Oman (Sohar University) Sohar University participates in Oman Science Festival

Sohar University students participated in the activities of the Oman Science Festival in its third edition for the period 10-15 October 2022, at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center, which was held under the patronage of His Excellency Eng. Saeed bin Hamoud Al Maawali, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, and in the presence of Her Excellency Dr Madiha bint Ahmed Al Shaibaniya, Minister of Education, and several Excellencies honoured members of the State Council and Their Excellencies the Undersecretaries.

The festival has the participation of (110) governmental, private, military and civil institutions and bodies, and associations, and more than (1,000) participants, and it includes approximately (452) various activities, many interactive scientific seminars, scientific exhibitions of innovations, experiments and scientific competitions, lectures, discussion sessions, and theatre. Scientific. The students’ participation included several solar energy projects that resonated with the audience. Where the students participated in three projects on thermal photovoltaic systems and solar cell technology considering the effect of dust and cleaning methods, and the third project on battery recycling in solar applications. The participating students are: Amal Saeed Abdullah Al Abd Al Salam, Fatima Khalifa Hammoud Al Abd Al Salam, Assila Ali Saeed Al Maamari, Saleh Ali Muhammad Al Farsi, Saleh Saif Saeed Al Sudairy, Yahya Nasser Al Saidi, and the supervisor Dr. Hussein Kazem.