International Conference on Telecommunications comes to the Middle East for the first time for 2010 event
Published Mar 29, 2010Texas A&M at Qatar, in collaboration with Qatar University and Qatar University Wireless Innovation Center, will be hosting the International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT2010) 4-7 April. The conference will feature advances in the changing world of wireless technology, offering tutorials and six keynote speakers on the topics of wireless communications, optical communications…
BAM announces winners of remote control air race
Published Mar 28, 2010The Body and Mind Association (BAM) recently hosted a remote control airplane race at the Texas A&M Engineering Building last week.Winners were: 1st place, Ziad Amin of Texas A&M at Qatar. He won an all expense paid trip to Abu Dhabi to watch Red Bull Air Race; 2nd place, Usama Alony of the Academic Bridge Program who won a tandem para-gliding adventure; 3rd place, Barry Botes…
Mechanical Engineering Program hosts entrepreneurial seminars
Published Mar 28, 2010The Mechanical Engineering Program of Texas A&M at Qatar recently hosted two distinguished guests in their entrepreneurial seminars.On 18 March, Dr. S. Thomas Emerson, Morgenthaler Chair in Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University, presented, "Secrets of Success of an Entrepreneur." The lecture focused on the the entrepreneurial journey as a learning experience and the…
BAM takes first place in Red Bull Double Kick event
Published Mar 28, 2010On 26 March, The Body and Mind Assocaiton won first place in the Red Bull Double Kick beach football event at the Interncontinental Hotel.Represented by three freshman, Shahab Usmani, Abdullah Ahmed, Gustavo Pulgar, BAM beat 96 other teams winning QR 6,000, a months membership to Intercon Beach and the winning trophy. For information contact Steven Stelljes: steven.stelljes@qatar.tamu.edu.
SEC hosts E-day at Villagio Mall
Published Mar 23, 2010The Texas A&M at Qatar Student Engineers' Council will be hosting Engineering Day on 26 March. Sponsored by ExxonMobil and Shell, E-day is designed raise awareness and promote engineering to young children. Activities such as making lava lamps and paper chromatography will be presented to educate young people on the basic principles of engineering. Representatives from all areas of the…
Senior chemical engineering students visit Q-Chem
Published Mar 22, 2010Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, associate professor of chemical engineering, and Ahmed Khodary, teaching associate, accompanied senior chemical engineering students for a tour of the Q-Chem petrochemical plant in Mesaieed Industrial City on 15 March.Mr. Ahmed Homssi, head of Q-Chem environmental section, gave an overview of the environmental management system. Students toured the plant's…
Nha receives Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
Published Mar 18, 2010Dr. Hyunchul Nha, assistant professor of physics, has been awarded a Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers.Through the fellowship, Nha will be able to continue his research at the Institute of Quantum Physics at the University of Ulm for three months per year until 2012. For information contact Dr. Hynchul Nha: hyunchul.nha@qatar.tamu.edu.
Oryx GTL head of process engineering to present guest lecture
Published Mar 17, 2010Anton Punt, head of process engineering at Oryx GTL, today lectured to undergraduate students about catalysis processes.Sasol, the company which operates Oryx GTL, is a leader in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Punt's lecture focused on that technology and on coal-to-liquid and gas-to-liquid processes. The lecture was during Dr. Dragomir Bukur's special topics class in applied…
Madden to present fourth talk of Distinguished Lecture Series
Published Mar 17, 2010Dr. John D.W. Madden, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory of the University of British Columbia, will present the fourth installment of the Texas A&M at Qatar distinguished lecture series on 23 March.The lecture, "Protein-based solar cells, plastic electronics and other carbon-based devices,"…
Petroleum Engineering Program announces paper contest winners
Published Mar 16, 2010Texas A&M at Qatar Petroleum Engineering Program this week announced winners of its annual paper contest held on 13 March. Divided into three sections, junior, senior and graduate, students made formal presentations on a variety of technical topics. Winners from the junior section include Zaynab Makki, Jocin Abraham, Ahmed Al Lawati, Sarah Alhaddad, David Miller, Matt Krueger, Shubham…