Amman- October 30 , 2016
The School of Natural Resources Engineering and Management at German Jordanian University organized a closing ceremony of the project entitled Utilizing hyperspectral imaging techniques to evaluate key surface water quality parameters on Sunday 30th of October, 2016.
The project represents a success story of interdisciplinary collaboration between three professors; The project coordinator, Dr. Qasem Abdelal of the School of Natural resources engineering and management, department of civil and environmental engineering, Dr. Nathir Rawashdeh of the department of Mechatronics Engineering, and Dr. Sameer Arabasi from the School of Basic Sciences and Humanities.
Professor Manar Fayyad , GJU Vice President expressed pride of the multidisciplinary at GJU and the good cooperation between the schools in several projects and researches. She also thanked the Ministry of Water and Irrigation for helping and supporting our students.
For his part Dr. Munjed AL-Sharif, Dean of School of Natural Resources Engineering and Management welcomed the guests and all representatives from the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Jordan Valley Authority, and emphasized that the school will be always a big supporter to all projects and researches that can help the university and country.
The project investigates an innovative approach for evaluating some water quality indicators based on remote sensing technologies, namely satellite images, coupled with hand-held hyperspectral devices. These techniques will be very helpful in proper monitoring of surface water bodies and will be a very handy tool for decision makers responsible for monitoring and management of Jordan’s dams.
The project involved doing site visits to the Mujib dam, water measurements were takes on site and water samples were collected and analyzed at GJU’s laboratories, and satellite images were obtained and analyzed to prepare correlations with the water indicators of interest.
Representatives from the ministry of water and irrigation and the Jordan Valley Authority attended the ceremony in addition to professors, engineers, and students from different schools of the German Jordanian University.
