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. 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. Center’s Structure

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

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

6. NameFunding (2008 – 12) SourceRepresentative collaborators # publications Group size Balbuena$ 3.5 mil.DOE, NSF, ARPATAMU, Sandia, Brookhaven, industrial >170 papers, 5 books 7 Bukur$ 2.8 mil.QNRFTAMU, TAMUQ, QU, Kentucky, AUTh >130 papers, 2 chapters 3 Castier$ 0.8 mil.QNRFTAMUQ, QU, Delaware, FU Rio, SU Maringá > 80 papers, 3 chapters 6 Economou$ 2.3 mil.EU, industryUCL, Leeds, INERIS, industry 130 papers, 5 chapters 10 Elbashir$ 5.3 mil.QNRF, industryTAMU, TAMUQ, Auburn, DTU, industry > 50 papers11 El-Halwagi$ 10.8 mil.QNRF, NSF, DoE, DARPA, industry TAMU, TAMUQ, UT, Wisconsin, DTU, etc. 175 papers, 55 chapters 8 Hall$1.3 mil.DOE, Dow, Chevron TAMU259 papers, 7 books 7 Highlights of Principal Investigators

8. Resources in Qatar

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

10. Support Detailed Composition & Hydrocarbon Products Properties

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

12. Advanced Reactor Technologies for Catalyst Testing Applied Catalysis Lab

13. Current Collaboration with Industry in Qatar

14. Collaboration with Academia