College of Engineering: Recent submissions
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Sustainable solutions for domestic solid waste management in Qatar
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)Due to the fact that Qatar has increased its investments and projects worldwide, Qatar has become one of the world’s fastest growing economy and highest paid GDP. As a result, the population has increased in the last few ... -
Simulation of sulfur recovery process and optimization of the main operational parameters
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)Strict environmental regulations has pushed sulfur emissions from natural gas and crude oil refining plants to very low levels. The current and most widely used method for reducing those emissions is the Claus sulfur ... -
Analyzing the reliability and effectiveness of public school evaluation system in Qatar
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)In 2004, Qatar government launched a huge education reform, Education for New Era (EFNE) which introduced changes to the K-12 educational system. The reform model suggested by Research and Development Cooperation (RAND) ... -
Effective framework for change order management in construction industry
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)Construction is a multi-trillion-dollar industry with a very complex nature involving a balanced combination of many human, non-human and other factors. The change orders are a practical reality of the construction industry ... -
Work force assignment and planning for onshore oil and gas wells cementing operations
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)In oil and gas well cementing operations, workers are exposed to long consecutive hours of work and irregular off times due to the nature of such service and inefficient workforce assignment. Overloading human resources ... -
Factors of successful technology transfer in oil and gas industry in Qatar State
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)Technology transfer is highly regarded in business circles and it is one of the vital business strategies. Any developed country seeks to own a new technology and to be transformed from technology receiver to technology ... -
Causes of Cost-Overrun in Construction Projects
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)Cost overrun in construction projects is a common issue affecting project performance. After a review of the literature, a list of 39 cost overrun attributes were gathered and presented in a survey questionnaire. The survey ... -
DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENT FOR CO2 CAPTURE: CHOLINIUM CHLORIDE WITH PHENYLACETIC ACID SYSTEM
(2017 , Master Thesis)Global warming is one of the most pressing challenges that face societies these days. As result, worldwide public attention has risen due to the serious greenhouse gas effect, which causes detrimental environmental effects ... -
Modeling and Simulation of Bio-pathways using Hybrid Functional Petri Nets
(2017 , Master Thesis)The study of biological systems is growing rapidly, and can be considered as an intrinsic task in biological research and a prerequisite for diagnosing diseases and drug development. The integration of biological studies ... -
Impact Assessment of Land Use Planning on Travel Behavior in Doha, Qatar
(2017 , Master Thesis)In the last decade Qatar has witnessed a rapid growth in its economic and industrial sector as a result of oil and gas economies. This transformed small port cities to large sprawling metropolitan and increased the population. ... -
The Assessment of Microclimatic Conditions, Users' Psychological Adaptation and Physical Aspects of the Space: Enhancing Spatial Quality of Outdoor Public Spaces (OPS)
(2017 , Master Thesis)Outdoor Public Spaces (OPS) are of great necessity and importance to urban cities as they accommodate pedestrian traffic and outdoor activities, as they also contribute enormously to urban life and livability. It has been ... -
Stakeholder Perception of Service Quality in Qatar Higher Education Institutions: An Application to Qatar University
(2017 , Master Thesis)Managing quality of services offered by institutions of higher education is important in any country due to the inherent aim of producing quality graduates from programs offered in the university. Qatar has made substantial ... -
ASSESSMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY IN DOHA
(2017 , Master Thesis)Well-functioning urban environments are good causes of societies living healthily and happily. The performance of the public realm plays an important role, in this regard, where societies are in direct contact with their ... -
Modeling Family Behaviors in Crowd Simulation
(2017 , Master Thesis)Modeling human behavior for a general situation is difficult, if not impossible. Crowd simulation represents one of the approaches most commonly used to model such behavior. It is mainly concerned with modeling the different ... -
GENDER AND PUBLIC SPACES: INVESTIGATING ACCESS AND PRACTICE OF FEMALES IN PUBLIC PARKS IN DOHA
(2017 , Master Thesis)The definition of a public space promotes free access to all citizens. Unlike men, women had many concerns about feeling free to go out at any time in accessing and being in public spaces. This reduces, rather than enhances, ... -
Optimal Placement of Phasor Measurement Units for Power Systems Using Genetic Algorithm
(2017 , Master Thesis)Power grids require monitoring to operate with high efficiency while minimizing the chances of having a failure. However, current monitoring scheme which consists of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), ... -
ICT INDUSTRY INTEGRATED CURRICULA: TOWARDS AN ONTOLOGY BASED COMPETENCY MODEL
(2017 , Master Thesis)As technology advances rapidly, the ever changing industry needs for skills and competencies keeps changing in efforts to seize the nearest competitive advantage. This creates a great burden on higher education institutions ... -
EXPLORING CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY OF IMAGE IN CLOUD COMPUTING
(2017 , Master Thesis)With the increasing popularity of cloud computing, clients are storing their data in cloud servers and are using “software as a service” for computing services. However, clients’ data may be sensitive, critical, and private, ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF HYBRID AND NON-HYBRID COMPOSITE BODY ARMOR PLATE FOR BALLISTIC PROTECTION
(2017 , Master Thesis)In this work, a new Bullet Guiding Pocket Armor Plate (BGPAP) was developed, with a target to maximize the ballistic protection by containing the bullet between the layers. To this end, experimental and numerical programs ... -
SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES IN FACILITY MANAGEMENT
(2017 , Master Thesis)Facilities management (FM) has witnessed a pragmatic growth and its importance has increased parallel to the expansion of the construction sector. Meanwhile, the concept of sustainability is being established and is ...