Texas A&M University at Qatar (Tamuq) has announced that Dr César O Malavé has taken his post as its new dean.
Dr Malavé was previously professor and head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University and holder of the Sugar and Mike Barnes Department Head Chair. He was named to his new post earlier this spring.  
“Texas A&M University at Qatar is educating the next generation of engineering leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs in Qatar and I am honoured to have been selected to serve in this capacity,” he said. “I look forward to the opportunity to work with the faculty and staff as they continue to educate world-class engineers and conduct relevant, impactful research that addresses Qatar’s Grand Challenges.”
Dr Malavé succeeds Dr Mark H Weichold, who stepped down as dean and CEO to become executive director of the Halliburton Global Engineering Programme in Texas A&M’s College of Engineering. Dr Ann L Kenimer has served as interim dean since Weichold’s term ended in December 2015.
As dean of Tamuq, Dr Malavé is responsible for administrating and managing the academic, research and outreach programmes of the branch campus, as well as for providing vision and direction for the engineering-oriented branch campus in Qatar.
 The branch campus offers Bachelor of Science degrees in petroleum engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, and a Master of Science and a Master of Engineering in chemical engineering.
Before his appointment as department head, he served in a variety of administrative positions in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M.