A scientific visit for the Environmental Research Center

The Department of Materials Engineering organized a scientific visit for 20 students (fourth year-morning study) to the Environmental Research Center (ERC) on Sunday, 26/11/2024. This visit was supervised by Prof. Dr. Nevin Gamal, Ass. Prof. Aseel Mahmoud and Ass. Lect. Nizar Jabbar.
The Head of the Department of Environmental Pollution (Lect. Dr. Mukheled Amer Al-Sameraiy) welcomed the attendees in the department. He gave an introductory brief for the establishment of the ERC, the administrative structure and the tasks and duties carried out by the ERC. Then he stated that the Instrumental Analysis Laboratory and the Soil and Water Laboratory obtained an accreditation certificate (TL 012) from the Iraqi Accreditation Authority (IQAS)-Laboratory Accreditation Department-Ministry of Planning under the specification (ISO/IEC 17025:2005) in the field of chemical testing and is now on its way to renewal. After that the attendees moved to the Instrumental Analysis Laboratory. He talked about the Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) and the importance of this device in investigating and analyzing a wide range of heavy metals in the soil and water. In addition, other devices in the lab were covered in his speech.
After that, the attendees moved to the soil and water laboratory and he talked about the nature of this lab in carrying out the extent range of physiochemical properties in soil and water. Some questions and inquiries issued by the students were replied by Lect. Iman Shaker Awad-research lecturer at the ERC.
Finally, the attendees expressed their great admiration for what they saw and heard. They acknowledged the department and the ERC. Before leaving, a group of commemorative photos were taken to document this.