A doctorate dissertation entitled” Preparation and characterization of antifouling coating and study of its applications in the marine environment” was discussed by the researcher Nariman Al Dawood at the Faculty of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, under the supervision of Prof. Yousef Jawhar and Prof. Yaman Al Atassi. The judging panel comprised the following professors: Prof. Yousef Jawhar, Prof. MowaffakTalawi, Prof. Hassan Wassouf , Prof. Salman Nasr, and Prof. Fidaa Risha. At the end of the discussion, the researcher Nariman Al Dawood was awarded a doctorate degree in chemical engineering with distinction.