The Department of Materials Engineering held a scientific awareness symposium within the activities of the tenth cultural season, entitled "Reducing the phenomenon of drug abuse among youth", on Sunday, 5/7/2023 at 10:30 am in the Seminars and Conferences Hall in the Department of Civil Engineering and in the presence of the Head of the Department of Materials Engineering Asst.Prof.Dr. The respected Hussein Alaa Jaber and the scientific assistant, Prof. Dr. Therespected Jawad Kazem Aliwi,   the symposium was  lectured by Dr. Karrar Nazim Jawad and Engineer Jassim Yassin Taher

They discussed the types of drugs and the most dangerous ones, and the importance of educating male and female students on the importance of taking caution. At the end of the symposium, the head of the department thanked the lecturers for the valuable lecture.