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Qatar Foundation’s Annual Research Conference (ARC’14) has revealed the winners of original scientific research awards aligned with Qatar’s Grand Challenges – Water, Energy, Cyber Security and Integrated Healthcare. |
ARC’14, Qatar Foundation’s flagship research event, was held recently under the patronage of HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, chairperson of Qatar Foundation. The event supports Qatar Foundation’s Research and Development’s (QF R&D) mission to build Qatar’s innovation and technology capacity through key sciences.
A total of 22 local and international researchers and students received accolades at the ARC’14 gala dinner. The winners were presented with certificates and awards by Dr Thomas Zacharia, executive vice-president QF R&D. The three categories for recognition included Student Poster Presentations, Regular Poster Presentations and Best Research Presentation.
Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a centre of QF R&D undertook peer reviews for almost 1,200 submitted abstracts. The evaluation process was based on a strict set of criteria, including research quality, originality and merit, relevance to Qatar, and its most pressing research priority areas, including; Water, Energy and Cyber Security, alongside Integrated Healthcare.
Student Poster Presentations Award winners were; Salman Ahad Khan in Social Science, Arts and Humanities; Umm-Kulthum Umlai and Dhabia al-Mohannadi in Energy and Environment; and Fatemeh Jalali, Mashael al-Shafai and Shaika Alsowaidi in Health and Biomedical.
Regular Poster Presentations Award winners were Jocelyn Mitchell, Susie Kilshaw and Somaya al-Maadeed in Social Science, Arts and Humanities; Deepak Pant, Hanan Farhat and Rashmi Fotedar in Energy and Environment; Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, Bert Calessens and Kamla al-Mannai in Computing and Information Technology; and, Rayaz Malik , Eman Nasralla and Mohamed al-Shabrawey in Health and Biomedical.
The winners in the category for Best Research Presentation were; Dr Hayat Khalil Nidhar in Social Science, Arts and Humanities; Ali Elkharbotly in Energy and Environment; Wassim Drira in Computing and Information Technology; and, Barbara Seliger in Health and Biomedical.
