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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the first Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, living in the United Arab Emirates and an electrical engineering graduate student.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">She has exceptional passion for psychology, it helps her understand herself and those around her more. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in electrical engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be.</span> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very happy to be a member of the first UIF team from KU . Her interest in improving higher education is born from her deepest belief that creating student centered learning experiences is every student's right. She is currently working on designing an active learning environment digital space in collaboration with the center of teaching and learning at her school. This Moodle based learning course includes different forms of content such as videos, learning quizzes ,hands on experience in the lab and learning surveys after every activity.</span></p><br />
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{{CatTree|Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology}}</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Ruba_Nasser&diff=121533Fellow:Ruba Nasser2020-08-26T10:25:57Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the first Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, living in the United Arab Emirates and an electrical engineering graduate student.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">She has exceptional passion for psychology, it helps her understand herself and those around her more. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in electrical engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be.</span> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the founders of the music club in her university. Her interest in improving higher education is born from her deepest belief that creating student centered learning experiences is every student's right. She is currently working on designing an active learning environment digital space in collaboration with the center of teaching and learning at her school. This Moodle based learning course includes different forms of content such as videos, learning quizzes ,hands on experience in the lab and learning surveys after every activity.</span></p><br />
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{{CatTree|Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology}}</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=File:Ruba.png&diff=121532File:Ruba.png2020-08-26T10:15:12Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div>me wearing uif shirt</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Ruba_Nasser&diff=78919Fellow:Ruba Nasser2019-05-25T13:25:20Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the first Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, living in the United Arab Emirates and an electrical engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for psychology, it helps her understand herself and those around her more. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in electrical engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the founders of the music club in her university. Her interest in improving higher education is born from her deepest belief that creating student centered learning experiences is every student's right. She is currently working on designing an active learning environment digital space in collaboration with the center of teaching and learning at her school. This Moodle based learning course includes different forms of content such as videos, learning quizzes ,hands on experience in the lab and learning surveys after every activity.</span></p></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Ruba_Nasser&diff=78918Fellow:Ruba Nasser2019-05-25T13:21:58Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the first Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, living in the United Arab Emirates and an Electrical Engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for Psychology, it helps her understand herself and those around her more. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in Electrical Engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the founders of the music club in her university. Her interest in improving higher education is born from her deepest belief that creating student centered learning experiences is every student's right. She is currently working on designing an active learning environment digital space in collaboration with the center of teaching and learning at her school. This Moodle based learning course includes different forms of content such as videos, learning quizzes ,hands on experience in the lab and learning surveys after every activity.</span></p></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Ruba_Nasser&diff=78913Fellow:Ruba Nasser2019-05-25T01:38:43Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the first Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, living in the United Arab Emirates and an Electrical Engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for Psychology, it helps her understand herself and those around her more. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in Electrical Engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the founders of the music club in her university. Her interest in improving higher education is born from her deepest belief that creating student centered learning experiences is every student's right. She is currently working on designing an active learning environment digital space in collaboration with the center of teaching and learning at her school. This Moodle based learning course includes different forms of content such as videos, learning quizzes ,hands on experience in the lab and learnign surveys after every activity.</span></p></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Ruba_Nasser&diff=78912Fellow:Ruba Nasser2019-05-25T01:36:46Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the first Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, living in the United Arab Emirates and an Electrical Engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for Psychology, it helps her understand herself more and as a result increases her self confidence. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in Electrical Engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the Founders of the music club in her university. Her interest in improving higher education is born from her deepest belief that creating student centered learning experiences is every student's right. She is currently working on designing an active learning environment digital space in collaboration with the center of teaching and learning at her school. This Moodle based learning course includes different forms of content such as videos, learning quizzes ,hands on experience in the lab and learnign surveys after every activity.</span></p></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=77976Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-30T01:51:08Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:<br />
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#Lack of student focus during labs<br />
#Lack of self expectations among students<br />
#Lack of social interaction between students<br />
#The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere<br />
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In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.<br />
<br />
Ruba and Buthaina, held two projects in hand: the LabAID idea as well as Workshops&nbsp; on emotional intelligence which starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self-expectations as well as focusing on achieving a specific goal despite daily distractions. LabAID is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data.This builds a strong foundation to a future of innovators and entrepreneurs who have the curiosity to experiment , leanr new things and apply what they learn.<br />
<br />
Maryam was at first in charge of facilitating students' engagement through communication systems. The goal seemed to be at first to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. Afterrwards, the idea developed to beome a KU application instead which aims to help students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.<br />
<br />
Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program, or what we would like to call "Freshmen Success Program". The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through&nbsp; helping students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The program also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.<br />
<br />
Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.<br />
<br />
Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:<br />
<br />
= Project number 1: LabAID. =<br />
<br />
The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available or instead, we can contact the people responsible for developing the Moodle page.<br />
<br />
The person who would be in charge of the project will need help from the student success department, as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both , we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.<br />
<br />
= Project number 2: Workshops on emotional intelligence. =<br />
<br />
Inroducing workshops that are held over three days every semester, these workshop can even be led by trained students. The main goal behind the workshops is to encourage students to utilize the most fundamental aspect of EI, which is introspection and post activity reflection. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society&nbsp; The wokshops require to be lead by people who are knolwedgable in this field, for instance Dr. Glenda and student leaders who will be trained by her to lead such workshops in the future and also make it more student friendly in a way to use necessary EI skills to address the needs of the students.<br />
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Having student leaders to the workshop is highly importnant because students are the only ones who understand the needs of the students in such complicated socail instutution as a university.&nbsp;<br />
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Dr. Glenda has recently introduced a leadership with emotional inteligence six weeks course, and that's from where student leadership groups to the workshops can be formed.&nbsp;<br />
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The help of the student services department will also requires in organizing such workshops.<br />
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= Project number 3: Facilitating Students' engagement through communication systems. =<br />
<br />
This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion in from people who are passionate in art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.<br />
<br />
= Project number 4:FYE =<br />
<br />
Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers know are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students university experience.</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=77847Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-27T21:24:03Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:<br />
<br />
#Lack of student focus during labs<br />
#Lack of self expectations among students<br />
#Lack of social interaction between students<br />
#The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere<br />
<br />
In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.<br />
<br />
Ruba and Buthaina, held two projects in hand: the LabAID idea as well as Leadership with emotional intelligence course. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self-expectations as well as focusing on achieving a specific goal despite daily distractions. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society. LabAID is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data.This builds a strong foundation to a future of innovators and entrepreneurs who have the curiosity to experiment , leanr new things and apply what they learn.<br />
<br />
Maryam was at first in charge of facilitating students' engagement through communication systems. The goal seemed to be at first to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. Afterrwards, the idea developed to beome a KU application instead which aims to help students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.<br />
<br />
Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program, or what we would like to call "Freshmen Success Program". The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through&nbsp; helping students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The program also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.<br />
<br />
Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.<br />
<br />
Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:<br />
<br />
= Project number 1: LabAID. =<br />
<br />
The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available or instead, we can contact the people responsible for developing the Moodle page.<br />
<br />
The person who would be in charge of the project will need help from the student success department, as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both , we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.<br />
<br />
= Project number 2: Leadership with emotional intelligence. =<br />
<br />
This project can take place in two ways:<br />
<br />
#Integrating this course with the Leadership and HR management course by improving on the syllabus and adding topics on improving emotional intelligence or Introducing a new course called Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
#Inroducing workshops that are held over three days every semester, these workshop can even be led by trained students.<br />
<br />
For the first option, the approval of the professors teaching this course is the first thing that should be done. These people include Dr. Robert and Dr. Gina.For the second option, a course similar to this has been recently introducted to students under the supervision of Dr. Glinda El Gamal. As explained in the invitation email, it is a six week course and at the end the students would receive a certificate of acheivement.&nbsp; Haing already thought of a similar idea before, we added this in the landscape canvas and decided that it could be the starting point to our project. The main challnege would be to first to encourage students to participate in it , work with Dr. Glinda to make the course more interactive and most importantly remove the restrictions available. Such course should not have limitations such as a minimum gpa of 3.0 and the number of seats availble should be more than just twenty and the priority shoul not be given just to senior students but to all students equally.<br />
<br />
Intoducing workshops require the help of a person who is knolwedgable in that field ,such as Dr.Glenda , who can help us make it appealing and attractive to the students .<br />
<br />
In all cases, it will be required to collaborate with student council, for better communication with the administration.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
= Project number 3: Facilitating Students' engagement through communication systems. =<br />
<br />
This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion in from people who are passionate in art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.<br />
<br />
= Project number 4:FYE =<br />
<br />
Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers know are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students university experience.</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=77846Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-27T21:23:20Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:<br />
<br />
#Lack of student focus during labs<br />
#Lack of self expectations among students<br />
#Lack of social interaction between students<br />
#The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere<br />
<br />
In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.<br />
<br />
Ruba and Buthaina, held two projects in hand: the LabAID idea as well as Leadership with emotional intelligence course. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self-expectations as well as focusing on achieving a specific goal despite daily distractions. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society. LabAID is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data.This builds a strong foundation to a future of innovators and entrepreneurs who have the curiosity to experiment , leanr new things and apply what they learn.<br />
<br />
Maryam was at first in charge of facilitating students' engagement through communication systems. The goal seemed to be at first to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. Afterrwards, the idea developed to beome a KU application instead which aims to help students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.<br />
<br />
Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program, or what we would like to call "Freshmen Success Program". The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through&nbsp; helping students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The program also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.<br />
<br />
Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.<br />
<br />
Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:<br />
<br />
= Project number 1: LabAID. =<br />
<br />
The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available or instead, we can contact the people responsible for developing the Moodle page.<br />
<br />
The person who would be in charge of the project will need help from the student success department, as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both , we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.<br />
<br />
= Project number 2: Leadership with emotional intelligence. =<br />
<br />
This project can take place in two ways:<br />
<br />
#Integrating this course with the Leadership and HR management course by improving on the syllabus and adding topics on improving emotional intelligence or Introducing a new course called Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
#Inroducing workshops that are held over three days every semester, these workshop can even be led by trained students.<br />
<br />
For the first option, the approval of the professors teaching this course is the first thing that should be done. These people include Dr. Robert and Dr. Gina.For the second option, a course similar to this has been recently introducted to students under the supervision of Dr. Glinda El Gamal. As explained in the invitation email, it is a six week course and at the end the students would receive a certificate of acheivement.&nbsp; Haing already thought of a similar idea before, we added this in the landscape canvas and decided that it could be the starting point to our project. The main challnege would be to first to encourage students to participate in it , work with Dr. Glinda to make the course more interactive and most importantly remove the restrictions available. Such course should not have limitations such as a minimum gpa of 3.0 and the number of seats availble should be more than just twenty and the priority shoul not be given just to senior students but to all students equally.<br />
<br />
Intoducing workshops require the help of a person who is knolwedgable in that field ,such as Dr.Glenda , who can help us make it appealing and attractive to the students .<br />
<br />
In all cases, it will be required to collaborate with student council, for better communication with the administration.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
= Project number 3: Facilitating Sudents' engagement through communication systems. =<br />
<br />
This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion in from people who are passionate in art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.<br />
<br />
= Project number 4:FYE =<br />
<br />
Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers know are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students university experience.</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Ruba_Nasser&diff=74871Fellow:Ruba Nasser2018-10-18T22:04:07Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, twenty years old, living in the United Arab Emirates and an Electrical Engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for Psychology, it helps her understand herself more and as a result increases her self confidence. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in Electrical Engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the Founders of the music club in her university. She has also been the vice president of the student council in her high school.&nbsp;</span><br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology]<br />
<div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities]</div><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Hajer_Almahri&diff=74869Fellow:Hajer Almahri2018-10-18T22:03:15Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><span style="font-size:larger;">Hajer AlMahri is a candidate for University Innovation Fellow as well as an Electrical Engineering student at Khalifa University. Hajer is an Emirati (United Arab Emirates) 21 year old who had several different passions. She noticed her love for both, Engineering and Business at an early stage in her life. Where at the age of 18, she ran her first business while maintaining to fulfill her other passion, by participating in Electrical Engineering competitions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;">During her first year in university, she opened a clothing line business and exhibited her brand in different stores in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;">While trying to maintain a successful business, Hajer enjoys volunteering on campus, alongside working on projects that relate to her major on and off campus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;">'''Related links:'''</span><br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology]<br />
