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A team from the Control and Systems Engineering Department Wins the Explorer Robot Competition Held at the Iraqi Engineers Association
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A group of students from the Control and Systems Engineering Department participated in the explorer robot competition, which was held at the Iraqi Engineers Association under the supervision of Lect. Dr. Bashra Kadhim Oleiwi and Asst. Lect. Farah Flayyeh Hasan. This competition was held on Saturday, the 4th of May 2019, at the association headquarters, where several teams from different universities participated. In this regard, the robots of the Control and Systems Engineering Department received the satisfaction of the arbitration committee, which consisted of five members with different specialties, in addition to the praise of the attendees for the efforts made by the supervisors of the participating students. In particular, our department won the following places: The first place: Ali Hussain Rhaif / Forth Stage (Mechatronics Engineering). The second place: Mohammed Haidar Mohammed / Third Stage (Control Engineering). The third place: Hussein Qaisar / Third Stage (Mechatronics Engineering). We would like to express our gratitude and appreciation to the Head of the Iraqi Engineers Association, Mr. Faleh Kadhum Zayer, and the Head Assistant, Dr. Maher Yahya Salloum, for giving this opportunity to our youth to show their potentials and abilities, which serve the scientific process, praying to Allay for further progress in serving our beloved country. |
Sports Festival
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On Sunday, the 10th of March 2019, the Control and Systems Engineering Department held the first sports festival at the university stadium for the students and the academic staff members of the department. This festival was inaugurated by the President of the University, Prof. Dr. Amin Daway Thamir, the esteemed sponsor of the festival and in the presence and direct supervision of the head of the department Asst. Prof. Dr. Azad Raheem Kareem. This festival included various sports competitions in which four teams participated. These teams represent the first, second, third and fourth stages, in addition to the participation of the staff members and employees of the department. The festival objective, as mentioned by the head of the department prior to its launch, is to create relationships among the students, and moreover between the students and the department staff through their participation in collective activities, which in turn creates interaction and understanding based on respect between the academic staff and the student and among the students themselves. In this regard, the sports competitions were organized for topics specified by the department, such as team work, the creation of the leadership spirit of the students, entertainment, competition and diligence to win. Thanks to the university presidency and the department for supporting such important activities for the interest of the student, and we wish our students success and diligence in their study. |
An Honorary Ceremony
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Under the patronage of the Head of the Department, Asst. Prof. Dr. Azad Raheem Kareem, the Control and Systems Engineering Department held an honorary ceremony for Mrs. Najat Muhawesh Nasser for her retirement. This ceremony was held in the Conference Hall of the department on Thursday, the 2nd of May 2019. On this occasion, the Head of the Department, on behalf of the employees of the department, delivered a speech in which he praised the efforts of Mrs. Najat Muhawesh in serving the university and the department. This ceremony was attended by both scientific and the administrative assistants as well as a constellation of the academic staff members and employees of the department. The ceremony was held to acknowledge Mrs. Najat efforts and her distinguished role in serving the department. At the end of the ceremony, the department presented a shield to Mrs. Najat Muhawesh and wished her success, health, and happiness in her future life. |
A Humanitarian Visit for Children with Cancer
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As part of the humanitarian and social activities, our department organized a humanitarian visit for children with cancer in the "City of Medicine" hospital for the sixth consecutive year. This visit, which was made on Monday the 29th of April 2019, was under the direct supervision of the head of the department (Asst. Prof. Dr. Azad Raheem Kareem). The objective of this visit, which included students, employees, and academic staff of the department, was to present gifts and toys, live with children, plant the lost smile on their faces, and provide moral and psychological support to help them pass the most serious types of diseases that afflict human beings. The gifts were collected through the voluntary box, which was placed in the department. These gifts included toys, stationery, clothing and various gifts contributed by students, employees, and academic staff members in the department. During the visit, the students took a tour in the patients' rooms, where they shared conversation and toys with children and gave them gifts amidst an atmosphere of joy, trying to plant smile and hope for them. We wish the immediate recovery and the lasting happiness for all children of Iraq. |
A Student Festival and Competition Entitled "Your Project in Three Minutes
