Given the collaborative role of the Environment Research Centre with different governmental sectors, a joint meeting between head of Environment Research Center with Minister of Environment and ministerial advisory team was held in 13 December 2023.

A healthy debate about the Center mission, goals and activities was discussed during the meeting.

For more efficient collaboration, prof. Zainab B. Mohammed, as head of Environment Research Center, expressed her priority to increase the scientific contributions with both governmental and nongovernmental sectors through agree memorandums of understanding particularly those related to the environment protection and sustainable development.

Congratulation to prof. Zainab B. Mohammed for this achievement, wishing her all best wishes.

Prof. Dr.Zainab Bahaa Muhammad, Director of the Environmental Research Center, chaired a discussion committee for the master’s student in environmental engineering (Ban Ismail Thabet) about her research titled
(Water Harvesting Environmental Study, a Case Study in Iraq)

The discussion took place in the Graduate Studies Hall of the Civil Engineering Department at nine o’clock in the morning on Wednesday, 11/29/2023.

As part of the cultural season of the Environmental Research Center

Assistant Professor Dr. Azhar Mahmoud teaching at the Environmental Research Center at the University of Technology, gave a lecture entitled:: "Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessment in the Chemical Stores" It showed that chemicals are produced in very large quantities to meet the growing needs in industry and scientific research, so the number of people exposed to the risks of chemicals is increasing. Chemicals can exist in different states within the work′s environment: solid, liquid, gaseous, vapors, or carried on suspended dust in laboratories and warehouses of academic institutions. It is necessary to develop a good management system and assess the risks of chemicals on an ongoing basis to protect students and new employees who are constantly exposed to the risk of accidents, or manipulating the stocks of hazardous materials to threaten the lives of safe people by corrupt. So the academic institution is not completely safe, as many accidents occur every year due to misuse and wrong storage of chemicals. There are several systematic methods for evaluating chemical risks, either using computer programs or manual evaluation by specialized committees that may contribute to reducing accidents that occur in warehouses and laboratories. They are undoubtedly useful and enable us to make the right decisions regarding the necessary measures to protect people and the environment. In other words, a comprehensive chemical risk assessment provides us with the necessary information about appropriate control measures for exposed workers, risk factors that facilitate appropriate decision-making on establishing measures, training employees, protecting workers' health and developing appropriate mitigation measures.