<div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities]</div><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Hajer_Almahri&diff=74868Fellow:Hajer Almahri2018-10-18T22:03:06Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><span style="font-size:larger;">Hajer AlMahri is a candidate for University Innovation Fellow as well as an Electrical Engineering student at Khalifa University. Hajer is an Emirati (United Arab Emirates) 21 year old who had several different passions. She noticed her love for both, Engineering and Business at an early stage in her life. Where at the age of 18, she ran her first business while maintaining to fulfill her other passion, by participating in Electrical Engineering competitions.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:larger;">During her first year in university, she opened a clothing line business and exhibited her brand in different stores in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;">While trying to maintain a successful business, Hajer enjoys volunteering on campus, alongside working on projects that relate to her major on and off campus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;">'''Related links:'''</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;"</span>http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology<br />
<div>http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities</div><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Buthaina_AlKhayat&diff=74867Fellow:Buthaina AlKhayat2018-10-18T22:02:19Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><span style="font-size:larger;">Buthaina Rashed AlKhayat is a University Innovation Fellow from Khalifa University in Abudhabi, UAE. She is an Electrical Engineering student who's recently been on an exchange program at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. Buthaina views herself as a 20 year old wanderer and explorer living for new experiences and encounters. From desert dunes, to rocky mountains, to forests, she thinks everything is worth looking into. Her hobbies include being as adventurous as one can be, playing the piano, reading and doing sports.She is proud to have accomplished winning first place in a basketball and badminton tournament, second place in a chess match, and third in a swimming competition. She is also proud to have gotten through her first two years of university; she takes pride in being able to adapt to a change in atmosphere. Buthiana finds it important to believe in what you do and pursue what makes you happy and to remind yourself that its alright to cry at a sad movie or feel scared sometimes; its just an indication of being human.</span><br />
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'''Related Links:'''<br />
http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology<br />
<div>http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities</div><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Ruba_Nasser&diff=74866Fellow:Ruba Nasser2018-10-18T22:01:17Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, twenty years old, living in the United Arab Emirates and an Electrical Engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for Psychology, it helps her understand herself more and as a result increases her self confidence. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in Electrical Engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the codounders of the music club in her university. She has also been the vice president of the student council in her high school.&nbsp;</span><br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology]<br />
<div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities]</div><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Ruba_Nasser&diff=74865Fellow:Ruba Nasser2018-10-18T22:00:57Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, twenty years old, living in the United Arab Emirates and an Electrical Engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for Psychology, it helps her understand herself more and as a result increases her self confidence. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in Electrical Engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the codounders of the music club in her university. She has also been the vice president of the student council in her high school.&nbsp;</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;">'''Related Links:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;"</span>http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology<br />
<div>http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities</div><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Ruba_Nasser&diff=74863Fellow:Ruba Nasser2018-10-18T21:56:07Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, twenty years old, living in the United Arab Emirates and an Electrical Engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for Psychology, it helps her understand herself more and as a result increases her self confidence. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in Electrical Engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the codounders of the music club in her university. She has also been the vice president of the student council in her high school.&nbsp;</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, twenty years old, living in the United Arab Emirates and an Electrical Engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for Psychology, it helps her understand herself more and as a result increases her self confidence. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in Electrical Engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the codounders of the music club in her university. She has also been the vice president of the student council in her high school.&nbsp;</span><br />
<div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Ruba_Nasser&diff=74857Fellow:Ruba Nasser2018-10-18T21:50:07Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, twenty years old, living in the United Arab Emirates and an Electrical Engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for Psychology, it helps her understand herself more and as a result increases her self confidence. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in Electrical Engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the codounders of the music club in her university. She has also been the vice president of the student council in her high school.&nbsp;</span><br />
<div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Ruba_Nasser&diff=74854Fellow:Ruba Nasser2018-10-18T21:47:44Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, twenty years old, living in the United Arab Emirates and an Electrical Engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for Psychology, it helps her understand herself more and as a result increases her self confidence. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in Electrical Engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the codounders of the music club in her university. She has also been the vice president of the student council in her high school.&nbsp;</span><br />
<div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Ruba_Nasser&diff=74852Fellow:Ruba Nasser2018-10-18T21:45:37Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, twenty years old, living in the United Arab Emirates and an Electrical Engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for Psychology, it helps her understand herself more and as a result increases her self confidence. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in Electrical Engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field and to learn more about the development of artificial intelligence.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the codounders of the music club in her university. She has also been the vice president of the student council in her high school.&nbsp;</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;">Ruba Nasser, a member of the Universty Innovation Fellows team at Khalifa Universiy, twenty years old, living in the United Arab Emirates and an Electrical engineering student. She loves classical music ,playing the piano,daisies and hot tea! She has exceptional passion for Psychology, it helps her understand herself more and as a result increases her self confidence. The number one reason behind Ruba majoring in Electrical engineering is her curiosity to become knowledgeable in that field. Ruba has also a great passion for teaching. Throughout her years as a student ,whether in junior high, high school or university , she keeps reflecting on the way the courses and subjects are being taught and developing thoughts and ideas about how teaching should and should not be. She cannot wait to become a professor in the future to apply her own touch in inspiring the younger minds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;">Ruba is very proud to be a member of the first UIF team from KU and she is also one of the codounders of the music club in her university. She has also been the vice president of the student council in her high school.&nbsp;</span></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Buthaina_AlKhayat&diff=74812Fellow:Buthaina AlKhayat2018-10-18T21:15:32Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><span style="font-size:larger;">Buthaina Rashed AlKhayat is a University Innovation Fellow from Khalifa University in Abudhabi, UAE. She is an Electrical Engineering student who's recently been on an exchange program at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. Buthaina views herself as a 20 year old wanderer and explorer living for new experiences and encounters. From desert dunes, to rocky mountains, to forests, she thinks everything is worth looking into. Her hobbies include being as adventurous as one can be, playing the piano, reading and doing sports.She is proud to have accomplished winning first place in a basketball and badminton tournament, second place in a chess match, and third in a swimming competition. She is also proud to have gotten through her first two years of university; she takes pride in being able to adapt to a change in atmosphere. Buthiana finds it important to believe in what you do and pursue what makes you happy and to remind yourself that its alright to cry at a sad movie or feel scared sometimes; its just an indication of being human.</span></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Buthaina_AlKhayat&diff=74811Fellow:Buthaina AlKhayat2018-10-18T21:15:16Z<p>Ruba Nasser: Created page with "<font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Buthaina Rashed AlKhayat is a University Innovation Fellow from Khalifa University in Abudhabi, UAE. She is an Electrical Enginee..."</p>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Buthaina Rashed AlKhayat is a University Innovation Fellow from Khalifa University in Abudhabi, UAE. She is an Electrical Engineering student who's recently been on an exchange program at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. Buthaina views herself as a 20 year old wanderer and explorer living for new experiences and encounters. From desert dunes, to rocky mountains, to forests, she thinks everything is worth looking into. Her hobbies include being as adventurous as one can be, playing the piano, reading and doing sports.She is proud to have accomplished winning first place in a basketball and badminton tournament, second place in a chess match, and third in a swimming competition. She is also proud to have gotten through her first two years of university; she takes pride in being able to adapt to a change in atmosphere. Buthiana finds it important to believe in what you do and pursue what makes you happy and to remind yourself that its alright to cry at a sad movie or feel scared sometimes; its just an indication of being human.</span></font></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Hajer_Almahri&diff=74795Fellow:Hajer Almahri2018-10-18T21:03:50Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><span style="font-size:larger;">Hajer AlMahri is a candidate for University Innovation Fellow as well as an Electrical Engineering student at Khalifa University. Hajer is an Emirati (United Arab Emirates) 21 year old who had several different passions. She noticed her love for both, Engineering and Business at an early stage in her life. Where at the age of 18, she ran her first business while maintaining to fulfill her other passion, by participating in Electrical Engineering competitions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;">During her first year in university, she opened a clothing line business and exhibited her brand in different stores in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;">While trying to maintain a successful business, Hajer enjoys volunteering on campus, alongside working on projects that relate to her major on and off campus.</span></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Hajer_Almahri&diff=74794Fellow:Hajer Almahri2018-10-18T21:02:09Z<p>Ruba Nasser: Created page with "<span style="font-size:larger;">Hajer Al Mehri is a candidate for University Innovation Fellow as well as an Electrical Engineering student at Khalifa University. Hajer is an ..."</p>
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<div><span style="font-size:larger;">Hajer Al Mehri is a candidate for University Innovation Fellow as well as an Electrical Engineering student at Khalifa University. Hajer is an Emirati (United Arab Emirates) 21 year old who had several different passions. She noticed her love for both, Engineering and Business at an early stage in her life. Where at the age of 18, she ran her first business while maintaining to fulfill her other passion, by participating in Electrical Engineering competitions.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:larger;">During her first year in university, she opened a clothing line business and exhibited her brand in different stores in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:larger;">While trying to maintain a successful business, Hajer enjoys volunteering on campus, alongside working on projects that relate to her major on and off campus.</span></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=72086Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-06T12:02:37Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:<br />
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#Lack of student focus during labs<br />
#Lack of self expectations among students<br />
#Lack social interaction between students<br />
#&nbsp;The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere<br />
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In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.<br />
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Ruba, held two projects in hand: the LabED idea as well as Leadership with emotional intelligence. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self-expectations. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society. LabED is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data<br />
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Maryam was in charge of the re-design of Mailing System. The goal is to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. This system helps students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.<br />
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Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program. The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through a portal or application, that helps students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The application also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.<br />
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Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.<br />
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Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:<br />
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Project number 1: LabED.<br />
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The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available.<br />
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The person who would be in charge of the project will need help from the student services department, specifically Miss Sheikha , as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both of them, we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.<br />
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Project number 2: Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
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This project can take place in two ways:<br />
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#Integrating this course with the Leadership and HR management course by improving on the syllabus and adding topics on improving emotional intelligence.<br />
#Introducing a new course called Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
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For the first option, the approval of the professors teaching this course is the first thing that should be done. These people include Dr. Robert and Dr. Gina. It is also important to look into how maybe the course can become a 4 credit hour course instead of a three credit hour course.<br />
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For the second option, a course similar to this has been recently introducted to students under the supervision of Dr. Glinda El Gamal. As explained in the invitation email, it is a six week course and at the end the students would receive a certificate of acheivement.&nbsp; Haing already thought of a similar idea before, we added this in the landscape canvas and decided that it could be the starting point to our project. The main challnege would be to first to encourage students to participate in it , work with Dr. Glinda to make the course more interactive and most importantly remove the restrictions available. Such course should not have limitations such as a minimum gpa of 3.0 and the number of seats availble should be more than just twenty and the priority shoul not be given just to senior students but to all students equally.<br />
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In both cases, it will be required to collaborate with student council, for better communication with the administration.<br />
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Project number 3: Redesigning the mailing system.<br />
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This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion in from people who are passionate in art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.<br />
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Project number 4:FYE<br />
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Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers know are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students university experience.<br />
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The project also will need programmers, probably from the IT department, so that the application would be available for using.</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=72085Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-06T12:01:23Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:<br />
<br />
#Lack of student focus during labs<br />
#Lack of self expectations among students<br />
#Lack social interaction between students<br />
#&nbsp;The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere<br />
<br />
In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.<br />
<br />
Ruba, held two projects in hand: the LabED idea as well as Leadership with emotional intelligence. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self-expectations. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society. LabED is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data<br />
<br />
Maryam was in charge of the re-design of Mailing System. The goal is to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. This system helps students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.<br />
<br />
Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program. The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through a portal or application, that helps students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The application also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.<br />
<br />
Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.<br />
<br />
Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:<br />
<br />
Project number 1: LabED.<br />
<br />
The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available.<br />
<br />
The person who would be in charge of the project will need help from the student services department, specifically Miss Sheikha , as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both of them, we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.<br />
<br />
Project number 2: Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
<br />
This project can take place in two ways:<br />
<br />
#Integrating this course with the Leadership and HR management course by improving on the syllabus and adding topics on improving emotional intelligence.<br />
#Introducing a new course called Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
<br />
For the first option, the approval of the professors teaching this course is the first thing that should be done. These people include Dr. Robert and Dr. Gina. It is also important to look into how maybe the course can become a 4 credit hour course instead of a three credit hour course.<br />
<br />
For the second option, a course similar to this has been recently introducted to students under the supervision of Dr. Glinda El Gamal. As explained in the invitation email, it is a six week course and at the end the students would receive a certificate of acheivement.&nbsp; Haing already though about a similar idea before, we added this in the landscape canvas and decided that it could be the starting point to our project. The main challnege would be to first to encourage students to participate in it , work with Dr. Glinda to make the course more interactive and most importantly remove the restrictions available. Such course should not have limitations such as a minimum gpa of 3.0 and the number of seats availble should be more than just twenty and the priority shoul not be given just to senior students but to all students equally.<br />
<br />
In both cases, it will be required to collaborate with student council, for better communication with the administration.<br />
<br />
Project number 3: Redesigning the mailing system.<br />
<br />
This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion in from people who are passionate in art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.<br />
<br />
Project number 4:FYE<br />
<br />
Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers know are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students university experience.<br />
<br />
The project also will need programmers, probably from the IT department, so that the application would be available for using.</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=72084Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-06T11:59:06Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
<hr />
<div>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:<br />
<br />
#Lack of student focus during labs<br />
#Lack of self expectations among students<br />
