Texas A&M Gas & Fuels Research Center

1. Texas A&M Gas & Fuels Research Center Presentation to Industrial Advisory Board, Chemical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar May 21, 2013

2. Center’s Major Objectives To advance gas and fuels processing research activities in gas utilization, clean energy and in production of fuels and value-added chemicals. To establish multidisciplinary projects and collaboration models with both industry and academic institutions in Qatar and worldwide. To provide consulting services and training courses in areas of specialty. To integrate Texas A&M University resources and to support Qatar’s 2030 vision in advancing its human and research facilities in clean energy field.

3. Center’s Structure Seven Texas A&M University professors from both Qatar campus and College Station campus will be participating in this center. Multidisciplinary specialties in critical areas in gas and fuels processing technologies. World class research facilities and labs at Texas A&M Qatar and in College Station. Highly skilled research staff, graduate and undergraduate students.

4. Center’s Principal Investigators Prof. Mahmoud El-Halwagi Prof. DragomirBukur Process integration, synthesis, simulation, and optimization, sustainable process design, and molecular/product design. Catalysis, Reaction Engineering, Fischer -Tropsch and Gas-to-Liquid technology. Prof. Marcelo Castier Prof. Perla Balbuena Thermodynamic models of complex mixtures, confined fluids, electrolyte solutions; applications of thermodynamics to chemical process safety. Computational design of materials, catalysts and processes.

5. Center’s Principal Investigators Prof. Ken Hall Prof. IoannisEconomou Molecular thermodynamics and molecular simulation of complex fluids for chemical process and product design. Hydrocarbon Processing, High Pressure Fluids Thermodynamics Natural Gas Conversion Prof. NimirElbashir Reactor Design, Catalysis, Fuel Processing and Gas-to-Liquid technology.

6. Highlights of Principal Investigators

8. Resources in Qatar

9. Texas A&M Fuel Characterization Lab • State-of-the-art experimental facilities

10. Support Detailed Composition & Hydrocarbon Products Properties

11. Applied Catalysis Lab Catalyst characterization Catalyst synthesis Catalyst testing (slurry and fixed bed reactors) Applied Catalysis Group Reactor modeling and simulation Kinetics of heterogeneous reactions

12. Advanced Reactor Technologies for Catalyst Testing Applied Catalysis Lab

13. Current Collaboration with Industry in Qatar

14. Collaboration with Academia