Dr. Khogeer becomes first Arab to head prestigious American body

  • Date: 09-Dec-2020
  • Source: Saudi Gazette
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:GCC
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Dr. Khogeer becomes first Arab to head prestigious American body

Saudi Gazette reportJEDDAH — Saudi Arabia's Dr. Ahmed Khogeer has been elected head of the Fuels and Petrochemicals Division at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), becoming the first person from outside the United States to hold this prestigious position in AIChE's more than 110-year history. Dr. Khogeer has won the election to this position after stiff competition with senior professors and engineers from many prestigious universities and major energy companies around the world. He had served as the second vice president of the division in 2018 and then first vice president in 2019.Dr. Khogeer was the first Arab Fellow of the AIChE and the youngest elected member of its Fellows Council. AIChE is the largest professional organization of chemical engineers in the world.It was established in 1908 to distinguish chemical engineers as a profession independent of chemists and mechanical engineers. AIChE has more than 60,000 members from over 110 countries worldwide and its members include a group of the elite from the