Jewell chairs committee in Quatar

Thomas K. Jewell, the Carl B. Jansen Professor of Engineering, has been appointed chair of the Civil Engineering Advisory Committee for the University of Qatar.

He will lead a four-person team, including Mohammad Mafi, associate professor of engineering, and former adjunct professors Keith Lashway and Dennis O'Malley in Qatar this month. The committee will make recommendations to develop a strategic plan and an implementation plan to reform the university's civil engineering department into a world-class program and a leading department in the region.