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Congratulations to the graduating group members
Our warmest congratulations to the members of CaRE-Fuel group who graduated from the undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Spring 2019 semester from Texas A&M University at Qatar. It has been a great pleasure to have these members in our group and we are...
GFRC at TAMUQ celebrates MoU with Energy Institute
The Gas and Fuels Research Center (GFRC) and Texas A&M University at Qatar recently celebrated the center’s agreement with the Texas A&M Energy Institute based in College Station, Texas (USA), to partner on research education and training. The GFRC is a...
Prof. Nimir Elbashir visits UTP in Malaysia and Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya in Mexico
Prof. Nimir Elbashir, chair and professor in the Petroleum Engineering Program and chemical engineering professor, gave a talk about advancement in natural gas processing research at the Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in Malaysia recently. Prof. Nimir visited UTP...
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
Mohamedsufiyan Challiwala received the ORYX GTL Ph.D. student Excellence Award
A Ph.D. student in the CaRE-Fuel lab group of Prof. Nimir Elbashir, Mohamedsufiyan Challwiala received the ORYX GTL Ph.D. student Excellence Award for the advancemen t of post-graduate education in Qatar on April 30th in an event organized jointly by HBKU and ORYX GTL...
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 H2/CO syngas production”. The talk was presented in the session on...
Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Sun Hee Yoon wins Best Oral Presentation Award
Post-doc researcher, Dr. Sun Hee Yoon, in the Petroleum Engineering Program and a member of the CaRE-Fuel lab group was awarded the best oral presentation in the 8th Global Conference on Global Warming with the presentation title of “Mechanistic study for unraveling...
