University News, November 2011

International energy company ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) announced that it will sponsor Texas A&M University at Qatar’s annual Safety Symposium for five years in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the University on 30 Nov. Mr. Erec Isaacson, president, ConocoPhillips Qatar, Dr. Mark Weichold, dean and CEO, Texas A&M at Qatar and senior representatives from …

The Texas A&M at Qatar men’s basketball team is set to host the 4th annual invitational basketball tournament, featuring the top four teams from the previous season’s Qatar Basketball League.

Texas A&M at Qatar and Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Q) will co-host a debate titled “This house believes Barack Obama will not and should not be the next President of the United States of America” on 6 Dec.

The Council of Debating Engineers (CODE) organized the University’s first Student Faculty Debate on 30 Nov.

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) student chapter hosted a lecture titled “Leadership in the Oil and Gas Industry” on 29 Nov.

Texas A&M at Qatar hosted the four finalists in the Stars of Science television show on 28 Nov.

Marwa Abdelgawad, a mechanical engineering graduate student, was awarded “Best Student Energy Poster of the Year” at the Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum for her project titled “The Combustion Timing Control of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engines.”

Texas A&M at Qatar hosted a continuing education course titled “Process Safety Management Systems” on 28-29 Nov.

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will host a Cookery Competition, open to both males and females, on 1 Dec. Registration for the competition will be open through 30 Nov. For information contact Hind Barnieh: hind.barnieh@qatar.tamu.edu.

Sixteen petroleum engineering students, sponsored by Qatar Shell and QAPCO, attended the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Denver, Colorado, US, on 31 Oct.-3 Nov.