HE the Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Mohamed Abdul Wahed Ali al-Hammadi graced Qatar University’s (QU) Annual Research Forum & Exhibition 2018 on Wednesday, the concluding day of the event.
Themed ‘Pioneering Research’, the two-day event brought together QU’s students, researchers, academics, and partners, as well as local stakeholders. It is a platform to demonstrate QU’s new research tools, programmes, collaborations, and relevant projects that align with QU Research Roadmap 2014-2019, Qatar National Research Strategy and Qatar National Vision 2030.
HE Dr al-Hammadi was joined by QU president Dr Hassan al-Derham, French ambassador Eric Chevallier, QU vice president for Research and Graduate Studies Prof Mariam al-Maadeed, and representatives of Qatar Petroleum (QP), Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco), Total, and Al Jazeera Media Network, as well as delegates from MINES ParisTech, Universite Bretagne Sud, Universite Paris-Est, Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Universite d’Artois, and Universite de Bordeaux.
During the first session, HE the Minister awarded the winners of the Research Excellence Awards – Dr Adriaan Stephanus Luyt (Science & Engineering), Prof Said Elbanna (Humanities & Social Sciences), and Dr Hatem Zayed (Biomedical, Medical & Health Sciences).
In his remarks, HE Dr al-Hammadi said: “The forum’s theme ‘Pioneering research’ emphasises the University’s ongoing endeavours to provide more opportunities to conduct quality research and apply modern approaches that produce innovative and authentic knowledge and provide effective solutions that meet the national priorities of society and the country.”
Also on the programme was a poster awards ceremony. Winners of the Best Research Poster of Faculty and Postdoctorate were Hassan Mehboob and Faris Tarlochan (Sciences & Engineering), Maryam A al-Thani and Salma M (Humanities & Social Sciences), and Nahla Eltai, Asmaa al-Thani, Sara Hadid, Eman Wehedy, Anand Deshmukh, Khalid Alansari and Hadi Yassine (Biomedical, Medical & Health Sciences).
Winners of the Best Research Poster of Graduate Students were Mohamed Ashfaq, Mohamed al-Ghouti, Nabil Zouari and Hazim Qiblawey (Sciences & Engineering), Noora Hamad al-Hajri (Humanities & Social Sciences), Sara Taleb, Shilu Mathew, Maria Smatti, Khalid Alansari, Asmaa Althani and Hadi M Yassine (Biomedical, Medical & Health Sciences).
Winners of the Best Research Poster of Undergraduate Students were Minoli Doshi and Dr Samir Jaoua (Sciences & Engineering), Rana Abuakar (Humanities & Social Sciences), and Raghad al-Ishaq and Pejman Hanifi-Moghaddam (Biomedical, Medical & Health Sciences).
HE the Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Mohamed Abdul Wahed Ali al-Hammadi tours the QU event along with French ambassador Eric Chevallier and QU president Dr Hassan al-Derham.
