On Sunday, 25/7/2021, the undergraduate students of the Department of Materials Engineering at the University of Technology started the final attendance and electronic exams for the second semester for the academic year 2020-2021. The exams were followed-up by the President of the University, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Al-Ghabban, the head of the department, Assist. Prof. Dr. Hussein Alaa Jaber and the scientific assistant Dr. Muhannad Najah. Precautionary measures have been applied in the attendance exams, such as social distancing, wearing masks, and checking the temperature.

The Department of Materials Engineering / University of Technology held a workshop entitled (Body patterns and blood types and their relationship to personality traits) On Sunday, 4/7/2021, at 10 am, in the discussion room in Building C.

The workshop was attended by the Head of the Materials Engineering Department, Assist. Prof. Dr. Hussein Alaa Jaber and the rapporteur of the department, Lec. Dr. Heba Anwar Abdullah.

The lectures of the workshop were delivered by Prof.Dr. Agharid Salem Abdel Reda/ Al-Mustansiriya University/ College of Science and  Assist.  Prof. Dr. Lama Akram Gallo/ University of Technology /Department of Materials Engineering.

The Assist.Prof. Dr. Lama Akram discussed the body patterns and their classifications and how to estimate the body pattern. She also discussed the classification and types of blood. As for Prof. Dr. Agharid Salem discussed the relationship of body patterns and blood types to personality traits. At the end of the workshop, the head of the department presented the certificates of appreciation to the two lecturers.

The teaching staff, Assist.Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Hussein Al-Zuhairi / the Department of Materials Engineering/University of Technology participated in the scientific symposium entitled “Application of the Concept of Sustainability in Chemical Engineering” held by the College of Chemical Engineering/College of Engineering/University of Al-Qadisiyah on Tuesday, 06/29/2021, at 10 am, at the Great Ceremonial Hall. The seminar was attended by the President of Al-Qadisiyah University, Prof. Dr.Kazem Jabor Al-Jubouri, and the Dean of the Engineering College, Assist.Prof. Dr. Jalal Naqi Shaker. The seminar included three axes:

_ Analysis of plastic waste problems / lecturer Prof. Dr. Amer Daham Zamat.

_ The most important engineering applications for the investment and management of plastic waste / lecturer Assist. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Hussein Al-Zuhairi.

_ Chemical processes for recycling / lecturer. Asist. Prof. Dr. Abbas Khalaf Muhammad.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Hussein Al-Zuhairi analyzed the problems of plastic waste and the most important engineering applications for the investment and management of plastic waste.

At the end of the seminar, the President of the University presented the shield of creativity and excellence to the lecturers and expressed his thanks and appreciation for the distinguished lectures they presented.

The Department of Materials Engineering / University of Technology, in cooperation with the Baghdad Women’s Association and the Baghdad Debating Club, held a debate entitled (University uniform is indispensable).

That was on Wednesday, 30/6/ 2021 at eleven in the morning in the discussion room in the Civil Engineering Department. The debate was held in the presence of the Head of the Materials Engineering Department, Assist. Prof. Dr. Hussein Alaa Jaber and the scientific assistant Lec. Dr. Muhannad Najah. Where the side of the debate opinion was represented by the teaching staff in the Department of Materials Engineering Assist. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Osama Abbas, as for the opposition side, it was represented by the Fourth Stage student, Sarah Jalil Khaseef, Department of Materials Engineering/Branch of Polymeric and Petrochemical Materials.

The side that supports the view that the university uniform cannot be dispensed with has shown that wearing the university uniform has advantages, including: decent appearance, a sense of university affiliation, respect for self and others, achieving equality among students in terms of appearance, and maintaining the sanctity of the campus. Among the disadvantages of not wearing the university uniform: the university environment turns into a theater for fashion shows, embarrassment of students who are not well off, preoccupation with students’ ideas of showing off through acquisition and diversity in models, and the students’ thinking is dispersed, and finally in terms of security, it is difficult for security to identify strangers if the university uniform is not worn.

As for the side opposing wearing the university uniform, the student showed that a person does not determine his value and identity as a specific piece of clothing in a certain color, and that changing colors for the student makes him happy and improves his psychology and thus attends lectures while he has a thought that is ready and receptive to various information, and finally that the diversity of clothes makes the student open to others no matter what are their religions or sects.

At the end of the debate, the Head of the Materials Engineering Department, Assist. Prof. Dr. Hussein Alaa Jaber distributes certificates of appreciation to each of Miss Batoul Hussein Ali (Project Manager of Mahalla 21 / Baghdad Women's Association), Mr. Muhammad Abdul Rahim Ahmed ( Director of Baghdad Debating Club), Assist. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Osama and the student Sarah Jalil.

The Department of Materials Engineering / University of Technology has started an overall cleaning and fogging campaign for all department facilities to prepare for the final exams in the academic year of 2020-2021.

   On Saturday, 24/07/2021, the Department of Materials Engineering / University of Technology started an overall cleaning and fogging campaign that included classrooms, corridors, squares, and all department facilities. The cleaning and fogging campaign were carried out with the participation of a number of faculty staff under the direct supervision of the Head of the Department, Dr. Hussein Alaa Jaber, with the scientific and administrative assistant, Dr. Muhannad Najah Jawad, and Dr. Laith Waddah Ismail. We were honored by the presence and follow-up of the President of the University, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Al-Ghabban, and the assistant president of the university for scientific affairs, Prof. Dr. Haider Abd Dahd, and they commended the efforts made for this campaign, and their directives to be fully prepared to provide all the requirements of the health aspect of providing sterilizers, masks, and drinking water, and to create the appropriate atmosphere for the performance of the final exams for our students, which will start tomorrow, Sunday, 25-07-2021.. We ask Allah to grant success and safety to all.