The new King Abdullah University of Science & Technology has formed its first international collaborative research program with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The areas of joint research, Arab News reports, will be on coral reefs, coastal hydrography, and fisheries and aquaculture. The hydrographic study will be the first to thoroughly map the topology of what lies below the Red Sea.
Woods Hole to Be KAUST’s First Research Partner
Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab NewsRIYADH, 15 August 2007 — The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) announced yesterday that Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in the United States would be its first partner in its global collaborative research program. A delegation from WHOI arrived in Saudi Arabia recently to view the KAUST site and conclude the initial memorandum of understanding that was signed in April 2007.
“We treasure our relationship with Woods Hole not only because it is our first formal collaboration with a world-class research institution, but also because it will yield new discoveries from the Red Sea and enrich the minds of future scientists from around the world. KAUST will contribute to global scientific and technological advancement by bringing the world to the Kingdom and vice versa,†said Nadhmi Al-Nasr, interim president of KAUST.
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August:15:2007 - 08:31
We are expecting the best from this coming great World-Class university .