Supported by MU rector, Prof. Saleh Al-Mizil, two teams of MU participated in the Oxagon Hackathon which is organized by the Ministry of Education and will be held in Riyadh from 6-8 October, 2022.
The projects submitted by the university seek to find innovative solutions to the challenges of energy and water. The first project was presented by Dr. Abdel Aziz Al-Mutairi, Assistant Professor of Renewable Energy, College of Engineering, in the field of energy and offered an innovative model for the energy storage system for optimal operation of renewable energy networks.
The other project is an industrial innovation of a pipe pressure testing instrument and was presented by a group of students from the College of Engineering, and they are: Muwayed Al-Suwaiket, Nasser Al-Dalbahi, Nawaf Al-Madlij, and Othman Al-Mazrou’.
The hackathon achieved remarkable success, with more than participating 60 teams presenting promising innovations in the fields of (technology in the service of humans, water sustainability, electric fuels, and green hydrogen).