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For the first time at the level of the Iraqi universities, the Control and Systems Engineering Department at the University of Technology held a competition entitled "Your Project in Three Minutes" on Thursday the 25th of April 2019. The competition is a mini-festival, in which participants from the undergraduate study present their scientific projects within only three minutes. This competition is based on the encouragement of students by stimulating their ability to deliver and convey the scientific content of their graduation projects in short and in a simplified scientific language for the attendance of the general public. The objective of this competition is to achieve communication between the environments of the university and the outside community. We have transferred this experience, which is held every year in international universities, to our university in order to develop the educational process and raise its level. Under the support and supervision of the Head of the Department (Asst. Prof. Dr. Azad Raheem Kareem), the first version of this competition was held this year by the Cultural and Scientific Committee and we seek, with the help of Allah, to make this competition an annual festival, in which students from various scientific departments of the university compete. |
A Training Course Entitled "Academic Presentations"
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On Sunday, the 21st of April 2019, the Control and Systems Engineering Department held a three-day training course entitled "Academic Presentations" to improve the presentation skills of the academic staff and the postgraduate students in the department. This training course, which was given for two hours per day in the Discussion Hall number (9), included the following topics: 1- The first day was dedicated to giving a general introduction to academic presentations, as follows: - Common mistakes in preparing the academic presentations that occur due to the presenter performance or due to the design of the presentation slides in the "PowerPoint" software. - Demonstrating good and bad presentation examples and discussing all the mistakes and how to avoid them 2- The second day included providing a typical structure for academic presentations that could be utilized before making the presentation. 3- The third day was devoted to evaluate the participants using an illustrative example utilizing the two points mentioned above. The objective of this training course was to develop the skills of the academic staff and the postgraduate students in writing and presenting their research presentation. In this course, the lectures were delivered by Lect. Dr. Ali Majeed Mahmood and Lect. Dr. Waleed Fawwaz Shareef. |
Honoring the Department on the University Day for Excellence in Laboratory Quality According to National Standards
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The Control and Systems Engineering Department participated in the central celebration of the University of Technology day, which was organized on the17th of April 2019. In this event, the department received the honor of the university for its excellence in the quality of laboratories according to the national standards set by the ministry. The head of the department (Asst. Prof. Dr. Azad Raheem Kareem) delivered a speech in which he expressed the delight of the department staff both for the university day and for the honoring that was obtained as a result of the efforts exerted over the past year. Moreover, the head of the department stressed that the department is going on to fulfill its commitments in serving the university and the country and in responding to the needs of the society, and will contribute effectively in accomplishing the government programs of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. On the sidelines of the celebration, an exhibition was held for the scientific outcomes, which were achieved during the academic year 2018-2019. Congratulations to the university and to the department on this magnificent day. |
A Training Course Entitled "Practical Aspects of the Arduino Microcontroller for Electronic Applications"
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On Monday, the 8th of April 2019, the Control and Systems Engineering Department held a one-week training course, which is entitled "Practical Aspects of the Arduino Microcontroller for Electronic Applications", to improve the performance of the staff and students of the department. This course, which was organized in the Electronic Laboratory for two hours a day, included the following topics: 1- A brief introduction to microcontrollers 2- An introduction to Arduino microcontrollers 3- How to download and install the Arduino software 4- Programming the Arduino microcontroller 5- The basic electronic components to achieve the interface with simple examples. The course objectives were to introduce fundamentals of Arduino in both theoretical and practical aspects, improve the skills of engineers in terms of programming and implementing practical applications for Arduino, and identify the problems that appear during the design and implementation of Arduino and how to solve these problems. In this course, the lectures were delivered by Lect. Dr. Ahmed Alaa Oglah, Lect. Dr. Ali Majeed Mahmood, and Lect. Dr. Ahmed Raoof Nasser. |
A Seminar Entitled "Today's Students are the Future Leaders"
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On Thursday, the 11th of April 2019, the Control and Systems Engineering Department held its student seminar entitled "Today's Students are the Future Leaders", which was conducted based on a collaboration with the "Iraqi Engineers Association" under the slogan of "young people equip themselves with knowledge to build their country". The seminar proceedings began with a beautiful recitation of Quran followed by reading "Surat Al-Fatiha" dedicated to the souls of the Iraqi martyrs. After that, Mr. Falih Kadhum, the head of the Iraqi Engineers Association, delivered his inaugural speech emphasizing on the necessity for the engineer to take his role in serving the country. Then, a group of students from our department for the third and fourth stages presented lectures on various scientific subjects. The students of the fourth stage, which is the 44th batch, handed over a gratitude and appreciation shield to the head of the Control and Systems Engineering Department (Asst. Prof. Dr. Azad Raheem Kareem) to express their appreciation for him and for the academic and technical staff in the department. In this event, a poetry competition was made by the students on this seminar, which was concluded by praise given by the head of the Iraqi Engineers Association for the great efforts exerted by the department and the students to make this scientific event a success. In the end, the participants invocated Allah (s.w.t) for more giving to serve our beloved country. |
