Integrated Terahertz Technologies for Methane Gas Production from Clathrates and Real Time Analysis
ID : 1337
Number of shows: 125
Create date: 06/15/2010 16:15:22
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1211 - 2 - 475
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Cafer Yavuz
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Florida International University / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / University of California, Santa Barbara
Project Status:  Awarded

International Center of Excellence in Software Engineering
ID : 1336
Number of shows: 98
Create date: 06/15/2010 16:13:38
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1205 - 2 - 470
Proposal Specialty:  2.11 Other Engineering and Technology
LPI Name:  Dr. Hany Ammar
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Ahmed Bin Mohamed Military College - Qatar / Arab Academy For Science & Technology / West Virginia University
Project Status:  Awarded

Effects from Micro- and Nano-Sized Spheres Moving through a Quiescent Viscous Fluid
ID : 1335
Number of shows: 101
Create date: 06/15/2010 16:11:59
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1183 - 2 - 461
Proposal Specialty:  2.10 Nano Technology
LPI Name:  Dr. Reza Sadr
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Texas A&M University - College Station
Project Status:  Awarded

Integrative approach to microenvironment and host-immune response in colon cancer
ID : 1334
Number of shows: 85
Create date: 06/15/2010 16:10:37
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1174 - 3 - 291
Proposal Specialty:  3.2 Clinical Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. Jerome Galon
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  INSERM / Sidra Medical & Research Center
Project Status:  Awarded

Efficient Control of Stochastic Cognitive Radio Networks
ID : 1333
Number of shows: 107
Create date: 06/15/2010 16:09:15
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1168 - 2 - 455
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Tamer Khattab
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Nile University / Ohio State University
Project Status:  Awarded

Health Care Waste Management and Environmental Health: A Study of State Owned and Private Hospitals in Qatar
ID : 1332
Number of shows: 67
Create date: 06/15/2010 16:07:34
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1159 - 2 - 453
Proposal Specialty:  2.07 Environmental Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Mohd. Faisal
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Project Status:  Awarded

Model-free, Data-based Design of Adaptive Control Systems: A New Approach
ID : 1331
Number of shows: 73
Create date: 06/15/2010 16:06:25
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1153 - 2 - 450
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Hazem Nounou
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Texas A&M University - College Station
Project Status:  Awarded

Network & Service Security using Social Networking
ID : 1330
Number of shows: 81
Create date: 06/15/2010 16:05:16
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1150 - 2 - 448
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Mohamed Moez Draief
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Imperial College London
Project Status:  Awarded

Creation of an induced pluripotent stem cell core in Doha- Qatar
ID : 1329
Number of shows: 97
Create date: 06/15/2010 16:03:47
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1147 - 3 - 284
Proposal Specialty:  3.4 Medical Biotechnology
LPI Name:  Dr. Arash RAFII TABRIZI
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Harvard
Project Status:  Awarded

Learning from Comparable Corpora for Improved English-Arabic Statistical Machine Translation
ID : 1328
Number of shows: 58
Create date: 06/15/2010 16:02:28
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1140 - 1 - 177
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Stephan Vogel
Submitting Institution:  Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Carnegie Mellon University
Project Status:  Awarded

Qloud: Towards a Cloud Computing Infrastructure in Qatar to Target Regional Scientific Applications
ID : 1327
Number of shows: 67
Create date: 06/15/2010 16:00:59
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1116 - 1 - 172
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Majd Sakr
Submitting Institution:  Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Carnegie Mellon University / Qatar University / Texas A&M University - Qatar
Project Status:  Awarded

Towards natural multi-cultural human-robot interaction
ID : 1326
Number of shows: 62
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:59:14
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1113 - 1 - 171
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Majd Sakr
Submitting Institution:  Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Carnegie Mellon University / University of Arizona
Project Status:  Awarded

Formal Reasoning about Languages for Distributed Computation
ID : 1325
Number of shows: 66
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:57:52
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1107 - 1 - 168
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Frank Pfenning
Submitting Institution:  Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Carnegie Mellon University
Project Status:  Awarded

Abnormalities in Bone Development Associated with Pre-eclampsia
ID : 1324
Number of shows: 74
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:56:36
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1099 - 3 - 279
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. Fayez SAFADI
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Cornell University - Ithaca
Project Status:  Awarded

Cardiovascular progenitors derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells.
ID : 1323
Number of shows: 75
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:54:56
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1087 - 3 - 274
Proposal Specialty:  3.4 Medical Biotechnology
LPI Name:  Prof. Ed Stanley
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Monash University
Project Status:  Awarded

Investigating the Qualities of the Urban Environment in Emerging Regional Metropolis: The Case of Doha, Qatar
ID : 1322
Number of shows: 60
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:53:39
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1083 - 6 - 023
Proposal Specialty:  6.4 Arts (Arts, History of Arts, Performing Arts, Music)
LPI Name:  Prof. ASHRAF SALAMA
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Technische Universität München
Project Status:  Awarded

