More than 30 students from five schools participated in the three-day Engineering Explorers academic enrichment programme at Texas A&M University at Qatar (Tamuq) recently.
Engineering Explorers is an initiative of the Dhia: Engineering Leaders partnership between Tamuq and Maersk Oil Qatar (MOQ).
The programme caters to Qatari students in grades 7, 8 and 9 to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering and math, also known as STEM disciplines.
Dr Mark Weichold, dean and CEO of Texas A&M at Qatar, said: “These young students are part of Qatar’s future generation of engineering leaders. We are excited to engage them to demonstrate how important engineering and science are for Qatar’s future.”
Sheikh Faisal al-Thani, deputy managing director of MOQ, said Dhia programmes such as Engineering Explorers reflected the company’s commitment to developing a high-quality workforce to build Qatar’s knowledge-based economy.
“At Maersk Oil Qatar, we are ambitious and committed to Qatar for generations to come,” he said. “Engineering Explorers and other programmes within Dhia are leading the way in Qatar in making science and engineering learning fun.”
Patricia Burnham, Qatar Petroleum (QP) schools and community counsellor, said students who attended Engineering Explorers from QP’s Duhkan English School were impressed by the opportunity to work on an engineering challenge in a university.
Prizes were presented to a team from Khalid bin Ahmad Preparatory Independent School for Boys for winning the robotics race, while a team from Khalid Bin Al-Waleed Preparatory Independent School for Boys won prizes for best project teamwork.

Some of the participants with officials.