The Department of Building and Construction Engineering at the University of Technology held a specialized course for the members of the Popular Crowd Authority - Directorate of Military Engineering entitled :( Construction and rehabilitation of highways).

The lecturers discussed several topics, including introduction to the types of roads and bridges, types of failure in flexible asphalt paving and concrete concreting, and the definition of causes and types of failure in paving asphalt roads and runways of airports and to identify the causes and types of failure in the paving of concrete roads and methods and methods of maintenance in asphalt pavement. The course aims at providing basic and scientific knowledge about the main failures in asphalt roads and sidewalks to be able to make good decisions when the roads need rehabilitation, repair or maintenance.

The course was presented by Assc.Prof.Dr.Hassan Hamodi and Assc.Prof.Dr.Zainab Ibrahim.

Chemical engineering department hold a seminar on Al-Khawarumi with the attendance of the head of the department Assc.Prof.Dr.Jamal Mana and bout scientific and administrative deputies Assc.Prof.Dr.Khalid Ajmi and Assc.Prof.Dr.Walla Abdul-Hadi and number of faculty in which the MSC student Elaf Khalid presented a lecture about reducing the obstruction of fluid flow in pipes by adding nanomaterials.

In this research, the student showed that several methods were used to reduce the high cost of energy used to transport fluids in pipelines. , Where recent studies have demonstrated the effect of nanotubes as a reduction in fluid flow. The aim of this study is to understand how the presence of solids or nanoparticles in liquids can reduce the problems of friction losses in pipes. This study investigated the effect of nanoparticles as mitigating factors for energy losses resulting from water transfer in pipelines. Where nanotubes are added at low concentrations such as parts per million to the solution. These small quantities played a dominant role in reducing disturbance and causing a significant reduction in friction losses. The tested water samples were selected, and the nanotubes used for water and nanoparticles were used in five different concentrations (50-250 ppm).

The test part consists of four different types of pipes (a 29.6 mm steel pipe, a 18.3 mm steel pipe, a 29.6 mm glass tube, a 29.6 mm L-shaped pipe), water pumping at different flow rates (1.0 To 0.8 m3 / h for each type of pipe and at room temperature (35 ± 1) m also studying the effect of nanoparticles types such as silica SiO2 and TiO2 titanium for comparison purposes.

The researcher also studied the effect of (additive type, additive concentration, pipe type, flow rate) on the percentage of reduction of disability and percentage of flow increases as percentage was also calculated. The best conditions for reducing disability in different tubes were also calculated in different operating conditions. Increased concentrations of nanoparticles and flow velocity. The steel pipe with a diameter of 29.6 mm shows the highest loss reduction compared to other pipe types at a certain speed. The reduction in energy losses when using titanium TiO2 nanoparticles was slightly higher than in SiO2 due to the difference in viscosity. The nanoparticle with a concentration of 250 ppm was shown to reduce the coefficient of friction. The highest loss reduction was obtained in the higher velocity of the tube Internal 29.6 mm. A mathematical adjustment was performed using an arithmetic program where the results showed a correlation between the reduction of the disability ratio in the practical experiments with the theoretical and expected results.

Within the scientific and cultural activity of the second semester for the academic year 2017-2018, the Department of Chemical Engineering held a seminar in which the PHD student Huda Kazem presents a lecture entitled " CFD& Experimental Study the Effect of Nano Material on Drag Force of Iraqi Crude Oil Flow"

The seminar was held on Al-Khawarumi with the attendance of the head of the department Assc.Prof.Dr.Jamal Mana and bout scientific and administrative deputies Assc.Prof.Dr.Khalid Ajmi and Assc.Prof.Dr.Walla Abdul-Hadi and number of faculty.

In this study, the student studied the effect of the addition of nanoparticles to improve the behavior of Iraqi crude oil flow by reducing the relative pressure of the friction losses. Several variables were changed and their effect was calculated on pressure drop values and determines the best conditions to obtain the best results. The variables adopted the size of the tube and concentrations of nanoparticles and different types of nano and the rate of crude oil

Prof.Dr.Abdul-Razaq Abdul-Jalel Al-Esa appreciated teachers and staff of the university of technology and they are; Assc.Prof.Dr.Dari Yousif, Assc.Prof.Dr.Mouad RazokI, Assc.Prof.Dr.Jammal Mana, Assc.Prof.Dr.Azad Raheem, Assc.Prof.Dr.Wesam Kadhim, Assc.Prof.Dr.Nisreen Salih, Assc.Prof.Dr.Ahmad Ali and Hisham Saleem and the legal Zaid Riyad.

It is to appreciate your efforts in the development of curricula and the development of engineering departments in government and private colleges in addition to the developments in postgraduate studies. We would like to extend our thanks and appreciation for those efforts. We wish you success, success and payment in the service of our beloved Iraq.

50 trainees representing the public and private universities and the Ministry of Education have participated in the teaching methods course which was held at the Center for Continuing Education / University of Technology from Apr.15-26/2018.

The course aims at training the teaching staff on modern education strategies and teaching methods that will raise the level of education in Iraqi universities and raise the standards and skills of teaching teachers.

Assc.Prof.Dr. Farhad Mohamed, The manager of the center, said that the course provides a range of effective test designs and educational activities that can be practiced in the educational situation as well as training the owners on presentation skills and presentation of the scientific material.

The course was presented by Dr.Sahira Abbas and number of experts in teaching methods.