Theoretical and experimental study of asphaltene deposition during CO2 injection in Qatar’s oil reservoirs
ID : 1321
Number of shows: 78
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:51:58
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1050 - 2 - 405
Proposal Specialty:  2.07 Environmental Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Hadi Nasrabadi
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Reservoir Engineering Research Institute / Texas A&M University
Project Status:  Awarded

An investigation into Production of Heat and Electricity by exploiting geothermal heat of oil wells and waste heat from refineries
ID : 1320
Number of shows: 74
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:50:18
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1043 - 2 - 404
Proposal Specialty:  2.11 Other Engineering and Technology
LPI Name:  Dr. Ferri (Faramarz) Hassani
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Laval University / McGill University
Project Status:  Awarded

an Integrated-Model for Evaluating Egovernment services Transformation (I-MEET).
ID : 1319
Number of shows: 74
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:48:47
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1023 - 5 - 158
Proposal Specialty:  5.9 Other social sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Ibrahim Osman
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  American University of Beirut / Brunel University
Project Status:  Awarded

Epigenetic control of odorant receptor gene choice
ID : 1318
Number of shows: 75
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:47:13
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1011 - 3 - 260
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. Benjamin Shykind
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Weill Cornell Medical College
Project Status:  Awarded

A Rechargeable Environmentally Friendly Alternative to Lithium Batteries in MWD and LWD Applications
ID : 1317
Number of shows: 77
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:45:53
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 1001 - 2 - 391
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Ahmed Massoud
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Spiretronic LLC / Texas A&M University - College Station / Texas A&M University - Qatar
Project Status:  Awarded

Robust Localization and Mapping for Autonomous Gas Inspection Vehicles
ID : 1316
Number of shows: 63
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:44:16
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 980 - 2 - 380
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Brett Browning
Submitting Institution:  Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Carnegie Mellon University / Exxon Mobil Research Qatar
Project Status:  Awarded

Development of Methods for Improving Displacement Efficiency and Reducing Water Production in Carbonate Reservoirs
ID : 1315
Number of shows: 70
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:42:48
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 970 - 2 - 373
Proposal Specialty:  2.07 Environmental Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Anuj Gupta
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Texas at Austin
Project Status:  Awarded

Biodegradable Elastomers for Cytokine Delivery in Cancer Therapy
ID : 1314
Number of shows: 95
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:41:34
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 969 - 3 - 251
Proposal Specialty:  3.4 Medical Biotechnology
LPI Name:  Dr. Husam Younes
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Bristol
Project Status:  Awarded

The development of nanostructured composite membranes for reverse osmosis desalination units
ID : 1313
Number of shows: 74
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:40:10
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 967 - 2 - 372
Proposal Specialty:  2.08 Environmental Biotechnology
LPI Name:  Dr. Easan Sivaniah
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Cambridge University
Project Status:  Awarded

The Consanguinity Factor in the Genetics of Prematurity
ID : 1312
Number of shows: 78
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:38:57
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 943 - 3 - 246
Proposal Specialty:  3.2 Clinical Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. Khalid Yunis
Submitting Institution:  Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs
Collaborative Institutions:  American University of Beirut / Lebanese American University
Project Status:  Awarded

Development and characterization of high strength steel for down-hole application in sour environment with superior corrosion and wear resistance
ID : 1311
Number of shows: 62
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:37:23
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 928 - 2 - 354
Proposal Specialty:  2.05 Materials Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Bruce Palmer
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Colorada School of Mines
Project Status:  Awarded

Design and implementation of a new geometric constraint solver based on Bernstein Polytopes
ID : 1310
Number of shows: 45
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:36:01
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 906 - 1 - 137
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Sebti Foufou
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Université de Bourgogne
Project Status:  Awarded

Innovative Asset Management Tools for Sustainable Oil and Gas Pipelines
ID : 1309
Number of shows: 67
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:34:43
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 901 - 2 - 343
Proposal Specialty:  2.01 Civil Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Tarek Zayed
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Concordia University
Project Status:  Awarded

Radioactivity along the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Qatar;Sources, fate, impact and early warning
ID : 1308
Number of shows: 81
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:33:14
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 889 - 1 - 134
Proposal Specialty:  1.5 Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Ilham Al-Qaradawi
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  ministry of environment / Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority
Project Status:  Awarded

Assessing the Genomic Signature of Breast Cancer in Qatar
ID : 1307
Number of shows: 77
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:31:42
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 874 - 3 - 235
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. Nady Nady-Mohamed
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Texas A&M University - Qatar / University of Texas - San Antonio / University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Project Status:  Awarded

A natural language processing-based active and interactive platform for accessing English language content and advanced language learning
ID : 1306
Number of shows: 68
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:30:00
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 873 - 1 - 129
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Kemal Oflazer
Submitting Institution:  Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  International Computer Science Institute
Project Status:  Awarded

