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Texas A&M at Qatar's chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) has been named Outstanding Student Chapter for the third year in a row. The award recognizes SPE chapters that showcase excellence in industry engagement, operations and planning, professional or community development and innovation. Texas A&M at Qatar's chapter accepted their award during the official recognition luncheon…

Junior petroleum engineering students visited QP petroleum and core labs in Dukhan 5 Oct. Students were taken on a tour of the labs and core store, and they conducted an exercise on core from one of Qatar's oil and gas fields. Many more visits are planned as a teaching tool to QP operational sites and facilities.

Three Texas A&M at Qatar researchers have been awarded travel grants to showcase their research through the Research Excellence Travel Grant Program. Jibran Khan, Christos Argyropoulos and Mohamed Sufiyan Challiwala are this quarter’s recipients of $1,200 travel grants. Khan and Argyropoulos work in the Chemical Engineering Program with Dr. Konstantinos Kakosimos. Khan gave an oral presentation…

Former postdoctoral research associate Dr. Sayeed Rushd has been appointed assistant professor at King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Rushd was part of Dr. Aziz Rahman's research group working out of the advanced multiphase production and flow assurance lab. He contributed to a NPRP cycle 10 grant and also helped establish an industrial scale multiphase annular flowloop system in one of…

The Women Faculty Forum (WFF) at Texas A&M at Qatar has recently launched the WiE Excel (Women in Engineering Excellence) Initiative. The group targets female engineering students and aims to equip them with the skills they need to obtain meaningful employment in line with their technical skills and succeed and thrive in the workplace. Studies have shown that women who were paired with female mentors…