Texas A&M University at Qatar hosts roundtable on ‘Women in Energy’

Texas A&M University at Qatar hosts roundtable on ‘Women in Energy’

Texas A&M University at Qatar, a Qatar Foundation partner university, recently hosted the roundtable, ‘Women in Energy’, at which Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, and Natalie Baker, Deputy Chief of Mission for the U.S. Embassy in Qatar, participated. They discussed the changes in the industry over the last few decades, the increase in women engineers, and the challenges and solutions for women working in the energy sector.

Texas A&M at Qatar Dean César Octavio Malavé, several female current students and alumni, and members of the faculty and staff participated in the event. Dr. Ghada Salama, instructional professor of chemical engineering and Dr. Dhabia Al-Mohannadi ‘12, research assistant professor, Chemical Engineering, were the faculty representatives. Tabarak Abdulhussein ’18, Abeer Abuhelaiqa ’11, Maryam Al-Bishri ‘11, Leela Elzayat, Byanne Malluhi, and Al-Anoud Al Emadi represented the student body.

“It was an honor to be part of this roundtable discussion,” said Al-Emadi, an undergraduate electrical and computer engineering student at Texas A&M at Qatar. “This panel discussion highlighted several topics that are very important to me as a woman pursuing an engineering degree. Women are often underrepresented in these meetings in this industry, but we are seeing a positive change.