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Automated Analysis Of Comments On Press Articles In Websites (Articles Literature As Case Study), Afra Abdulrahman, Abdul Monem Rahma Aug 2026

Automated Analysis Of Comments On Press Articles In Websites (Articles Literature As Case Study), Afra Abdulrahman, Abdul Monem Rahma

Engineering and Technology Journal

Due to the increasing electronic publishing sites for printed and certified newspapers, the reader faced the problem of reaching his goal by accessing these sites, which led to the neglect of a large section of important publications. The provision of an automated measure to verify the positive and negative articles based on the analysis of readers' comments on the articles is a necessity to see the important articles that are compatible with the corpus generated by us for inference. The project achieved the previous target and achieved a success rate. The Bag-of-Words Model (BoW) was used to obtain the repetition …

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A Modification On Key Stream Generator For Rc4 Algorithm, Suhad Kareem, Abdul Monem Rahma Aug 2026

A Modification On Key Stream Generator For Rc4 Algorithm, Suhad Kareem, Abdul Monem Rahma

Engineering and Technology Journal

Rivest Cipher 4 (RC4) is one of most common stream cipher, but it experience many problem, such as, there is little combination between the plaintext and cipher-text. For this reason RC4 Cipher is vulnerable to a number of attacks. Thereupon, this paper proposes a new modification of the RC4 to strong it. This achieved by modifying key-stream generator based on linear equation with four state tables for generating random numbers. Key control is used for selecting one state table to apply # operation, then performing forward and backward effects to generate the key-stream that used in encryption and decryption. Being …

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Automatic Objects Detection And Tracking Using Fpcp, Blob Analysis And Kalman Filter, Hadeel N. Abdullah, Nuha H. Abdulghafoor Aug 2026

Automatic Objects Detection And Tracking Using Fpcp, Blob Analysis And Kalman Filter, Hadeel N. Abdullah, Nuha H. Abdulghafoor

Engineering and Technology Journal

Object detection and tracking are key mission in computer visibility applications, including civil or military surveillance systems. However, there are major challenges that have an effective role in the accuracy of detection and tracking such as the ability of the system to track the target and the response speed of the system in different environments as well as the presence of noise in the captured video sequence. In this proposed work, a new algorithm to detect moving objects from video data is designed by the Fast Principle Component Purist (FPCP). Then, we used an ideal filter that performs well to …

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Artificial Intelligent Technique For Power Management Lighting Based On Fpga, Hanan A. R. Akkar, Sameh J. Mohammed Aug 2026

Artificial Intelligent Technique For Power Management Lighting Based On Fpga, Hanan A. R. Akkar, Sameh J. Mohammed

Engineering and Technology Journal

The modern technological advances gave rise to new intelligent ways of performance and management in various fields of our lives. The employment of the artificial intelligent techniques proved influential in enhancing the technological developments and in meeting the demands for new, more efficient, more reliable and faster ways of performing activities and tasks. Lighting systems are an important part of human life. For this reason, it is important to reduce and manage energy consumption properly. Light dimming paves the way for massive energy saving in lighting applications. The options include simply reducing the output during the night and achieve maximum …

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An Analytic Design Approach To Inverse Class-F Rf Power Amplifiers, Firas M. Ali, Mahmuod H. Al-Muifraje, Thamir R. Saeed Aug 2026

An Analytic Design Approach To Inverse Class-F Rf Power Amplifiers, Firas M. Ali, Mahmuod H. Al-Muifraje, Thamir R. Saeed

Engineering and Technology Journal

The design of high efficiency inverse class-F (class-F-1) radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers includes extensive measurements to characterize the RF power device by means of the empirical load-pull test setup. This paper presents an alternative characterization approach based on evaluating the load impedances analytically at the desired harmonic frequencies for a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) in terms of the internal and package elements of the active device. It additionally provides a method for extracting the parasitic elements of the power device as well as determining the optimum load-line resistance using the transistor manufacturer’s large signal model. A new topology …

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Design Of Efficient Inductive Power Link With Small Size Planar Spiral Coil Receiver For Medical Applications, Muammer M. Omran, Ahmed S. Ezzulddin, Saad Mutashar Aug 2026

