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The Petroleum Engineering Program at Texas A&M at Qatar last week hosted the annual student paper contest. The paper contest showcases research and technical papers authored by University students. The competition is divided into five sessions and is open to all students, with industry professional serving as judges.Winners in the five sessions are:DRILLING…

The Graduate Studies Program of Texas A&M at Qatar will host an open house on 7 Feb. 2013. Prospective students will be given the opportunity to network with current graduate students, faculty and administrators from both Doha and College Station. Participants will given the opportunity to tours the state-of-the-art facilities and laboratories. Prizes will be given away, including an iPad…

Mary Katebah, Dema Almasri, Rym Kanes and Hania Albatrni, under the leadership of Dr. Ghada Salama, lecturer of chemical engineering, recently won Best Poster during the inaugural World Congress on Engineering Education. The poster titled, "Developing Engineering Projects for Female High School Students," focused on the team's year long research from a local Qatari female high school.…

Dhananjay Kohli and Tarek Ali, senior petroleum engineering students, presented their work, "Application of Pinpoint Reservoir Stimulation Technology in Horizontal Well and Risk Register Assessment for Remote Annuli Pressure Bleed-off System on Platform," during the student poster session of the Offshore Middle East 2013 conference 21-23 Jan.For information contact Dr. Albertus…

The Department of Student Affairs (DSA) will host its annual Chili Cook-off event on 31 Jan. Teams of up to four will compete against each other to cook the best chili, as judged by event attendees. Registration is open until 24 Jan. Tasting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in the mails area of the Hamad bin Khalifa Student Center.

The Initiative in Professional Ethics (TIPE), 3-4 Feb. will host, "Ethical Engagement with Globalization, Citizenship, and Multiculturalism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives." The primary focus of this two-day international conference is on the relationship and complexities that exist between our notions of citizenship within a globalized world and the means by which universalistic and/or…

The Aggie men's team on 24 Jan. will face the Big Red Bears of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar in the Hamad bin Khalifa Student Center gym beginning at 6:30 p.m. The men's team will then play the Qatar Academy Falcons on 28 Jan. The game is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. in Qatar Academy gym. The women's team will face off against the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Tartans…

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 offered a 5-day course titled "C and C++ For Engineers and Scientists," on 18-22 Jan. The course introduced students and researchers in engineering and science to the basic features of C and C++ programming languages, and was aimed toward the use of these programming languages in scientific and engineering applications through lab exercises with concrete applications.…

26 students from the University of Maryland Clark School of Engineering are currently visiting Doha as part of the GOALS (Global Opportunities in Advancing Leadership Symposium) program. As part of the program, five Texas A&M at Qatar students participated in two days of leadership workshops and prepared digital stories to document their experiences with global leadership.For…