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CMUQ's Qatar air quality study honoured
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) A study into Qatar's air quality received the 'Best Project' award at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar's (CMUQ) 9th annual 'Meeting of the Minds' undergraduate research symposium.
The 'Particulate Air Pollution in Qatar and Air Quality Index' project was a collaboration between biological science students Syed Abbas Mehdi and Nourhan El Khatib, under the mentorship of Terrence Murphy, Teaching Professor of Chemistry, CMUQ.
The year-long study from March 2014 to April 2015 showed the annual average air pollution in Qatar exceeds guidelines set by Qatar's national standards, World Health Organisation and US Environmental Protection Agency.
El Khatib said, "With results and information gathered, we hope to expand on our research and help establish guidelines for air quality in Qatar. We are looking forward to improving our research to learn more about molecules causing pollution."
The study was one of five recognised by Dr Barak Yehya, an expert in institutional development at the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, for their alignment with Qatar's national development strategy.
Metis, a digital academic planner for college students created by computer science students Rukhsar Neyaz Khan and Sabih Bin Wasi, was awarded second place in the 'Best Project' category, and a study 'Bacteriophage Diversity in the Ecology of Qatar', by biological sciences student Umm-Kulthum Umlai took third place.
The award for the 'Best Poster' went to 'Designing Qatar's Infrastructure in a Human Centred Way,' by information systems student Noshin Anjum Nisa.
Awards were presented following deliberation by a panel of judges from Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), the ministry, Qatar Biobank, Qatar Science and Technology Park, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Siemens Qatar, Qatar Foundation Research and Development, Al Jazeera, Vodafone Qatar, Qatar Computing Research Institute, and Northwestern University in Qatar.
"Meeting of the Minds is a platform for sharing research that has the potential to yield viable commercial results," said Dr Abdul Sattar Al Taie, Executive Director, QNRF, who recognised two projects with awards from QNRF.
"The symposium provides opportunity for knowledge transfer across Qatar Foundation community in Education City, which is something QNRF is proud to support."
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the symposium where students are encouraged to participate and present original research and creative projects. 'Meeting of the Minds' is an initiative that originates from Carnegie Mellon University main campus in Pittsburgh, US, which hosted the first symposium in 1995.
The 'Particulate Air Pollution in Qatar and Air Quality Index' project was a collaboration between biological science students Syed Abbas Mehdi and Nourhan El Khatib, under the mentorship of Terrence Murphy, Teaching Professor of Chemistry, CMUQ.
The year-long study from March 2014 to April 2015 showed the annual average air pollution in Qatar exceeds guidelines set by Qatar's national standards, World Health Organisation and US Environmental Protection Agency.
El Khatib said, "With results and information gathered, we hope to expand on our research and help establish guidelines for air quality in Qatar. We are looking forward to improving our research to learn more about molecules causing pollution."
The study was one of five recognised by Dr Barak Yehya, an expert in institutional development at the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, for their alignment with Qatar's national development strategy.
Metis, a digital academic planner for college students created by computer science students Rukhsar Neyaz Khan and Sabih Bin Wasi, was awarded second place in the 'Best Project' category, and a study 'Bacteriophage Diversity in the Ecology of Qatar', by biological sciences student Umm-Kulthum Umlai took third place.
The award for the 'Best Poster' went to 'Designing Qatar's Infrastructure in a Human Centred Way,' by information systems student Noshin Anjum Nisa.
Awards were presented following deliberation by a panel of judges from Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), the ministry, Qatar Biobank, Qatar Science and Technology Park, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Siemens Qatar, Qatar Foundation Research and Development, Al Jazeera, Vodafone Qatar, Qatar Computing Research Institute, and Northwestern University in Qatar.
"Meeting of the Minds is a platform for sharing research that has the potential to yield viable commercial results," said Dr Abdul Sattar Al Taie, Executive Director, QNRF, who recognised two projects with awards from QNRF.
"The symposium provides opportunity for knowledge transfer across Qatar Foundation community in Education City, which is something QNRF is proud to support."
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the symposium where students are encouraged to participate and present original research and creative projects. 'Meeting of the Minds' is an initiative that originates from Carnegie Mellon University main campus in Pittsburgh, US, which hosted the first symposium in 1995.
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