CEO of the Advanced Electronics Company (AEC), Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al-Duailej honored the winners of the Best Graduation Project Award for 2020-2021 from King Saud University’s (KSU) College of Computer and Information Sciences and the Department of Electrical Engineering.
The ceremony took place in honor of KSU president Dr. Badran bin Abdulrahman Al-Omar and in the attendance of Vice-Rector Dr. Abdullah bin Salman Al-Salman, Vice-Rector for Projects Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Sugair, Vice-Rector for Educational and Academic Affairs Dr. Mohamed bin Saleh bin Numay, and Dean of the College of Computer and Information Sciences Dr. Salman bin Ali bin Wahaf. Sponsored by the company for the 22nd year in a row, the award ceremony took place on Oct. 1 in Riyadh.
A total of 12 projects from the College of Computer and Information Sciences and the Department of Electrical Engineering competed for the award, and they were reviewed by a joint jury comprising representatives from KSU and AEC.
A project on developing nanowire silicon chips to reduce the cost of manufacturing solar cells by Talal Hamed Al-Baqmi and Hazem Assem Al-Ghanimi from the Department of Electrical Engineering won first place, while a project on a tool for teaching children Arabic calligraphy by Nassiba Mohammed Al-Wuhaibi, Sara Abdulrahman Al-Samari, Ghaydaa Nasser Al-Ghanem, and Raghad Abdullah Al-Amr from the College of Computer and Information Sciences won second place. The third place went to a project on applying augmented virtual reality for teaching children by Al-Anoud Abdul Kareem Al-Zakari, Lateefa Omar Al-Saqabi, Nouf Ibrahim Al-Dhoeb, Reem Abdulrahman Al-Harthi, and Nora Ibrahim Al-Hassan from the Department of Information Systems in the College of Computer and Information Sciences.
The Munset project for reciting the Holy Qur’an using AI voice techniques by Loujaine Al-Khamis, Abeer Al-Zuhair, Nouf Al-Talha, Ghada Al-Qubal, and Nora Al-Rashed from the Department of Information Technology in the College of Computer and Information Sciences won the award for Best Idea.
KSU president Al-Omar said: “In its 22nd year, the annual AEC Best Graduation Project Award is a strong incentive for students to research, innovate, design, and carry out distinguished projects in technical fields that benefit our nation. In turn, we appreciate the company’s support and its patriotic efforts that are in the interest of our students.”
Al-Duailej said: “The company has been presenting this award every year to motivate students to carry out research and applied projects that can be implemented in reality. The award, presented by the company for 22 years in a row, supports talented students in showing what Saudi students can achieve with the right support and encouragement. The competition seeks to encourage scientific and applied research that contributes to building a knowledge society and stimulates innovation and creativity.”
