Texas A&M at Qatar honors outstanding faculty and staff
Published Apr 26, 2021Texas A&M University at Qatar recognized outstanding faculty and staff during its annual Excellence and Service Awards virtual ceremony 26 April.
The following award winners were announced:
Dean’s Leadership Award
John Louis Bolch, Records
Dean’s Achievement Award
Kais AbdulMawjood, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yasser Al-Hamidi, Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Excellence Award
Ibrahim Hassan, Mechanical Engineering
Teaching Excellence Award
Yeran Soukiassian, Science (Mathematics)
Faculty Research Excellence Award
Wieslaw Krolikowski, Science (Physics)
Faculty Research Excellence Award for Early-Career Faculty
Thomas Seers, Petroleum Engineering
Research Fellow Excellence Award
Reginald Kogbara, Mechanical Engineering
Richard E. Ewing Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research
Arshad Ali ’20, Chemical Engineering
Richard E. Ewing Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Student Research
Rashid AlMusleh ’21, Petroleum Engineering
Recipients of the STAR Award for outstanding staff were:
Brenda Mooney, Business Operations
Maricel Colocado, Business Operations
Primal Pinto, Science (Physics)
Sabina Uzakova, Student Affairs
Wesam Mansour, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M at Qatar also recognized the graduation class of the second class of the Dean's Inclusive Excellence Leadership Academy:
Lana El Ladki, Center for Teaching and Learning
Lesley Kriewald, Marketing and Communications
Karina Santana, Library
El Ladki received the award for outstanding project, the Student Involvement Tracking Database.
The unviersity also recognized employees for their longtime service to the university during the ceremony.
The following employees were recognized for 20 years of or more of total service to Texas A&M:
Rosalie Nickles, Finance and Administrative Services — 35 years
Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, Chemical Engineering — 20 years
Lesley Kriewald, Marketing and Communications — 20 years
Aaron Scheffler, OBO/HSSE — 20 years
The following employees were recognized for 15 years of service to Texas A&M at Qatar:
Hala ElDakak, Science
Randa Mahmoud AL Qudah, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Noha Ezzat, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Leila Jaber, Admissions
Geeta Megchiani, IT
Mohammad Bilal Babar, IT
Adel Moustafa Ali Saeid, Science
Mahmood Amani, Petroleum Engineering
The following employees were recognized for 10 years of service to Texas A&M at Qatar:
Srinath Rangamani Iyengar, Dean’s Office
Lana El Ladki, Center for Teaching and Learning
Maricel Colocado, Business Operations
Luc N. Vechot, Chemical Engineering
Arlene Marcelino Reyes, Business Operations
Raid Hassiba, Chemical Engineering
Christopher Lloyd Bouvard, OBO/HSSE
The following employees were recognized for five years of service to Texas A&M at Qatar:
Ryan McLawhon, Academic Services and Student Affairs
Arnel Carvero, Petroleum Engineering
Osama Al-Jariri, Information Technology
Aziz Rahman, Petroleum Engineering
Nayef AlYafei, Petroleum Engineering
Abdellatif El Ghenymy, Chemical Engineering
Sara Hillman, Liberal Arts
Adel Mohamed, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sherzod Madrahimov, Science
Abiodun Adegoke, IT
Mohamed Sufiyan Challiwala, Chemical Engineering
Ryan Scheffler, Academic Services
Robert S. Balog, Electrical and Computer Engineering
JD Lewis, IT
Shaun Torres, Library