Dr Khalid A. Qaraqe (S'00 ) , Dr Qaraqe received the B.S. degree in EE from the University of Technology, Bagdad, Iraq in 1986, with honors. He received the M.S. degree in EE from the University of Jordan, Jordan, Amman, Jordan, in 1989, and he earned his Ph.D. degree in EE from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, in 1997. From 1989 to 2004 Dr Qaraqe has held a variety positions in many companies and he has over 15 years of experience in the telecommunication industry. Dr Qaraqe has experience in product development, design, deployments, testing and integration.  Dr Qaraqe joined the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Texas A&M University at Qatar, in July 2004, where he is now a professor.

Dr. Qaraqe’s has been awarded 15 research projects consisting of more than $ 11.M from local industries in Qatar and QNRF.

He has published more than 100 journal papers in top IEEE journals, and published and presented 200 papers at prestigious international conferences. He has 13 book chapters, two books, 4 patents, and presented several tutorials and talks.

Dr. Qaraqe’s received the Itochu Professorship award, 2013, best researcher award, QNRF 2013, best paper award, IEEE workshop On Smart Grid And Renewable Energy, 2015. Best paper award, IEEE Globecom 2014, best poster Award IEEE Dyspan Conference, Oct. 2012, TAMUQ Research Excellence award in April of 2010, best paper Award, ComNet, 2010, best paper award, CROWNCOM, 2009, best paper award, ICSPC'0, 2007.