#Lack social interaction between students<br />
#&nbsp;The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere<br />
<br />
In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.<br />
<br />
Ruba, held two projects in hand: the LabED idea as well as Leadership with emotional intelligence. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self-expectations. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society. LabED is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data<br />
<br />
Maryam was in charge of the re-design of Mailing System. The goal is to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. This system helps students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.<br />
<br />
Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program. The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through a portal or application, that helps students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The application also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.<br />
<br />
Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.<br />
<br />
Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:<br />
<br />
Project number 1: LabED.<br />
<br />
The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available.<br />
<br />
The person who would be in charge of the project will need help from the student services department, specifically Miss Sheikha , as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both of them, we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.<br />
<br />
Project number 2: Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
<br />
This project can take place in two ways:<br />
<br />
#Integrating this course with the Leadership and HR management course by improving on the syllabus and adding topics on improving emotional intelligence.<br />
#Introducing a new course called Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
<br />
For the first option, the approval of the professors teaching this course is the first thing that should be done. These people include Dr. Robert and Dr. Gina. It is also important to look into how maybe the course can become a 4 credit hour course instead of a three credit hour course.<br />
<br />
For the second option, a course similar to this has been recently introducted to students under the supervision of Dr. Glinda El Gamal. As explained in the invitation email, it is a six week course and at the end the students would receive a certificate of acheivement.&nbsp; Haing already though about a similar idea we added this in the landscape canvas and decided that it could be the starting point to our project. The main challnege would be to first to encourage students to participate in it , work with Dr. Glinda to make the course more interactive and most importantly remove the restrictions available. Such course should not have limitations such as a minimum gpa of 3.0 and the number of seats availble should be more than just twenty and the priority shoul not be given just to senior students but to all students equally.<br />
<br />
In both cases, it will be required to collaborate with student council, for better communication with the administration.<br />
<br />
Project number 3: Redesigning the mailing system.<br />
<br />
This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion in from people who are passionate in art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.<br />
<br />
Project number 4:FYE<br />
<br />
Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers know are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students university experience.<br />
<br />
The project also will need programmers, probably from the IT department, so that the application would be available for using.</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=71980Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-05T16:16:44Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
<hr />
<div>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:<br />
<br />
#Lack of student focus during labs<br />
#Lack of self expectations among students<br />
#Lack social interaction between students<br />
#&nbsp;The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere<br />
<br />
In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.<br />
<br />
Ruba, held two projects in hand: the LabED idea as well as Leadership with emotional intelligence. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self-expectations. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society. LabED is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data<br />
<br />
Maryam was in charge of the re-design of Mailing System. The goal is to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. This system helps students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.<br />
<br />
Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program. The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through a portal or application, that helps students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The application also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.<br />
<br />
Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.<br />
<br />
Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:<br />
<br />
Project number 1: LabED.<br />
<br />
The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available.<br />
<br />
The person who would be in charge of the project will need help from the student services department, specifically Miss Sheikha , as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both of them, we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.<br />
<br />
Project number 2: Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
<br />
This project can take place in two ways:<br />
<br />
#Integrating this course with the Leadership and HR management course by improving on the syllabus and adding topics on improving emotional intelligence.<br />
#Introducing a new free elective course called Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
<br />
For the first option, the approval of the professors teaching this course is the first thing that should be done. These people include Dr. Robert and Dr. Gina. It is also important to look into how maybe the course can become a 4 credit hour course instead of a three credit hour course.<br />
<br />
Secondly, introducing a new course requires searching for people who can teach the course whether they were from campus or from outside.<br />
<br />
In both cases, it will be required to collaborate with student council, for better communication with the administration.<br />
<br />
Project number 3: Redesigning the mailing system.<br />
<br />
This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion in from people who are passionate in art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.<br />
<br />
Project number 4:FYE<br />
<br />
Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers know are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students university experience.<br />
<br />
The project also will need programmers, probably from the IT department, so that the application would be available for using.</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=71978Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-05T16:12:30Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
<hr />
<div>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:<br />
<br />
#Lack of student focus during labs<br />
#Lack of self expectations among students<br />
#Lack social interaction between students<br />
#&nbsp;The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere<br />
<br />
In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.<br />
<br />
Ruba, held two projects in hand: the LabED idea as well as Leadership with emotional intelligence. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self-expectations. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society. LabED is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data<br />
<br />
Maryam was in charge of the re-design of Mailing System. The goal is to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. This system helps students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.<br />
<br />
Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program. The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through a portal or application, that helps students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The application also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.<br />
<br />
Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.<br />
<br />
Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:<br />
<br />
Project number 1: LabED.<br />
<br />
The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available.<br />
<br />
The person who would be in charge of the project will need help from the student services department, specifically Miss Sheikha , as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both of them, we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.<br />
<br />
Project number 2: Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
<br />
This project can take place in two ways:<br />
<br />
#Integrating this course with the Leadership and HR management course by improving on the syllabus and adding topics on improving emotional intelligence.<br />
#Introducing a new free elective course called Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
<br />
For the first option, the approval of the professors teaching this course is the first thing that should be done. These people include Dr. Robert and Dr. Gina. It is also important to look into how maybe the course can become a 4 credit hour course instead of a three credit hour course.<br />
<br />
Secondly, introducing a new course requires searching for people who can teach the course whether they were from campus or from outside.<br />
<br />
In both cases, it will be required to collaborate with student council, for better communication with the administration.<br />
<br />
Project number 3: Redesigning the mailing system.<br />
<br />
This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion in from people who are passionate in art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.<br />
<br />
Project number 4:<br />
<br />
Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers know are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students university experience.<br />
<br />
The project also will need programmers, probably from the IT department, so that the application would be available for using.</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=71977Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-05T16:11:05Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
<hr />
<div>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:<br />
<br />
#Lack of student focus during labs<br />
#Lack of self expectations among students<br />
#Lack social interaction between students<br />
#&nbsp;The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere<br />
<br />
In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.<br />
<br />
Ruba, held two projects in hand: the LabED idea as well as Leadership with emotional intelligence. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self-expectations. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society. LabED is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data<br />
<br />
Maryam was in charge of the re-design of Mailing System. The goal is to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. This system helps students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.<br />
<br />
Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program. The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through a portal or application, that helps students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The application also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.<br />
<br />
Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.<br />
<br />
Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:<br />
<br />
Project number 1: LabED.<br />
<br />
The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available.<br />
<br />
Ruba would be in charge of the project in addition to help from the student services department, specifically Miss Sheikha , as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both of them, we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.<br />
<br />
Project number 2: Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
<br />
This project can take place in two ways:<br />
<br />
#Integrating this course with the Leadership and HR management course by improving on the syllabus and adding topics on improving emotional intelligence.<br />
#Introducing a new free elective course called Leadership with emotional intelligence.<br />
<br />
For the first option, the approval of the professors teaching this course is the first thing that should be done. These people include Dr. Robert and Dr. Gina. It is also important to look into how maybe the course can become a 4 credit hour course instead of a three credit hour course.<br />
<br />
Secondly, introducing a new course requires searching for people who can teach the course whether they were from campus or from outside.<br />
<br />
In both cases, it will be required to collaborate with student council, for better communication with the administration.<br />
<br />
Project number 3: Redesigning the mailing system.<br />
<br />
This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion in from people who are passionate in art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.<br />
<br />
Project number 4:<br />
<br />
Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers know are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students university experience.<br />
<br />
The project also will need programmers, probably from the IT department, so that the application would be available for using.</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=71976Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-05T16:10:11Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
<hr />
<div><var><samp><tt>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:</tt></samp></var><br />
<br />
#<br />
<br />
<var><samp><tt>Lack of student focus during labs</tt></samp></var><br />
<br />
#<br />
<br />
<var><samp><tt>Lack of self expectations among students</tt></samp></var><br />
<br />
#<br />
<br />
<var><samp><tt>Lack social interaction between students</tt></samp></var><br />
<br />
#<br />
<br />
<var><samp><tt>&nbsp;The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere</tt></samp></var><br />
<br />
<var><samp><tt>In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.</tt></samp></var><br />
<br />
<var><samp><tt>Ruba, held two projects in hand: the LabED idea as well as Leadership with emotional intelligence. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self-expectations. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society. LabED is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data</tt></samp></var><br />
<br />
<var><samp><tt>Maryam was in charge of the re-design of Mailing System. The goal is to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. This system helps students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.</tt></samp></var><br />
<br />
<var><samp><br/></samp></var><br />
<br />
<var><samp><tt>Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program. The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through a portal or application, that helps students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The application also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.</tt></samp></var><br />
<br />
<var><samp><tt>Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.</tt></samp></var><br />
<br />
<var><samp><tt><span id="docs-internal-guid-54fe0983-7fff-af24-46ae-1807427bcdd4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:</span></span></tt></samp></var><br />
<br />
<var><samp><tt><span id="docs-internal-guid-54fe0983-7fff-af24-46ae-1807427bcdd4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 1: LabED.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available. </span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The person who would be in charge of the project will need the help from the student services department, specifically Miss Sheikha , as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both of them, we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 2: Leadership with emotional intelligence.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This project can take place in two ways:</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Integrating this course with the Leadership and HR management course by improving on the syllabus and adding topics on improving emotional intelligence.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Introducing a new free elective course called Leadership with emotional intelligence. </span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the first option, the approval of the professors teaching this course is the first thing that should be done. These people include Dr. Robert and Dr. Gina. It is also important to look into how maybe the course can become a 4 credit hour course instead of a three credit hour course.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Secondly, introducing a new course requires searching for people who can teach the course whether they were from campus or from outside.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In both cases, it will be required to collaborate with student council, for better communication with the administration.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 3: Redesigning the mailing system.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion from people who are passionate about art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 4:</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students’ university experience.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The project also will need programmers, probably from the IT department, so that the application would be available for using.</span></span></tt></samp></var></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=71975Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-05T16:09:16Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><tt>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:</tt><br />
<br />
#<br />
<tt>Lack of student focus during labs</tt><br />
<br />
#<br />
<tt>Lack of self expectations among students</tt><br />
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#<br />
<tt>Lack social interaction between students</tt><br />
<br />
#<br />
<tt>&nbsp;The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere</tt><br />
<br />
<tt>In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.</tt><br />
<br />
<tt>Ruba, held two projects in hand: the LabED idea as well as Leadership with emotional intelligence. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self-expectations. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society. LabED is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data</tt><br />
<br />
<tt>Maryam was in charge of the re-design of Mailing System. The goal is to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. This system helps students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.</tt><br />
<br />
<tt><br/></tt><br />
<br />
<tt>Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program. The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through a portal or application, that helps students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The application also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.</tt><br />
<br />
<tt>Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.</tt><br />
<br />
<tt><span id="docs-internal-guid-54fe0983-7fff-af24-46ae-1807427bcdd4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:</span></span></tt><br />
<br />
<tt><span id="docs-internal-guid-54fe0983-7fff-af24-46ae-1807427bcdd4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 1: LabED.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available. </span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The person who would be in charge of the project will need the help from the student services department, specifically Miss Sheikha , as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both of them, we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 2: Leadership with emotional intelligence.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This project can take place in two ways:</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Integrating this course with the Leadership and HR management course by improving on the syllabus and adding topics on improving emotional intelligence.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Introducing a new free elective course called Leadership with emotional intelligence. </span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the first option, the approval of the professors teaching this course is the first thing that should be done. These people include Dr. Robert and Dr. Gina. It is also important to look into how maybe the course can become a 4 credit hour course instead of a three credit hour course.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Secondly, introducing a new course requires searching for people who can teach the course whether they were from campus or from outside.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In both cases, it will be required to collaborate with student council, for better communication with the administration.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 3: Redesigning the mailing system.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion from people who are passionate about art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 4:</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students’ university experience.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The project also will need programmers, probably from the IT department, so that the application would be available for using.</span></span></tt></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=71974Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-05T16:05:48Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
<hr />
<div>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:<br />
<br />
#Lack of student focus during labs<br />
#Lack of self expectations among students<br />
#Lack social interaction between students<br />
#&nbsp;The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere<br />
<br />
In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.<span style="font-size:medium;"></span><br />
<br />
Ruba, held two projects in hand: the LabED idea as well as Leadership with emotional intelligence. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self-expectations. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society. LabED is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data<br />
