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IUPAC POC 2012 presents award to QAPCO CEO

Conference organizers recognize sponsors and award top presenters at banquet.

DOHA, Qatar -- Attendees of the 14^th International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Conference on Polymers and Organic Chemistry (POC 2012), held under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, minister of energy and industry, were hosted at a banquet dinner to close the conference. The banquet recognized and thanked the conference sponsors and session chairs and awarded the top oral and poster presenters. Dr. Mohammed Al-Mulla, vice chairman and CEO of Qatar Petrochemical Company ( QAPCO ), premier sponsor of the conference, was honored with a leadership award.

VIP guests from industry and academia attended the banquet. This included Dr. Hassan Bazzi, associate professor of chemistry at Texas A&M University at Qatar and conference chair; Dr. Al-Mulla; Dr. Robert H. Grubbs, Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, 2005 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and conference keynote speaker; Dr. Eiman Mustafawi, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University ; Mr. Khalifa Al-Suwaidi, managing director of Qatar Fertilizer Company (QAFCO) ; Mrs. Julie Barker, chief operating officer of Texas A&M at Qatar; Mr. Fathi Al-Shehab, senior vice president for the GCC, Levant, Iran, Yemen and Indian subcontinent at Qatar Airways ; and the conference's eight session chairs.

Following dinner and a performance by the Doha String Quartet, Bazzi and Grubbs presented Al-Mulla with the leadership award. Commenting on the award, Bazzi said, "Dr. Al-Mulla sets a positive example for all those in the petrochemical field, particularly those working in Qatar's growing economy. His visionary leadership of a top company such as QAPCO and commitment to research and development are just two of the many characteristics that make him worthy of the leadership award we present to him tonight. It is my honor as conference chair to recognize Dr. Al-Mulla for his many accomplishments and thank him for his generous support of POC 2012."

QAPCO received an award as the premier sponsor of the conference. Qatar Fertiliser Company ( QAFCO ), Qatar University , Qatar Foundation, Texas A&M at Qatar and Qatar Airways were also recognized for their sponsorship.

Bazzi and Dr. Stuart Rowan, associate editor of the American Chemical Society (ACS) journal ACS Macro Letters, delivered five poster presentation awards to presenters from the Netherlands, Japan, Germany and two from the United States. Two oral presentation awards from the Wiley Periodicals Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry were also distributed.

IUPAC, considered one of the most prominent authorities on chemical sciences and their application to industry, is a non-governmental organization including member chemists from around the world. This is the 14^th meeting of IUPAC POC and first held in the Arab world.

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Texas A&M University, recognized as having one of the premier engineering programs in the world, has offered undergraduate degrees in chemical, electrical, mechanical and petroleum engineering at Qatar Foundation's Education City campus since 2003, and graduate courses in chemical engineering since fall 2011. Two hundred engineers have graduated from Texas A&M at Qatar since 2007. In addition to engineering courses, Texas A&M at Qatar provides classes in science, mathematics, liberal arts and the humanities. All four of the engineering programs offered at Texas A&M at Qatar are accredited by ABET. The curricula offered at Texas A&M at Qatar are materially identical to those offered at the main campus in College Station, Texas, and courses are taught in English in a co-educational setting. The reputation for excellence is the same, as is the commitment to equip engineers to lead the next generation of engineering advancement. Faculty from around the world are attracted to Texas A&M at Qatar to provide this educational experience and to participate in research activities now valued at over $96 million, and that address issues important to the State of Qatar. Visit www.qatar.tamu.edu.

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