Intelligent Document Management System for Automatic Writer Identification
ID : 1305
Number of shows: 58
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:28:35
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 864 - 1 - 128
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Somaya Al-Ma'adeed
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Northumbria University
Project Status:  Awarded

Transnational Labor Migration in Qatar: An Empirical Sociological Analysis
ID : 1304
Number of shows: 75
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:27:05
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 857 - 5 - 123
Proposal Specialty:  5.4 Sociology
LPI Name:  Dr. Andrew Gardner
Submitting Institution:  Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Qatar University / University of Puget Sound
Project Status:  Awarded

Enhancing Gas-Condensate Well Productivity by Wettability Alteration
ID : 1303
Number of shows: 75
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:25:41
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 830 - 2 - 317
Proposal Specialty:  2.11 Other Engineering and Technology
LPI Name:  Dr. Mashhad Fahes
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Project Status:  Awarded

Single Well Acid Fracturing Simulator: Modeling and Field Studies
ID : 1302
Number of shows: 64
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:24:21
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 828 - 2 - 316
Proposal Specialty:  2.07 Environmental Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Hadi Nasrabadi
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Texas A&M University - College Station
Project Status:  Awarded

CopITS: Cooperative Cars and Roads for Safer and Intelligent Transportation Systems
ID : 1301
Number of shows: 143
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:22:58
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 811 - 2 - 308
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Fethi Filali
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Project Status:  Awarded

Novel oral sustained-release Metformin Hydrochloride using semisolid matrices: development, characterization, and in vitro - in vivo testing
ID : 1300
Number of shows: 75
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:21:42
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 795 - 3 - 215
Proposal Specialty:  3.5 Other Medical Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Husam Younes
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Project Status:  Awarded

World Values Survey in the Arab World: values and social change in comparative perspective
ID : 1299
Number of shows: 67
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:20:21
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 794 - 5 - 115
Proposal Specialty:  5.6 Political Science
LPI Name:  Dr. Fares Braizat
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Michigan
Project Status:  Awarded

Fault-Adaptive Performance Management of Enterprise Computing Systems
ID : 1298
Number of shows: 84
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:18:48
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 778 - 2 - 299
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Sherif Abdelwahed
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Mississippi State University
Project Status:  Awarded

DEVELOPMENT AND TEST OF A SURGICAL TELEROBOT SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH A FLEXIBLE IMAGING PROBE IN HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS
ID : 1297
Number of shows: 54
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:17:20
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 776 - 2 - 298
Proposal Specialty:  2.06 Medical Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. W. Jong Yoon
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Washington
Project Status:  Awarded

Optimum Condition Based Maintenance Schedules
ID : 1296
Number of shows: 65
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:15:27
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 774 - 2 - 297
Proposal Specialty:  2.11 Other Engineering and Technology
LPI Name:  Prof. Elsayed Elsayed
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Rutgers University
Project Status:  Awarded

Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Geometrical Irregularities and Free-surface Nonlinearities on the performance of Tuned Liquid Dampers
ID : 1295
Number of shows: 53
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:13:59
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 769 - 2 - 292
Proposal Specialty:  2.03 Mechanical Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Mohamed Hamed
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  McMaster University
Project Status:  Awarded

Herding and Panic in Human Crowds: Hajj as a Case Study
ID : 1294
Number of shows: 68
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:12:35
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 768 - 1 - 114
Proposal Specialty:  1.3 Physical Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Khurom Kiyani
Submitting Institution:  Aquamed ME
Collaborative Institutions:  Imperial College London
Project Status:  Awarded

Trafficking and Recycling of the store-operated Calcium channel Orai1.
ID : 1293
Number of shows: 77
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:11:10
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 767 - 3 - 208
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Prof. Timothy McGraw
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Weill Medical College - New York
Project Status:  Awarded

Continuous Electroencephalography Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit
ID : 1292
Number of shows: 64
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:09:46
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 758 - 3 - 203
Proposal Specialty:  3.2 Clinical Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. boulenouar mesraoua
Submitting Institution:  Hamad Medical Corporation
Collaborative Institutions:  Infinite Biomedical Technologies, llc / Johns Hopkins University / University of Zuerich / Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Project Status:  Awarded

Genetic Vaccine Development for Infectious Disease
ID : 1291
Number of shows: 79
Create date: 06/15/2010 15:07:41
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 743 - 3 - 195
Proposal Specialty:  3.3 Health Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Stephen Kaminsky
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Weill Medical College - New York
Project Status:  Awarded

Effect of Shisha Smoking on the Biology of the Airway Epithelium in Qataris
ID : 1290
Number of shows: 79
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:57:55
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 742 - 3 - 194
Proposal Specialty:  3.4 Medical Biotechnology
LPI Name:  Prof. Neil Hackett
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Hamad Medical Corporation / Weill Medical College - New York
Project Status:  Awarded