<br />
Maryam was in charge of the re-design of Mailing System. The goal is to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. This system helps students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program. The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through a portal or application, that helps students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The application also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.<br />
<br />
Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.<br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-54fe0983-7fff-af24-46ae-1807427bcdd4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:</span></span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-54fe0983-7fff-af24-46ae-1807427bcdd4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 1: LabED.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available. </span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The person who would be in charge of the project will need the help from the student services department, specifically Miss Sheikha , as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both of them, we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 2: Leadership with emotional intelligence.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This project can take place in two ways:</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Integrating this course with the Leadership and HR management course by improving on the syllabus and adding topics on improving emotional intelligence.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Introducing a new free elective course called Leadership with emotional intelligence. </span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the first option, the approval of the professors teaching this course is the first thing that should be done. These people include Dr. Robert and Dr. Gina. It is also important to look into how maybe the course can become a 4 credit hour course instead of a three credit hour course.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Secondly, introducing a new course requires searching for people who can teach the course whether they were from campus or from outside.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In both cases, it will be required to collaborate with student council, for better communication with the administration.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 3: Redesigning the mailing system.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion from people who are passionate about art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 4:</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students’ university experience.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The project also will need programmers, probably from the IT department, so that the application would be available for using.</span></span></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=71972Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-05T16:04:33Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
<hr />
<div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:</span></span><br />
<br />
#<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Lack of student focus during labs</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Lack of self expectations among students</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Lack social interaction between students</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Ruba, held two projects in hand: the LabED idea as well as the re-design of Mailing System. Both projects revolve around technology and are as equally important. LabED is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data. As for the Re-design of Mailing System, the goal is to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. This system helps students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Maryam was in charge of the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence project. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self expectations. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program. The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through a portal or application, that helps students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The application also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-54fe0983-7fff-af24-46ae-1807427bcdd4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Below we list the key tactics required to bring this project to life:</span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-54fe0983-7fff-af24-46ae-1807427bcdd4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 1: LabED.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first step to be done for this project is to present it to the lab instructors and professors and see how it can be modified .As well as, investigating on how it can suit the different types of labs available. Then, this project requires support from the IT department to get this website available. </span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The person who would be in charge of the project will need the help from the student services department, specifically Miss Sheikha , as well as the center of teaching and learning which Dr. Mark is in charge of. Both of them, we believe, can provide support and guidance to this project.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 2: Leadership with emotional intelligence.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This project can take place in two ways:</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Integrating this course with the Leadership and HR management course by improving on the syllabus and adding topics on improving emotional intelligence.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Introducing a new free elective course called Leadership with emotional intelligence. </span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the first option, the approval of the professors teaching this course is the first thing that should be done. These people include Dr. Robert and Dr. Gina. It is also important to look into how maybe the course can become a 4 credit hour course instead of a three credit hour course.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Secondly, introducing a new course requires searching for people who can teach the course whether they were from campus or from outside.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In both cases, it will be required to collaborate with student council, for better communication with the administration.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 3: Redesigning the mailing system.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This project needs the support of the IT department who can even provide us with more suggestions on how it can be optimized and improved. Thinking more about it, we realized also that we will need an artistic opinion from people who are passionate about art and colors which is why seeking the opinion of the students from the art club seems like a great approach.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project number 4:</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since this project is focusing more on the freshmen students, the support of the STEM program (prep program) faculty will be much needed. These people from organizers, to teachers are the closest people to the new students and are aware of how significantly the FYE program would contribute to the new students’ university experience.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The project also will need programmers, probably from the IT department, so that the application would be available for using.</span></span></span></span><br/></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology_Student_Priorities&diff=71934Priorities:Khalifa University of Science and Technology Student Priorities2018-10-05T04:29:49Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div>The chief goal behind our brainstorming and prototyping is to build a better environment for university students. Whether first years or seniors, we sought to identify what major issues students at Khalifa University were facing. We opened up new tabs of blank sheets in our heads and filled them out with plenty of ideas, some of which seemed too simple and others way to complex. At the end of it all we combined what wild ideas we had and came up with conclusions to four problems:<br />
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#Lack of student focus during labs<br />
#Lack of self expectations among students<br />
#Lack social interaction between students<br />
#&nbsp;The difficulty of transitioning from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere<br />
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In order to implement a solution to each of our ideas, we spread out across campus discussing how our ideas can be restructured to best-fit students’ needs.<br />
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Ruba, held two projects in hand: the LabED idea as well as the re-design of Mailing System. Both projects revolve around technology and are as equally important. LabED is a resource design around laboratories. It helps better understand what the lab session talks about and includes a demonstration of the experiment. Also, it has questions about the sessions to help see if students are aware of what the lab presents as well as worksheets for students to record their data. As for the Re-design of Mailing System, the goal is to categorize emails based on what their subject is so that students wouldn’t have to regard emails that are non-academic as junk mail. This system helps students distinguish what events are going around campus. It also allows them to be more interactive with their interests.<br />
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Maryam was in charge of the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence project. The course associated with this idea is designed to help students paint a futuristic picture of their life after university. The course starts by helping students build self-confidence and higher their self expectations. In other words, starting within the individual to then branch out and describe how he/she is willing to interact with others and be a representative of their society.<br />
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Hajer juggled the biggest of projects; the Freshman Year Experience program. The project is designed to facilitate the transition from a high school atmosphere to university atmosphere where responsibilities pile up for incoming students. This ease happens through a portal or application, that helps students interact with one another socially, from talking about academics or just saying friendly “Hello”. The application also benefits freshmen by introducing them to the campus through sending notifications about news around campus or upcoming events and workshops to get acquainted.<br />
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Moreover, the talks we had with around campus played a vital in our process since it was through those conversations that we knew how to improve our ideas and how well they would be accepted after implementations. And to aid in implementations we looked at various resources around campus which included the IT department for technological aid such as designing apps and creating webpages, the Health and Social Sciences department to further develop the Leadership with Emotional Intelligence course, and the Freshman Year Experience team at Khalifa University to pitch out idea and encourage its completion.</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology&diff=70108School:Khalifa University of Science and Technology2018-09-28T00:00:53Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the outcome of three incredible engineering based universities. The Petroleum Institute – University and Research Center, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research. &nbsp;The institute ranked 32 out of the 359 universities assessed by the Times Higher Education. This owing is due to the extensive engineering and medical courses the university has to offer, in addition to the UAE’s leading research centers where challenges are addressed in a systematic manner following innovative methods prospering from focus groups of a team-based culture.<br />
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'''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship'''<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">In order to create a community of collectiveness, Khalifa University offers courses that revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship where students are expected to rely on one another and work as a team to obtain the mindset of an entrepreneur or an “outside- of – the – box” intellectual.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">In addition, there are courses that follow the Geo- Science major which target exploration and discovery; the basis of every great idea. Several other courses that revolve around the innovative process comes into play, for instance: hands on lab experiments for all engineering majors, from constructing circuits to handling chemicals as well as the Freshmen Engineering Design course for the early high school graduates to incorporate innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem from day one.</span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Khalifa University is in partnership with humanitarian programs that allow students to intern globally. This partnership is through establishments like Jusoor and Khayarat. The program incredibly highlights where innovation and entrepreneurship meet humanity and welfare. Promoting I&E also takes place through competitions like the EBTIC hothouse competition which improves the entrepreneurial skills of the students as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Students also explore their potentials by working in teams in the Student Chapters like: IEEE, AIAA & ASME which organize events every now and then such as familiarization events about majors for the new students.</span><br />
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<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Similarly, the university offers centers and clubs that help develop ideas into actions. The Khalifa University Innovation Center being one of them. The center aims to turn patents into start-ups. It helps young innovators financially and supports them technically.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Constant encouragement is vital for an environment full of young entrepreneurs such as our university and that is achieved through the president’s memo which is sent each month to all students and faculty talking about all different kinds of achievements and events of everybody in campus. It is worth mentioning also that our dear graduates are not forgotten about for sure. Through the alumni office, where the officers are past KU graduates, the university makes sure to stay in touch with the graduates and provide a point of contact between former students and the university through social and professional networking.</span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">In KU also, outstanding events organized by students (through clubs), to students take place very frequently. Inspirational talks are given by students through &nbsp;KU Talk event, Open Mic night event , and the famous film festival event where students successfully deliver a message every year through films that they made from scratch.</span><br />
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<br/>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span>'''<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Overall, Khalifa university in collaboration with various entities provide fundings for the community to grow and support faculty who have unique and innovative research ideas.These ideas can be technological solutions, products, services or processes. In all departments of Khalifa University, commercializing research is very important. What differentiates KU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem is its commitment to show how research and education constitute value for the entire society of UAE.</span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">The extent to which faculty encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials varies from one individual to another. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is facilitated within the the campus by faculty who adapt entrepreneurial thinking to draw opportunities, innovation and value creation in higher education and as a result target the students and inspire them to achieve more in society and become long life learners. Although finding such faculty can be challenging sometimes , pathways to youth entrepreneurship still can be found by inspiring and encouraging faculty.</span><br />
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'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span>'''<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">The Office of Technology Management and Innovation is responsible for protection, management and commercialization of Khalifa University research discoveries. It works closely with faculty and researchers in the university to translate their inventions into viable business opportunities and commercial products through formation of startups and/or technology licensing to industry partners. The office supports the research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the University to actively contribute to UAE economic development and diversification.</span><br />
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<br/>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span>'''<br />
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The channel between academia and industry is established in KU in many ways , especially that after the merging of the three universities (Petroleum institute, Masdar Institute and Khalifa University) the resources available now are way more than the ones available 2-3 years ago.<br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research institutes and centers, where challenges of relevance to the region and world are addressed in a systematic and targeted manner by innovative researchers working together in world-class facilities. These research clusters will create the foundation for the University to become a global leader in use-inspired research. The University’s two major institutes are the Masdar Institute, under which primarily sustainability focused research centers are grouped, and the Petroleum Institute, under which primarily hydrocarbon production and exploration focused research centers are grouped.</span><br />
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<br/>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts</span>'''<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Hoping to capitalize on the rise in intellectual property creation in the UAE, Khalifa University partnered with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Tawazun Economic Council and Mubadala Development Company to create the Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC), a tech incubator with the ability to provide financial and technical support to innovative entrepreneurs. Hence, KU with its three campuses shows lots of engagement in the regional and economic growth of UAE.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">In addition to that, the university also ensures local economic benefit through Internships and career fairs.</span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Local Internship</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">In order to develop hands-on skills and give a brief idea about various industries for graduating students, they are encouraged to apply to companies through various resources such as simplicity, an online platforms for internship opportunities or jusoor program, a program which exposes youth to well know private sector companies. These help educate students on local existing companies, work environment and possible positions they can apply to.</span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">External Internships</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Students looking to be exposed to global technological platforms and learn to implement solutions, &nbsp;can apply to various locations such as Germany (Siemens) and UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) in order to gain insights and develop new skills as well as broaden their communication spectrum</span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Career Fair</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Annually a career fair is established at ADNEC exhibition and in KU main campus, in order to network and approach industries regarding their vision and placement opportunities.</span><br />
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&nbsp;</div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology&diff=70107School:Khalifa University of Science and Technology2018-09-27T23:59:35Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the outcome of three incredible engineering based universities. The Petroleum Institute – University and Research Center, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research. &nbsp;The institute ranked 32 out of the 359 universities assessed by the Times Higher Education. This owing is due to the extensive engineering and medical courses the university has to offer, in addition to the UAE’s leading research centers where challenges are addressed in a systematic manner following innovative methods prospering from focus groups of a team-based culture.<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
'''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship'''<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">In order to create a community of collectiveness, Khalifa University offers courses that revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship where students are expected to rely on one another and work as a team to obtain the mindset of an entrepreneur or an “outside- of – the – box” intellectual.</span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">In addition, there are courses that follow the Geo- Science major which target exploration and discovery; the basis of every great idea. Several other courses that revolve around the innovative process comes into play, for instance: hands on lab experiments for all engineering majors, from constructing circuits to handling chemicals as well as the Freshmen Engineering Design course for the early high school graduates to incorporate innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem from day one.</span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Khalifa University is in partnership with humanitarian programs that allow students to intern globally. This partnership is through establishments like Jusoor and Khayarat. The program incredibly highlights where innovation and entrepreneurship meet humanity and welfare. Promoting I&E also takes place through competitions like the EBTIC hothouse competition which improves the entrepreneurial skills of the students as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Students also explore their potentials by working in teams in the Student Chapters like: IEEE, AIAA & ASME which organize events every now and then such as familiarization events about majors for the new students.</span><br />
