Fellow:Abdulwahab Alnajjar

Bio:

Abdulwahab Alnajjar is a student at Worcester Polytechnic institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. He received a full-ride scholarship from KAUST, King Abdullah University of Science and Technolgy, to study his Bachelor and Master at top tier universities in a program called KGSP, KAUST Gifted Student Program. He is pursuing a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He plans to graduate in 2020.

Abdulwahab is a finalest in the Saudi National Olympics of Creativity and Giftedness 2014 (Ibdaa), where he participated with a new invention. He built a new system to prevent kids under 13 years old from opening dangerous doors/drawers inside the house.

Links:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute:

https://www.wpi.edu/

KAUST:

https://www.kaust.edu.sa/en

KAUST Gifted Student Program:

https://kgsp.kaust.edu.sa/Pages/Home.aspx

Ibdaa Olympics:

http://ibda.mawhiba.org/Pages/Home.aspx