28 AUS students win research awards

Twenty-eight students were honoured for their research projects at a special ceremony held at American University of Sharjah (AUS) on Wednesday.

The prestigious Student Research Awards Competition is an annual activity organised by the AUS Office of Research to support and promote research, scholarships and creative activity among students.

In his opening remarks, Dr. Thomas Hochstettler, AUS Provost, congratulated the winning students and their advisors for their work, time and effort. "AUS has been educating people from its earliest days, turning people into leaders and discoverers. Tonight we celebrate the achievements of these young men and women who have reached extraordinary feats of individuality and achievement," he said.

Speaking about the university’s vision, Dr. Hochstettler also addressed the importance of both institutional teaching and research. "There are those who believe that as research is becoming a new focus, we miss out on teaching. However, I think that tonight we see the importance of both," he added.

Winners of the BP Excellence Awards each received a Sony laptop and a certificate while the winners of the Sharjah Islamic Bank Awards received cash prizes totaling Dhs30,000.

The AUS Student Research Awards recognized the achievements of student researchers from the university’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), College of Engineering (CEN), College of Art, Architecture and Design (CAAD), and the School of Business and Management (SBM). Held annually, the event is one of the most prestigious events at the university and was sponsored by British Petroleum (BP) and Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB). All submitted proposals go through a two-tier evaluation process. The first tier is a review process on the academic unit level. Proposals nominated by different academic units go through the second tier, in which a university review panel of faculty members from the different schools and colleges review the nominated proposals and select the winners.

The winners of the awards are as follows:

BP Sharjah Awards:

The Innovative Award | Prize

Roudha Abdulla Al Awadhi

Wind Weave Tower

Advisor: Ms. Ginger Krieg Dosier

College of Art, Architecture and Design

 

The Green Award | Prize

Jenny Carita Haverila

Fecal Contamination of Groundwater and Surface Water in the Al Wasit Nature Reserve, Sharjah, U.A.E.

Advisor: Dr. Sandra Knuteson

College of Arts and Sciences

 

The Performance Award | Prize

Mohammed Taleb Ameri, Mohamed Sherif Ghonima, Mohammad Usman Rana, Amir Ardalan Ahmadi, Ahmed Ali Al Zaabi

Solar Thermal Power Plant

Advisors: Dr. Mohamed Gadalla, Dr. Ibrahim Dincer

College of Engineering

 

The Progressive Award | Prize

Husam Abdulkarim Lutfi

How Responsive are Foreign Resources to Remittance: The case of the MENA

Advisor: Dr. Andy Barnett, Dr. George Naufal

School of Business and Management

 

The Innovative Award | Honorable Mention

Abir Fawaz

Form to Function: Pattern Design and its inherent capability of becoming a way finding system

Advisor: Mr. Paul Bantey

College of Art, Architecture and Design

 

The Green Award | Honorable Mention

Maham Khalil

The Photodecomposition of Naptalam in the Presence of Various Catalytic Systems

Advisors: Dr. Sofian Kanan, Dr. Imad Abu-Yousef

College of Arts and Sciences

 

The Progressive Award | Honorable Mention

Hiba Nasim Syed, Huma Nasim Syed

Troubles at Toyota

Advisor: Dr. Abdelkader Daghfous

School of Business and Management

 

SIB Awards:

 

First Place

Vidya Diwakar

Development Studies: Towards empowering women in the emerging economies of India and the UAE

Advisor: Dr. Karen Young

College of Arts and Sciences

 

Second Place

Bashar Saffarini, Abdulrahman Atif, Mohammad Abu Fara, Waleed Nawaz

Design of Multi-Story Office Building Utilizing R/C Special Moment Resisting Frame

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad AlHamaydeh

College of Engineering

 

Third Place

Rida Mourtada, Mohammed Hirzalla, Ahmad Nimer

Partial Discharge Detection and Location in Transformers using RF Antennas

Advisors: Dr. Ayman El-Hag, Dr. Naser Qaddoumi

College of Engineering

 

Fourth Place

Shamma Mohammed Al Falasi

Form Through Typography

Advisor: Mr. Paul Bantey

College of Art, Architecture and Design

 

Honorable Mention

Hichem Z. Aichour, Ahmad M. Seet, Mustafa M. Serwan, Mishal A. Al-Sagabi

Autonomous Tracking and Detection System

Advisors: Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ali, Dr. Rached Dhaouadi

College of Engineering

 

Honorable Mention

Aezad Muzaffar Alam

Su_Per_form: A Project on the coastal mountains of Oman

Advisor: Mr. George Katodrytis

College of Art, Architecture and Design

 

Honorable Mention

Sarah J. Al Khawaja

Bachelor Housing Units

Advisor: Mr. Kevin Sweet

College of Art, Architecture and Design

 

Honorable Mention

Ali Aminu Monguno

Beyond the façade: England

Advisor: Mr. M. Hammed Balila

School of Architecture and Design

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