Genetic Variability and Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes in the Qatari Population
ID : 1289
Number of shows: 88
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:56:32
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 741 - 3 - 193
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. Ronald Crystal
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Hamad Medical Corporation / Qatar Diabetes Association / Weill Medical College - New York
Project Status:  Awarded

Genetics of Risk for Retinopathy Among Qataris with Type 2 Diabetes
ID : 1288
Number of shows: 92
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:55:02
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 740 - 3 - 192
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. Ronald Crystal
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Hamad Medical Corporation / Qatar Diabetes Association / Weill Medical College - New York
Project Status:  Awarded

Enhancing Qatar’s Future Oil and Gas Technology via Design and Evaluation of Ionic Liquids
ID : 1287
Number of shows: 75
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:53:17
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 739 - 2 - 284
Proposal Specialty:  2.04 Chemical Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Majeda Khraisheh
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Queens University Belfast
Project Status:  Awarded

Targeting Leukemia Initiating Cells by Arsenic and Interferon alpha in CML and ATL
ID : 1286
Number of shows: 103
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:51:44
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 726 - 3 - 187
Proposal Specialty:  3.2 Clinical Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. Rihab NASR
Submitting Institution:  Hamad Medical Corporation
Collaborative Institutions:  American University of Beirut
Project Status:  Awarded

Impact of Environmental Policies on the Construction Industry in Qatar
ID : 1285
Number of shows: 78
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:50:16
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 717 - 2 - 274
Proposal Specialty:  2.01 Civil Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Amr Kandil
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Michigan State University / Purdue University
Project Status:  Awarded

Improvement Of Date Palm Production and Quality Under Qatar Conditions
ID : 1284
Number of shows: 72
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:48:41
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 705 - 4 - 025
Proposal Specialty:  4.4 Agricultural biotechnology
LPI Name:  Dr. Talaat Ahmed
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Project Status:  Awarded

Emission free co-production of carbon nanotubes and hydrogen via concentrated solar energy
ID : 1283
Number of shows: 83
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:47:15
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 671 - 2 - 255
Proposal Specialty:  2.03 Mechanical Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Nesrin Ozalp
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Texas A&M University - College Station
Project Status:  Awarded

Design, manufacturing, and testing of a novel aperture-cavity system for enhanced solar reactor technology
ID : 1282
Number of shows: 84
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:45:24
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 670 - 2 - 254
Proposal Specialty:  2.03 Mechanical Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Nesrin Ozalp
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  CNRS French National Center for Scientific Research
Project Status:  Awarded

Effective Programming for Large Distributed Ensembles
ID : 1281
Number of shows: 60
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:43:49
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 667 - 1 - 100
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Seth Goldstein
Submitting Institution:  Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Carnegie Mellon University
Project Status:  Awarded

Spiritually Reconciling Broken Communities
ID : 1280
Number of shows: 67
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:42:22
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 634 - 5 - 097
Proposal Specialty:  5.6 Political Science
LPI Name:  Mr. Amjad Saleem
Submitting Institution:  Academy of change
Collaborative Institutions:  Qatar University
Project Status:  Awarded

Controlling use of narghile smoking: Testing the impact of a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of a School-based prevention program
ID : 1279
Number of shows: 83
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:39:06
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 628 - 3 - 160
Proposal Specialty:  3.3 Health Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Rima Afifi
Submitting Institution:  Hamad Medical Corporation
Collaborative Institutions:  American University of Beirut
Project Status:  Awarded

Design of a Computer-automated system for foetal movement classification in the case of high-risk pregnancies using advanced signal processing algorithms.
ID : 1278
Number of shows: 72
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:37:50
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 626 - 2 - 243
Proposal Specialty:  2.06 Medical Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Boualem Boashash
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  The University of Queensland
Project Status:  Awarded

Trusted Computation-Intensive Services in Cloud Computing Environments
ID : 1277
Number of shows: 81
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:36:22
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 622 - 1 - 090
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Qutaibah Malluhi
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Purdue University
Project Status:  Awarded

Investigating the Superplastic Behavior of Twin-Roll Cast Magnesium Alloys for Effective Use in Automotive Applications
ID : 1276
Number of shows: 60
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:34:56
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 611 - 2 - 236
Proposal Specialty:  2.05 Materials Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Ghassan Kridli
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Washington State University
Project Status:  Awarded

Precision spectroscopy for trace detection and analysis of hydrocarbon well gases
ID : 1275
Number of shows: 103
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:33:28
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 585 - 1 - 087
Proposal Specialty:  1.3 Physical Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Hans Schuessler
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Texas A&M University - College Station
Project Status:  Awarded

Using Pluripotent gingival cells and ultrasound for dental/periodontal tissue engineering ‎and repair
ID : 1274
Number of shows: 84
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:31:58
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 557 - 3 - 144
Proposal Specialty:  3.3 Health Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Tarek EL-Bialy
Submitting Institution:  The Queen Dental Center
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Alberta
Project Status:  Awarded

