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Qtel and TAMUQ in April signed an agreement to establish a wireless Communication Research laboratory in the new Engineering Building at Education City. Wireless telecommunication is one of the areas of research to be emphasized in the electrical engineering program. The Communication Research Laboratory will complement an already advanced array of TAMUQ research facilities and undergraduate teaching laboratories and will contain the latest, most advanced electronic equipment. Both graduate and undergraduate students will be able to perform research that will prove useful information for commercial applications in Qatar and will have the capability of developing new technology. As they perform the research, the students will learn to solve practical problems and become familiar with using the most advanced technology available. This lab will include a new hardware test facility capable of emulating real mobile wireless and wire line scenarios. Dr. Nasser Marafih, chief executive officer of Qtel, expressed his enthusiasm for the project and said: “We feel it is part of Qtel’s responsibilities to contribute toward the country’s development and technological advancement by creating a ‘launch pad’ with relevant parties to foster research and development in Qatar.” Dr. Khalid Qaraqe and Dr. Mohamed-Slim Alouini, electrical engineering faculty at TAMUQ, described in more detail the functions of the wireless communication laboratory to include a wireless test bed that will be used for the evaluation of technology; the understanding and development of wireless/wired internetworking; and the development of protocols and applications for seamless mobile operation. The laboratory will include a combination of software and hardware equipment such as a computer-controlled RF multipath fading simulator, a spectrum analyzer, a logic analyzer, a signal generator, an oscilloscope, a network simulator, and a signal processing part (with Matlab and real-time DSP capabilities). Dr. James C. Holste, associate dean for research and graduate studies at TAMUQ added: “The wireless communication laboratory will also be designed to facilitate the training of some of TAMUQ’s best undergraduate students as part of their senior design projects. These experiences will improve the students’ training on technological updates and hands-on experience that cannot be fully provided by regular laboratory courses.” The laboratory also will be essential for the electrical and computer engineering graduate programs to be introduced in the very near future

June 2, 2008: RasGas and Texas A&M at Qatar this week inaugurated a new research agreement for a project titled "Advanced Designs for Wireline Tool Conveyance." The project will study ways to improve designs for devices used to log oil and gas wells during the drilling process. Under the terms of the new agreement, the research project will be carried out at Texas A&M at Qatar facilities in Doha and at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, USA. The research project aims to investigate and create new technologies not yet addressed by the oil and gas industry to improve efficiency of wireline tool operations in Qatar's North Field. Dr. Mark Weichold, dean and CEO, lauded the University's collaborations with RasGas. "We are excited to start another research project with RasGas," he said. "Texas A&M at Qatar counts RasGas as an important strategic partner, and we are always eager to work together on research that benefits industry in Qatar."

 

Faculty in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program oversaw the completion of three graduate degrees over the past semester. Maher Al-Shoukairi successfully defended his thesis, "Performance of Hard Handoff in 1xEV- DO REV A. Systems," on 28 Jan. His chairs were Dr. Khalid Qaraqe and Dr. Erchin Serpedin.  Sung Sik Nam successfully defended his dissertation, "Adaptive Power Control for Single and Multi-user Opportunistic Systems," on 7 April. His chairs were Dr. Slim Alouini and Dr. Costas Georghiades. And Qasim M. Chaudhari successfully defended his dissertation, "Estimation of Clock Parameters and Performance Benchmarks for Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks" on 8 May. His chairs were Serpedin and Qaraqe.

Dr. Mohamed-Slim Alouini and Dr. Khalid Qaraqe, both of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program at Texas A&M at Qatar, will speak at the upcoming Qatar Science and Technology Park conference on partnership strategies for global research and development. The conference is scheduled for 28 May in Doha.

On April 27 2008; Senior EE students conducted presentations for their projects followed by live demonstration of their design. Guests from the Industry attended the event and participated in evaluation of students' projects and performance in presentation.

September 7, 2007 - Gulf Times - Doha, Qatar (English)

 

 

September 10, 2007 - Gulf Times - Doha, Qatar (English)
September 10, 2007 - The Peninsula - Doha, Qatar (English)