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The Electrical and Computer Engineering Program hosted the Robo-transporter Challenge 4 Dec. Freshman students in Foundations of Engineering I showcased the robots and designs they made. Syeda Manahil Akhter, Karima Ramadan and Asmahan Al-Kuwari placed first; Osamah Hindi, Laya Roustazadeh and Ahmed Al-Ali placed second; and Abdul Sattar Alkahala, Abdullah Yousuf and Bader Alkhalili placed third.

Two faculty members from Texas A&M University at Qatar were recognized with the Engineering Genesis Award for Multidisciplinary Research from the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES).Dr. Nimir Elbashir…

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Program at Texas A&M at Qatar hosted a meet and greet event for its freshman students 20 Nov. Students enjoyed Johnny Rockets burgers and activities, including a game of truth or dare with faculty, musical chairs and the Mannequin Challenge.

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Program will host the Robo-transporter Challenge 4 Dec. from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in front of the kinesiology room. Freshman engineering students will showcase the robots they made as part of ENGR 111. All faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend to see the students' designs.

Texas A&M at Qatar hosted a booth at the GCC POWER 2016 Conference & Exhibition at the Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel 8-10 Nov. Researchers and senior students in the Electrical and Computer…

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar Series will host Dr. Fakhri Karray, professor at the University of Waterloo, 21 Nov. from noon to 1 p.m. in Lecture Hall 144. In his talk, "Advances in Smart Mobility: State of the Art and Challenges," Karray will highlight newly developed technologies in the fields of machine intelligence and sensor networks that permit safer travel and the design…

Dr. Qammer H. Abbasi, assistant research scientist at the Center for Remote Healthcare Technology and Systems Extension in Qatar and visiting lecturer in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program, gave an invited talk at the Sixth Annual World Congress of Nano Science and Technology (Nano S&T 2016) in Singapore, 26-28 Oct. Abbasi spoke about his ongoing Qatar National Research Fund project…

Postdoctoral research associate Dr. Imran Shafique Ansari gave a tutorial, "Full duplex communication for 5G: Challenges, Opportunities and Applications" at the International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM 2016) in Fez, Morocco, 28 Oct. The tutorial afforded present researchers and Ph.D. candidates ideas on what to base their theses on. The tutorial was supported…

Dr. Shehab Ahmed, associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program, gave a talk at Qatar Foundation Research and Development's Research Dialogue series 3 Nov. Ahmed spoke about expanding his focus from mainly seeing his work published in scientific journals to the contribution he could make strengthening Qatar's human capacity in research and development. Ahmed received the…

Mohamed Amine Arfaoui, research assistant under Dr. Ali Ghrayeb in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program, has been awarded a $1,200 travel grant to showcase his research through the Research Excellence Travel Grant Program. Arfaoui will present at the IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 in Washington, D.C., 4-8 Dec. The travel grants are an initiative of the Researcher Development Program that provides…