Understanding the link between moisture dynamics and microbial activity in mobile dunes
ID : 1273
Number of shows: 79
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:30:15
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 546 - 2 - 206
Proposal Specialty:  2.08 Environmental Biotechnology
LPI Name:  Prof. Michel Louge
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Cornell University - Ithaca
Project Status:  Awarded

Enhanced Inferential Modeling of Distillation Column Compositions using Multiscale Latent Variable Regression
ID : 1272
Number of shows: 68
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:28:40
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 530 - 2 - 199
Proposal Specialty:  2.04 Chemical Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Mohamed Nounou
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Project Status:  Awarded

Development of Nano-Tailored Multifunctional Self-Health Monitoring Structural Adhesive Bonds
ID : 1271
Number of shows: 91
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:27:15
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 508 - 2 - 192
Proposal Specialty:  2.10 Nano Technology
LPI Name:  Prof. Shaker Meguid
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Rutgers University / University of Toronto / York University
Project Status:  Awarded

Heat transfer simulation of the cooling process in hot mill lines
ID : 1270
Number of shows: 57
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:25:25
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 507 - 2 - 191
Proposal Specialty:  2.03 Mechanical Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Mohamed Gadala
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of British Columbia
Project Status:  Awarded

Mercury Contamination in Qatari coastal water: an Inverse Model
ID : 1269
Number of shows: 65
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:24:00
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 505 - 1 - 081
Proposal Specialty:  1.5 Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Mohsin Al-Ansi
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  ministry of environment / Texas A&M University / Texas A&M University - College Station
Project Status:  Awarded

Investigation on Long-Term Stability of Casing-Cement-Rock Systems Exposed to Variable Loads with Application to Well Integrity Management
ID : 1268
Number of shows: 58
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:22:03
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 489 - 2 - 182
Proposal Specialty:  2.07 Environmental Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Mahmood Amani
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Clausthal University of Technology / Texas A&M University - College Station
Project Status:  Awarded

Connecting Past and Present: Women’s Identity and Image in Arab Culture
ID : 1267
Number of shows: 78
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:19:34
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 484 - 5 - 074
Proposal Specialty:  5.4 Sociology
LPI Name:  Dr. Kaltham Al Ghanim
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Georgetown University - Qatar / University of Puget Sound / Wayne State University
Project Status:  Awarded

Alsubai Project: Robotic Microlensing Search for Cool Planets
ID : 1266
Number of shows: 86
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:17:13
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 476 - 1 - 078
Proposal Specialty:  1.3 Physical Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Keith Horne
Submitting Institution:  Alsubai's Establishment For Scientific Studies
Collaborative Institutions:  ESO / Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network / University of St Andrews
Project Status:  Awarded

EEG signal classification for newborn outcome prediction after perinatal brain injury
ID : 1265
Number of shows: 69
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:15:11
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 465 - 2 - 174
Proposal Specialty:  2.06 Medical Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Boualem Boashash
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  The University of Queensland
Project Status:  Awarded

Light bullets, fractional vortices, and nonlocal solitons for all-optical information transmission in photonic crystals, dispersion-managed systems, and distributed fibers
ID : 1264
Number of shows: 104
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:13:35
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 462 - 1 - 074
Proposal Specialty:  1.3 Physical Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Milivoj Belic
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Australian National University / Helmut-Schmidt University / Institute of Physics University of Belgrade / Shunde College / Texas A&M University - College Station
Project Status:  Awarded

Unity Power-Factor Adjustible Speed Drive For Energy Neutral Building
ID : 1263
Number of shows: 64
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:11:09
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 426 - 2 - 160
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Ali Maswood
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Nanyang Technological University
Project Status:  Awarded

Nicotine Signaling in Obesity-Induced Diabetic Cardiomyopathies
ID : 1262
Number of shows: 79
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:09:30
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 413 - 3 - 104
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. Zaher Nahle
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Weill Medical College - New York
Project Status:  Awarded

Multi-dialect phrase-based speech recognition and machine translation for Qatari broadcast TV
ID : 1261
Number of shows: 74
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:08:13
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 410 - 1 - 069
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Mark Hasegawa-Johnson
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Project Status:  Awarded

Bandwidth Management in Wireless Broadband Networks with Economic Considerations
ID : 1260
Number of shows: 90
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:06:47
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 406 - 2 - 153
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Hossam Hassanein
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Queen's University
Project Status:  Awarded

Distributed Real-time Sensor Fault Detection and Recovery for Process Industry
ID : 1259
Number of shows: 82
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:05:18
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 393 - 2 - 145
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Reza Langari
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Texas A&M University - College Station
Project Status:  Awarded

Perinatal Neonatal Outcomes Research Study in Arabian Gulf (PEARL STUDY)
ID : 1258
Number of shows: 62
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:03:17
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 390 - 3 - 097
Proposal Specialty:  3.3 Health Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Sajjad Rahman
Submitting Institution:  Hamad Medical Corporation
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Gloucestershire
Project Status:  Awarded