<br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Similarly, the university offers centers and clubs that help develop ideas into actions. The Khalifa University Innovation Center being one of them. The center aims to turn patents into start-ups. It helps young innovators financially and supports them technically.</span><br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Constant encouragement is vital for an environment full of young entrepreneurs such as our university and that is achieved through the president’s memo which is sent each month to all students and faculty talking about all different kinds of achievements and events of everybody in campus. It is worth mentioning also that our dear graduates are not forgotten about for sure. Through the alumni office, where the officers are past KU graduates, the university makes sure to stay in touch with the graduates and provide a point of contact between former students and the university through social and professional networking.</span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">In KU also, outstanding events organized by students (through clubs), to students take place very frequently. Inspirational talks are given by students through &nbsp;KU Talk event, Open Mic night event , and the famous film festival event where students successfully deliver a message every year through films that they made from scratch.</span><br />
<br />
<br/>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span>'''<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Overall, Khalifa university in collaboration with various entities provide fundings for the community to grow and support faculty who have unique and innovative research ideas.These ideas can be technological solutions, products, services or processes. In all departments of Khalifa University, commercializing research is very important. What differentiates KU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem is its commitment to show how research and education constitute value for the entire society of UAE.</span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">The extent to which faculty encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials varies from one individual to another. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is facilitated within the the campus by faculty who adapt entrepreneurial thinking to draw opportunities, innovation and value creation in higher education and as a result target the students and inspire them to achieve more in society and become long life learners. Although finding such faculty can be challenging sometimes , pathways to youth entrepreneurship still can be found by inspiring and encouraging faculty.</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span>'''<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">The Office of Technology Management and Innovation is responsible for protection, management and commercialization of Khalifa University research discoveries. It works closely with faculty and researchers in the university to translate their inventions into viable business opportunities and commercial products through formation of startups and/or technology licensing to industry partners. The office supports the research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the University to actively contribute to UAE economic development and diversification.</span><br />
<br />
<br/>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span>'''<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">The channel between academia and industry is established in KU in many ways , especially that after the merging of the three universities (Petroleum institute, Masdar Institute and Khalifa University) the resources available now are way more than the ones available 2-3 years ago.</span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research institutes and centers, where challenges of relevance to the region and world are addressed in a systematic and targeted manner by innovative researchers working together in world-class facilities. These research clusters will create the foundation for the University to become a global leader in use-inspired research. The University’s two major institutes are the Masdar Institute, under which primarily sustainability focused research centers are grouped, and the Petroleum Institute, under which primarily hydrocarbon production and exploration focused research centers are grouped.</span><br />
<br />
<br/>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts</span>'''<br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Hoping to capitalize on the rise in intellectual property creation in the UAE, Khalifa University partnered with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Tawazun Economic Council and Mubadala Development Company to create the Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC), a tech incubator with the ability to provide financial and technical support to innovative entrepreneurs. Hence, KU with its three campuses shows lots of engagement in the regional and economic growth of UAE.</span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">In addition to that, the university also ensures local economic benefit through Internships and career fairs.</span><br />
<br />
&nbsp;<br />
<br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Local Internship</span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">In order to develop hands-on skills and give a brief idea about various industries for graduating students, they are encouraged to apply to companies through various resources such as simplicity, an online platforms for internship opportunities or jusoor program, a program which exposes youth to well know private sector companies. These help educate students on local existing companies, work environment and possible positions they can apply to.</span><br />
<br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">External Internships</span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Students looking to be exposed to global technological platforms and learn to implement solutions, &nbsp;can apply to various locations such as Germany (Siemens) and UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) in order to gain insights and develop new skills as well as broaden their communication spectrum</span><br />
<br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Career Fair</span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e">Annually a career fair is established at ADNEC exhibition and in KU main campus, in order to network and approach industries regarding their vision and placement opportunities.</span></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology&diff=70105School:Khalifa University of Science and Technology2018-09-27T23:58:39Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the outcome of three incredible engineering based universities. The Petroleum Institute – University and Research Center, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research. &nbsp;The institute ranked 32 out of the 359 universities assessed by the Times Higher Education. This owing is due to the extensive engineering and medical courses the university has to offer, in addition to the UAE’s leading research centers where challenges are addressed in a systematic manner following innovative methods prospering from focus groups of a team-based culture.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to create a community of collectiveness, Khalifa University offers courses that revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship where students are expected to rely on one another and work as a team to obtain the mindset of an entrepreneur or an “outside- of – the – box” intellectual.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, there are courses that follow the Geo- Science major which target exploration and discovery; the basis of every great idea. Several other courses that revolve around the innovative process comes into play, for instance: hands on lab experiments for all engineering majors, from constructing circuits to handling chemicals as well as the Freshmen Engineering Design course for the early high school graduates to incorporate innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem from day one.</span></span><br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is in partnership with humanitarian programs that allow students to intern globally. This partnership is through establishments like Jusoor and Khayarat. The program incredibly highlights where innovation and entrepreneurship meet humanity and welfare. Promoting I&E also takes place through competitions like the EBTIC hothouse competition which improves the entrepreneurial skills of the students as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Students also explore their potentials by working in teams in the Student Chapters like: IEEE, AIAA & ASME which organize events every now and then such as familiarization events about majors for the new students.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, the university offers centers and clubs that help develop ideas into actions. The Khalifa University Innovation Center being one of them. The center aims to turn patents into start-ups. It helps young innovators financially and supports them technically.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Constant encouragement is vital for an environment full of young entrepreneurs such as our university and that is achieved through the president’s memo which is sent each month to all students and faculty talking about all different kinds of achievements and events of everybody in campus. It is worth mentioning also that our dear graduates are not forgotten about for sure. Through the alumni office, where the officers are past KU graduates, the university makes sure to stay in touch with the graduates and provide a point of contact between former students and the university through social and professional networking.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In KU also, outstanding events organized by students (through clubs), to students take place very frequently. Inspirational talks are given by students through &nbsp;KU Talk event, Open Mic night event , and the famous film festival event where students successfully deliver a message every year through films that they made from scratch.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, Khalifa university in collaboration with various entities provide fundings for the community to grow and support faculty who have unique and innovative research ideas.These ideas can be technological solutions, products, services or processes. In all departments of Khalifa University, commercializing research is very important. What differentiates KU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem is its commitment to show how research and education constitute value for the entire society of UAE.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The extent to which faculty encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials varies from one individual to another. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is facilitated within the the campus by faculty who adapt entrepreneurial thinking to draw opportunities, innovation and value creation in higher education and as a result target the students and inspire them to achieve more in society and become long life learners. Although finding such faculty can be challenging sometimes , pathways to youth entrepreneurship still can be found by inspiring and encouraging faculty.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology Management and Innovation is responsible for protection, management and commercialization of Khalifa University research discoveries. It works closely with faculty and researchers in the university to translate their inventions into viable business opportunities and commercial products through formation of startups and/or technology licensing to industry partners. The office supports the research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the University to actively contribute to UAE economic development and diversification.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The channel between academia and industry is established in KU in many ways , especially that after the merging of the three universities (Petroleum institute, Masdar Institute and Khalifa University) the resources available now are way more than the ones available 2-3 years ago.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research institutes and centers, where challenges of relevance to the region and world are addressed in a systematic and targeted manner by innovative researchers working together in world-class facilities. These research clusters will create the foundation for the University to become a global leader in use-inspired research. The University’s two major institutes are the Masdar Institute, under which primarily sustainability focused research centers are grouped, and the Petroleum Institute, under which primarily hydrocarbon production and exploration focused research centers are grouped.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hoping to capitalize on the rise in intellectual property creation in the UAE, Khalifa University partnered with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Tawazun Economic Council and Mubadala Development Company to create the Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC), a tech incubator with the ability to provide financial and technical support to innovative entrepreneurs. Hence, KU with its three campuses shows lots of engagement in the regional and economic growth of UAE.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to that, the university also ensures local economic benefit through Internships and career fairs.</span></span><br />
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<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Local Internship</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to develop hands-on skills and give a brief idea about various industries for graduating students, they are encouraged to apply to companies through various resources such as simplicity, an online platforms for internship opportunities or jusoor program, a program which exposes youth to well know private sector companies. These help educate students on local existing companies, work environment and possible positions they can apply to.</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">External Internships</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students looking to be exposed to global technological platforms and learn to implement solutions, &nbsp;can apply to various locations such as Germany (Siemens) and UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) in order to gain insights and develop new skills as well as broaden their communication spectrum</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Career Fair</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annually a career fair is established at ADNEC exhibition and in KU main campus, in order to network and approach industries regarding their vision and placement opportunities.</span></span></p><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology&diff=70104School:Khalifa University of Science and Technology2018-09-27T23:57:56Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the outcome of three incredible engineering based universities. The Petroleum Institute – University and Research Center, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research. &nbsp;The institute ranked 32 out of the 359 universities assessed by the Times Higher Education. This owing is due to the extensive engineering and medical courses the university has to offer, in addition to the UAE’s leading research centers where challenges are addressed in a systematic manner following innovative methods prospering from focus groups of a team-based culture.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to create a community of collectiveness, Khalifa University offers courses that revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship where students are expected to rely on one another and work as a team to obtain the mindset of an entrepreneur or an “outside- of – the – box” intellectual.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, there are courses that follow the Geo- Science major which target exploration and discovery; the basis of every great idea. Several other courses that revolve around the innovative process comes into play, for instance: hands on lab experiments for all engineering majors, from constructing circuits to handling chemicals as well as the Freshmen Engineering Design course for the early high school graduates to incorporate innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem from day one.</span></span><br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is in partnership with humanitarian programs that allow students to intern globally. This partnership is through establishments like Jusoor and Khayarat. The program incredibly highlights where innovation and entrepreneurship meet humanity and welfare. Promoting I&E also takes place through competitions like the EBTIC hothouse competition which improves the entrepreneurial skills of the students as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Students also explore their potentials by working in teams in the Student Chapters like: IEEE, AIAA & ASME which organize events every now and then such as familiarization events about majors for the new students.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, the university offers centers and clubs that help develop ideas into actions. The Khalifa University Innovation Center being one of them. The center aims to turn patents into start-ups. It helps young innovators financially and supports them technically.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Constant encouragement is vital for an environment full of young entrepreneurs such as our university and that is achieved through the president’s memo which is sent each month to all students and faculty talking about all different kinds of achievements and events of everybody in campus. It is worth mentioning also that our dear graduates are not forgotten about for sure. Through the alumni office, where the officers are past KU graduates, the university makes sure to stay in touch with the graduates and provide a point of contact between former students and the university through social and professional networking.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In KU also, outstanding events organized by students (through clubs), to students take place very frequently. Inspirational talks are given by students through &nbsp;KU Talk event, Open Mic night event , and the famous film festival event where students successfully deliver a message every year through films that they made from scratch.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, Khalifa university in collaboration with various entities provide fundings for the community to grow and support faculty who have unique and innovative research ideas.These ideas can be technological solutions, products, services or processes. In all departments of Khalifa University, commercializing research is very important. What differentiates KU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem is its commitment to show how research and education constitute value for the entire society of UAE.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The extent to which faculty encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials varies from one individual to another. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is facilitated within the the campus by faculty who adapt entrepreneurial thinking to draw opportunities, innovation and value creation in higher education and as a result target the students and inspire them to achieve more in society and become long life learners. Although finding such faculty can be challenging sometimes , pathways to youth entrepreneurship still can be found by inspiring and encouraging faculty.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology Management and Innovation is responsible for protection, management and commercialization of Khalifa University research discoveries. It works closely with faculty and researchers in the university to translate their inventions into viable business opportunities and commercial products through formation of startups and/or technology licensing to industry partners. The office supports the research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the University to actively contribute to UAE economic development and diversification.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The channel between academia and industry is established in KU in many ways , especially that after the merging of the three universities (Petroleum institute, Masdar Institute and Khalifa University) the resources available now are way more than the ones available 2-3 years ago.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research institutes and centers, where challenges of relevance to the region and world are addressed in a systematic and targeted manner by innovative researchers working together in world-class facilities. These research clusters will create the foundation for the University to become a global leader in use-inspired research. The University’s two major institutes are the Masdar Institute, under which primarily sustainability focused research centers are grouped, and the Petroleum Institute, under which primarily hydrocarbon production and exploration focused research centers are grouped.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hoping to capitalize on the rise in intellectual property creation in the UAE, Khalifa University partnered with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Tawazun Economic Council and Mubadala Development Company to create the Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC), a tech incubator with the ability to provide financial and technical support to innovative entrepreneurs. Hence, KU with its three campuses shows lots of engagement in the regional and economic growth of UAE.