Civil Engineering Department in cooperation with the Center for Environmental Research at the University of Technology held a specialized technical meeting to discuss the importance and measurement of the response and the benefit of the implementation of the research project (The environmental impacts of the phenomenon of desertification and drought, natural disasters and wars and their impact on the environmental and social reality and different sectors of work in Iraq). The meeting started with a speech by Prof.Dr.Amin Dawei Thamer, President of the University of Technology welcomed the attendees and urged them to communicate well and continuously with the University to reach the most appropriate and best conclusions and through openness and cooperation with the University of Sussex.Followed by the word of Asst.Prof.Dr.Hassan Hamoudi, in which he stressed the capabilities of the department and its engineering staff  in achieving the project on a global level through cooperation with the British University.33 experts and specialists from various attended the meeting and representatives of the University of Sussex Dr. Jath Wand and Dr. Hussein Al-Tamimi, who participated via satellite from the British University. The participants discussed scientific cooperation between our University and the University of Sussex through the adoption of a project(Environmental impacts of desertification, drought, disasters and wars and their impacts using geomatics).A full review of the project submitted by the University of Technology and a statement of importance of scientific and applied in Iraq.After that, the participants started a scientific discussion and the representative of the University of Sussex, achieving positive results by providing scientific assistance by the executive ministries of this project and employing postgraduate students to complete their research within the directives of this project.

Prof.Dr.Amin Dawei, President of the University of Technology, honored and appreciated the post graduated student (Nagham Gazi)  from  the Production and Metals Engineering Department and her supervisor Asst.Prof.Dr. Shukri Hammed for completing the MSC requirements before the dead line and he said (due to the efforts exerted by you in supervising postgraduate students that have resulted in the efforts of the students and their perseverance in completing the requirements of the study before the dead line, we are pleased to offer you thanks and appreciation to improve the high studies and to ensure the scientific situation in the university to serve our beloved Iraq and God the conciliator).

Prof.Dr.Jaffar Maatouq, Director of Laboratories at Department of Civil Engineering, received an appreciation certificate from the International Journal of the Institute of Engineering / Taylor University, Malaysia for his great role and scientific efforts as a global assessment in the magazine.

Electromechanical Engineering Department at the University of Technology held a workshop on how to fill in the updated performance evaluation forms 2017-2018 with the participation of representatives of the university performance committees in the fields of Electromechanical Systems Engineering, Energy Engineering, Renewable Energies and Navigation Engineering.

The lecture was presented by the director of the Quality Assurance and University Performance Department, Lect.Dr. Mohammed Jawad Mohammed and Asst.Lect. Hussein Mohammed Abdul Hussein.

The workshop included a list of the updated forms and the details of their filling by the committees of the three branches in addition to some updated instructions such as the adoption of accepted research papers instead of the published researches in the evaluation year and how to calculate the flexible strengths of the staff.

Prof.Dr.Ameen Dawei, president of University of Technology, honored number of postgraduated students an their supervisors from optical electronics and laser engineering department for completing the MSC requirements before the dead line and he said (due to the efforts exerted by you in supervising postgraduate students that have resulted in the efforts of the students and their perseverance in completing the requirements of the study before the dead line, we are pleased to offer you thanks and appreciation to improve the high studies and to ensure the scientific situation in the university to serve our beloved Iraq and God the conciliator).