Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University

Tagged Topics

International Forum

; 2005; Jamieson et al., 2009; Mena et al., 2012; Hundley et al., 2012;Knight, 2012; Spinks et al., 2006; Bourn and Neal, 2008). In the Middle East, the GCC, andQatar an investigation similarly has not been conducted, hence this study sheds an importantperspectives bridging an empirical gap in the literature and contributing to better design offuture engineering education in Qatar.There are four main dimensions that are driving Qatar’s economy into a KBE: 1- QatarNational Vision 2030, 2- World Cup 2022 and the associated mega projects, 3- Instability ofOil and Gas prices, and 4- Regional growth and competition for skills, products, andinvestments in the GCC region mainly led by UAE and Saudi Arabia.Qatar is increasingly investing in knowledge