Chemical Engineering

Texas A&M University at Qatar hosted its inaugural initiation of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society on 23 April. Phi Kappa Phi is the oldest and largest of all academic disciplines in the United States. Each year Phi Kappa Phi at Texas A&M University in College Station recognizes deserving faculty, staff, and student members from …

Dr. Dragomir B. Bukur, Joe M. Nesbitt Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been elected Vice-Chairman of the Natural Gas Conversion Board (NGCB) for 2013-2015 term. The NGCB is a non-profit corporation formed to facilitate the orderly continuation of the triennial Natural Gas Conversion Symposium – an international scientific meeting begun in 1987 to share information …

Five students in the Chemical Engineering Program have been honored with awards for their outstanding academic records and their contribution to the program and research. Recipients of awards and accolades are Deema Saeed, Muaz Selam, Moiz Bohra, Yahia Abo Al Naga and Asma Sadia. For information contact Amanda Field: amanda.field@qatar.tamu.edu, +974.4423.0048.

The Graduate Studies Program of Texas A&M at Qatar will host an open house on 7 Feb. Prospective students will be given the opportunity to network with current graduate students, faculty and administrators from both Doha and College Station. Tours of the University’s state-of-the-art facilities and laboratories will be offered to those attending. Prizes will …

Texas A&M University at Qatar, in collaboration with Qatar University, Northwestern Universtiy and the US National Science Foundation, as part of the Global School for Advanced Studies, organized a conference titled, “Catalysts and Materials for Hydrocarbon Conversion.” The conference, focused on the latest research efforts in advancing catalysts and materials for the production of chemicals, …

Dr. Nimir Elbashir, associate professor of chemical engineering, was recently honored for Best Energy and Environment Research Program of the Year at the Joint Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum and Arab Expatriates Scientists Network Symposium. The award was based on Elbashir’s work on multi-scale multi-scale investigations leading to the design of a novel Fischer-Tropsch reactor …

Five Texas A&M at Qatar students, on 26-29 Oct., will attend the annual student American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) conference in Pittsburgh, Pa. Students, led by Yahia Abo Al Naga, will be participating in the Chem-E-Car competition, where teams design and build a shoe box-sized car solely powered by chemical reactions. The team’s activities …

Dr. Patrick Linke, professor and managing director for QWE, and Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, associate professor and technical director for QWE, were awarded the Construction Week sustainability initiative award for their work on the Qatar Sustainable Water and Energy Utilization Initiative (QWE). The goal of the QWE is to address the pressing energy and water issues …

Dr. Nimir Elbashir, associate professor of chemical engineering, served as a keynote speaker at the 12th World XTL Summit in London recently. As one of the first academics to participate in the industry-based summit, he highlighted Texas A&M at Qatar’s strengths and successes in building collaboration models between academia and industry to develop fundamental and …

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 …