Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) has held the Water and Energy Workshop at the Hamad Bin Khalifa Student Centre in Education City.
The three-day workshop, co-organised by the University of Bradford, British Council, British embassy and Qatar Energy and Environment Research Institute (QEERI), concluded yesterday.
The event brought together international academic and industrial experts to address energy and water issues, opening the door for future multidisciplinary research and knowledge transfer activities tackling global energy and water problems.
Dr Mark H Weichold, dean and CEO at TAMUQ, said: “Texas A&M at Qatar is grateful to the University of Bradford for co-sponsoring and co-organising the workshop and British university delegates and their mentors’ participation in the event and for sharing with us the outcome of their research activities and achievements.
“I would like to also thank our partners at Qatar University, QEERI, QNRF and within local and regional industry for their participation and contributions. I hope the discussions at this workshop and the networking opportunities over the past three days will result in numerous research collaborations and projects that benefit Qatar, the UK and the world.”
Dr Nimir Elbashir, associated professor of chemical engineering at TAMUQ, said: “Texas A&M Qatar has established global collaborations with many universities and research institutions around the globe, mostly funded by Qatar National Research Fund, Qatar Science Technology Park as well as local and international industry
partners.
“I am glad to work with many British institutions in several projects in unique collaboration models between academia and industry. I have partnered with Prof Iqbal Mujtaba, professor of computational process engineering at the University of Bradford, in extending this collaboration while taking advantage of the Qatar UK Researcher Network Programme, in partnership with various research and higher education organisations from around the world.
“We are expecting this workshop to pave the road for stronger research collaborations between Qatar and the UK in areas that are extremely important to both countries.”
Prof Mujtaba said, “We have been delighted to organise this timely event on Energy and Water, funded jointly by the British Council, British embassy and Texas A&M at Qatar.”
British Council Qatar director Martin Hope said, “British Council Qatar is delighted to facilitate this exchange between Qatar and the UK and we hope that this workshop will create long-lasting relationships between individuals and institutions, and a strong sustainable network leading to joint energy and water research projects in the future.”
The workshop brought together international academic and industrial experts to address energy and water issues.
