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MKOPSC in Doha hosts steering committee meeting

Published Oct 07, 2013

The newly established Qatar branch of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center (MKOPSC) at Texas A&M at Qatar hosted its first Steering Committee meeting on 29 Sept. The meeting gathered representatives of the center’s industry consortium (QP, Rasgas, Qatargas, ConocoPhillips, Oxy, QAFAC, QAPCO, EMRQ and Shell) forming the Qatar Industrial Advisory Committee, faculty fellows and students.…

Scully to discuss lasers and masers

Published Oct 06, 2013

Dr. Marlan O. Scully, Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University; director, IQSE; director, CTP; TEES Distinguished Research Chair, will present "From Masers and Lasers to Phasers and Qasers," on 6 October. The lecture will focus on how lasers and masers typically require population inversion. However, with phase coherent atoms (phasers), we get…

SBG attends ASGA summit

Published Oct 06, 2013

A delegation from the SBG eboard members, Mustapha Makki, Mohannad Mohamed and Mahmoud Hassan, attended…

University and former students prepare for Maersk Oil and QP Challenge Race

Published Oct 03, 2013

Georges Saade, Syed Nazarath, Sami Al-Terkawi Hasib, Yazeed AlDughaither, Arshita Surbhi, Ghaida Al Farsi, Yehia Elebiary, Misam Jaffer, Nguyen Nguyen, Omar Ghannoum and Ahmad Almansoor have been selected as finalists in the Maersk Oil and QP Challenge Race. Scheduled for 16-17 November in Zekreet Peninsula, the race features 30 teams competing against each other over two days, completing…

Aggie men's team to continue season play

Published Oct 03, 2013

The Aggie men's basketball team will face off against the combined team of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and Northwestern University in Qatar on 8 Oct. The game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in the Hamad bin Khalifa Student Center gym.For information contact Jeff Sulik: jeffrey.sulik@qatar.tamu.edu, +974.4423.0231.

Aggie women's team to play Hoyas

Published Oct 03, 2013

The Aggie women's basketball team will continue season play against the Hoyas of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service on 9 Oct. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Hamad bin Khalifa University Student Center gym.For information contact Kelli Campbell: kelli.campbell@qatar.tamu.edu, +974.4423.0294.

Nassr to defend thesis

Published Oct 03, 2013

Laial Bani Nassr will defend her thesis on 3 Oct. Her work focuses on modeling the behavior in the reactor bed (‘macro-scale’ assessment) and then zooming into the catalyst pellet itself (‘micro-scale’ assessment). The aim of this research is to simulate the heat and mass transfer behavior inside the reactor bed, identify typical conditions that look at the existence and absence of both…

Hall receives top accolades

Published Oct 03, 2013

Dr. Kenneth Hall, associate dean for research and graduate studies and Jack E. & Frances Brown Chair and Professor, has received top accolades from Peking University. Halls work on pore and solid-diffusion kinetics has been recently…

ASO and SEC to co-host networking event

Published Oct 02, 2013

The Academic Services Office and Student Engineers’ Council will co-host the seventh annual Student Networking Event on 8 Oct. Junior and senior students are invited to attend the event to discuss opportunities for summer internships as well as full-time employment with local and regional companies. "The reception format of the networking event fosters maximum interaction between students…

OASIS now accepting applications for Jumpstart

Published Oct 01, 2013

The OASIS Jumpstart program is an innovative college-entrance-exam preparation program specifically designed for juniors and seniors in high schools. Led by OASIS training specialists, students enjoy learning in a fun and positive atmosphere. Beginning on 20 October, participants will meet Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 4:30-7:30 p.m. for 16 weeks. Participants can choose English…