Design Of Efficient Inductive Power Link With Small Size Planar Spiral Coil Receiver For Medical Applications, Muammer M. Omran, Ahmed S. Ezzulddin, Saad Mutashar

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The efficiency of a WPT system greatly depends on both the geometry and operating frequency of the transmitting and receiving structures. Genetic optimizations algorithms are presented to prepare the proposed design parameters using MATLAB to optimize the link efficiency. Single and double layer PSCs are optimally designed with minimal proximity losses effect. In this paper, we used the benefit of a double layer technique to miniaturize the receiver PCS size. The proposed single layer (10×10) mm2 and double layer (8×8) mm2 PSCs are validated and simulated using HFSS 15.03 software at a frequency of 13.56MHz in both cases of the …

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Cost Risk Management For Variation Orders In Road Projects In Iraq, Abeer J. Hassan, Raid S. Abd Ali, Hassan H. Joni Aug 2026

Cost Risk Management For Variation Orders In Road Projects In Iraq, Abeer J. Hassan, Raid S. Abd Ali, Hassan H. Joni

Engineering and Technology Journal

This paper aims to develop appropriate solutions for each of the causes for the change orders, which help to manage the cost risk in road projects in Iraq. The literature was reviewed in detail, and the objectives were implemented by using a questionnaire that was distributed to specialists in the public sector to survey all possible causes for exceeding the cost of road projects. As a result, 35 causes were identified for a large number of change orders in road projects and their classification into four axes: design, implementation, financial, and other causes. The results of the questionnaire were analyzed …

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Proposed Hybrid Classifier To Improve Network Intrusion Detection System Using Data Mining Techniques, Sarah Shareef, Soukaena Hashim Aug 2026

Proposed Hybrid Classifier To Improve Network Intrusion Detection System Using Data Mining Techniques, Sarah Shareef, Soukaena Hashim

Engineering and Technology Journal

Network intrusion detection system (NIDS) is a software system which plays an important role to protect network system and can be used to monitor network activities to detect different kinds of attacks from normal behavior in network traffics. A false alarm is one of the most identified problems in relation to the intrusion detection system which can be a limiting factor for the performance and accuracy of the intrusion detection system. The proposed system involves mining techniques at two sequential levels, which are: at the first level Naïve Bayes algorithm is used to detect abnormal activity from normal behavior. The …

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Experimental And Numerical Simulation For Thermal Investigation Of Oscillating Heat Pipe Using Vof Model, Anwar S. Barrak, Ahmed A. M. Saleh, Zained H. Naji Aug 2026

Experimental And Numerical Simulation For Thermal Investigation Of Oscillating Heat Pipe Using Vof Model, Anwar S. Barrak, Ahmed A. M. Saleh, Zained H. Naji

Engineering and Technology Journal

This study is investigated the thermal performance of seven turns of the oscillating heat pipe (OHP) by an experimental investigation and CFD simulation. The OHP is designed and made from a copper tube with an inner diameter 3.5 mm and thickness 0.6 mm and the condenser, evaporator, and adiabatic lengths are 300, 300, and 210 mm respectively. Water is used as a working fluid with a filling ratio of 50% of the total volume. The evaporator part is heated by hot air (35, 40, 45, and 50) oC with various face velocity (0.5, 1, and 1.5) m/s. The condenser section …

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Improvement Of Image Steganography Using Discrete Wavelet Transform, Manal K. Oudah, Aqeela N. Abed, Rula S. Khudhair, Saad M. Kaleefah M. Kaleefah Aug 2026

Improvement Of Image Steganography Using Discrete Wavelet Transform, Manal K. Oudah, Aqeela N. Abed, Rula S. Khudhair, Saad M. Kaleefah M. Kaleefah

Engineering and Technology Journal

Recently the Discrete-Wavelet-Transform (DWT) has been represented as signal processing powerful tool to separate the signal into its band frequency components. In this paper, improvement of the steganography techniques by hiding the required message into the suitable frequency band is presented. The results show that the increase of the message length will reduce the Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR), while the PSNR increases with the increasing the DWT levels. It should be noted that the PSNR reduction was from -13.8278 to -17.77208 when increasing the message length from 161 to 505 characters. In this context, the PSNR is increased …

