{"id":7446,"date":"2015-12-20T16:28:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T16:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.22.4.40\/news3\/?p=854"},"modified":"2015-12-20T16:28:12","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T16:28:12","slug":"alfaisal-coe-hosts-the-ksa-local-round-of-the-first-gcc-robotics-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/en\/alfaisal-coe-hosts-the-ksa-local-round-of-the-first-gcc-robotics-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfaisal CoE Hosts the KSA local round of the First GCC Robotics Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

On\u00a0Saturday November 28, 2015, the College of Engineering hosted the local round for the First GCC Robotics Challenge (http:\/\/gccroboticschallenge.com\/<\/a>). The competition, for which the final round will take place in Kuwait on December 12, 2015, is organized by the Sabah Al Ahmed Center for Giftedness and Creativity (SACGC), IET-Kuwait, IET-KSA, and IEEE-Kuwait.\u00a0 It invites students and young professionals aged 18-35 in the GCC countries to exhibit their robotic knowledge and skills. Alfaisal University was chosen to host the local round for KSA, the winner of which will compete in the final round.<\/p>\n

Twelve teams competed in yesterday\u2019s challenge. The teams hailed from Effat University, Taif University, Prince Sultan University and Alfaisal University. Effat University\u2019s delegation included Dr. Akila Sarirete (Dean, Effat\u2019s CoE) and Prof. Mohammad Ghazi (Chair, Effat\u2019s ECE), and Prof. Ayman Naggar (Chair, Taif\u2019s Mechatronics).<\/p>\n

In addition to recognizing the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0place, Alfaisal CoE further recognized 2nd\u00a0<\/sup>and 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0place winners. The winning teams were as follows.<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup>\u00a0Place \u2013\u00a0Zoom Engineers (Effat University)<\/em><\/p>\n

Zainab Khan, Sarah Toonsi, , Malak Albogamy, Asiya Ibrahim, Sadaf Usman<\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Place \u2013\u00a0Skynet (Alfaisal University)<\/em><\/p>\n

Habib Farooq, Abdul Rahman Shaikh, Muhammad Anwar<\/p>\n

3rd<\/sup>\u00a0Place \u2013\u00a0ALSN (Effat University)<\/em><\/p>\n

Salma Alghafis, Nojood Almayouf, Lina Babsail, Abdullah Alghafis<\/p>\n

The event would not have been possible without the generous sponsorship of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), and the superb and boundless aid of the Alfaisal\u2019s Engineering Student Association (ESA) and Software Engineering Club (Click-IT). The local companies Makereal\/Hard-Electronics further generously contributed to winner\u2019s awards.\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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