Mutation analysis and genotype – phenotype correlation studies in Familial Mediterranean Fever
ID : 1257
Number of shows: 67
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:01:46
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 374 - 3 - 092
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. HATEM EL-SHANTI
Submitting Institution:  Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs
Project Status:  Awarded

Characterization of the LPIN2 gene and its protein and examination of its role in psoriasis
ID : 1255
Number of shows: 87
Create date: 06/15/2010 14:00:04
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 373 - 3 - 091
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. HATEM EL-SHANTI
Submitting Institution:  Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs
Project Status:  Awarded

The CORRELATE Trial: CT AngiOgraphic ChaRacteRization and Evaluation of PLaque by Age, Gender, EThnicity, RacE and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
ID : 1254
Number of shows: 63
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:58:34
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 370 - 3 - 089
Proposal Specialty:  3.2 Clinical Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. James Min
Submitting Institution:  Hamad Medical Corporation
Collaborative Institutions:  Weill Cornell Medical College
Project Status:  Awarded

Genetic factors in autosomal recessive disorders among consanguineous Qatari families
ID : 1253
Number of shows: 70
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:57:08
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 367 - 3 - 087
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. Jamil Al-ALami
Submitting Institution:  Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs
Project Status:  Awarded

Human Papillomavirus in Arab Women: Molecular, Clinico-pathological, Serological, and Vaccine Impact Studies in Select Arab Countries
ID : 1252
Number of shows: 74
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:55:31
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 344 - 3 - 082
Proposal Specialty:  3.4 Medical Biotechnology
LPI Name:  Dr. Ali Sultan
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Ahfad University for Women / Faculty of Medecine, Monastir, Tunisia / Institute of Endemic Diseases / Qatar University
Project Status:  Awarded

Sparsity-Aware Spectrum Cartography for Cognitive Networks
ID : 1251
Number of shows: 96
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:53:22
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 341 - 2 - 128
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Erchin Serpedin
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Qatar University / University of Minnesota
Project Status:  Awarded

CO2 capture and photoconversion to a renewable fuel
ID : 1250
Number of shows: 83
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:51:44
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 328 - 2 - 122
Proposal Specialty:  2.07 Environmental Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Majeda Khraisheh
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  UCL (University College London)
Project Status:  Awarded

Innovative framework for scalable signal processing and power-efficient communication in healthcare wireless body area sensor networks
ID : 1249
Number of shows: 83
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:50:21
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 310 - 1 - 058
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Amr Mohamed
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of British Columbia
Project Status:  Awarded

Peer and teacher socio-cultural motivation. Its impact on student academic performance
ID : 1248
Number of shows: 81
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:49:00
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 302 - 5 - 052
Proposal Specialty:  5.3 Educational Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Ramzi Nasser
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Hong Kong Institute of Education
Project Status:  Awarded

Qatari students’ Interest in, and Attitudes toward, Science (QIAS)
ID : 1247
Number of shows: 90
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:47:41
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 299 - 5 - 049
Proposal Specialty:  5.3 Educational Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Ziad Said
Submitting Institution:  College of the North Atlantic - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Project Status:  Awarded

Towards a Wearable and WBAN-based Health Monitoring and Automatic Diagnosis System for Low-cost Personal Healthcare in Qatar
ID : 1246
Number of shows: 56
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:46:05
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 292 - 2 - 113
Proposal Specialty:  2.06 Medical Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Eng Hock Francis Tay
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  National University of Singapore
Project Status:  Awarded

The peritoneal response to the sterile clinical dialysis solution
ID : 1245
Number of shows: 65
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:44:36
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 286 - 3 - 066
Proposal Specialty:  3.2 Clinical Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. El Rasheid Zakaria
Submitting Institution:  Hamad Medical Corporation
Collaborative Institutions:  Qatar University
Project Status:  Awarded

Resuscitation from trauma and hemorrhagic shock by direct intracellular energy delivery
ID : 1244
Number of shows: 59
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:42:48
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 284 - 3 - 065
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. El Rasheid Zakaria
Submitting Institution:  Hamad Medical Corporation
Collaborative Institutions:  Qatar University / VitaTech, LLC
Project Status:  Awarded

From Fareej to Metropolis: A Social Capital Survey of Qatar
ID : 1243
Number of shows: 81
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:40:44
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 276 - 5 - 045
Proposal Specialty:  5.6 Political Science
LPI Name:  Dr. Abdoulaye Diop
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Michigan
Project Status:  Awarded

Qatar Unified Imaging Project (QUIP)
ID : 1242
Number of shows: 74
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:39:00
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 265 - 5 - 043
Proposal Specialty:  5.8 Media and Communications
LPI Name:  Mrs. Tammi Moe
Submitting Institution:  Virginia Commonwealth U - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Bibliotheca Alexandrina / Qatar University / University of Exeter
Project Status:  Awarded