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Identification And Management Of Major Risk Factors In Construction Of Healthcare Centers Projects, Khalil I. Wali, Mahmood M. Mahdi Aug 2026

Identification And Management Of Major Risk Factors In Construction Of Healthcare Centers Projects, Khalil I. Wali, Mahmood M. Mahdi

Engineering and Technology Journal

More attention is needed for healthcare centers projects and its development to change and improve the health situation in Iraq. The study of risk in this type of projects is essential to avoid the problems encountered during the project life cycle. This paper aimed to identify risk factors facing the construction of an advanced healthcare centers and to enhance the possible solutions based on the opinion of experts. For data collection, fifty-five risk factors were presented in a questionnaire form. The result showed that the major risk factor was government corruption, which has a direct influence on the economy and …

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State Space Parallelization Method For A 16-Bit Turbo Encoder, Maha Fleah, Qusay Al-Doori Aug 2026

State Space Parallelization Method For A 16-Bit Turbo Encoder, Maha Fleah, Qusay Al-Doori

Engineering and Technology Journal

Turbo codes are widely used in digital communication systems. Their ability to reach the Shannon channel capacity made it the choice for most of the communication systems. Due to the huge amount of the transmitted data, there is a need to increase the processing speed of the encoders. The researchers used the state space technique to enhance the throughput of the turbo encoder. They apply it to increase the turbo encoder throughput from one bit per cycle up to 8 bit per cycle. The researchers applied the state space method to a three-flip flop, eight state Recursive Systematic Convolution Code …

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Ethical Responsibility In The Practice Of Architecture, Abdullah Almaamouri Aug 2026

Ethical Responsibility In The Practice Of Architecture, Abdullah Almaamouri

Engineering and Technology Journal

The research deals with the concept of ethical responsibility as one of the most influential concepts in the process of practicing architecture. It is defined as “systems of ethical principles and engineering rules governing the architect in making decisions of design practice, making them sound, preventing them from making mistakes during the stages of design, and the maintenance “by the commitment to them, result in creative architectural texts benefit the individual and society,” and thus determine the research problem in (Lack of cognitive perception of the role of moral responsibility in the practice of architecture). Therefore, the research aims at …

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An Experimental Investigation On Thermal Efficiency Of Flat Plate Tube Solar Collector Using Nanofluid With Solar Tracking Mechanism, Saad Hamidi Aug 2026

An Experimental Investigation On Thermal Efficiency Of Flat Plate Tube Solar Collector Using Nanofluid With Solar Tracking Mechanism, Saad Hamidi

Engineering and Technology Journal

In the present work, flat-plate solar collector (FPSC) in terms of various parameters as well as in respect of lower (Area of FPSC, volume fraction concentration of nanofluids, and mass flow rate) has been studied in this work. The FPSC has been fabricated with 0.192 m2, Dioxide silicon SiO2 (40nm) with the volume fraction of SiO2+Distilled water (0.05, 0.075, and 0.1%) and varying of flow rate (10, 15, 20L/h). These technological devices operate under forced circulation mode of fluid under varying climate conditions. The tracking mechanism has been used in the experiment of FPSC for tracking the sun position during …

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Deep Cnn Based Skin Lesion Image Denoising And Segmentation Using Active Contour Method, Hadeel Abdullah, Hala Abduljaleel Aug 2026

Deep Cnn Based Skin Lesion Image Denoising And Segmentation Using Active Contour Method, Hadeel Abdullah, Hala Abduljaleel

Engineering and Technology Journal

Automatic skin lesion segmentation on skin images is an essential component in diagnosing skin cancer. Image de-noising in skin cancer lesion is a description of processing image which refers to image restoration techniques to develop an image in predefined touch. Then de-noising is the crucial step of image processing to restore the right quality image after that which can use in many processes like segmentation, detection. This work proposes a new technique for skin lesion tumor denoising and segmentation. Initially, using Deep Convolution Neural Network (CNN) to eliminate noise and undesired structures for the images. Then, a new mechanism is …

