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.