Under the auspices of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Union of Arab Universities exhibition was held at the University of Baghdad for the period from March 3-6, 2024. The exhibition was opened by His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education, Professor Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi. The exhibition included a special pavilion for the University of Technology, where the most important scientific products of the university were displayed, under the direct supervision of Assistant to the University President for Scientific Affairs and Postgraduate Studies, Professor Dr. Khawla Salah Khashan,
and Dr. Zahraa Zahrao Farhan, a lecturer at our center, participated in the patent entitled “Treatment of oil waste in water using biological activity.”

Believing in openness to state institutions and joint cooperation between the Iraqi Ministry of Environment, the University of Technology/ Department of Civil Engineering and the Environmental Research Center.

A delegation of members of the Environmental Research Center, headed by the Center’s Director, Prof. Dr. Zainab Bahaa Muhammad in the environmental symposium held in the Department of Civil Engineering, which was entitled (The Nationally Determined Contributions Document for Climate Change, Combating Desertification, and the Importance of Green Spaces) on Monday, 2/19/2024.

The symposium aimed to address climate changes in Iraq and what treatments contribute to reducing these changes, as well as the contribution of the agricultural sector to reducing desertification and increasing the green area.

The Ministry of Environment/Legal Department-Consultancy Bureaus has decided to authorize the Environmental Research Center (ERC) at the University of Technology (UOT) as a consultancy and environmental bureau in the field of preparing the reports on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the period of three years from the date of 27/2/2024.

Lect. Dr. Zahraa Zahraw Farhan Al-Janabi participated in the International Patent Exhibition held within the activities of the 17th International Certification Proceeds Festival, which was held under the slogan of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him): The Awakening of the Free and the Secret of Victory for the period 14-18 February 2024 in the Holy Governorate of Karbala. The teacher was honored with a shield and a certificate of thanks and appreciation by the Deputy Secretary-General of the Holy Shrine of Hussein, Dr. Alaa Zia al-Din, who praised the importance of the subject of the patent tagged (treatment of oil waste in water using biological activities), which includes the production of an environmentally friendly biological kit to decompose or dismantle oil waste in water. It has a high disassembly efficiency of more than 90%, and the kit is characterized by low production costs and the availability of its raw materials.