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Synthesis And Characterization Of Chitosan- Polyvinyl Alcohol Blend Modified By Genipin And Nanohydroxyapatite For Bone Tissue Engineering, Ishraq Kadhim, Zuhair Abdul Ameer, Assel Alzubaidi Aug 2026

Synthesis And Characterization Of Chitosan- Polyvinyl Alcohol Blend Modified By Genipin And Nanohydroxyapatite For Bone Tissue Engineering, Ishraq Kadhim, Zuhair Abdul Ameer, Assel Alzubaidi

Engineering and Technology Journal

Use nanohydroxyapatite into the polymeric matrix as bioactive material for bone tissue engineering has enormous therapeutic potential because beneficial properties biocompatibility, biodegradability, and consider a major inorganic constituent of the bone matrix. The blended films of Chitosan and Polyvinyl alcohol with Genipin as cross-link agent were studied with and without addition Nanohydroxyapatite. Samples were prepared by solvent casting. The resulting films blended composite were characterized by Fourier transfer infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, degradation behavior, swelling degree and tensile strength. Degree of swelling, and weight loss of the films blended composite was decreased with an increase of genipin and nanohydroxyapatie concentrations while …

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Survey Of User To User Recommendation System In Online Social Networks, Sammer Qader, Ayad Abbas Aug 2026

Survey Of User To User Recommendation System In Online Social Networks, Sammer Qader, Ayad Abbas

Engineering and Technology Journal

The widespread use of online social networks (OSN) and their applications by users lead to the lack of knowledge identification of their needs across the vast amount of data, which made the need to create systems that help people to solve the problems and make decisions with more accuracy, an example of these systems is the Recommendation system (RS), which helps users to make decision and save time in search on a commercial or personal level, one of the most critical types of recommendation systems is the friends recommendation system (FRS) . In this survey, several studies have been suggested …

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The Air Bubbles Effect For Underwater Optical Wireless Communication Using 650 Nm Wavelength, Salah Adnan, Mazin Ali, Fatima Hakwar Aug 2026

The Air Bubbles Effect For Underwater Optical Wireless Communication Using 650 Nm Wavelength, Salah Adnan, Mazin Ali, Fatima Hakwar

Engineering and Technology Journal

In this research, texts were sent by pulse width modulation(PWM) in the channel of clean water usingArduino hardware and software for an underwater wireless opticalcommunication system (UWOC). The air bubbles device utilized thedisturbance at different distances from the transmitter source within thechannel of clean water. The total length of the channel is (1) m. In thisstudy, the source of transmitter wavelengths 650 nm was used with thepower of 80mw. The results showed that the received power was 32 mWin the clean water, while when air bubbles pump within the channel ofclean water at 0.2m, 0.5m and 0.8m away from the …

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An Overview On Most Effective Dras In Crude Oil Pipelines, Raheeq Ibrahim, Manal Odah, Dhoha Shafeeq Aug 2026

An Overview On Most Effective Dras In Crude Oil Pipelines, Raheeq Ibrahim, Manal Odah, Dhoha Shafeeq

Engineering and Technology Journal

The flow of crude oil in pipelines suffers from a problem of fluid flow pressure drop and high-energy consumption for pumping especially in low temperatures environment. Flow can be enhanced using viscosity either reduction or drag reduction techniques. Drag reduction is considered as the most effective and most applicable method. The technique contributes in reducing the frictional energy losses during the flow by addition of little doses of materials knowing as drag-reducing agents. The present work focuses on more recent and most applicable drag-reducing agents used in crude oil flow enhancement via pipelines.

