Assistant lecturer, Haider Maytham Jassim from the Department of Control and Systems Engineering, participated in Phi conference for scientific research and innovation, which was held in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Mr. Jassim was nominated by the University of Technology to participate with a group from the Ministry of Youth and Sports / Department of Scientific Welfare. Throughout the conference, Mr. Jassim attended a number of workshops and seminars regarding artificial intelligence, and he met many researchers from different Arabic and international universities. On the sidelines of the conference, the Minister of Youth and Sports and the Iraqi Ambassador in Amman met with the participating delegation where they discussed ways to promote Iraqi youth and raise their level of representation and active participation in international scientific forums.

  The Department of Control and Systems Engineering and in collaboration with the Quality Assurance and Academic Performance held a workshop about the national standards for institutional accreditation. The workshop took place in the conference room in the department on Thursday 5/9/2019 and was attended and sponsored by Prof. Dr. Emad Hussain Merza Al Husseini, the University president. The heads of the university departments and directors of the centers and councils also attended the workshop.

On Tuesday, the 3rd of September 2019, the second attempt examinations of undergraduate students commenced in the Control and Systems Engineering Department for the academic year 2018-2019. These examinations were under the direct supervision of the presidency of the department and members of the exam committee to provide the suitable atmosphere for students to perform the exams to the fullest. We wish our dear students all success and excellence.

The Control and Systems Engineering Department hosted Prof. Dr. Basil Al-Hadithi, who is an associated professor in "Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria y Diseno Industrial" at University Politecnica de Madrid-Spain. Prof. Dr. Basil gave a scientific seminar entitled "Estimation and Control of Nonlinear Systems Applying Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Model". This seminar was held in the conference hall of the department on Tuesday the 30th of July 2019. The seminar was attended by a group of lecturers and a number of graduate students, who enriched the scientific debate. It was also planned to make future cooperation with the professor in several aspects including teaching one of the subjects of graduate students, the joint supervision of their research, and the establishment of a workshop during the future hosting, in addition to his participation in the formation of future research groups with the academic staff of the department.

On the 26th of May 2019, (Sadiq Munir Najm) who is a student at the Control and Systems Engineering Department, the second stage of the Mechatronics Branch, attained a patent from the Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control for his project (The Invention of a Belt to Help the Blind to Walk), which is a belt for a new life. This device is used to assist the blind to detect obstacles and determine their direction using ultrasound and the generation of an alarm when approaching the obstacle by vibration from the same direction. The device is easy to use and light in weight. We wish the student all success in his studies and more scientific progress in the service of our university and our great country.