Factors Influence Breast Cancer Screening Practices Amongst Arabic Women Living in the State of Qatar
ID : 1241
Number of shows: 76
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:36:41
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 261 - 3 - 059
Proposal Specialty:  3.3 Health Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Tam Donnelly
Submitting Institution:  University of Calgary - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Al-AMAL CANCER CENTER / Hamad Medical Corporation / Primary Health Care
Project Status:  Awarded

From Fundamental Understanding to Predictive Design of Layered Nanomaterials
ID : 1240
Number of shows: 112
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:34:09
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 260 - 1 - 048
Proposal Specialty:  1.4 Chemical Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Peter Coveney
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  American University of Beirut / University College London
Project Status:  Awarded

Implementation of Inherent Safety in Design and Operation of Gas Processing Facilities
ID : 1239
Number of shows: 64
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:32:18
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 257 - 2 - 105
Proposal Specialty:  2.04 Chemical Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Faisal Khan
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Bologna
Project Status:  Awarded

Managing Private Data in The Cloud
ID : 1238
Number of shows: 82
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:30:37
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 256 - 1 - 046
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Christopher Clifton
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Purdue University
Project Status:  Awarded

Integrated Modeling and Optimization Approaches for Airport Terminal Area Management
ID : 1237
Number of shows: 69
Create date: 06/15/2010 13:29:03
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 253 - 2 - 103
Proposal Specialty:  2.11 Other Engineering and Technology
LPI Name:  Dr. Ahmed Ghoniem
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Old Dominion University / University of Massachusetts Amherst
Project Status:  Awarded

Enabling Cooperative Diversity Techniques for Underwater Acoustic Communications
ID : 1235
Number of shows: 68
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:45:18
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 242 - 2 - 099
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Murat Uysal
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Arizona State University / Concordia University / University of Waterloo
Project Status:  Awarded

Quasi-Z Source Inverter based Cascade Multilevel Photovoltaic Power Generation System
ID : 1234
Number of shows: 62
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:43:19
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 233 - 2 - 096
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Fang Peng
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Beijing Jiaotong University / Michigan State University / Texas A&M University - Qatar
Project Status:  Awarded

Research, Design and Implementation of the Physical Layer of the Long Term Evolution Mobile Station
ID : 1233
Number of shows: 179
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:41:21
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 231 - 2 - 095
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Essam Sourour
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Alexandria University / American University in Cairo
Project Status:  Awarded

Development of a method and device for the investigation of the internal structure of opaque objects
ID : 1232
Number of shows: 89
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:38:49
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 227 - 1 - 041
Proposal Specialty:  1.3 Physical Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Ilham Al-Qaradawi
Submitting Institution:  Sidra Academic Medical
Collaborative Institutions:  GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH / Qatar University
Project Status:  Awarded

Genetic determinants of type 2 diabetes
ID : 1231
Number of shows: 96
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:36:40
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 215 - 3 - 049
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. Pierre Zalloua
Submitting Institution:  Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs
Collaborative Institutions:  Lebanese American University
Project Status:  Awarded

DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED URINARY BLADDER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS
ID : 1230
Number of shows: 69
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:34:45
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 214 - 2 - 090
Proposal Specialty:  2.06 Medical Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. W. Jong Yoon
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Washington
Project Status:  Awarded

Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior of Welded Advanced High Strength Steels for Oil and Gas Transportation Pipelines
ID : 1229
Number of shows: 76
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:32:06
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 211 - 2 - 089
Proposal Specialty:  2.05 Materials Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Akram Alfantazi
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of British Columbia
Project Status:  Awarded

Optimized Energy Efficient Video Streaming Strategies for Wireless Networks with Cooperation among Mobile Devices
ID : 1228
Number of shows: 94
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:30:24
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 180 - 2 - 078
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Zaher Dawy
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  American University of Beirut / Lebanese American University
Project Status:  Awarded

Desert Truffle Mycorrhizae in Qatar: Development of a Sustainable Agro-Industry in a Changing Climate
ID : 1227
Number of shows: 71
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:17:34
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 175 - 1 - 030
Proposal Specialty:  1.6 Biological Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Asmaa Al-Qaradawi
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Helsinki University
Project Status:  Awarded

Detection and Reaction Dynamics of Intermediates in Ruthenium Catalyzed Processes
ID : 1226
Number of shows: 75
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:16:01
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 157 - 1 - 024
Proposal Specialty:  1.4 Chemical Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Ashfaq Bengali
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Texas A&M University
Project Status:  Awarded

A Distributed Reconfigurable Active-Storage Platform for Data-Intensive Applications
ID : 1225
Number of shows: 73
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:14:36
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 155 - 2 - 066
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Mazen Saghir
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  American University of Beirut
Project Status:  Awarded

Novel approaches for Structural Protection in oil, gas and petrochemical industry
ID : 1224
Number of shows: 115
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:13:08
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 145 - 2 - 061
Proposal Specialty:  2.03 Mechanical Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. ashkan vaziri
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Northeastern University
Project Status:  Awarded