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A Compact Single-Feed Patch Antenna With Frequency And Polarization Diversity, Fayyadh Ahmed Aug 2026

A Compact Single-Feed Patch Antenna With Frequency And Polarization Diversity, Fayyadh Ahmed

Engineering and Technology Journal

A new compact single feed square ring patch antenna using meandered 4λ transformer is designed, for frequency and polarization diversity. The proposed antenna is constructed from a square ring patch antenna, and two orthogonal meandered cascaded 4λ transformer (OMCT), incorporated with six switches for frequency and polarization reconfiguration purposes. The OMCT with switches is necessary to get good impedance bandwidth (BW) and axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) for circular polarization state. In addition, it utilized to excite the antenna at two orthogonal locations, with equal magnitude and quadratic in phase, for achieving circular polarization mode at resonant frequencies 2.44GHz, 4.7GHz, and …

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A Cooperation Of Fog Computing And Smart Gateways In A Secure And Efficient Architecture For Iot-Based Smart Homes, Amin Seno, Sahar Alshammari Aug 2026

A Cooperation Of Fog Computing And Smart Gateways In A Secure And Efficient Architecture For Iot-Based Smart Homes, Amin Seno, Sahar Alshammari

Engineering and Technology Journal

Nowadays Internet of Things (IoT) is growing to be a serious factor in numerous areas of our daily life style. Internet of Things brings different opportunities of intelligence to important aspects such as health, payments, energy management, industrial sectors, transportation and also many other specialties. It is important to notice that the interaction between these two part the embedded equipment and Cloud based web services is such a common or prevalent scenario of Internet of Things deployment. When it comes to the security point of view, jointly users (consumer) and smart devices need to reassure and establish a secure and …

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Monitoring Of Agricultural Drought In The Middle Euphrates Area, Iraqusing Landsat Dataset, Imzahim Alwan, Abdul Razzak Ziboon, Alaa Khalaf Aug 2026

Monitoring Of Agricultural Drought In The Middle Euphrates Area, Iraqusing Landsat Dataset, Imzahim Alwan, Abdul Razzak Ziboon, Alaa Khalaf

Engineering and Technology Journal

This study was conducted to monitor the agricultural drought inthe Middle Euphrates area, Iraq during the period from 1988 to 2018.Multispectral Landsat TM, ETM+, and OLI images were used. The imagesdated 1988, 1993, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2018, which obtained duringgrowth months of plants (January, February, March, November, andDecember).A computerized drought monitoring was adopted using ERDASImagine 2015, ENVI 3.2, and ArcGIS 10.5 environments to process andanalysis the data. The spectral indices, which used in this study were: TheNormalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Vegetation ConditionIndex (VCI). The change analysis presented in this study is based on thestatistics extracted from the …

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A Group Authentication Protocol On Multilayer Structure For Privacy-Preserving Iot Environment, Maytham Azhar, Amin Seno Aug 2026

A Group Authentication Protocol On Multilayer Structure For Privacy-Preserving Iot Environment, Maytham Azhar, Amin Seno

Engineering and Technology Journal

In the Internet of Things (IoT) systems, large amounts of data are accumulated from anywhere at any time, which may attack individuals' privacy, especially when systems are utilized in medical and everyday environments. With the promise of IoT's proactive systems, the integration of smart things into standard Internet creates several security challenges, because most Internet technologies, communication protocols and sensors are not designed to support IoT. Recent research studies have shown that launching security / privacy attacks against IoT active systems, in particular, Wearable Medical Sensor (WMS) systems, may lead to catastrophic situations and life-threatening conditions. Therefore, security threats and …

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Controlling The Q-Point In Distributed Feedback Lasers Using A Numerical Optimization Methodology, Hisham Hisham Aug 2026

Controlling The Q-Point In Distributed Feedback Lasers Using A Numerical Optimization Methodology, Hisham Hisham

Engineering and Technology Journal

In this paper, a new methodology for controlling the Q-point in the distributed feedback (DFB) lasers is proposed. The method based on reducing the DFB transient period (TP) by optimizing laser’s model parameters numerically. The analysis has taken into account investigated the effects of the laser injection current (Iinj), the dc-bias level (Ibias), the temperature (T) variation, and the gain compression factor (ε). Results showed that by optimizing the value of Iinj, Ibias, T and ε; the Q-point could be controlled effectively. Where increasing the current ratio (i.e., Iinj/Ith) leads to reduce the TP value. In addition, by increasing Iinj …

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Means Of Developing Communication Between The Engineering Colleges And The Labor Market, K. Sajir, A. Ali, S. Omran Aug 2026

Means Of Developing Communication Between The Engineering Colleges And The Labor Market, K. Sajir, A. Ali, S. Omran

