The IT Department of Ibri College of Technology conducted a Course, Project Orientation Programme, on 21 November 2017 at 10am in the VIP Hall. The main purpose of this program is to motivate and create awareness about course project work among the students across different levels who will be doing their course project in the forthcoming semester.
Mr S. Ahamed Nishath, Project Committee Coordinator, IT Department, presented and clearly explained the role of students for doing course projects, Course Project work flow, as well as the necessary documents to prepare and submit for the course project. He also explained about all the reviews that will be conducted to access the course project. He also mentioned the importance of weekly meetings with supervisors and maintaining log sheets. He motivated the students to look for projects across different fields based on their area of interest to get involved and complete the project. He briefly talked about TRC and FURUP projects and motivated the students to submit good proposals.
The Educational Technology Center - Staff Development Committee conducted an awareness activity on Quality Assurance from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm last November 9, 2017, at the VIP Room, Ibri College of Technology.
Mr. Roderick Oandasan, Quality Assurance Coordinator & Mr. Romeil Moleta, Acting Head of the Educational Services Section spearheaded the said development program.
The Staff Development Committee of the Information Technology Department, along with Curriculum Review Committee, conducted a workshop on “Awareness on Curriculum Development and Review Framework (CDRF)” in Lab 1 on 16 November 2017 between 1:40 – 2:55pm. Mr. Shaik Mastan Vali, Lecturer, IT Section, IT department, was the resource person.
The Staff development Committee of the Engineering Department organized a program on Exploring Research Proposals for Funding on 09 November 2017 from 1.45pm to 2.45pm.
The IT Department, through the Student Service Committee, conducted an in-house competition on 22 /10 /2017 – 26/10/2017 for the students of Ibri College of Technology to test their abilities and skills in the field of Information Technology and Mathematics. IT Competitions:
The objectives of this competition were to enhance the knowledge of IT skills amongst the students and to encourage the students to participate in technical competitions. The competition started with registrations on the college web site. There were five contests in the competition (web design, database, programming languages, and networking). In programming, the student used languages such as C++ and Java to write code for some problems and get the output. In the database design they used SQL language to create tables and modify them and insert data. In web design the students use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP, to design web pages and know how create a web site. In networking they solved questions about routers and switches, how to connect Ethernet cables and how they can connect them in a network.
The Staff Development Committee of Educational Technology Centre organized a seminar on “Basic Photocopy Machine Troubleshooting” last November 16, 2017 at the IT Hardware Laboratory.
The said seminar aims to provide additional knowledge among the ETC staff on how to handle photocopy machine problems.
The English Language Centre-Academic Advising Council conducted a workshop on "Self Study Skills" from November 13 to November 16, 2017 at Ibri College of Technology.
Mr. Abdullah Al Balushi, ELC-Academic Advising Coordinator, spearheaded the said workshop. He said that the program aims to improve the “self-study skills” of foundation students in and outside the four walls of the classroom.
The said workshop enlightened the students by being adept to various study habits techniques and strategies. Each session lasted for one hour followed by a free discussion between the presenter and the students. Furthermore, the presenter used PowerPoint Presentation to engage students to actively participate in the session.
All foundation program students were scheduled on different dates according to their respective levels.
Students were given a chance at the end of each session to point out any problems or difficulties that they usually face in the classroom or in the examinations.
Meanwhile, the Academic Advising Coordinator will submit the concerns of the students to the Acting Head of ELC, Dr. Sultan Al Ghafri.
A guest lecture was organized by the Research and Consultancy Committee, Engineering Department on “Exploring Research Projects on Water Distribution System in PAEW”. The program was held on 8 November 2017, from 10am to 11am in the Multipurpose Hall of the Engineering Department.
Mr. Suleiman Ali Salim Al Abri, Operations Manager, Public Authority of Electricity and Water (PAEW) delivered the talk along with his team of engineers from electrical, instrumentation and mechanical specializations. The team discussed at length the various operations and maintenance work carried out in the Al-Dahirah region above and below ground level to supply potable water to the residents, the 57 Bore wells in Wadl Al Ayn well fields and the pumping capacity of the pumps. They also briefed on 11 ground storage reservoirs where the water from the wells is stored prior to being supplied to the consumers.
The team also talked about standby generators that provide 24 hours pumping if there was electricity failure. The capacity of submersible pumps is from 1HP to 100 HP. Forwarding pumps using 11KV high voltage motors, vacuum circuit breakers and capacitor banks with high dielectric strength materials are used to maintain such high voltages.
They addressed that the On-load and Off-load Tap Changer (OLTF) in the secondary side of transformer was not working in auto-mode which lead to serious voltage fluctuations. Therefore, they requested possible study and solutions from the experts in this field. This was followed by a lively question and answer section, which greatly benefited the audience.
The Staff Development Committee of the Information Technology Department conducted a workshop on “Hands on Training on Turnitin Software" in Lab 2 on 19 October, 2017 between 2:00 – 2:45 PM. Dr. Antony Kishore, Lecturer, Math Section, IT department, was the resource person.
The IT Department at Ibri College of Technology (IbriCT) inaugurated its first research group, the Data Mining Group, in a full day workshop organised in collaboration with the Arab Open University (AOU).
The aim of the workshop in general was to harness research skills and to promote a research culture within the college and in particular to foster increase awareness and understanding of research methods, proposal writing, and the publishing process.
In a short welcome address, Mr Younus Al Za'abi, Assistant Dean Academic Affairs (ADAA), highlighted the relevance of research and learning nexus with peer institutions. Mr Younus also stressed the importance of having quality academic research at Ibri College of Technology among staff and students so that they can assume a more proactive role in solving social challenges in different arena.
