The Head of the Department, Prof. Aqeel Shaker Al-Adly, discussed a Master's thesis in the Department of Building and Construction Engineering on the subject of "Circular and square foundations on weak sandy soils" on Monday 19/2/2018 on the hall of “Dr. Nema Hamad Ammar”.

Under the slogan" Summer training for students"  the department orginizeed a scientific seminar  on 28/12/2017  In the presence of the head of the department Prof. Dr. Mohammed , scientific deputy Assist.Prof.Dr Asawer Abd Alrasol , administrative  deputy  Dr.Raad Haween , head of branch Dr.Samaher Abd Alrasol  and representatives of oil companies and a large number of teachers and staff members of the training committees at the university departments.

The seminar  included a speech by the head of department In which he welcomed the distinguished attendance He spoke about the importance of summer training for the student so that they can identify the nature of the work on the ground and be able to know the equipment that can be used in the future. The training side is complementary to the theoretical academic side and can not be dispensed with, especially at the university of technology known for its training.

The session was chaired by the Chairman of the Summer Training Committee Dr. Sundus I. Mahdi who selected a choice (11) report out of (115)  report  was completed during the summer training last year to be presented at the seminar because of the scientific benefit for the department. The students (Yasin Farid, Nasser Naim, Mohammed Jabbar, Aqeel Mohammed, Mohammed Lotfi, Abdullah Khaled, Islam Hussein, Zeinab Essam, Ayat Ghaith, Amna Zaher, Reem Ammar) presented their scientific reports according to their groups in the field of training, whether with Central Oil Company , Iraqi Drilling Company or other companies.  Then held discussions and make several proposals to diagnose the negatives and positives in the training sites and to inform the oil companies about the obstacles that can occur so that the student can benefit from training in a better way in the future.  All of the proposals will be taken through continuous cooperation with the Head of Petroleum Technology.

At the end of the seminar, the head of the department, Prof. Dr. Mohammed handed a letter of appreciation to the participating companies and the students for their efforts in making the seminar a success.

The members of the Petroleum technology department participated in a workshop titled "Electronic Crimes" which was established by Zain Telecommunications Company Under thesupervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research on Wednesday 13/12/2017.

The workshop included lecture by the Head of Recruitment at Zain where he pointed out the importance of websites and how to deal with them and provide some tips on how to use them correctly and useful.

Hosted by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, innovation organization, and UNDP organization, the Rehabilitation and Employment Unit participated in Development Seminar on Tuesday / 27/11/2017 In the presence of Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Fuad Kassem, and the head of the planning unit in the ministry Dr. Omer Alashary

The seminar concentrated on the importance of human development of youth capabilities and increasing the work and achievements of unit. They also discussed the problems and challenges faced by graduates and opportunities for cooperation with entrepreneurs.