Texas A&M honours long-time educator and researcher
doha: Some of the world’s foremost experts in thermophysical properties and thermodynamics gathered yesterday at Texas A&M University at Qatar to celebrate the 49-year career of Dr Kenneth “Ken” R Hall (pictured), a giant in the field who will retire from Texas A&M on 1st January.
The day-long conference featured 13 speakers from prestigious institutions around the world, including the Georgia Institute of Technology, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Dow Chemical Co., the University of California, Berkeley, and Qatar University, as well as universities in Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Germany and Finland.
“This celebration is a genuine and deeply appreciated honor for me,” Hall said. “I am proud to have had the opportunity to call each of these speakers my friend professionally and personally, and I sincerely thank those who made presentations at this event.”
In welcoming the symposium speakers and attendees, Dr Mark H Weichold, dean and CEO of Texas A&M at Qatar, described Hall as a pioneer, a teacher, a mentor and a friend, and spoke of Hall’s commitment, integrity, loyalty and service.
“Texas A&M has been very fortunate to have somebody of his stature here at the branch campus in Qatar,” Weichold said. “He and I were part of the group that came to Doha on that very first visit, so his roots in Texas A&M at Qatar go back to the very first days. It’s really been valuable to me to have him here with all of his experience, but especially with his knowledge of how we came to be here as a branch campus.
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