The Department of Engineering of Production and Minerals at the University of Technology held a scientific symposium titled (Central Symposium for the Development of Laboratory Testing Devices and its role in raising standards of quality and laboratory accreditation) on Sunday 7/1/2018.

The President of the University, Prof. Amin Douai Thamer, said: "The development of measuring, measuring and standards in all mechanical, chemical, electrical and magnetic fields and other fields has a role in supplying indicators and standards of quality and laboratory accreditation. In addition to what was started by the Department of Production Engineering and Minerals in achieving the goals of the productive university and to achieve its objectives by studying the importance of laboratories and the development of its equipment.

The head of the department, Assist.Prof.  Ali Abar Khalif, said that the symposium aims to raise the performance of scientific laboratories through the application of quality standards correctly, as well as work to identify the correct bases to achieve the best success of laboratory work, and commended the continued support of the President of the University to establish specialized seminars for quality, In the Department of Production and Mineral  Engineering.

The symposium included two sessions headed by Assist.Prof. Mohammed Jassim Kazem, Manager  of the Center for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Research at the University, and Assist.Prof. Adnan Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Tardisi, Department of Production and Mineral  Engineering, as its. The first four lectures were on: Implementation of ISO 17025: 2005in calibration and listing The lecture was delivered by Assist.Prof. Kifaya Abboud Mohammed Al-Saffar from the University Degla College and the second lecture on (the strategic dimensions of the development of laboratory testing devices and its role in raising standards of quality and laboratory accreditation). Abdul Khalek Fawzi manager of Quality Assurance and University Performance Division From the department of production and mineral  engineering at the university and the third on (the importance of standard working procedures SOPs in GLP laboratories) delivered by Assist.Prof.  Jamil Mousa Dhabab of Mustansiriya University College of Science and the fourth and last of (advanced scientific laboratories and leadership and its importance in the quality of engineering education in oil and gas specialties) Dr. Khalid Ajami Sugar Scientific Assistant to the head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Technology.

The second session was chaired by Assist.Prof. Abdul Khaleq Fawzi and Lect. Muhannad Mohammed. The course included six lectures on "The Role of Laboratory Tests in the Execution of Urban Projects" by Dr. Hassanein Mohammed Hussein, Manager of the Scientific and Engineering Consultancy Office at the University of Technology and the second Assist.Prof.  Saleh Abdel-Reda Al-Bakri, Head of Environmental Techniques Department, Environmental Research Center, University of Technology, and Third of Development of Microscopes, by Assist.Prof.  Aseel Basem Abdul Hussain, Engineering Department, Materials at the Technological University and the fourth on the importance of m The meeting was conducted by Dr. Ahmed Adnan Abdul-Jabbar, Manager  of Quality Assurance and University Performance at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Technology and the fifth (by Thomson Reuter, Center for Quality Assurance and University Performance in the Department of Communication Engineering Assist.Prof.  Sana Abdelhadi Hafez, Chairman of the Laboratory Accreditation Committee at the Center for Energy Technology and Technology Renewable energies / University of Technology.