A Voluntary Campaign Entitled "My Bag is More Beautiful"
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In response to the campaign launched by the Department of Student Activities at the University of Technology, the Voluntary Work Committee in the Control and Systems Engineering Department with a constellation of the department students organized a campaign entitled "My Bag is More Beautiful" on Thursday, the 11th April 2019, under the direct supervision of the head of the department. In this campaign, many school bags, with various types of stationery, were prepared and distributed to orphans and needy children in one of the primary schools within the framework of social solidarity and attention to an important segment of orphan children who are in a severe need for our care and attention. |
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Graduate Students of the Control and Systems Engineering Department in a Scientific Visit to the General Company for Systems
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On Thursday, the 11th of April 2019, the Control and Systems Engineering Department organized a graduate-student scientific visit to the General Company for Systems, which is one of the formations of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals. Under the supervision of Lect. Dr. Ahmed Mudheher Hasan and Lect. Dr. Zainab Sabah Mohammed Amean, 15 students participated in this visit, which included the delivery of three comprehensive and valuable theoretical lectures on the programmable logic controllers. In addition, a practical explanation of the devices and tools used for practical applications was given. In this context, the director of laboratories in the company welcomed this mutual cooperation and expressed his happiness to provide everything possible to promote the practical reality of students. In the end, the visit supervisors expressed their gratitude and appreciation to the laboratories management and all the employees in the company for their efforts to provide all the needs and to facilitate the success of this visit. |
Attaining a Master Degree (Diyar Jalal Naji)
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On Thursday, the 28th of March 2019, the Control and Systems Engineering Department awarded the Master Degree (in Mechatronics Engineering) to the student (Diyar Jalal Naji) after discussing her thesis entitled "Optimization of Sustainable Smart Health Care System". The student discussion was made in the discussion room (number 9). In this regard, the discussion committee consisted of the following members: 1- Asst. Prof. Dr. Azad Raheem Kareem (chairman). 2- Asst. Prof. Dr. Wajdy Sadiq Abood (member). 3- Lect. Dr. Luma Issa Abdul-Kreem (member). 4- Asst. Prof. Dr. Safanah Mudheher Raafat (member and supervisor). The health care system has gained an increasing attention due to the expected increase in the population of communities and the need to immediate intervention to treat some critical medical cases. In this research, the data, which are acquired from health care sensors, are used in a clear functional simulation model called inference quality (QoINF). The objective is to find the best set of sensors with high accuracy and less cost. The consensus algorithm was applied using a network of sensors to reduce the energy needed to initiate a network of wireless health care system, which led to improving the sustainability of the health care system. The assistant head of the department for scientific affairs and postgraduate studies (Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohammed Yousif Hassan) attended the discussion. On this occasion, we congratulate the student (Diyar Jalal Naji) and wish her success. |
A visit to the Association of Cooperation Charity by the Students of the Control and Systems Engineering Department
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In conjunction with the International Day of the Orphan and based on a sense of responsibility towards an important segment of our dear society, the orphan children, a number of the department employees along with a group of students organized a visit to the Association of Cooperation Charity for Orphans, Al-Etefiyah Branch. Under the guidance of the head of the Control and Systems Engineering Department, the visit was made on Thursday the 4th of April 2019. In this visit, gifts, which are school bags equipped with a set of stationery, were presented in order to bring joy and pleasure to the orphan children in an attempt to integrate them with various segments of the society and to convey an important message that the academic staff and the employees of the department encourage and support the orphan children to continue their career in serving the country. |
A Training Course Entitled (Simulation in the MATLAB Program)
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On Monday the 25th of March 2019, the Control and Systems Engineering Department held a three-day training course entitled (Simulation in the Matlab program). This course, which was held at the Control Laboratory for two hours per day, included an extensive explanation of the simulation in MATLAB and its various applications with the utilization, implementation, and result extraction of scientific examples. The course was under the supervision of Lect. Laith Khames and Lect. Bashar Fateh. A number of academic staff members and engineers attended this course. |
