University News, Tag: Research News

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 …

Qatar Shell Research & Technology Center (QSRTC) in collaboration with Qatar University and Texas A&M University at Qatar recently published the first research paper in Qatar exploring the properties of local construction sand. Authored by Dr. Marwa Al-Ansary, senior environmental Lead at Qatar Shell, Dr. Michael Poppelreiter, learning adviser production geology at Shell Netherlands, Asia …

Dr. John Bryant, associate professor of mechanical engineering, in collaboration with Dr. Dennis O’Neal, dean of the college of engineering at Baylor University, and Dr. Michael Davis, director of laboratories of New York University, Abu Dhabi, have been selected to receive the Crosby Field Award for their work on, “Modeling the Performance of ECM and …

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, …

Texas A&M at Qatar’s Technical Services facility signed a testing agreement with TOTAL E&P Qatar on 18 March. Under this agreement, TOTAL Research Center Qatar (TRC-Q) will employ the advanced analytical facilities of the University’s chemistry laboratories in the form of spectrometry and magnetic resonance techniques. The agreement follows Texas A&M at Qatar’s recent opening …

Texas A&M at Qatar is set to open its technical services facility to local partners in industry, government and other organizations with an open house event on 29 Feb.

Dr. Beena Ahmed, lecturer of electrical and computer engineering, and Dr. Ghada Salama, lecturer of chemical engineering, were featured in The Peninsula newspaper recently.

Globalization Studies Institute at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands has invited Dr. Hassan Bashir, assistant professor of political science, to be a visiting professor for summer 2011.