DOHA: Qatar University Centre for Advanced Materials (QU-CAM) announced the winners of the eighth cycle of the ‘I am A Researcher’ module of its Al Bairaq Programme.
Group Quluwa from Omar Bin Al Khattab School comprising Abdullah Al Mohannadi, Abdullah Al Haroon and Abdullah Al Marri won first place for their project ‘Manufacture of Low-cost CIS Solar Cells’ They also won for Best Documentary Film Our Solar Cell and for Most Popular Group on Social Media.
In second place was Group Al Dana, comprising Ahmad Jassim, Mohammed Al Hajri, and Abdullah Alsulaiti from Tareq Bin Ziad School who presented ‘Preparation and Characterisation of Microcapsules Containing Linseed Oil and its use in Self-Healing Coatings’.
Group Al Hasbah comprising Fatma Al Siddiqi and Maryam Hamed Alyafei from Al Arqam Academy was third place winner.
The awards ceremony on October 29 followed presentation of high school students’ projects to a judges panel comprising heads and directors of leading organisations, CAM faculty, representatives of Al Bairaq’s sponsors, and Grade 12 students and teachers from high schools.
Al Bairaq is supported by Unesco Doha Office (partner), RasGas (platinum sponsor), Maersk Oil Qatar (gold sponsor) and Shell Qatar (silver sponsor).
CAM Director, Dr Mariam Al Maadeed, stressed the importance of the programme in building a generation capable of research and development to achieve Qatar National Vision 2030.
Al Bairaq Supervisor, Dr Noora Al Thani, said the programme was able to create an innovative eco-system, encouraging students’ love for science, research and development.
The ceremony also awarded winners in the Art in Science competition – Group Eqmash, Omar Bin Al Khattab School; Instagram competition – Group Al Fas, Omar Bin Abdulaziz School; and Most Active Group on Social Media – Group Al Dana, Tareq Bin Ziad School.
CAM Associate Researcher, Dr Aboubakr Abdullah, was named Best Professor and Eman Hassan from Al Arqam Academy Most Cooperative Teacher.
The Peninsula