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to develop hands-on skills and give a brief idea about various industries for graduating students, they are encouraged to apply to companies through various resources such as simplicity, an online platforms for internship opportunities or jusoor program, a program which exposes youth to well know private sector companies. These help educate students on local existing companies, work environment and possible positions they can apply to.</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students looking to be exposed to global technological platforms and learn to implement solutions, &nbsp;can apply to various locations such as Germany (Siemens) and UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) in order to gain insights and develop new skills as well as broaden their communication spectrum</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Career Fair</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annually a career fair is established at ADNEC exhibition and in KU main campus, in order to network and approach industries regarding their vision and placement opportunities.</span></span></p><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology&diff=70100School:Khalifa University of Science and Technology2018-09-27T23:48:44Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the outcome of three incredible engineering based universities. The Petroleum Institute – University and Research Center, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research. &nbsp;The institute ranked 32 out of the 359 universities assessed by the Times Higher Education. This owing is due to the extensive engineering and medical courses the university has to offer, in addition to the UAE’s leading research centers where challenges are addressed in a systematic manner following innovative methods prospering from focus groups of a team-based culture.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to create a community of collectiveness, Khalifa University offers courses that revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship where students are expected to rely on one another and work as a team to obtain the mindset of an entrepreneur or an “outside- of – the – box” intellectual.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, there are courses that follow the Geo- Science major which target exploration and discovery; the basis of every great idea. Several other courses that revolve around the innovative process comes into play, for instance: hands on lab experiments for all engineering majors, from constructing circuits to handling chemicals as well as the Freshmen Engineering Design course for the early high school graduates to incorporate innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem from day one.</span></span><br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is in partnership with humanitarian programs that allow students to intern globally. This partnership is through establishments like Jusoor and Khayarat. The program incredibly highlights where innovation and entrepreneurship meet humanity and welfare. Promoting I&E also takes place through competitions like the EBTIC hothouse competition which improves the entrepreneurial skills of the students as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Students also explore their potentials by working in teams in the Student Chapters like: IEEE, AIAA & ASME which organize events every now and then such as familiarization events about majors for the new students.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, the university offers centers and clubs that help develop ideas into actions. The Khalifa University Innovation Center being one of them. The center aims to turn patents into start-ups. It helps young innovators financially and supports them technically.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Constant encouragement is vital for an environment full of young entrepreneurs such as our university and that is achieved through the president’s memo which is sent each month to all students and faculty talking about all different kinds of achievements and events of everybody in campus. It is worth mentioning also that our dear graduates are not forgotten about for sure. Through the alumni office, where the officers are past KU graduates, the university makes sure to stay in touch with the graduates and provide a point of contact between former students and the university through social and professional networking.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In KU also, outstanding events organized by students (through clubs), to students take place very frequently. Inspirational talks are given by students through &nbsp;KU Talk event, Open Mic night event , and the famous film festival event where students successfully deliver a message every year through films that they made from scratch.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, Khalifa university in collaboration with various entities provide fundings for the community to grow and support faculty who have unique and innovative research ideas.These ideas can be technological solutions, products, services or processes. In all departments of Khalifa University, commercializing research is very important. What differentiates KU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem is its commitment to show how research and education constitute value for the entire society of UAE.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The extent to which faculty encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials varies from one individual to another. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is facilitated within the the campus by faculty who adapt entrepreneurial thinking to draw opportunities, innovation and value creation in higher education and as a result target the students and inspire them to achieve more in society and become long life learners. Although finding such faculty can be challenging sometimes , pathways to youth entrepreneurship still can be found by inspiring and encouraging faculty.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology Management and Innovation is responsible for protection, management and commercialization of Khalifa University research discoveries. It works closely with faculty and researchers in the university to translate their inventions into viable business opportunities and commercial products through formation of startups and/or technology licensing to industry partners. The office supports the research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the University to actively contribute to UAE economic development and diversification.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The channel between academia and industry is established in KU in many ways , especially that after the merging of the three universities (Petroleum institute, Masdar Institute and Khalifa University) the resources available now are way more than the ones available 2-3 years ago.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research institutes and centers, where challenges of relevance to the region and world are addressed in a systematic and targeted manner by innovative researchers working together in world-class facilities. These research clusters will create the foundation for the University to become a global leader in use-inspired research. The University’s two major institutes are the Masdar Institute, under which primarily sustainability focused research centers are grouped, and the Petroleum Institute, under which primarily hydrocarbon production and exploration focused research centers are grouped.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hoping to capitalize on the rise in intellectual property creation in the UAE, Khalifa University partnered with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Tawazun Economic Council and Mubadala Development Company to create the Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC), a tech incubator with the ability to provide financial and technical support to innovative entrepreneurs. Hence, KU with its three campuses shows lots of engagement in the regional and economic growth of UAE.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to that, the university also ensures local economic benefit through Internships and career fairs.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to develop hands-on skills and give a brief idea about various industries for graduating students, they are encouraged to apply to companies through various resources such as simplicity, an online platforms for internship opportunities or jusoor program, a program which exposes youth to well know private sector companies. These help educate students on local existing companies, work environment and possible positions they can apply to.</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">External Internships</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students looking to be exposed to global technological platforms and learn to implement solutions, &nbsp;can apply to various locations such as Germany (Siemens) and UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) in order to gain insights and develop new skills as well as broaden their communication spectrum</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Career Fair</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annually a career fair is established at ADNEC exhibition and in KU main campus, in order to network and approach industries regarding their vision and placement opportunities.</span></span></p><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology&diff=70099School:Khalifa University of Science and Technology2018-09-27T23:48:10Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the outcome of three incredible engineering based universities. The Petroleum Institute – University and Research Center, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research. &nbsp;The institute ranked 32 out of the 359 universities assessed by the Times Higher Education. This owing is due to the extensive engineering and medical courses the university has to offer, in addition to the UAE’s leading research centers where challenges are addressed in a systematic manner following innovative methods prospering from focus groups of a team-based culture.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to create a community of collectiveness, Khalifa University offers courses that revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship where students are expected to rely on one another and work as a team to obtain the mindset of an entrepreneur or an “outside- of – the – box” intellectual.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, there are courses that follow the Geo- Science major which target exploration and discovery; the basis of every great idea. Several other courses that revolve around the innovative process comes into play, for instance: hands on lab experiments for all engineering majors, from constructing circuits to handling chemicals as well as the Freshmen Engineering Design course for the early high school graduates to incorporate innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem from day one.</span></span><br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is in partnership with humanitarian programs that allow students to intern globally. This partnership is through establishments like Jusoor and Khayarat. The program incredibly highlights where innovation and entrepreneurship meet humanity and welfare. Promoting I&E also takes place through competitions like the EBTIC hothouse competition which improves the entrepreneurial skills of the students as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Students also explore their potentials by working in teams in the Student Chapters like: IEEE, AIAA & ASME which organize events every now and then such as familiarization events about majors for the new students.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, the university offers centers and clubs that help develop ideas into actions. The Khalifa University Innovation Center being one of them. The center aims to turn patents into start-ups. It helps young innovators financially and supports them technically.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Constant encouragement is vital for an environment full of young entrepreneurs such as our university and that is achieved through the president’s memo which is sent each month to all students and faculty talking about all different kinds of achievements and events of everybody in campus. It is worth mentioning also that our dear graduates are not forgotten about for sure. Through the alumni office, where the officers are past KU graduates, the university makes sure to stay in touch with the graduates and provide a point of contact between former students and the university through social and professional networking.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In KU also, outstanding events organized by students (through clubs), to students take place very frequently. Inspirational talks are given by students through &nbsp;KU Talk event, Open Mic night event , and the famous film festival event where students successfully deliver a message every year through films that they made from scratch.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, Khalifa university in collaboration with various entities provide fundings for the community to grow and support faculty who have unique and innovative research ideas.These ideas can be technological solutions, products, services or processes. In all departments of Khalifa University, commercializing research is very important. What differentiates KU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem is its commitment to show how research and education constitute value for the entire society of UAE.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The extent to which faculty encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials varies from one individual to another. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is facilitated within the the campus by faculty who adapt entrepreneurial thinking to draw opportunities, innovation and value creation in higher education and as a result target the students and inspire them to achieve more in society and become long life learners. Although finding such faculty can be challenging sometimes , pathways to youth entrepreneurship still can be found by inspiring and encouraging faculty.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology Management and Innovation is responsible for protection, management and commercialization of Khalifa University research discoveries. It works closely with faculty and researchers in the university to translate their inventions into viable business opportunities and commercial products through formation of startups and/or technology licensing to industry partners. The office supports the research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the University to actively contribute to UAE economic development and diversification.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The channel between academia and industry is established in KU in many ways , especially that after the merging of the three universities (Petroleum institute, Masdar Institute and Khalifa University) the resources available now are way more than the ones available 2-3 years ago.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research institutes and centers, where challenges of relevance to the region and world are addressed in a systematic and targeted manner by innovative researchers working together in world-class facilities. These research clusters will create the foundation for the University to become a global leader in use-inspired research. The University’s two major institutes are the Masdar Institute, under which primarily sustainability focused research centers are grouped, and the Petroleum Institute, under which primarily hydrocarbon production and exploration focused research centers are grouped.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hoping to capitalize on the rise in intellectual property creation in the UAE, Khalifa University partnered with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Tawazun Economic Council and Mubadala Development Company to create the Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC), a tech incubator with the ability to provide financial and technical support to innovative entrepreneurs. Hence, KU with its three campuses shows lots of engagement in the regional and economic growth of UAE.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to that, the university also ensures local economic benefit through Internships and career fairs.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to develop hands-on skills and give a brief idea about various industries for graduating students, they are encouraged to apply to companies through various resources such as simplicity, an online platforms for internship opportunities or jusoor program, a program which exposes youth to well know private sector companies. These help educate students on local existing companies, work environment and possible positions they can apply to.</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students looking to be exposed to global technological platforms and learn to implement solutions, &nbsp;can apply to various locations such as Germany (Siemens) and UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) in order to gain insights and develop new skills as well as broaden their communication spectrum</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annually a career fair is established at ADNEC exhibition and in KU main campus, in order to network and approach industries regarding their vision and placement opportunities.</span></span></p><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology&diff=70097School:Khalifa University of Science and Technology2018-09-27T23:47:16Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the outcome of three incredible engineering based universities. The Petroleum Institute – University and Research Center, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research. &nbsp;The institute ranked 32 out of the 359 universities assessed by the Times Higher Education. This owing is due to the extensive engineering and medical courses the university has to offer, in addition to the UAE’s leading research centers where challenges are addressed in a systematic manner following innovative methods prospering from focus groups of a team-based culture.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to create a community of collectiveness, Khalifa University offers courses that revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship where students are expected to rely on one another and work as a team to obtain the mindset of an entrepreneur or an “outside- of – the – box” intellectual.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, there are courses that follow the Geo- Science major which target exploration and discovery; the basis of every great idea. Several other courses that revolve around the innovative process comes into play, for instance: hands on lab experiments for all engineering majors, from constructing circuits to handling chemicals as well as the Freshmen Engineering Design course for the early high school graduates to incorporate innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem from day one.</span></span><br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is in partnership with humanitarian programs that allow students to intern globally. This partnership is through establishments like Jusoor and Khayarat. The program incredibly highlights where innovation and entrepreneurship meet humanity and welfare. Promoting I&E also takes place through competitions like the EBTIC hothouse competition which improves the entrepreneurial skills of the students as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Students also explore their potentials by working in teams in the Student Chapters like: IEEE, AIAA & ASME which organize events every now and then such as familiarization events about majors for the new students.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, the university offers centers and clubs that help develop ideas into actions. The Khalifa University Innovation Center being one of them. The center aims to turn patents into start-ups. It helps young innovators financially and supports them technically.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Constant encouragement is vital for an environment full of young entrepreneurs such as our university and that is achieved through the president’s memo which is sent each month to all students and faculty talking about all different kinds of achievements and events of everybody in campus. It is worth mentioning also that our dear graduates are not forgotten about for sure. Through the alumni office, where the officers are past KU graduates, the university makes sure to stay in touch with the graduates and provide a point of contact between former students and the university through social and professional networking.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In KU also, outstanding events organized by students (through clubs), to students take place very frequently. Inspirational talks are given by students through &nbsp;KU Talk event, Open Mic night event , and the famous film festival event where students successfully deliver a message every year through films that they made from scratch.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, Khalifa university in collaboration with various entities provide fundings for the community to grow and support faculty who have unique and innovative research ideas.These ideas can be technological solutions, products, services or processes. In all departments of Khalifa University, commercializing research is very important. What differentiates KU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem is its commitment to show how research and education constitute value for the entire society of UAE.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The extent to which faculty encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials varies from one individual to another. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is facilitated within the the campus by faculty who adapt entrepreneurial thinking to draw opportunities, innovation and value creation in higher education and as a result target the students and inspire them to achieve more in society and become long life learners. Although finding such faculty can be challenging sometimes , pathways to youth entrepreneurship still can be found by inspiring and encouraging faculty.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology Management and Innovation is responsible for protection, management and commercialization of Khalifa University research discoveries. It works closely with faculty and researchers in the university to translate their inventions into viable business opportunities and commercial products through formation of startups and/or technology licensing to industry partners. The office supports the research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the University to actively contribute to UAE economic development and diversification.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The channel between academia and industry is established in KU in many ways , especially that after the merging of the three universities (Petroleum institute, Masdar Institute and Khalifa University) the resources available now are way more than the ones available 2-3 years ago.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research institutes and centers, where challenges of relevance to the region and world are addressed in a systematic and targeted manner by innovative researchers working together in world-class facilities. These research clusters will create the foundation for the University to become a global leader in use-inspired research. The University’s two major institutes are the Masdar Institute, under which primarily sustainability focused research centers are grouped, and the Petroleum Institute, under which primarily hydrocarbon production and exploration focused research centers are grouped.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hoping to capitalize on the rise in intellectual property creation in the UAE, Khalifa University partnered with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Tawazun Economic Council and Mubadala Development Company to create the Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC), a tech incubator with the ability to provide financial and technical support to innovative entrepreneurs. Hence, KU with its three campuses shows lots of engagement in the regional and economic growth of UAE.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to that, the university also ensures local economic benefit through Internships and career fairs.</span></span><br />
