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Liticia Salter, director of the Office of Academic Supplemental Instruction Services (OASIS), and Victoria Krawczynski, OASIS eTutor, demonstrated online tutoring methods developed in the OASIS during the 2010 Summer Institute for writing center directors.

Dr. Troy Bickham, has been awarded the Belasco Prize for Scholarly Excellence from the Interdisciplinary Association for the Study for Food and Society for his work on "Eating the Empire: Intersections of Food, Cookery and Imperialism in Eighteenth-Century Britain," Past and Present, 198 (2008), 71-110.The Belasco Prize recognizes a peer-reviewed article published in the last…

Dr. Srinath Iyengar, postdoctoral research associate, was among four finalists to present at the first Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum in Qatar on 26th May 2010.Iyengar presented a fully developed commercialization and business plan for the ongoing Texas A&M University at Qatar research on the application of polymeric stabilizers in pavement sub-grade stabilization.…

Texas A&M University at Qatar and Total, the world’s fourth largest oil and gas company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) announcing their collaboration regarding future research and development projects.This research will be conducted at Total E&P Qatar’s Qatar Science & Technology Park facilities, as well as Texas A&M at Qatar’s state-of-the-art research…

Texas A&M at Qatar and Qatar Society of Engineers (QSE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) announcing their collaboration regarding projects aimed at advancing engineering in Qatar.The agreement will serve to increase engineering and science interest in youth of all ages. Texas A&M at Qatar will offer technical short courses to QSE members, while QSE will support…

Texas A&M at Qatar and Qatar’s Ministry of Interior (MOI) have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) announcing their collaboration on telecommunications, traffic and safety projects.These projects will have mutually-beneficial components regarding the exchange of research results, practical information, training and hands-on student experience. Texas A&M at Qatar’s…

Texas A&M University at Qatar will host a forum to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on 17 May.Organized by Gulf Intelligence, the day of discussion and debate will review and critique OPEC’s achievements, challenges and the outlook for hydrocarbons. The OPEC50: Doha Energy Forum is honored to present…

Marwa Qaraqe, electrical engineering graduate, is presenting "Broadband Wireless Systems in Education" at the International Conference on e-Learning for All (LEAFA 2010) in Tunisia on 3 June.With the help of her co-author, Dr. Abdelaziz Fakhroo, her paper focuses on the advantages of broadband wireless systems in education. Her work also includes a case study done in Jordan…

As a result of a series of Mechanical Measurement course projects and with the help of Dr. Reza Tafreshi, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and Mr. Yasser Al-Hamidi, laboratory coordinator, three papers were accepted for the presentation in the second annual conference on Undergraduate Research on Applied Computing (URC2010).The objective of this conference, held…

Several faculty and staff were honored during the 2010 faculty and staff awards last week. Honorees were recognized for five years service, STAR awards, faculty excellence, research excellence, Dean's Meritorious Service Award and Distinguished Achievement Award.Five Year Service Recognition:Lama AbdallaDana AbdelhadiIyad Abdel-JawadRomman…