Amman- 3 November 2022
The German Jordanian University (GJU) participated in the Special Operations Exhibition and Conference (SOFEX 2022), which was launched in Aqaba under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, with the participation of 38 countries and more than 300 companies specialized in the manufacture of defense equipment and weapons.
The Jordanian Design and Development Centre (JODDB) selected two projects from the School of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (SEEIT) at GJU to participate in the exhibition.
During his participation in the opening ceremony, the President of GJU, Prof. Ala'aldeen Al-Halhouli, indicated the University’s interest in the practical aspect similar to the applied German universities in a way that reflects the excellence of its students and faculty members. Dr. Al-Halhouli added that the School's research effort resulted in participating in the exhibition with two projects related to special operations and internal security.
The first project, which was entitled "An early detection system for forest fires using machine learning" and presented by the student Bashar Hijazi and the faculty member Dr. Ala’ Khalifeh aims to use the latest technologies such as the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence for early detection of forest fires, which in turn will help firefighters to distinguish the fire early and prevent it from spreading. The project received technical support from (JODDB) and was funded by the King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD).
The project was implemented by the students Abdul Hamid Nassar, Anas Al Nabulsi, Zaid Al Rawashdeh, and Bashar Hijazi from SEEIT. It was presented at the International Week of HS-Bremen University from June 27, 2022, to July 1, 2022, with the support of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and HS-Bremen.
The second research project entitled, “Smart Agricultural Solutions” developed by Dr. Ala' Khalifeh, Dr. Abdullah Al-Qammaz, and Engineer Ahmed Matar, is an applied research project that aims to develop smart, and digital agricultural solutions to help farmers monitor their farms remotely and improve the irrigation operations by utilizing the trending technologies such as Internet of Things, cloud computing and machine learning.