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Texas A&M University at Qatar hosted the QAFCO-Texas A&M at Qatar Chemistry Conference 2013 on Thursday at the University’s Engineering Building at the Education City campus. The conference explored green chemistry and its application to environmental challenges as its main focus. This was the sixth installment of this annual event with QAFCO that began in …

Texas A&M University at Qatar launched the 19th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP) Monday at the Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel. The event’s opening ceremony was hosted by HE Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, minister of energy and industry, and attended by guests from local industry and around the world. The University …

Leaders from Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) and Texas A&M University at Qatar participated in a symposium held last week in College Station, Texas, to recognize Dr. Robert H. Grubbs’ appointment as an adjunct faculty member and inaugural holder of the QAPCO Chair in Polymer Science and Engineering. Texas A&M University hosted the Strategy and Design …

The Science Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar and the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University will host, on 27 Sept., a symposium titled “Strategy and Design in Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reactions” in honor of Professor Robert H. Grubbs, Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology and Nobel Laureate in …

Texas A&M University at Qatar and Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) signed an agreement on 29 April in which the corporation endowed a fund for the University to bring a Nobel Laureate to Qatar each year. The fund, comprising QR 274,000 annually, is titled the QAPCO Chair of Polymer Science and Engineering. It will provide for …

Texas A&M University at Qatar welcomed attendees to the 14th International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Conference on Polymers and Organic Chemistry (POC 2012) at the Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel on 6 Jan. The conference is being held under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, minister of energy …

Dr. Hassan S. Bazzi, associate professor of chemistry and science program chair, was recently highlighted in SYNFACTS, a monthly publication summarizing current research results in synthetic organic chemistry as they appear in primary literature.

Texas A&M at Qatar this week will host chemistry scholars from several countries for the QAFCO-Texas A&M at Qatar Chemistry Conference 2011.

Dr. John Bryant, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Dr. Andrew Conkey, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, hosted over 100 4th grade students from the American School at Doha (ASD) this week.

Texas A&M at Qatar walked 52 new engineers across the commencement stage on Thursday to receive their diploma during the May 2010 commencement.