Electrical and Computer 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 …

The Electrical Engineering Program recently hosted the freshman Auto Scan competition. The competition allowed students from the foundations of engineering class to showcase the automated conveyors created during classroom instruction. For information contact Noha Ezzat: noha.ezzat@qatar.tamu.edu, +974.4423.0152.

Texas A&M at Qatar has been awarded an Exceptional Proposal recognition by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) for a project that aims to improve solar power conversion. The awarded proposal presented and led by Dr. Haitham Abu-Rub, professor in electrical engineering at Texas A&M at Qatar, will attempt to …

Dr. Akram Alomainy, lecturer (assistant professor) in the antennas and electromagnets research group at Queen Mary University of London, presented, “Antenna and Radios: Making you the Centre of Smart Healthcare Networks,” on 2 April. The lecture focused on new techniques and methods that combine both antenna and radio propagation engineering with networking and smart frequency …

Dr. Mohamed-Slim Alouini of the computer, electrical and mathematical science and engineering division of King Abdullah University of Sciences and Technology (KAUST), will present, “On the computation of the channel capacity in generalized fading environments,” on 14 March. Alouini will discuss a generic moment generating function-based approach for the exact computation of the channel capacity …

Texas A&M University at Qatar opened the 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Design and Test Symposium Saturday at the Hilton Doha. The three-day symposium will focus on exploring emerging challenges and novel concepts in design, automation and test of electronic products. The electronic products under discussion range from integrated circuits through …

Texas A&M at Qatar, 19-20 Nov., will conduct a specialized course for engineers involved in the product application, design, development, monitoring and testing of electric drives and power converters. The course, titled “Power Electronics for Industrial Applications” brings together the techniques prevalent in industries today and those currently under development and being researched for industry …

Dr. Khalid Qaraqe, professor of electrical engineering, and Dr. Kamel Tourki, assistant research scientist, recently received Best Poster award at the IEEE Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN 2012). This symposium is dedicated to the advancement of cutting-edge wireless technologies and associated regulatory policies. The symposium took place 16-19 Oct. in …

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Program (ECEN) held its Senior Design Project Showcase on 30 April. Graduating students Anas Al Bastami, Ahmed Redissi, Karim Yacout and Thamer Al-Kuwari won the top project award for their project titled “A Wireless Sensor Network for a Water Monitoring System.” The project aimed to design and manage a Wireless …

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Program (ECEN) will host a “Demo Day” for students to display and present their senior design projects on 30 April. Student project presentation will cover topics including photovoltaic power generation, voice command algorithms and solar powered cooling systems. Industry professionals will attend and participate in the event, which is scheduled …