- The Department of Materials Engineering, in collaboration with the Center for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, hosted an awareness symposium titled “Enhancing National Heritage Identity” on Thursday, October 19, 2023. The symposium presented by Prof. Dr. Saad Badri Hassoun Farid and it was attended by the Department Head, Prof. Dr. Jawad Kazem Aliwi, and the Director of the Nanotechnology Center, Prof. Dr. Rana Afif Majeed. The symposium discussed heritage aspects include material, intellectual, artistic, creative, and linguistic heritage, in scientific, social, legal perspectives, and the relationship between them and the construction of the Iraqi character. The message conveyed by the symposium emphasized that the national character is constructed through an understanding and adoption of these building elements, not only limited to material heritage, but also on all the elements of the heritage mentioned above. At the end of the symposium, the scientific assistant of materials department expressed gratitude to the lecturer for the valuable presentation and presented a certificate of appreciation in recognition of their efforts.
