April 17 – 21
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Professor Berumen on global coral bleaching
Professor Michael Berumen discusses recent bleaching events in the Great Barrier Reef and relates this phenomenon to the Red Sea. Click here to read more. Click here for more KAUST videos.
Mathematically computing an artist’s strokes
A graphics technique is the first to identify people based on their sketching style. A novel method can break down sketches into individual strokes and mathematically calculate the frequency of each kind of stroke to identify the sketch’s author. Called stroke authorship recognition (SAR), the technique could prove useful in detecting fraudulent artwork and in assessing the progress of artists-in-training. Click here to read more.
Feeding in the moonlight: Why some fish go deeper into the ocean to feed during fuller moons
Acoustic data from the Malaspina research expedition, which circumnavigated the earth’s oceans between December 2010 and July 2011, shows that a full moon causes fish to stay at deeper levels. Data analysed by KAUST doctoral student Perdana Prihartato showed that the effect was consistent around the globe despite changes in environmental conditions and varying types of species in different parts of each ocean. Click here to read more.
Success for Professor Farooq’s Group
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Aamir Farooq and his group who have had eight Research papers accepted for presentation and publication at the 36th International Symposium on Combustion 2016. Farooq is the Principal Investigator of the Chemical Kinetics and Laser Sensors Laboratory which focuses on the development and use of advanced experimental techniques to understand fundamental processes in traditional and renewable energy-conversion devices. Click here to read more.
The 2016 Arab Innovators Under 35
KAUST Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Osman M. Bakr and Ph.D. candidate Ahmed Alfadhel recognized among MIT Technology Review Arab Edition‘s 2016 Arab Innovators Under 35. The official announcement of the five winners took place at King Abdullah Economic City, on Thursday, April 14 during their one-day conference entitled “Time to Invest in Arab Youth and Their Innovations.” Click here to read more.
Sensing the pressure
Read about Dr. Niveen Khashab’s research on synthesizing silver microflakes for electronic applications such as pressure sensors. Khashab and her colleagues from the KAUST Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center have developed a chemical method for fabricating two-dimensional single-crystal silver microflakes on graphene oxide. Click here to read more.