The university’s Innovation Center had presented 23 pieces of work on medicine, science, engineering, agriculture and information technology at the expo. KSU won the highest number of medals during the event competing with its counterparts from Russia, Nigeria, Iran, Croatia, Taiwan and other countries.
As many as 558 innovations were on display at the expo and the winners were declared by a jury comprising 98 experts.
The participants won 95 gold medals, 156 silver medals and 194 bronze medals.
“All innovations presented by KSU have won medals,” said Naif Al-Ajlan, supervisor of the Innovation Center. Muhammad Iqbal Khan from the Faculty of Engineering won the gold medal for the best innovation while Khaled Al-Hazeemi of Faculty of Dentistry won another gold medal.
Naif Al-Ajlan, Abdul Malik Al-Salman, Sufyan Qanuni and Maqsoud Mahmoud from the Faculty of Computer Science and Information, Enas Al-Nashif and Raja Ridwan of the Faculty of Engineering, Amani Awad, Ebtisam Al-Olayan of the Faculty of Sciences, Mahmoud Bukhari of Faculty of Dentistry, Ahmed Al-Khazim of the Faculty of Food Science and Agriculture, Sultan Turkistani from the Innovation Center and Wafa Al-Dawad of Faculty of Business Administration got silver medals.
Yaqub Baazi, Muhammad Abulish of Faculty of Computer Science and Information, Adel Haseeb of Faculty of Pharmacology, Amani Awad of Faculty of Sciences, Ahmed Khazim of Faculty of Food Sciences and Agriculture and Ayed Al-Aklabi of Faculty of Medicine received bronze medals. The Innovation Center selected the best innovations for participation in the international event after inviting them from staff and students. Some of these innovations were displayed for the first time in an international exhibition. Eight students were given the chance to present their innovations in the expo.
“This is the fruit of our hard work,” said Naif Al-Ajlan, supervisor of the center, while commenting on the awards received by the university.
The magnificent exhibition featured the latest inventions and innovations by universities, research institutions, individual inventors and corporate sectors from Asian and European countries.
“It was a perfect meeting point for business and research organizations to exhibit their newest inventions and compete with their competitors in the technology based industries,” said an organizer.
