A scientific visit for the Environmental Research Center

The Department of Chemical Engineering, Branch of Chemical Engineering and Oil Pollution, organized a scientific visit for 20 students (fourth year-morning study) from the water treatment laboratory to the Environmental Research Center (ERC) on Tuesday, 5/11/2024. This visit was supervised by Lect. Dr. Samira Najm Abdullah and Ass. Lect. Sarah Abdel Salam Hattab. The coordinator of this visit was Lect. Iman Shaker Awad-research lecturer at the ERC.
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 and met Ass. Lect. Ali Nasser Ali who is responsible for this lab. 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. Then, Ass. Lect. Ahmed Haider Sadeq talked about the other devices in the lab.
After that, the attendees moved to the soil and water laboratory and met Ass. Lect. Ahmed Alwan Naseef who is responsible for this lab. He talked about the nature of this lab in carrying out the extent range of physiochemical properties in soil and water. Then Ass. Lect. talked about the other devices, equipment and tools used in conducting these properties.
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 visit in the presence of the director of the ERC (Prof. Dr. Zainab Bahaa Mohamed).

Training program

According to the framework of the training unit at the Environmental Research Center, a training program for Oil ministry employees is performed in cooperation between Environmental Research Center and Continuous Learning Center, ‏The course comprised short training course on radioactive materials in oil industry snd skill development by on-site tour for the trainers within the Environmental Research center laboratories.