The Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor Mowaffaq al-Omoush, patronized the activities of the Wooden Bridges competition organized by the student branch of the American Concrete Institute at al-Hijjawi Faculty of Engineering Technology. In his opening speech, al-Omoush praised the achievements of al-Hijjawi Faculty of Engineering Technology and the importance of student activities it organizes, praising the efforts of the student branch organizing the competition, its enthusiasm and constant keenness to raise the level of the department students. He also expressed his pride in all students participating in the competition, pointing to the importance of participating and organizing such competitions that develop students' knowledge and transform their theoretical background into practical experiences.
In his turn, the academic supervisor of the student branch at al-Hijjawi Faculty, Dr. Faris Matalqa, promised to continue holding such events and competitions, emphasizing that this is not the first competition organized by the student branch, but a part of a sequence of activities held at the local and regional levels. He added that this student branch usually participates in many international competitions, such as the Concrete Solutions Competition, in which Yarmouk team ranked among the finalists—among the top twenty competing teams from various international universities.
At the end of the event, which was attended by the University President’s Adviser for Quality Affairs - Director of the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Center, Dr. Abdullah Khataiba, the Dean of the Faculty of al-Hijjawi, Dr. Muffaq Otoom, a number of the teaching and administrative staff, and several students, Otoom honored student winners of the competition, thus granting two prizes: the first for the most weight-bearing bridge, and the second for the most beautiful geometric shape.
Noteworthy here is that the competition included the design and construction of wooden bridges by 15 student teams from the Civil Engineering Department and that students' projects were evaluated by a committee of professors from the department, namely Dr. Hashem Matarneh, Dr. Yasser Jaradat, Dr. Yousra Obeidat and Dr. Mona Al-Ibrahim.
