Qatar Foundation
Hanan Farhat has over 30 years of materials and corrosion engineering experience. She is a Technical Manager - Asst Life Optimisation in Wood Qatar Office. Her previous post was a Senior Research Director, and the founding director of the Corrosion Center in Qatar. Her resume also includes technical service management, as well as RBI team lead, and senior inspection and materials engineering positions. She also held a faculty of engineering position and was a lead corrosion SME for Qatar Petroleum. She has a PhD and MSc Mechanical Engineering (Corrosion and Welding Metallurgy) from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and a bachelor’s degree in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering from Tripoli University, Libya. Dr. Farhat is a registered professional Canadian Engineer (Peng). She is currently acting as the chairperson of the Qatar Forum for Corrosion and Materials Engineering and the Qatar AMPP chapter and represents the State of Qatar in several standards organizations. She is also the founder and former Chairperson of the Qatar Women Engineers Association (QWEA). She also founded the MENA Women in Engineering and currently acting as the chairperson of the group. Dr. Farhat received several awards for her support to women engineers in Canada, Qatar, and MENA region.
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