Amman- 10 November 2021
The International Office (IO) at the German Jordanian University (GJU) welcomed the fourth study group from the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt.
Four students from the Civil and Environmental Engineering department came to Jordan in order to work on a project with the title “Cool down, green and air cleaning through plants in Amman” under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Habermehl from Hochschule Darmstadt and Prof. Dr. Muna Hindiyeh from School of Natural Resources Engineering and Management (SNREM) at GJU.
The program included activities at GJU and other universities and institutions in the field in Jordan where the group met with Prof. Dr. Eng. Mohammed Matouq from Balqa’a university and visited the city of Salt as well as a waste water plant in Fuheis. Moreover, they had a talk with Prof. Ahmed Al-Salaymeh and a tour at Jordan University. The Jordan Green Building Council presented held a presentation about their work on GJU SABE campus, where the group was joined by Dr Omaimah Ali. All visits and meetings have served to provide more insight into the subject.
On their last day, the group presented their results and insights as well as ideas to make Jordan greener. They prepared posters to draw attention to the topic, which the IO will gladly make accessible to GJU. One of the students mentioned that Amman was greener and had more trees than he expected and probably even more than Darmstadt.
