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Dr. Khalid Qaraqe and Dr. Bilal Mansoor have been awarded a proof of concept project grant of QR 250,000 by Sidra Medicine to investigate remote monitoring of biodegradable cardiovascular stents. They are the first recipients from Texas A&M Qatar to receive seed funding from Sidra. The project is in partnership with Sidra's pediatric cardiology unit chaired by world-renowned cardiologist Dr. Ziyad…

The Mechanical Engineering Program — in partnership with TEES, HBKU and ENSAM — hosted the workshop, Manufacturing for the Future: Toward Competitive Demand-driven Qatar Industry. The goal of the workshop was to address the future needs for advancing Qatar's manufacturing industry through partnerships between academia and industry.

Petroleum and mechanical engineering students participated in the fifth annual Intelligent Field workshop hosted by TNO. The event, organized by the Society of Petroleum Engineers' student chapter at Texas A&M at Qatar, introduced concepts, applications and benefits of incorporating real-time data acquisition and process automation in the management of oil and gas fields. Students also designed…

Sixteen petroleum engineering students visited Qatar Petroleum's facilities in Dukhan. The students toured QP's drilling operations and visited a rig site. The visit began with a basic hydrogen sulfide training to ensure students understood the particular hazards and properties of H2S and the appropriate response actions to take in case of emergency. The trip was led by Dr. Albertus Retnanto.

Aggie students Shaza Shehab, Ahmad Al-Kuwari, Basel Hindi, Nasser Atiyah, Hussam Al-Biltaji, Emad Shatta, Alaa Abdalla, and former students Mohammad Al-Housani ’13 and Muneera Al-Qahtani ’12 toured Silicon Valley during spring break. The students learned about innovation and entrepreneurship and visited Google, AJ+, Airbnb and Stanford University. The trip was sponsored by Qatar Science and Technology…

A new partnership between the TEES Gas and Fuels Research Center based at Texas A&M University at Qatar and the Texas A&M Energy Institute will focus on aligning the research, education, and training interests of both the organizations for mutual benefit. The partnership will help consolidate and coordinate research efforts and activities in the areas of natural gas production and monetization…

Texas A&M at Qatar hosted shale gas experts from Qatar, Europe, the United States and Australia for a daylong symposium to present results of ShaleXenvironmenT, a multidisciplinary international research project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 program. Securing abundant, affordable and clean energy is a critical scientific and technological challenge. Shale gas has…

Texas A&M at Qatar students and a dozen students from the main campus in the United States are currently participating in the annual Student Leadership Exchange Program, which focuses on leadership development across differences in culture, leadership styles and beliefs through group sessions and activities. The Qatar students visited the main campus last week to interact with fellow Aggies and…

Dr. Reza Sadr is seeking to bring his research success from his time at the Texas A&M University at Qatar across the ocean to the Texas A&M University campus in College Station by collaborating with researchers within the Department of Mechanical Engineering and beyond.  Sadr began his tenured faculty track with Texas A&M at Qatar in 2008. He now holds a joint associate professor position…

Texas A&M University at Qatar and the Executive Education Center, part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, are collaborating to offer a new Fundamentals of Cybersecurity certificate program.  The program will cover topics related to the fundamental concepts behind modern cryptographic systems and how they can be employed to secure data and private communications. Attendees will learn about the…