Materials Eng. Dept.  won the University of Technology Chess Championship for students, and the Laser and Optical Electronics Eng. Dept.  won first place for female students in the championship competitions held by Student Activities Department at U.O.T.  for the academic year 2021-2022 in cooperation with the Iraqi Central Chess Federation in the department hall on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, with the participation of 47 male and 13 female students represent the University Eng. and Scientific departments.

 The student of the Materials Engineering Department, Noori Sabah, a star of the national youth team and the Communications Club team, won the student competition title after collecting 5 points with a difference of opponents’ points over runner-up Ali Laith, player of Eng. Dept. team, and he came in third place, Mua'amel Muhammad, player of computer science team, with 4 points.

Noori Sabah managed to win the title by winning all five rounds over Abdul Karim Imad from Petroleum Technology, Taher Falah from Biomedical Eng., Hussein Kamal from Mechanical Eng., Basil Majed from Civil Eng. and Muhammad Riyadh from Electrical Eng., while student Ali Laith won in his five matches. Ali Amin Emad from Mechanical Engineering, Ahmed Hamed from Communications Eng. , Ahmed Saleh from Civil Eng., Mohamed Abdul-Sada from Electromechanical Eng., and Mua'amel Muhammad from Computer Science.

 The student from Laser Eng. Dept., Rowaida Saad Mohsen, the star of the women’s national team and the goal club team, won the first place in female competitions with 5 points, by winning full mark in the five rounds over the students, Maryam Adnan from architectural Eng., and good news from materials engineering, Mays Khalil from production and Metallurgy Eng. , and Qabas Mustafa From architectural  Eng.  and Ola Abdul Karim from Electromechanical Eng.

 Qabas Mustafa, from Architectural Eng. Dept.  came in second place with 4 points, after breaking the tie with Mays Khalil from Production Engineering and Metallurgy, who ranked third and has the same points.

The tournament, which took place according to the Swiss system of five rounds, was led by the organizer and international referee, Saad Mohsen Al-Kinani, and the international referee, Ismail Ibrahim, who are from the Iraqi Central Chess Federation.

The tournament was supervised by Asst. Prof. Dr. Amin Th. Ahmed , Asst. Prof. Dr. Emad Jassem , Asst. Lect.  Mustafa Sobhi and Lect. Dr. Firas Farqad ,  Mr. Yasser Hassan,  Mr. Abdullah Adnan and Mr.  Haider Hamid.

Electromechanical Eng. Dept. team won the University of Technology Football Championship for students for the academic year 2021-2022 after winning 4 goals over Electrical Eng. Dept. teams in the final match that took place at the University Stadium on Tuesday, Dec.14, 2021, in the presence of the Vice President for Administrative Affairs/ Dr. Hussein H. Karim, several heads of Eng. Depts. at the university, the Director of the Student Activities Department, and several university lecturers and students.

Electromechanical Eng. Dept. team inaugurated the scoring in the first half by the player Ali Adnan, the player himself scored the second goal to electromechanical team minutes after the start of the second half, and only a few minutes passed until the player himself reinforced his team goals by scoring the third goal. Electromechanical goalkeeper Haider Ali concluded the goals festival by scoring the fourth goal from a penalty kick.

The referee f the final match was each Waleed Natiq and Eng. Ali Faraj, Yasser Hassan, Hussein Sareih, and the match supervisor, Asst. Prof. Dr. Emad Jasim.

The Vice-President for Administrative Affairs distributed individual prizes to players of the first and second places, as well as prizes for the best player, Haider Sabah from Civil Eng. Dept.  In addition, the tournament top scorer, Mustafa Ali from Computer Sciences Dept.  With eight goals, and the best goalkeeper Haider Ali from Electromechanical Eng. Dept. The team cups were also distributed to winning teams in the first place are Electromechanical Dept., the defending champion, and the runner-up, Electrical Eng. Dept., and the third place for the teams of Civil Eng. Dept. and Control and Systems, and on the supporting departments in the tournament, which are Media and Public Relations, The Divan Section, Follow-up Section, and Services section.

Director of Student Activities Dept. Asst. Prof. Dr. Najah Salman said that the tournament witnessed the participation of 16 teams representing the scientific and Eng. Dept.  At the university, which was full of joy, excitement with the presence of professors and students of the depts.