Science Club NewsletterScience Club NewsletterScience Club Newsletter Department of Applied Sciences, Higher College of Technology, Muscat, Oman. ISSUE Number 1, June 2015

Applied Sciences Department Applied Sciences Department Applied Sciences Department --- Orientation for New Orientation for New Orientation for New

Intake Students, Semester 2 AY 2015Intake Students, Semester 2 AY 2015Intake Students, Semester 2 AY 2015---201620162016

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This talk was very interactive and

inspired the students to participate in

the extracurricular activities. The

students were also briefed about

‘TRC’ and the ‘FURAP’ programme

opportunity open for them.

Mr. Khalilur Rahman from the library

gave a short talk to the students

about the various facilities and

resources available for the students

in the library. This talk was really

Informative for the students and

many of their doubts regarding book

reservation were cleared.

In conclusion, the session was a

fruitful orientation for the new

students and an opportunity for

them to clear their doubts and get

settled in the system.

Ms. Siham introduced to the students

the Environmental sciences section and

elaborated on the abundant job

opportunities related to the

specialization in Oman. She also

elaborated on role of the advisor, cor-

rect protocol to communicate with

advisor and lecturer etc. Important

rules and regulations to be followed in

the college and basic safety precau-

tions were also discussed. Besides she

also discussed with the students to

different policies and the need to be

aware about them and advised the stu-

dents to go through in detail.

Ms. Siham as a student activity

coordinator also briefed the students

about the various activities under

science club and about the various

companies organized under them.

The orientation presentation for the

new intake students of Sem. 2, 2015-

2016 was held on Thursday [14-1-2016]

in the multipurpose hall from 10 am to

12 pm. It was conducted by Ms. Siham

and Ms. Sajitha.

Ms. Sajitha started the presentation by

welcoming the new students to the

Applied Sciences Department,

introducing to them the Head of the

Department, Heads of Section/Unit and

the Departmental coordinators.

Relevant information like, the structure

of the Department, the facilities

available, the new program model and

important locations were also

discussed. Some important terminolo-

gies like probation, CGPA, withdrawal,

postponement and attendance

regulations etc. were also discussed.

The new rule of blocking registration of

those students who did not return the

borrowed books was also informed to

the students

Ms. Siham also introduced the Biology

and Chemistry specialization and

briefed the students about the available

opportunities related to the

specialization. The strategy for

specialization allotment and the proce-

dure of submitting choice of

specialization through e learning was

also discussed.

“The Research Council under the Microscope”“The Research Council under the Microscope”“The Research Council under the Microscope” 22nd November 201522nd November 201522nd November 2015

To emphasize the importance of scientific research, the science club had organized an activity on Sunday 22nd of

November, 2015 under the name "The Research Council under microscope". The guest of honor, Dr. Obaid Al Saidi,

the director of programs of The Research Council (TRC) gave an oral presentation explaining the different research

programs offered by the council. In the second session of the program, Ms. Sarah Al Bariki gave a detailed

presentation about the Faculty Mentored Undergraduate Research Award Program (FURAP) scholarships which are

granted by the TRC for the undergraduate students studying in local higher education institutes, colleges and

universities in Oman. The Research Council is currently accepting research proposals for this program which will

provide funding up to 2,400 R.O. per research. The submission can be done through the TRC website and the last

date for submission is 7th of April. The dean, assistant deans, head of applied science department, heads of sections

and units were present for the event.

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Biology section as well as Chemistry sec-

tion in all levels. This competition was

judged later on by Professors and

Doctors from SQU and from Nizwa Uni-

versity. The Dean and guests were

impressive about the high quality of

their project’s abstracts. Moreo-

ver, outside MPH was

the student’s experi-

ments which related

to Science with an in-

terested show filled by

their knowledge.

Also, there was a com-

petition of the best

scientific picture. In

addition of our own sections, SQU stu-

dents, Al Bellah high school, RG16 and

one of the groups in Injaz competition

were participated in this event. Orga-

nized well, a lot of information and ex-

cellent were the comments that men-

tioned by the respective Dean and

guests for Science Festival. At the end,

the names of winners were an-

nounced in auditorium at 5:00 p.m and

the prices have given to them.

Applied Science Festival was conducted

on Wednesday 18th of March 2015 at

10:00 a.m and was held in MPH and

the side which closed to the SAC. The

Festival was opened by the Dean of

Higher College of Technology Dr. Kha-

lid Ambusaidi with existence of the

Assistant Dean of

Administrative and

Financial Affairs Dr.

Khalid Al Abri, As-

sistant Dean of Stu-

dents Affairs Dr.

Bassam Khalil, Head

of Applied Science

Department Dr. Sa-

mia Al Jaaidi and some of Heads of Sec-

tions of Applied Science Department.

After the event has opened by the

Dean, the event was started with the

posters competition which conducted

by the students with random topics

related to Science. Next to it was the

competition of Vegetables and Fruits

Carven. After that, the section of

Projects posters competitions

which consists twenty projects from

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One of the Science Club Activities is conducting scientific experiments to school’s students.

This will encourage the new generations to be more Innovative and creative in Science

field.

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Science Club conducts scientific experiments Science Club conducts scientific experiments Science Club conducts scientific experiments

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Science Club conducts First Aid TrainingScience Club conducts First Aid TrainingScience Club conducts First Aid Training

In association of Applied Science in HCT with Al Ghubra desalination and power

plant, Science Club members have successfully trained in First Aid & CPR course. In

this course, more than 50 members are certified from American Heart Association

as first responder and their licenses are valid for two years.

Applied Sciences Department staff and students participated in the First International SQU Chemistry Conference on Recent Trends in Drug Development. (10-12th November 2015) The conference focused on a wide range of themes toward drug discovery which included synthetic products in drug discovery, drug protein interactions, molecular modeling, natural products of medicinal plants and Omani medicinal plants. Internationally renowned scientists were invited in the conference for presenting their research. There was active participation from Applied Chemistry staff and students in the international conference as detailed below:

Dr. Mohammed Silwadi gave an oral presentation on "Development of Novel and New spectroscopic Methods for Determination of Impunities and Degradation of Tricyclic Dibenzazepine Class of Drugs". The poster session also in-cluded contributions from Dr. Devadoss ( Environment friendly process for the preparation of aromatic aldehydes using Ce3+/Ce4+ redox mediator in methanesulphonic acid), Mrs. Amatur Rouqia (Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial studies of some Novel Chromeno-Oxadiazole Analogs) and Dr. Dhanalakshmi (Antiinflammatory stud-ies of nanocomposition of fluorinated hydroxyapatite). Students from the department, Khadija Al Ghawii and Asma Al Harassi, also presented a poster entitled "Extraction of pectin and its role in pharmaceutical industry". Also Ms. A. Al Mahrouqi who is an alumnus from APS, presented a poster on "Spectrofluorimetric determination of diphenhy-dramine HCl in pharmaceutical preparations using eosin as a complexing agent". The work presented by the students was carried out in the Applied Sciences Department under Dr. Syed Najmul Hejaz. Abstract for the poster entitled "Extraction and Characterization of essential oil from Frankincense" by Awadh Kalshat, student from APS (under the guidance of Dr. Shinisha Sujesh) was also accepted for the poster presentation. Also participating were Dr. Taqveem Banu and Dr. Shinisha Sujesh.

The conference offered a great opportunity for the participants to interact with the scientific community at large. Moreover it also provided a valuable learning experience for the participants as sessions included cutting edge re-search presented by eminent scientists and pioneers in the field.

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