A Delegation from the Physics Department visits King Abdullah city for atomic and renewable energy
A delegation fromthePhysics Department of College of Science paid a visit to King Abdullah city for atomic and renewable energy on Thursday 2/1/ 1437 AH - 15/10/ 2015 AD. The delegation included a group of second and third level students accompanied by the department academic advisor Dr. Mohammad Wasef Marashdeh, and headed by Dr. Raed Hussain S Alhathlool, the College Vice-Dean for development and quality and staff member at the department.
The visit was privileged with an orientation meeting presented to the students by senior staff of the city. It was initiated by his Excellence Dr. Mohammad Ahmad Qarwan, chief of the Atomic Energy Sector. He welcomed the delegation and wished them a fruitful visit. The meeting began with a speech delivered by Dr. Raed Hussain S Alhathlool in which he thanked the city chief officials for their hospitality. He presented a briefing about the Physics Department at Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University. He stated that choosing students of the second and third levels for this visit was to motivate them in their study of physics.
Dr. Mohammad Qarwan explained the importance of the Kingdom's adoption of the strategy of atomic energy, which is seen as a great and historic turning point and a Quantum leap for the Kingdom as an energy producer. Therefore, he insisted on students to make use of their study of physics and increase their knowledge and scientific and technological achievement in this regard. This would help them become corner stones of the atomic energy sector in their country in the future.
That was followed by a presentation made by Dr. Ra'afat Al-Nnassar from the atomic energy sector. He gave a briefing of the steps towards the adoption of nuclear power in KSA and the time line the Kingdom set in its endeavor to obtain this kind of power and preparations of infrastructure. The presentation gave the attendees an idea about the world countries with which scientific and consultant partnerships were made for the use of atomic energy.
Dr. Ra'afat also explained to the delegation the status of a Low power Research Reactor-LPRR, which the City intends to establish at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). The show included information about rules and regulations that govern this type of energy and its uses. It is worth mentioning that King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy is the government authorized body to issue rules and legalizations concerning nuclear power in the Kingdom. Students asked questions and made inquiries about the difference between research reactor and power producing ones and other questions about nuclear accelerators.
The meeting included his Excellence Eng. Omar Sultan Al-Sheshah, a consultant at the Department of Research, Development, and creativity in the city who presented a valuable participation about the researches the city conducts. Eng. Omar stated that the city is specifically concerned with atomic and renewable energy research related to industry, which would lead to a produce that benefits the nation and accelerates development.
The last meeting was about displaying the vision, mission, and objectives of the City presented by Eng. Mohammad Yahya Zekri, researcher at the Department Of Research, Development, and creativity . Eng. Mohammad interacted with the students in his interesting style. He interactively explained the difference between conventional and renewable energy. He raised an argumentative question about atomic energy, is it categorized renewable or not? In this pre-view, the audience knew about a national project named "ATLAS". It records some forms of renewable energy in different areas of our beloved Kingdom. There are about fifty centers of this project, which calculate solar radiation and wind power to identify the best sites to make use of the different kinds of renewable energy.
This was concluded by distributing souvenirs to the delegation members presented by Dr. Ra'afat Annaser and Eng. Omar Al-Sheshah.
On another occasion, this visit was preceded by another one to the "Meshkah" exhibition. It is an interactive educational center of atomic and renewable energy.
Meshkah exhibition intends to preserve sciences and knowledge and publish them in an interesting and beautiful way by supporting the leading role of KSA in energy economies through motivating the Kingdom's youth to be future pioneers of energy.
The exhibition is a true and interesting setting off for society awareness about atomic and renewable energy. It is one of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy's initiatives. The exhibition consists of several scientific and interactive exhibits (mechanical and electronic) which encourage visitors to directly interact with them and get useful information about atomic and renewable energy and how to employ their applications in real life. The exhibition is a rich opportunity for school groups to spend an interesting time in an environment of fun and learning through building and experimenting. It also presents interesting experiments, programs and shows that display energy generating techniques of the past, present and future as well as creations and prospects of substitutive energy.
The exhibition supports the vision of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy of transforming the Kingdom from an energy Kingdom to sustainable energy Kingdom.
The students actively interacted with the exhibition and recalled what they have learned while interacting with the exhibits.
This activity is part of the activities of the scientific committee of the Physics Department which aim at developing and enhancing students' scientific level and their relation with the specialization and increasing their knowledge about it. Moreover, the activities aim at broadening students' both practical and scientific visions during university studies or after graduation, so that they would be scientifically distinguished for the benefit of their country.
Department students who took part in the visit are: Hamzah Abdulrahman Alasmari, Khaled Ahmad Alarfaj, Salem Hamed Alharbi, Saleh Ibrahim Azreier, Abdulrahman Abdullah Aljadou', Abduaziz Abdullah Alwashil, Abdullah Ahmad Almaleki,Ali Saeed Al Kannad, Emad Salah Alharbi, Mesfer Abdullah Al'elaiyani, and Naiyef Nawaf Almteiri.
It is worth mentioning that Dr. Raed Hussain S Alhathlool (Vice-Dean of the College of Science for Development and Quality) abundantly thanked Mr. Abdallah Al-Fenysan (Secretary of Vice-Deanship of Development and Quality) for his concrete efforts to organize this successful visit.
