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Dr. Ashfaq Bengali, senior associate professor of chemistry, Dr. Ed Brothers, visiting assitant professor of chemistry, and Dr. Don Darensbourg, professor of chemistry at Texas A&M, published "Displacement Kinetics of h2 Bound Furan and 2,3-Dihydrofuran from Mn and Cr Centers: Evidence for the Partial Dearomatization of the Furan Ligand." Featured in the journal Inorganic…

Dr. Khalid Qaraqe, senior associate professor of electrical engineering, Dr. Hasari Celebi, postdoctoral research associate, and Dr. Huseyin Arslan, associate professor of electrical engineering at University of South Florida, received the best paper award in the Crowncom 2009 Conference on 24 June…

Texas A&M University at Qatar this week continues its mission of educating world-class engineers this week by introducing a new summer enrichment program aimed at reaching outstanding Qatari high school students.Named for the University’s four engineering programs, Texas A&M at Qatar has implemented the weeklong the EMPC summer program on 21 June. The program aims to familiarize…

Two Texas A&M at Qatar faculty members are featured in Advance, an annual research magazine published by the Office of the Vice President for Research at Texas A&M. Dr. Nimir Elbashir, visiting assistant professor of chemical engineering, and Dr. Eyad Masad, associate professor of engineering, were highlighted for their transportation-related research in an article titled "Getting from Point A to…

Texas A&M University at Qatar hosted a new summer program introducing outstanding Qatari high school juniors to the chemical, electrical, mechanical and petroleum engineering programs offered at Texas A&M at Qatar.The goal of the program is to further the understanding of what engineering…

Dr. Hussein Alnuweiri, senior professor of electrical engineering, and Dr. Hossam Fattah, a postdoctoral research associate, this week received an award for best paper at the International Communication Conference in Dresden, Germany.Their paper, titled "Performance Evaluation of…

QAFCO and Texas A&M University at Qatar jointly with the Environmental Studies Center at Qatar University today inaugurated a one-year research project to study the environmental impact of cooling water discharge at Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC).QAFCO initiated and will provide primary funding for the $880,000 project. QAPCO and QP-Gas Operations are also financing this project.…

Dr. Ashfaq Bengali, senior associate professor of chemistry, has published a paper in the American Chemical Society journal Organometallics.Bengali, in collaboration with Professor Wai Yip Fan…

Two hundred students are enrolled in summer courses at Texas A&M University at Qatar in the five- and eight-week summer terms, University officials reported this week. "This summer's total numbers are higher than last year," said Maha Ayyash, associate director of admissions and records. The five-week…

The Doha A&M Club has donated QR 15,000 ($4110) to the scholarship fund at Texas A&M at Qatar. The donation comes from proceeds of the annual "boot scoot" fundraiser held earlier this year. The Doha A&M Club has been an active supporter of Texas A&M at Qatar, encouraging members to stay connected with the University's Qatar campus. Harris Swartz '80, president of the Doha A&M Club, inducted the…