Theme 1: Energy, Environment & Resource Sustainability: Recent submissions
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Preparation and Characterization of Fe3O4 nanoparticles and Its Application in Produced Water Treatment and Oil Recovery
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Recently, considerable amounts of oil were produced from petroleum industries and lead to serious environmental problems. In this study, Fe3O4 (MNPs) were prepared using combustion synthesis method at temperature range ... -
Activity of Antibiotic Producing Bacteria Isolated from Rhizosphere Soil Region of Different Medicinal Plants
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)The rhizosphere soil of medicinal plants is rich in microorganisms that develop antibiotics as natural mechanism of protection against other microbes that live in their vicinity. The present study aims to explore the ... -
Development of PLA Fibers as an Antimicrobial Agent with enhanced infection resistance using electrospinning/plasma technology
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Humans are vulnerable and easily prone to all kind of injuries, diseases, and traumas that can be damaging to their tissues (including its building unit, cells), bones, or even organs. Therefore, they would need assistance ... -
Synthesis and characterization of Ni-P/TiC composite coating through one step co-electrodeposition
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Coatings are considered to be promising solution for the corrosion and wear in various industries.NiP coatings are well known for their anticorrosive behavior but lack mechanical strength. In present study, the effect of ... -
Using Synthetic Resins for Removal of Emulsified Oil from Produced Water.
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)In this study, adsorption of emulsified oil in produced water was experimented using synthetic resins. Adsorbent dosage, contact time, initial oil concentration, and PH were the main key parameters evaluated for Optipore ... -
Pilot Scale Osmotic Concentration Process for Reducing Wastewater Volumes from Gas Processing Facilities in Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Over the past 10-15 years, there has been increasing attention in the development of forward osmosis (FO) technology as a low-energy technical solution to wastewater treatment through the exploitation of the natural osmosis ... -
Highly active bifunctional LaMO3 (M=Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) perovskites for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline media
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Lanthanum based electrocatalytically active perovskites, LaMO3 (M=Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni), were synthesized using a single step solution combustion synthesis technique. The perovskites showed exceptional performance for oxygen ... -
Investigation of Bacillus Thuringiensis Plasmid Instability and its Effect on the Synthesis of Crystals
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)In order to explore plasmid instability in Bt, four Bt strains belonging to two Bt subspecies were cultured at 42°C for 9 days. HD1 and QBT376 belong to subspecies kurstaki, while H14 and QBT218 belong to subspecies ... -
Synthesis of High-Antifouling and Antibacterial Ultrafiltration Membranes Incorporating Low Concentrations of Graphene Oxide
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Membrane treatment for wastewater treatment is one of the promising solutions to affordable clean water. It is a developing technology throughout the world and considered as the most effective and economical method ... -
Assessment of Tarmat contamination and its chemical characterization along the west coast of Qatar, Arabian Gulf
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Tarmat/Oil residue (hereafter 'TM') is one of the serious threats to the marine ecosystem due to their toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulation problems. To assess the level of TM contamination and to determine the primary ... -
Development of Polymer Modified Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite Membranes to Reduce both Scaling and Biofouling
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)In seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO), membrane scaling is one of the major issues affecting its widespread application in the desalination industry. In this research, the effect of concentration of calcium and sulfate ions ... -
Monitoring the presence and investigation of toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in poultry feed and its products
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Contaminating poultry feed and their products with mycotoxins produced by fungi may cause many health effects on animals and human if they were at high concentrations. Therefore, it is imperative to regularly monitor the ... -
Development of Sustainable Eco-friendly Geopolymer Composites for Construction Applications
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Geopolymerization is a process where silica and alumina rich source materials turns into excellent binding materials by the aid of alkali solutions. Materials such as fly ash are by-products in energy power plants. Fly ash ... -
Cantilever Beam Metastructure for Active Broadband Vibration Suppression
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)This paper presents a beam structure of a new metamaterial-inspired dynamic vibration attenuation system. The proposed experimental research presents a designed cantilevered zigzag structure that can have natural frequencies ... -
Dimmable LED Driver For DC Distributed Lighting System
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)This Abstract proposes a high brightness, high efficiency, dimmable LED driver based on linear current regulator technology for DC grid distribution systems. The proposed driver has excellent characteristics like the highest ... -
Novel Electroless Deposited Corrosion - Resistant and Anti-Bacterial NiP-TiNi Nanocomposite Coatings
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)From acidic NiP electroless bath, the co-deposition of TiNi nanoparticles in the NiP matrix to form novel NiP-TiNi nanocomposite coatings (NCCs) on top of API X100 carbon steel using several concentrations of TiNi nanoparticles ... -
Novel flexible piezoresistive sensor based on 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Stretchable and wearable strain-sensing devices are appropriate for motion detection, biomedical monitoring, human-machine interaction. These pressure sensors are working based on numerous electrophysical phenomena's such ... -
DFT-MD dissolution of oilfield pyrite scale using borax
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Introduction: Oilfield scales including pyrite form in oil and gas pipelines, underground tubing, and surface equipment thus blocking the flow of fluids and hindering production. Hence, the need for the development of ... -
Combustion-Free Synthesis of Lithium Manganese Oxide Composites with CNTs/GNPs by Chemical Coprecipitation for Energy Storage Devices
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Nano Spinel Lithium Manganese Oxide (LiMn2O4) was distributed properly on carbon nanotubes ( CNTs) and graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) using chemical coprecipitation method. The original particle size was less than 40 nm, ... -
SiO2 Coated Li-rich Layered Oxides-Li1.2Ni0.13Mn0.54Co0.13O2 for efficient energy storage applications
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are attractive for energy storage application. In this regard, lithium rich layered oxides (LLOs), are considered viable cathodes due to their tempting properties such as lower production cost, ...