Engineering and Technology Journal

The research aims at identifying the means of developing communication between the engineering colleges and the labor market by studying the many scientific sources, the previous studies and the working papers of a number of conferences, seminars, and workshops related to the research topic. Strengthened the relationship between engineering colleges and the labor market. The research adopted a descriptive method. The current research confirmed the adoption of the modern model of the advanced countries of the world in enhancing communication between the engineering colleges and the labor market, which is based on the integrated vision based on partnership. The research …

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Technological Engineering Education And Ethics Of Conduct, Ibtisam Hasan, Sahar Fafraj, Hadia Judran Aug 2026

Technological Engineering Education And Ethics Of Conduct, Ibtisam Hasan, Sahar Fafraj, Hadia Judran

Engineering and Technology Journal

The presence of ethical conduct within university institutions promote positive attitude among employees these institutions also provide them with a reference to which they revert to determine what is the proper conduct. The commitment to compliance with the ethics of engineering education is a definite indication of the degree of pertinence to the profession. That ethical conduct in universities is one of the superiority standards as well as in the guidelines of granting reliability for university institutions. In this research we discussed how to educate engineering students about work ethics by deliberating the importance of considering work ethics subject with …

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Measurement Of Student Outcomes Attainment For Abet Accreditation In Electromechanical Engineering Department In Uot, Jalal Jalil Aug 2026

Measurement Of Student Outcomes Attainment For Abet Accreditation In Electromechanical Engineering Department In Uot, Jalal Jalil

Engineering and Technology Journal

Student outcomes attainment represents the core of the ABET accreditation. In this paper, a details of the four years’ work in Energy and Renewable Energy Program in Electromechanical Engineering Department in University of Technology was demonstrated, concentrating on the process of student outcomes attainment measurement. The attainment of student outcomes represents a challenge in all programs in Iraqi Universities. The process monitored by ABET Foundation expertise through IREX and they approved that the process reached right route although the degree of attainment needs more work in the coming years to reach accreditation level.

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Code Of Conduct Of Final Year Projects In Engineering Disciplines, Fawzi Al-Naima Aug 2026

Code Of Conduct Of Final Year Projects In Engineering Disciplines, Fawzi Al-Naima

Engineering and Technology Journal

The importance of the management and implementation of graduation projects lies in the fact that this activity constitutes one of the main pillars of the undergraduate academic curricula in most scientific or literary disciplines. In engineering studies, for example, the weight of the graduation project within the curriculum is estimated at 25% for the year of graduation and about 8% of the total weight of the first university degree in most universities in the developed countries. In this context, this paper suggests specific steps for conducting this work and the allocation of responsibilities in the management of this scientific activity. …

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The Main Engineering's Education Issues During And After Graduation, Abdullah Hussain, Merzah Imran Aug 2026

The Main Engineering's Education Issues During And After Graduation, Abdullah Hussain, Merzah Imran

Engineering and Technology Journal

The opportunity of teaching engineers is not easy as everybody thinks for many reasons, some of these issues are related to the students' disappointment as a result of getting the engineering field and the other one related to lack of available knowledge about the role of engineers in improving and developing the life quality and the country overall. So, this paper will focus the light on the main issues and challenges that face the engineering education, with the possible solutions in order to reduce the unemployment and expelled from the job due to the lack of experience or lack the …

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Develop And Analyze A Model For Teaching According To The Flipped Class Approach, Ibtisam Hasan, Hatam Karem, Sahar Fafraj Aug 2026

Develop And Analyze A Model For Teaching According To The Flipped Class Approach, Ibtisam Hasan, Hatam Karem, Sahar Fafraj

Engineering and Technology Journal

In this paper, the flipped class strategy has been designed for electromechanical devices lessons. As a first step towards flipping the classroom two lessons are selected from the curriculum common. Delivering lecture content of selected topics before coming to class through notes and other media has been done, while the class time is effectively engaged in high-level thinking. The first step is to try to create the required educational materials to provide content related to topics outside of classroom environment. The second step is to design effective learning strategies for Problem Solving. JIGSAW method has been used for the in …

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