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3rd Natural Gas Utilization Workshop 2021 Wraps up!
The workshop brought together leaders in downstream natural gas conversion across the industry, academia, and government to discuss various...
Paper published in ChemCatChem on unexpected deactivation phenomenon in ALD coated reforming catalyst
Our group recently published a research article titled "Catalyst Deactivation by Carbon Deposition: The Remarkable Case of Nickel Confined by Atomic...
Open Access Paper on CARGEN carbon nanotube technology published in Scientific Reports – A Nature Journal
Challiwala et al. recently published their work on the patented CARGEN technology to convert natural/shale gas and carbon dioxide into valuable...
Our research group specializes in the areas of Reaction Engineering and catalysis, specifically to those areas applying to natural gas processing. One of the major focus of our research activities is Gas-to-liquids technology and natural gas monetization which is the main source of wealth for the state of Qatar.
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Prof. Nimir Elbashir’s research team’s vision is to establish a world-class research base that leverages local and global collaborations in order to build a state-of-the-art center of excellence in gas processing, petrochemicals and catalysis areas. Qatar has vast natural gas reserves, as well as significant reserves of petroleum and it hosts the most advanced existing plants and refineries in gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology; liquefied natural gas (LNG) as well as several chemical and petrochemical plants…
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Our Group Awards
The Elbashir team awarded “Distinguished Inventor of the Year 2020” at Qatar Foundation Research and Innovation Showcase! Whoop!
Yesterday at the QF's Virtual Awards Ceremony and Innovation Showcase, our team received the prestigious "Distinguished Inventor of the Year 2020" ! Description of the award states: "The...
Mohamedsufiyan Challiwala received the ORYX GTL Ph.D. student Excellence Award
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Sufiyan Challiwala for winning the award in the Ph.D. category at the 6th Oryx GTL student awards ceremony 2019! The awards celebrate the importance of building...
Shaik Afzal from the CaRE-Fuel lab group receives Best Oral Presentation Award
The Ph.D. student, Shaik Afzal working under Prof. Nimir Elbashir and a member of the CaRE-Fuel lab group received Best Oral Presentation Award for a talk on the topic – “DRM+COSORB process for high...