Three researchers from Yarmouk University got funding for their research projects from the Scientific Research and Innovation Support Fund at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Dr. Ahmad Dagamseh from Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology got the support for his research project entitled "Developing a Noninvasive Instrumentation System for Acetone Concentration Measurement in Exhaled Breath". The project is to develop an easy and reliable measurement system to detect and measure the concentration of acetone in the gaseous state of exhaled air using optical technology. Thus, it is to facilitate the detection and diagnosis of many diseases associated with the presence of acetone in exhaled air. However, the project team includes Dr. Qasem Qananwah from the Department of Systems Engineering and Biomedical Informatics from Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology and Dr. Ayman Hammouda from the Department of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science.
The second funded project is for Dr. Qasem Qananwah from Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology, and it is titled " Design and Implementation of Cardiac Output Monitoring System". This project seeks to develop a new technology, i.e. system, capable of measuring the blood flow from the heart in a non-surgical way. Also, the system is to measure the vital signs in the brachial artery using optical technology. However, the project team includes Dr. Ahmad Dagamseh from Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology and Dr. Khaled Ibrahim from the University of Science and Technology.
The third project is by Dr. Mohammed Obeid from the Faculty of Pharmacy, and it is in the Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Sector under the title: “Formulation of Lipid Nanoparticles for MOMIPP Encapsulation to Induce Cancer Cell Death through Novel Non-apoptotic Mechanism (Methiosis)". The project aims at developing a unique preparation for the treatment of cancer cells in a unique way called unsystematic death by using the low-solubility mump compound and encapsulating it inside nanocarriers to improve the compound's solubility and effectiveness. The research team for the project includes Dr. Haneen Amawi and Dr. Alaa Al-Jabali from the Faculty of Pharmacy.