KAUST Ph.D. student Manal Al-Qahtani won a best poster presentation award. The award was presented in the late summer of 2016. The announcement was made on the KAUST website. Why it matters: Showcases the achievements and talent within KAUST's Ph.D. program.
KAUST student Nawaf Alghamdi won a best poster prize at the XXIII International Conference on Chemical Reactors (CHEMREACTOR-23) in Ghent, Belgium. Alghamdi's poster focused on his research utilizing the stagnation-flow reactor concept to reduce catalytic problems to one dimension. His work is part of his research in the Clean Combustion Research Center, focusing on understanding the kinetics of catalytic processes. Why it matters: This award recognizes promising research at KAUST and highlights the university's contributions to advancements in chemical engineering and catalysis, with potential applications in industrial processes.
KAUST Ph.D. student Maha Alamoudi won a best poster award at the 2016 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting in Boston. The award was for her poster entitled “Photophysical Processes in Polymer:Non-fullerene Small Molecule Acceptor Bulk Heterojunctions for Organic Solar Cells.” She is supervised by Frederic Laquai, associate professor of material science and engineering at KAUST's Solar Center. Why it matters: This award recognizes promising research in materials science at KAUST.
Chuan Xia, a Ph.D. student at KAUST, won the best poster award at the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT) 2017. The poster's topic is not specified in the provided text. Why it matters: Recognition at ICMAT highlights KAUST's contributions to materials science and engineering.
KAUST Ph.D. student Ghulam Qadir received a best poster award at the GRASPA 2019 conference in Italy. The winning poster, titled "Estimation of Spatial Deformation for Non-stationary Processes via Variogram Alignment," was based on Qadir's Ph.D. research project. The research focuses on developing covariance models for multivariate nonstationary random fields with applications to environmental data. Why it matters: This award recognizes KAUST's contribution to environmental statistics and highlights the university's commitment to advancing research in this area.