From left: Ambassador Shingo Tsuda, Prof Abdel Magid Hamouda and Shizuka Ikawa.
Qatar University College of Engineering (QU-CENG) hosted the International Symposium on Joining Technologies and Materials Science recently.
The event was aimed at bringing together researchers, experts and stakeholders to develop and promote research in the field of joining technologies and materials science. The symposium was organised in conjunction with QU Centre of Advanced Materials (QU-CAM) and the Joining and Welding Research Institute at Osaka University (OU), and supported by Chiyoda Almana Engineering.
CENG associate dean for research and postgraduate studies Prof Abdel Magid Hamouda was joined by Japanese ambassador to Qatar Shingo Tsuda, CAM director Prof Mariam al-Maadeed, Chiyoda Almana Engineering managing director Shizuka Ikawa and CENG associate dean for development and industrial relations Dr Saud Ghani, as well as embassy officials and CENG faculty and students.
The event featured a number of presentations delivered by representatives from QU, OU, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Texas A&M University at Qatar, King Saud University and Istanbul Technical University.
They addressed a wide range of topics focused on “progress towards energy and water security grand challenge goals at QEERI”, “Osaka University: No 1 innovative university in Japan”, “development of a corrosion free pipeline”, “a decomposition method for surrogate models of large scale structures”, “corrosion Atlas for different metals and alloys in Qatar; an example of CAM’s research” and others.
Commenting on the symposium, Prof Hamouda said: “It highlights QU’s pivotal role as a driving force for innovation in research, science and technology in Qatar and the region.”