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<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Local Internship</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to develop hands-on skills and give a brief idea about various industries for graduating students, they are encouraged to apply to companies through various resources such as simplicity, an online platforms for internship opportunities or jusoor program, a program which exposes youth to well know private sector companies. These help educate students on local existing companies, work environment and possible positions they can apply to.</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">External Internships</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students looking to be exposed to global technological platforms and learn to implement solutions, &nbsp;can apply to various locations such as Germany (Siemens) and UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) in order to gain insights and develop new skills as well as broaden their communication spectrum</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Career Fair</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annually a career fair is established at ADNEC exhibition and in KU main campus, in order to network and approach industries regarding their vision and placement opportunities.</span></span></p><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology&diff=70095School:Khalifa University of Science and Technology2018-09-27T23:45:54Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the outcome of three incredible engineering based universities. The Petroleum Institute – University and Research Center, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research. &nbsp;The institute ranked 32 out of the 359 universities assessed by the Times Higher Education. This owing is due to the extensive engineering and medical courses the university has to offer, in addition to the UAE’s leading research centers where challenges are addressed in a systematic manner following innovative methods prospering from focus groups of a team-based culture.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to create a community of collectiveness, Khalifa University offers courses that revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship where students are expected to rely on one another and work as a team to obtain the mindset of an entrepreneur or an “outside- of – the – box” intellectual.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, there are courses that follow the Geo- Science major which target exploration and discovery; the basis of every great idea. Several other courses that revolve around the innovative process comes into play, for instance: hands on lab experiments for all engineering majors, from constructing circuits to handling chemicals as well as the Freshmen Engineering Design course for the early high school graduates to incorporate innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem from day one.</span></span><br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is in partnership with humanitarian programs that allow students to intern globally. This partnership is through establishments like Jusoor and Khayarat. The program incredibly highlights where innovation and entrepreneurship meet humanity and welfare. Promoting I&E also takes place through competitions like the EBTIC hothouse competition which improves the entrepreneurial skills of the students as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Students also explore their potentials by working in teams in the Student Chapters like: IEEE, AIAA & ASME which organize events every now and then such as familiarization events about majors for the new students.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, the university offers centers and clubs that help develop ideas into actions. The Khalifa University Innovation Center being one of them. The center aims to turn patents into start-ups. It helps young innovators financially and supports them technically.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Constant encouragement is vital for an environment full of young entrepreneurs such as our university and that is achieved through the president’s memo which is sent each month to all students and faculty talking about all different kinds of achievements and events of everybody in campus. It is worth mentioning also that our dear graduates are not forgotten about for sure. Through the alumni office, where the officers are past KU graduates, the university makes sure to stay in touch with the graduates and provide a point of contact between former students and the university through social and professional networking.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In KU also, outstanding events organized by students (through clubs), to students take place very frequently. Inspirational talks are given by students through &nbsp;KU Talk event, Open Mic night event , and the famous film festival event where students successfully deliver a message every year through films that they made from scratch.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, Khalifa university in collaboration with various entities provide fundings for the community to grow and support faculty who have unique and innovative research ideas.These ideas can be technological solutions, products, services or processes. In all departments of Khalifa University, commercializing research is very important. What differentiates KU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem is its commitment to show how research and education constitute value for the entire society of UAE.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The extent to which faculty encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials varies from one individual to another. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is facilitated within the the campus by faculty who adapt entrepreneurial thinking to draw opportunities, innovation and value creation in higher education and as a result target the students and inspire them to achieve more in society and become long life learners. Although finding such faculty can be challenging sometimes , pathways to youth entrepreneurship still can be found by inspiring and encouraging faculty.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology Management and Innovation is responsible for protection, management and commercialization of Khalifa University research discoveries. It works closely with faculty and researchers in the university to translate their inventions into viable business opportunities and commercial products through formation of startups and/or technology licensing to industry partners. The office supports the research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the University to actively contribute to UAE economic development and diversification.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The channel between academia and industry is established in KU in many ways , especially that after the merging of the three universities (Petroleum institute, Masdar Institute and Khalifa University) the resources available now are way more than the ones available 2-3 years ago.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research institutes and centers, where challenges of relevance to the region and world are addressed in a systematic and targeted manner by innovative researchers working together in world-class facilities. These research clusters will create the foundation for the University to become a global leader in use-inspired research. The University’s two major institutes are the Masdar Institute, under which primarily sustainability focused research centers are grouped, and the Petroleum Institute, under which primarily hydrocarbon production and exploration focused research centers are grouped.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hoping to capitalize on the rise in intellectual property creation in the UAE, Khalifa University partnered with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Tawazun Economic Council and Mubadala Development Company to create the Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC), a tech incubator with the ability to provide financial and technical support to innovative entrepreneurs. Hence, KU with its three campuses shows lots of engagement in the regional and economic growth of UAE.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to develop hands-on skills and give a brief idea about various industries for graduating students, they are encouraged to apply to companies through various resources such as simplicity, an online platforms for internship opportunities or jusoor program, a program which exposes youth to well know private sector companies. These help educate students on local existing companies, work environment and possible positions they can apply to.</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students looking to be exposed to global technological platforms and learn to implement solutions, &nbsp;can apply to various locations such as Germany (Siemens) and UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) in order to gain insights and develop new skills as well as broaden their communication spectrum</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Career Fair</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annually a career fair is established at ADNEC exhibition and in KU main campus, in order to network and approach industries regarding their vision and placement opportunities.</span></span></p><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology&diff=70094School:Khalifa University of Science and Technology2018-09-27T23:45:16Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the outcome of three incredible engineering based universities. The Petroleum Institute – University and Research Center, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research. &nbsp;The institute ranked 32 out of the 359 universities assessed by the Times Higher Education. This owing is due to the extensive engineering and medical courses the university has to offer, in addition to the UAE’s leading research centers where challenges are addressed in a systematic manner following innovative methods prospering from focus groups of a team-based culture.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to create a community of collectiveness, Khalifa University offers courses that revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship where students are expected to rely on one another and work as a team to obtain the mindset of an entrepreneur or an “outside- of – the – box” intellectual.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, there are courses that follow the Geo- Science major which target exploration and discovery; the basis of every great idea. Several other courses that revolve around the innovative process comes into play, for instance: hands on lab experiments for all engineering majors, from constructing circuits to handling chemicals as well as the Freshmen Engineering Design course for the early high school graduates to incorporate innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem from day one.</span></span><br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is in partnership with humanitarian programs that allow students to intern globally. This partnership is through establishments like Jusoor and Khayarat. The program incredibly highlights where innovation and entrepreneurship meet humanity and welfare. Promoting I&E also takes place through competitions like the EBTIC hothouse competition which improves the entrepreneurial skills of the students as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Students also explore their potentials by working in teams in the Student Chapters like: IEEE, AIAA & ASME which organize events every now and then such as familiarization events about majors for the new students.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, the university offers centers and clubs that help develop ideas into actions. The Khalifa University Innovation Center being one of them. The center aims to turn patents into start-ups. It helps young innovators financially and supports them technically.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Constant encouragement is vital for an environment full of young entrepreneurs such as our university and that is achieved through the president’s memo which is sent each month to all students and faculty talking about all different kinds of achievements and events of everybody in campus. It is worth mentioning also that our dear graduates are not forgotten about for sure. Through the alumni office, where the officers are past KU graduates, the university makes sure to stay in touch with the graduates and provide a point of contact between former students and the university through social and professional networking.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In KU also, outstanding events organized by students (through clubs), to students take place very frequently. Inspirational talks are given by students through &nbsp;KU Talk event, Open Mic night event , and the famous film festival event where students successfully deliver a message every year through films that they made from scratch.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, Khalifa university in collaboration with various entities provide fundings for the community to grow and support faculty who have unique and innovative research ideas.These ideas can be technological solutions, products, services or processes. In all departments of Khalifa University, commercializing research is very important. What differentiates KU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem is its commitment to show how research and education constitute value for the entire society of UAE.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The extent to which faculty encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials varies from one individual to another. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is facilitated within the the campus by faculty who adapt entrepreneurial thinking to draw opportunities, innovation and value creation in higher education and as a result target the students and inspire them to achieve more in society and become long life learners. Although finding such faculty can be challenging sometimes , pathways to youth entrepreneurship still can be found by inspiring and encouraging faculty.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology Management and Innovation is responsible for protection, management and commercialization of Khalifa University research discoveries. It works closely with faculty and researchers in the university to translate their inventions into viable business opportunities and commercial products through formation of startups and/or technology licensing to industry partners. The office supports the research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the University to actively contribute to UAE economic development and diversification.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The channel between academia and industry is established in KU in many ways , especially that after the merging of the three universities (Petroleum institute, Masdar Institute and Khalifa University) the resources available now are way more than the ones available 2-3 years ago.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research institutes and centers, where challenges of relevance to the region and world are addressed in a systematic and targeted manner by innovative researchers working together in world-class facilities. These research clusters will create the foundation for the University to become a global leader in use-inspired research. The University’s two major institutes are the Masdar Institute, under which primarily sustainability focused research centers are grouped, and the Petroleum Institute, under which primarily hydrocarbon production and exploration focused research centers are grouped.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hoping to capitalize on the rise in intellectual property creation in the UAE, Khalifa University partnered with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Tawazun Economic Council and Mubadala Development Company to create the Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC), a tech incubator with the ability to provide financial and technical support to innovative entrepreneurs. Hence, KU with its three campuses shows lots of engagement in the regional and economic growth of UAE.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to develop hands-on skills and give a brief idea about various industries for graduating students, they are encouraged to apply to companies through various resources such as simplicity, an online platforms for internship opportunities or jusoor program, a program which exposes youth to well know private sector companies. These help educate students on local existing companies, work environment and possible positions they can apply to.</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">External Internships</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students looking to be exposed to global technological platforms and learn to implement solutions, &nbsp;can apply to various locations such as Germany (Siemens) and UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) in order to gain insights and develop new skills as well as broaden their communication spectrum</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annually a career fair is established at ADNEC exhibition and in KU main campus, in order to network and approach industries regarding their vision and placement opportunities.</span></span></p><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology&diff=70092School:Khalifa University of Science and Technology2018-09-27T23:44:36Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the outcome of three incredible engineering based universities. The Petroleum Institute – University and Research Center, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research. &nbsp;The institute ranked 32 out of the 359 universities assessed by the Times Higher Education. This owing is due to the extensive engineering and medical courses the university has to offer, in addition to the UAE’s leading research centers where challenges are addressed in a systematic manner following innovative methods prospering from focus groups of a team-based culture.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to create a community of collectiveness, Khalifa University offers courses that revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship where students are expected to rely on one another and work as a team to obtain the mindset of an entrepreneur or an “outside- of – the – box” intellectual.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, there are courses that follow the Geo- Science major which target exploration and discovery; the basis of every great idea. Several other courses that revolve around the innovative process comes into play, for instance: hands on lab experiments for all engineering majors, from constructing circuits to handling chemicals as well as the Freshmen Engineering Design course for the early high school graduates to incorporate innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem from day one.</span></span><br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is in partnership with humanitarian programs that allow students to intern globally. This partnership is through establishments like Jusoor and Khayarat. The program incredibly highlights where innovation and entrepreneurship meet humanity and welfare. Promoting I&E also takes place through competitions like the EBTIC hothouse competition which improves the entrepreneurial skills of the students as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Students also explore their potentials by working in teams in the Student Chapters like: IEEE, AIAA & ASME which organize events every now and then such as familiarization events about majors for the new students.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, the university offers centers and clubs that help develop ideas into actions. The Khalifa University Innovation Center being one of them. The center aims to turn patents into start-ups. It helps young innovators financially and supports them technically.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Constant encouragement is vital for an environment full of young entrepreneurs such as our university and that is achieved through the president’s memo which is sent each month to all students and faculty talking about all different kinds of achievements and events of everybody in campus. It is worth mentioning also that our dear graduates are not forgotten about for sure. Through the alumni office, where the officers are past KU graduates, the university makes sure to stay in touch with the graduates and provide a point of contact between former students and the university through social and professional networking.