office (ASO) and four academic programs will present the second annual Career Exploration Days.

The Academic Services Office (ASO) and four academic programs will present the second annual Career Exploration Days.

Texas A&M at Qatar’s graduate program in chemical engineering is now accepting applications for fall 2012. Applicants may complete an online application and portfolio on the University’s Web site. For information contact: grad.studies@qatar.tamu.edu.