Density functional approximations that accurately predict the activity and selectivity of heterogeneous catalysts
ID : 1223
Number of shows: 78
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:11:21
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 143 - 1 - 022
Proposal Specialty:  1.4 Chemical Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Edward Brothers
Submitting Institution:  Texas A&M University - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  Texas Christian University
Project Status:  Awarded

Integration of passive ventilation and novel cooling systems for reducing air conditioning loads in buildings
ID : 1222
Number of shows: 69
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:09:46
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 138 - 2 - 059
Proposal Specialty:  2.07 Environmental Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Saud Ghani
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Heriot-Watt University
Project Status:  Awarded

Nitrogen and carbon cycling in shallow water marine habitats
ID : 1221
Number of shows: 67
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:07:00
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 129 - 1 - 018
Proposal Specialty:  1.6 Biological Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Lewis Le Vay
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Bangor University
Project Status:  Awarded

Opportunistic Spectrum Utilization in Cognitive Radio: Towards the Communication Utopia
ID : 1220
Number of shows: 75
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:05:21
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 126 - 2 - 054
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Ali Ghrayeb
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Concordia University / Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Project Status:  Awarded

Rituals and Practices of Hospitality in Qatar
ID : 1219
Number of shows: 70
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:03:24
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 113 - 5 - 014
Proposal Specialty:  5.9 Other social sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Rana Sobh
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  York University
Project Status:  Awarded

An answer set programming approach for specification and verification of distributed authorizations in complex environments
ID : 1218
Number of shows: 82
Create date: 06/15/2010 12:00:08
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 079 - 1 - 013
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Khaled Khan
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Western Sydney
Project Status:  Awarded

Security Assurance for Service-Oriented Software Systems
ID : 1217
Number of shows: 91
Create date: 06/15/2010 11:58:13
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 069 - 1 - 009
Proposal Specialty:  1.2 Computer and Information Sciences
LPI Name:  Dr. Khaled Khan
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Swinburne University of Technology
Project Status:  Awarded

Baseband DSP for Dirty RF Front-Ends in 4G Systems : From Theory to Implementation
ID : 1216
Number of shows: 87
Create date: 06/15/2010 11:56:32
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 062 - 2 - 035
Proposal Specialty:  2.02 Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Naofal Al-Dhahir
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Texas at Dallas
Project Status:  Awarded

Towards a Tutorial Based System to Assist Qatari Children with Mild Intellectual and Learning Disabilities
ID : 1215
Number of shows: 81
Create date: 06/15/2010 11:54:26
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 052 - 5 - 003
Proposal Specialty:  5.3 Educational Sciences
LPI Name:  Prof. Jihad Mohamad ALJA'AM
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Ottawa
Project Status:  Awarded

Zinc-dependent regulation of the cell cycle regulator Cdc25 as a potential anti-cancer target
ID : 1214
Number of shows: 76
Create date: 06/15/2010 11:52:28
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 047 - 3 - 012
Proposal Specialty:  3.1 Basic Medicine
LPI Name:  Dr. Khaled Machaca
Submitting Institution:  Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar
Collaborative Institutions:  American University of Beirut / Weill Medical College - New York
Project Status:  Awarded

Arabic speech recognition and understanding: a hybrid approach
ID : 1212
Number of shows: 81
Create date: 06/15/2010 11:49:28
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 046 - 6 - 001
Proposal Specialty:  6.2 Languages and Literature
LPI Name:  Dr. Hanady Ahmed
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Manchester
Project Status:  Awarded

The Assessment of Novel Functional Risk Factors for the Predictor of Cardiovascular Event in Vulnerable Patients Following Acute Coronary Syndrome
ID : 1211
Number of shows: 68
Create date: 06/15/2010 11:46:40
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 045 - 3 - 011
Proposal Specialty:  3.2 Clinical Medicine
LPI Name:  Prof. Amir Lerman
Submitting Institution:  Hamad Medical Corporation
Collaborative Institutions:  Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Project Status:  Awarded

Safe Conversion of Natural Gas in Fluidized Bed Reactors
ID : 1210
Number of shows: 87
Create date: 06/15/2010 11:44:39
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 016 - 2 - 012
Proposal Specialty:  2.04 Chemical Engineering
LPI Name:  Dr. Abdulreda Alsaygh
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal / University of Tehran
Project Status:  Awarded

Characterization of Corrosion Resistance Material for Innovative Food Processing
ID : 1209
Number of shows: 86
Create date: 06/08/2010 08:35:25
Proposal No.:  NPRP 09 - 002 - 2 - 001
Proposal Specialty:  2.05 Materials Engineering
LPI Name:  Prof. Hussein Rahmatalla
Submitting Institution:  Qatar University
Collaborative Institutions:  University of Auckland
Project Status:  Awarded