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In KU also, outstanding events organized by students (through clubs), to students take place very frequently. Inspirational talks are given by students through &nbsp;KU Talk event, Open Mic night event , and the famous film festival event where students successfully deliver a message every year through films that they made from scratch.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, Khalifa university in collaboration with various entities provide fundings for the community to grow and support faculty who have unique and innovative research ideas.These ideas can be technological solutions, products, services or processes. In all departments of Khalifa University, commercializing research is very important. What differentiates KU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem is its commitment to show how research and education constitute value for the entire society of UAE.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The extent to which faculty encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials varies from one individual to another. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is facilitated within the the campus by faculty who adapt entrepreneurial thinking to draw opportunities, innovation and value creation in higher education and as a result target the students and inspire them to achieve more in society and become long life learners. Although finding such faculty can be challenging sometimes , pathways to youth entrepreneurship still can be found by inspiring and encouraging faculty.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology Management and Innovation is responsible for protection, management and commercialization of Khalifa University research discoveries. It works closely with faculty and researchers in the university to translate their inventions into viable business opportunities and commercial products through formation of startups and/or technology licensing to industry partners. The office supports the research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the University to actively contribute to UAE economic development and diversification.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The channel between academia and industry is established in KU in many ways , especially that after the merging of the three universities (Petroleum institute, Masdar Institute and Khalifa University) the resources available now are way more than the ones available 2-3 years ago.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research institutes and centers, where challenges of relevance to the region and world are addressed in a systematic and targeted manner by innovative researchers working together in world-class facilities. These research clusters will create the foundation for the University to become a global leader in use-inspired research. The University’s two major institutes are the Masdar Institute, under which primarily sustainability focused research centers are grouped, and the Petroleum Institute, under which primarily hydrocarbon production and exploration focused research centers are grouped.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hoping to capitalize on the rise in intellectual property creation in the UAE, Khalifa University partnered with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Tawazun Economic Council and Mubadala Development Company to create the Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC), a tech incubator with the ability to provide financial and technical support to innovative entrepreneurs. Hence, KU with its three campuses shows lots of engagement in the regional and economic growth of UAE.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to that, the university also ensures local economic benefit through Internships and career fairs.</span></span><br />
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<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Local Internship</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to develop hands-on skills and give a brief idea about various industries for graduating students, they are encouraged to apply to companies through various resources such as simplicity, an online platforms for internship opportunities or jusoor program, a program which exposes youth to well know private sector companies. These help educate students on local existing companies, work environment and possible positions they can apply to.</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">External Internships</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students looking to be exposed to global technological platforms and learn to implement solutions, &nbsp;can apply to various locations such as Germany (Siemens) and UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) in order to gain insights and develop new skills as well as broaden their communication spectrum</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Career Fair</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annually a career fair is established at ADNEC exhibition and in KU main campus, in order to network and approach industries regarding their vision and placement opportunities.</span></span></p><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology&diff=70091School:Khalifa University of Science and Technology2018-09-27T23:43:56Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the outcome of three incredible engineering based universities. The Petroleum Institute – University and Research Center, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research. &nbsp;The institute ranked 32 out of the 359 universities assessed by the Times Higher Education. This owing is due to the extensive engineering and medical courses the university has to offer, in addition to the UAE’s leading research centers where challenges are addressed in a systematic manner following innovative methods prospering from focus groups of a team-based culture.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to create a community of collectiveness, Khalifa University offers courses that revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship where students are expected to rely on one another and work as a team to obtain the mindset of an entrepreneur or an “outside- of – the – box” intellectual.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, there are courses that follow the Geo- Science major which target exploration and discovery; the basis of every great idea. Several other courses that revolve around the innovative process comes into play, for instance: hands on lab experiments for all engineering majors, from constructing circuits to handling chemicals as well as the Freshmen Engineering Design course for the early high school graduates to incorporate innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem from day one.</span></span><br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is in partnership with humanitarian programs that allow students to intern globally. This partnership is through establishments like Jusoor and Khayarat. The program incredibly highlights where innovation and entrepreneurship meet humanity and welfare. Promoting I&E also takes place through competitions like the EBTIC hothouse competition which improves the entrepreneurial skills of the students as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Students also explore their potentials by working in teams in the Student Chapters like: IEEE, AIAA & ASME which organize events every now and then such as familiarization events about majors for the new students.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, the university offers centers and clubs that help develop ideas into actions. The Khalifa University Innovation Center being one of them. The center aims to turn patents into start-ups. It helps young innovators financially and supports them technically.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Constant encouragement is vital for an environment full of young entrepreneurs such as our university and that is achieved through the president’s memo which is sent each month to all students and faculty talking about all different kinds of achievements and events of everybody in campus. It is worth mentioning also that our dear graduates are not forgotten about for sure. Through the alumni office, where the officers are past KU graduates, the university makes sure to stay in touch with the graduates and provide a point of contact between former students and the university through social and professional networking.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In KU also, outstanding events organized by students (through clubs), to students take place very frequently. Inspirational talks are given by students through &nbsp;KU Talk event, Open Mic night event , and the famous film festival event where students successfully deliver a message every year through films that they made from scratch.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, Khalifa university in collaboration with various entities provide fundings for the community to grow and support faculty who have unique and innovative research ideas.These ideas can be technological solutions, products, services or processes. In all departments of Khalifa University, commercializing research is very important. What differentiates KU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem is its commitment to show how research and education constitute value for the entire society of UAE.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The extent to which faculty encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials varies from one individual to another. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is facilitated within the the campus by faculty who adapt entrepreneurial thinking to draw opportunities, innovation and value creation in higher education and as a result target the students and inspire them to achieve more in society and become long life learners. Although finding such faculty can be challenging sometimes , pathways to youth entrepreneurship still can be found by inspiring and encouraging faculty.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology Management and Innovation is responsible for protection, management and commercialization of Khalifa University research discoveries. It works closely with faculty and researchers in the university to translate their inventions into viable business opportunities and commercial products through formation of startups and/or technology licensing to industry partners. The office supports the research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the University to actively contribute to UAE economic development and diversification.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The channel between academia and industry is established in KU in many ways , especially that after the merging of the three universities (Petroleum institute, Masdar Institute and Khalifa University) the resources available now are way more than the ones available 2-3 years ago.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research institutes and centers, where challenges of relevance to the region and world are addressed in a systematic and targeted manner by innovative researchers working together in world-class facilities. These research clusters will create the foundation for the University to become a global leader in use-inspired research. The University’s two major institutes are the Masdar Institute, under which primarily sustainability focused research centers are grouped, and the Petroleum Institute, under which primarily hydrocarbon production and exploration focused research centers are grouped.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hoping to capitalize on the rise in intellectual property creation in the UAE, Khalifa University partnered with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Tawazun Economic Council and Mubadala Development Company to create the Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC), a tech incubator with the ability to provide financial and technical support to innovative entrepreneurs. Hence, KU with its three campuses shows lots of engagement in the regional and economic growth of UAE.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to that, the university also ensures local economic benefit through Internships and career fairs.</span></span><br />
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<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Local Internship</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to develop hands-on skills and give a brief idea about various industries for graduating students, they are encouraged to apply to companies through various resources such as simplicity, an online platforms for internship opportunities or jusoor program, a program which exposes youth to well know private sector companies. These help educate students on local existing companies, work environment and possible positions they can apply to.</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">External Internships</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students looking to be exposed to global technological platforms and learn to implement solutions, &nbsp;can apply to various locations such as Germany (Siemens) and UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) in order to gain insights and develop new skills as well as broaden their communication spectrum</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Career Fair</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annually a career fair is established at ADNEC exhibition and in KU main campus, in order to network and approach industries regarding their vision and placement opportunities.</span></span></p><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasserhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Khalifa_University_of_Science_and_Technology&diff=70090School:Khalifa University of Science and Technology2018-09-27T23:42:26Z<p>Ruba Nasser: </p>
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<div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p><br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the outcome of three incredible engineering based universities. The Petroleum Institute – University and Research Center, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research. &nbsp;The institute ranked 32 out of the 359 universities assessed by the Times Higher Education. This owing is due to the extensive engineering and medical courses the university has to offer, in addition to the UAE’s leading research centers where challenges are addressed in a systematic manner following innovative methods prospering from focus groups of a team-based culture.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to create a community of collectiveness, Khalifa University offers courses that revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship where students are expected to rely on one another and work as a team to obtain the mindset of an entrepreneur or an “outside- of – the – box” intellectual.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, there are courses that follow the Geo- Science major which target exploration and discovery; the basis of every great idea. Several other courses that revolve around the innovative process comes into play, for instance: hands on lab experiments for all engineering majors, from constructing circuits to handling chemicals as well as the Freshmen Engineering Design course for the early high school graduates to incorporate innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem from day one.</span></span><br />
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is in partnership with humanitarian programs that allow students to intern globally. This partnership is through establishments like Jusoor and Khayarat. The program incredibly highlights where innovation and entrepreneurship meet humanity and welfare. Promoting I&E also takes place through competitions like the EBTIC hothouse competition which improves the entrepreneurial skills of the students as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Students also explore their potentials by working in teams in the Student Chapters like: IEEE, AIAA & ASME which organize events every now and then such as familiarization events about majors for the new students.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Similarly, the university offers centers and clubs that help develop ideas into actions. The Khalifa University Innovation Center being one of them. The center aims to turn patents into start-ups. It helps young innovators financially and supports them technically.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Constant encouragement is vital for an environment full of young entrepreneurs such as our university and that is achieved through the president’s memo which is sent each month to all students and faculty talking about all different kinds of achievements and events of everybody in campus. It is worth mentioning also that our dear graduates are not forgotten about for sure. Through the alumni office, where the officers are past KU graduates, the university makes sure to stay in touch with the graduates and provide a point of contact between former students and the university through social and professional networking.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In KU also, outstanding events organized by students (through clubs), to students take place very frequently. Inspirational talks are given by students through &nbsp;KU Talk event, Open Mic night event , and the famous film festival event where students successfully deliver a message every year through films that they made from scratch.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, Khalifa university in collaboration with various entities provide fundings for the community to grow and support faculty who have unique and innovative research ideas.These ideas can be technological solutions, products, services or processes. In all departments of Khalifa University, commercializing research is very important. What differentiates KU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem is its commitment to show how research and education constitute value for the entire society of UAE.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The extent to which faculty encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials varies from one individual to another. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is facilitated within the the campus by faculty who adapt entrepreneurial thinking to draw opportunities, innovation and value creation in higher education and as a result target the students and inspire them to achieve more in society and become long life learners. Although finding such faculty can be challenging sometimes , pathways to youth entrepreneurship still can be found by inspiring and encouraging faculty.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology Management and Innovation is responsible for protection, management and commercialization of Khalifa University research discoveries. It works closely with faculty and researchers in the university to translate their inventions into viable business opportunities and commercial products through formation of startups and/or technology licensing to industry partners. The office supports the research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the University to actively contribute to UAE economic development and diversification.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The channel between academia and industry is established in KU in many ways , especially that after the merging of the three universities (Petroleum institute, Masdar Institute and Khalifa University) the resources available now are way more than the ones available 2-3 years ago.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khalifa University is home to the UAE’s leading research institutes and centers, where challenges of relevance to the region and world are addressed in a systematic and targeted manner by innovative researchers working together in world-class facilities. These research clusters will create the foundation for the University to become a global leader in use-inspired research. The University’s two major institutes are the Masdar Institute, under which primarily sustainability focused research centers are grouped, and the Petroleum Institute, under which primarily hydrocarbon production and exploration focused research centers are grouped.</span></span></p><br />
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hoping to capitalize on the rise in intellectual property creation in the UAE, Khalifa University partnered with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, Tawazun Economic Council and Mubadala Development Company to create the Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC), a tech incubator with the ability to provide financial and technical support to innovative entrepreneurs. Hence, KU with its three campuses shows lots of engagement in the regional and economic growth of UAE.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to that, the university also ensures local economic benefit through Internships and career fairs.</span></span><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to develop hands-on skills and give a brief idea about various industries for graduating students, they are encouraged to apply to companies through various resources such as simplicity, an online platforms for internship opportunities or jusoor program, a program which exposes youth to well know private sector companies. These help educate students on local existing companies, work environment and possible positions they can apply to.</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">External Internships</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students looking to be exposed to global technological platforms and learn to implement solutions, &nbsp;can apply to various locations such as Germany (Siemens) and UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) in order to gain insights and develop new skills as well as broaden their communication spectrum</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />
<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Career Fair</span></span></p></li><br />
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd8d4ee4-7fff-5fd4-052d-1bbd8c32128e"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annually a career fair is established at ADNEC exhibition and in KU main campus, in order to network and approach industries regarding their vision and placement opportunities.</span></span></p><div><br/></div></div>Ruba Nasser