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AUS Innovation Expo: Future of Research and Technology in the UAE

May 6, 2024 | 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

American University of Sharjah’s Innovation Day will showcase the university’s commitment to pioneering research and fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and excellence.

A highlight of the day will be the launch of three new pivotal research centers within AUS, each poised to revolutionize their respective fields. Throughout the event, attendees will have the opportunity to engage with leading experts, explore groundbreaking research projects, and forge invaluable connections across various sectors.

 

Agenda

AUS Main Building Rotunda    

09:30 Registration and Breakfast 

AUS Main Building Hall A      

09:45 Welcome Session
Dr. Tod A. Laursen, AUS Chancellor   

10:00 Inauguration of the research centers through a video presentation by the directors

10:15 Building a World-Class Research & Innovation Organization. Click here for the Zoom link.
Dr. Chaouki T. Abdalla, Executive Vice President for Research, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

10:45 Building an Innovation Ecosystem (Hatem Al Mosa, Chief Executive Officer, Sharjah National Oil Corporation)

10:50 AUS: Sheraa Startup Pitch Challenge

11:15 Coffee Break / Poster Session / College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD) Exhibition / Sharjah Research, Technology & Innovation Park (SRTIP) Booth (AUS Main Building Rotunda)

11:45 Presentations by AUS faculty 

11:45 Performance of Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened in Flexure with Carbon Fiber-reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Laminates Anchored with Spikes (Dr. Rami Haweeleh, Professor of Civil Engineering,  College of Engineering, AUS)

12:00 Conductive Concrete for Resiliency Smart Cities (Dr. Sherif Yehia, Professor of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

12:15 Development of a Machine Learning Based Smart Water Leak Detection System (Dr. Md. Mortula, Professor of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

12:30 Robotic Forming: Techniques for Automated Fabrication of Furniture and Spatial Structures (Ammar Kalo, Associate Professor of Architecture, College of Architecture, Art and Design, AUS)

12:45 Aridaly Abundant: Exploring Architectural Possibilities within the Al Hajar Mountains (Faysal Tabbarah, Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Architecture, College of Architecture, Art and Design, AUS)

 

11:45 A Multidisciplinary Study of Oyster Beds as Bioindicators of Current Environmental and Societal Challenges in Coastal Areas of the UAE (Dr. Fatin Samara, Professor of Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences,  AUS)

12:00 Logical Network Modeling of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia to Identify Novel Targets for Small Molecule Inhibition Therapy (Dr. Abdul Jarrah, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences,  AUS)

12:15 Auto-Peer: A Computational Tool Designed to Improve Writing Quality for College Students (Dr. Philip McCarthy, Associate Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences, AUS)

12:30 Development of a Mangrove Forests Monitoring System: Use of Multisource Remote Sensing Data and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Building a Geodatabase of the UAE Mangroves (Dr. Tarig Ali, Professor of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

12:45 Maximizing Bifacial Photovoltaic Performance under GCC Soiling Conditions (Dr. Mohammad Hamdan, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

 

11:45 Methods and Algorithms for Distinguishing Extended Finite State Machine (Dr. Khaled El Fakih, Professor of Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

12:00 A Novel Real-Time Risk Rating System for Digital Cryptocurrencies (Dr. Stephen Chan, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences, AUS) 

12:15 Capital Inflows and Growth in Developing Countries: Do Flows Affect Capital Goods Imports? (Dr. Ali Mirzaei, Associate Professor of Finance, School of Business Administration, AUS)

12:30 Implementation of a Miniaturized Frequency Diverse Array Radar Transceiver (Dr. Hassan Mir, Professor of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

12:45 Localized Wireless Power Transfer for IoT Devices (Dr. Lutfi Albasha, Professor of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)


13:00
Lunch break / Poster Session / CAAD Exhibition / SRTIP Booth (AUS Main Building Rotunda)

14:00 Presentations by AUS faculty 

14:00 Enhanced Delivery of Targeted Liposome Using Ultrasound for Treating Nude Mice Bearing Tumor Xenograft (Dr. Ghaleb Husseini, Professor of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

14:15 Preparation of Carbon-Dots-Modified Cellulose Fibers for Utilization as Antimicrobial Fabrics and Contamination Sensors (Dr. Mohammad Al-Sayah, Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, AUS) 

14:30 A Novel Microwave and Light Stimuli-Responsive Anticancer Drug Delivery System (DDS) Based on Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Nanocarriers (Dr. Rana Sabouni, Associate Professor of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

14:45 Stress Related Vigilance Management Using Binaural Beat Stimulation (Dr. Hasan Al Nashash, Professor of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

15:00 Novel Zirconium-based Proton Conductors and Composite Membranes for High Temperature PEM Fuel Cells Applications (Dr. Amani Al-Othman, Associate Professor of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

15:15 Beyond Seeing: Understanding the Neural Correlates of Visual Perception Using Computational Tools (Dr.Reem Khalil, Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences, AUS)

14:00 Probabilistic Vulnerability Assessment of Tall Buildings in UAE Due to High Uncertainty in Seismic Hazard (Dr. Mohammad Al Hamaydeh, Professor of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

14:15 High/Medium Entropy Alloy Thin Films (Dr. Mehmet Egilmez, Professor of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, AUS)

14:30 Resilience Enhancement of Distribution Networks against Natural Disasters and Cyberattacks (Dr. Mostafa Shaaban, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

14:45 Towards Cost-Effective Protection of AC/DC Microgrids (Dr. Ahmed Osman-Ahmad, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

15:00 A Novel MEMS Device for Mass Detection: Development, Experimental Characterization, and Performance Analysis (Dr. Mehdi Ghommem, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, AUS)

14:00 The State of Critical Media Literacy in MENA Gulf Arabic-English Code-Switching (Dr. Abeer Al-Najjar, Associate Professor of Media Communication, College of Arts and Sciences, AUS)

14:15 Gulf Arabic-English Code-Switching (Dr. Ji Young Shim, Assistant Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences, AUS) 

14:30 Once Upon a Time in the UAE Augmented Reality Documentary (Dr. Suheil Dahdal, Associate Professor of Media Communication, College of Arts and Sciences, AUS) 

14:45 Emirati Pidgin Arabic through the Lenses of Corpus Linguistics  (Dr. Imed Nsiri, Associate Professor of Arabic and Translation Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, AUS) 

15:00 Food Labeling and Demand for Healthy Food: An Experimental Evidence from the UAE (Dr. Khusrav Gaibulloev, Professor of Economics, School of Business Administration, AUS)

 

 

 15:30 Closing Ceremony