Project Tags: Arts and Sciences

Centrality Measures on Graphs

In studying networks (be they social networks, road networks, communication networks, etc.) one is often interested in measuring the relative importance of various nodes and arcs and identifying the most…

Countering Extremist Ideologies through Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Interventions: A Novel Approach

With the global threat of violent extremism on the rise, particularly in MENA countries, developing effective countermeasures has become imperative. Our team’s research (Adam-Troian & Bélanger, 2023) recently identified a…

Ideological Obsession, Exposure to Radical Content, and Support for Political Violence: A Longitudinal Study in a Non-Western Context,

Radicalization is defined as the process by which individuals adopt extremist views, including a belief in and commitment to engaging in violence to achieve political or religious goals (Kruglanski et…

Publishing Undergraduate Research: Multidisciplinary Audiences, Mentorship, and Inclusive Practice

This research project is focused on developing best practices for operating Majāl, a recently launched multidisciplinary undergraduate research journal at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. This proposal represents the first…

Teaching Grammar in the L2 Arabic Classroom: A Focus on Form Practice

The proposed book project is entitled: Teaching Grammar in the L2 Arabic Classroom: A Focus on Form Practice (under contract with Routledge). It is a needed resource that has been…

Geometric and qualitative analysis in free boundary problems

Several real-world problems across physics, industry, and biology involve partial differential equations that incorporate a priori unknown sets, termed ”free boundaries.” Such kind of problems (Free boundary problem ”FBP”) plays…

Scaffolding Analytical and Argumentative Writing in Higher Education: Developing Tools and Assessing Outcomes

The ability to analyze and argue effectively is crucial for students’ success in academia and their professional lives. Writing an effective argument involves analysis to put forth an explicit evaluation…

Pilot Corpus of Undergraduate Information Systems Writing in Qatar

The aim of this project is to build an electronic corpus of undergraduate academic written English in Qatar to: (1) track patterns of student academic writing development; (2) inform instructors…

Qatar Quantum Materials

The research we perform is at the frontiers of science, in discovering, testing, and characterizing materials with novel quantum properties using the most powerful techniques available. Our long-term vision, based…

Structural and Electronic Properties of Quantum Magnets

Materials with correlated electronic properties may lead to completely novel technologies. As the 20th century computer technology was based on semiconductors that can be tuned between an insulating and a…