Innovation

Educational Technology

A Trip to Innovation and Creativity Hub

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Maryam Gharib,

AUE, Dubai:

On Wednesday 11 of April, I and my classmates and teachers from communication skill course visited Dubai international government achievement exhibition for meeting people and see their projects and inventions.

The young man, that I have met at the first,  is ABDULLAH ALSHAMSHI. I talked to him because he attracted me when he was standing near his project that was a skeleton.

Then I asked him these questions:

Maryam: what’s your name and how old are you?

Abdullah: My name is Abdullah Alshamsi, I’m 11.

“I pointed my finger to the skeleton and I asked him what this is?”

“Abdullah is laughing and answering my question by these points”

Abdullah: He is mister Hub. I created him to help pilots to avoid birds that cause an accident.

It’s like a” bird scarecrow” but not for the land, but it’s for the sky.

Maryam:  What is the origin of this idea and why did you name it mister HUB?

Abdullah: My father is a flight engineer, and he is always talking to us about the problem and he shared ideas about planes, then I created this thing.

With regards to the name of mister HUB and if it is related to Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed “Fazaa”, Abdullah explains:

“He has a robot in his gym and his name Mister Hob and I chose to name it like him, but I changed one letter.”

Maryam: Last question, are you looking for something big in your future related to these things or it’s just like a school activity?

Abdullah: Inshallah I will work more in these things to develop our country and create intelligence things that get our country name high in the whole world.

Then I had a short interview with Nenad Banjanin who presented a new boat that the police use.

It’s called the Self-driving boat. Our conversation was about the boat and how it works. It will protect and deny access to maritime shipping in protected and restricted areas.

I asked Nenad about the challenges that might face.

He told me that nothing wrong is going with them, but they really care about not ignoring the control area when the boat is already in the water. That was the only the thing that they were afraid of.

 

Natural Sciences

CEDU Hosts The Unlimited Science Exhibition at AUE

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Dina Ahmed

AUE, Dubai:

The event commenced in the AUE auditorium, where we were honored by the presence and inspirational speeches of our AUE President Professor Muthanna, our Provost Prof. Abhilasha Singh, and our distinguished guests: Mr. Ravi Raman, the Vice President of Khaleej Times, and Mrs. Seta Tutundjian, the Director of partnerships and knowledge management of ICBA. Not only were we grateful and appreciative for gaining special advice and insights into their field of work, but especially for the opportunity to learn from such accomplished individuals within our community. Leading the exhibition, was an eye-opening and visually dynamic project titled ‘Environmental Sustainability and the Future’ presented by key speakers Abdullah and Faiq, among their fellow researchers; Khadidja, Edson, Olla and I.

“The core teachings of the faculty are based upon exploring and bridging the gap between theory and practice,” said Professor Muthanna, President, and CEO of the American University in the Emirates, while talking to media at First Science Exhibition, he adds on  ‘This is the fundamental principle behind the Unlimited Science Exhibition. It takes a semester-long planning for College of Education to organize this exhibition on 26th Nov 2017.

Finally, the highlight of the event was initiated by a ribbon cutting ceremony, that paved the way for student exhibitors to proudly showcased their unique projects. From creative models to exciting experiments, students confidently demonstrated the importance and their understanding of their chosen topic of interest. And most importantly, their semester’s worth of unyielding commitment, dedication, and hard work was evident throughout the exhibition.

This event proved to be a worthwhile learning experience that further refined student research, presentation, and management skills. It was also a wonderful opportunity for them to demonstrate AUE’s core values of ‘Innovation and creativity’, as well as ‘teamwork and partnership’. Ideally, such educational exhibitions are considered to be the perfect occasion that unifies students across various colleges and specializations, under one special concept that we constantly experience in our daily lives – science.