AlMujalhem, Manayer
Assistant Professor
Employed at TAMUQ since 2024
- Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University
- M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
- MBA, Business Administration, Quantic School of Business and Technology
- B.S., Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Professional Expertise: undergraduate student/research mentorship, professional skills development, technical communication/presentation coaching, reservoir remediation/production support, industry project execution, operational decision-making, client-facing engineering, sustainability integration
Academic Interests: formation damage and mitigation, production enhancement and flow assurance, drilling fluid performance evaluation, experimental evaluation of petroleum fluids at HP/HT conditions
Courses Taught: Energy: Resources, Utilization, and Importance to Society, Ethics and Engineering, Transport Processes in Petroleum Production, Petroleum Engineering Thermodynamics, Petroleum Technical Presentation I, Petroleum Technical Presentation II, Junior Student Paper Contest, Senior Student Paper Contest
Bounds, Brittany
Instructional Associate Professor of History
Employed at TAMUQ since 2019
- Ph.D., U.S. History, Texas A&M University
- M.A., U.S. History (minor in European History), California State University, Northridge, Cum Laude
- B.A., History, University of California, Santa Barbara, Magna Cum Laude, Distinction in the Major
Professional Expertise: faculty leadership and shared governance, academic program and curriculum development, experiential and simulation-based learning, national security and military education, public speaking and executive presentation training, AI integration in higher education
Academic Interests: U.S. history, American studies, war and society, civil-military relations, diplomacy and strategy, political movements and dissent, debate and persuasion, public speaking, AI in the classroom
Courses Taught: U.S. History to 1877, U.S. History 1877–Present, American Military History, American Revolution, American Foundations, American Identity, American Systems and Institutions, American Studies for American Fellows, The Military Instrument and Statecraft, The Domestic Context and U.S. National Security Decision-Making
Mir, Nordine
Professor of Mathematics
Employed at TAMUQ since 2013
- Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Rouen, France
Professional Expertise: research in pure mathematics, university-level Mmathematics teaching, faculty and student mentoring, research supervision, professional service, community engagement, K–12 mathematics outreach
Academic Interests: complex analysis and geometry, partial differential equations, analytic and Cauchy-Riemann geometry
Undergraduate Courses Taught: Calculus I, Calculus II (Integration and Series), Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, 2D and 3D Geometry, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Reasoning, Elementary Differential Geometry, Differential Equations, Group Theory, Fouriers Series, Wavelets, Introduction To PDE • Graduate Courses Taught: Complex Analysis in One or Several Variables, Measure Theory, Distribution Theory, Sobolev Spaces, Ring and Field Theory, Differential Geometry
Salama, Ghada
Instructional Professor
Employed at TAMUQ since 2006
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Cairo University
Professional Expertise: curriculum development, ABET accreditation, educational assessment and evaluation, student mentoring, academic advising, experiential and active learning, research supervision, STEM outreach
Academic Interests: leadership in academic services and student affairs, academic advising and mentorship, curriculum development, teaching and learning, AI integration in education
Courses Taught: Fluid Mechanics, Material Science, Thermodynamics, Unit Operations Lab