Associate Professor Aamir Farooq receives this years' Distinguished Teaching Award at the KAUST Faculty Recognition Dinner on Wednesday 8th May 2019.

Prof. Aamir Farooq is a member of the Mechanical Engineering program and the Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC) in the University's Physical Science and Engineering division. He joined KAUST in 2010 as an assistant professor and was promoted to the rank of associate professor in 2016.

As principal investigator of the KAUST Chemical Kinetics and Laser Sensors Laboratory, Prof. Farooq studies the chemistry of future fuels and develops novel optical sensors. His group conducts experiments on chemical kinetics by using shock tubes, rapid compression machines, and optical diagnostics. Group members also employ advanced spectroscopic strategies to design sensors based on mid-infrared quantum-cascade lasers for chemical, biomedical and environment-monitoring applications.