Monday, 4 June 2012


Tuesday 22nd May
Research & Innovation Centre, 0800.
Omar Al Hosani.
Water shortage in India.

He introduced himself and started giving general information about his topic.

In the beginning, he talked about the environment and joined it with the problem of the water shortage in India. He mentioned that the natural resources of the ice on the mountains started reducing which is important because it is considered as storage for the rivers.  

Thin he started to classify the problem; he said that water shortage in India is human made and he mentioned some factors like careless consumption, industrial waste, nuclear industry and also global warming. One solution also he mentioned is to put strict rules to monitor all the activity related to water.

After that he started to give some solutions to minimize the water shortage and help the people in India to avoid the shortage. He said building the purification plants and recycling water are good ideas to re-use the water.

After he finished, Mr. Hedley negotiated with him about the subject and asked Omer some questions and he answered all question with good answers.

Monday, 7 May 2012

Date:- Tuesday 1st  May 2012 

 Time:- 08:45 AM

Location:- Independent Research Center.

Student:- Ahmed Saleh 

In the beginning, Ahmed started introducing himself and gave a brief summary about his presentation which was about Civil Defense. He started with the historical facts about establishing the civil defense in the world which was exactly in the USA after the 1st World War.

Then he presented the PPEs, tools and vehicles that firemen use during their tasks. Also he talked about the fire extinguishers (types and uses). In general he gave us good information about the civil defense and it was useful information.
Mr. Hedley asked and negotiated with him about why and when civil defense was established. Then Omer asked him about some fire extinguishers and the answer was clear and useful.

Monday, 19 March 2012

Meeting Reflection

We (Rashed, Omer and Yousef) had a meeting about car accidents, by going through the prepared agenda. We agreed that Rashed will be the chairmen of the meeting, Omer the secretary and Yousef will be the participant. We discussed the agenda points and we came out with some ideas that will help to minimize the car accidents. One of the important points is to concentrate on students because they will be the future drivers. Regarding the traffic fines, it’s good but we agreed to ask the traffic department to increase the patrols around the area which needs more attention. In the end we thanked each other and we were happy about the outcome of the meeting.

Meeting Report

Date: - 13th March 2012
Time: - 08:15 AM
Location: - Independent research center
Members: - Omar, Rashed, and Yousef

Agenda:-
·         Teenage drivers.
·         Careless drivers.
·         Drivers from different cultures.
·         Different ages.
·         How the department of transport can help in keeping roads safe.

The chairman Rashed started the meeting at 8:15 am.
1-      Teenager drivers:  Yousef said that drivers in these ages are usually reckless; Omar said they do not have enough knowledge; Rashed wondered how to enrich their knowledge.
2-      Careless drivers were the second topic to talk about. Rashed thinks we should set strict fines; Yousef thinks that the fines are good but how to get careless drivers to follow the rules.
3-      Drivers from different cultures: Omar said because the rules are different from one country to another,  the foreign drivers make mistakes sometimes. Yousef thinks they need to get some training, but Rashed thinks it’s not a serious problem.
4-      Drivers with different ages: Rashed said young drivers get angry with old drivers as old drivers get angry with them; Yousef thought we can manage this problem by training.
5-      How the department of transport can help keeping roads safe: Omar sees that the DOT is working all the time to keep the roads safe. Rashed said in the last month Abu Dhabi recorded a high number of accidents because of the sand. Yousef talked about closing the roads.

1-      We should focus on theory lessons to increase the knowledge of teenagers which can be done by schools and at Emirates driving school.
2-      Fines are good now but we will ask the police department to Intensify police patrols.
3-      Foreign drivers and even local drivers will enroll in courses to let everyone know who is next to him in the road and how to avoid others’ mistakes.
4-      The theory classes will be mixed with different ages so they understand each other.
5-      We will ask the department of transport to get ready for emergencies and provide other options if there are instructions which must be done on any road.

Friday, 2 March 2012

Interviews reflection

First interview
On 26th Feb 2012, Mr. Hedley, Yousef and Ahmed did an interview with Mohamed Abdulla for a mechanical engineering position in the Independent Research Centre. Mr. Hedley started the interview and asked Ahmed to talk about himself.
 Ahmed asked him about his GPA; he answered 3.85; his strength is he is an on time man and his weakness is to work with lazy people. Also he said that he is a hard worker who likes to take up the challenges. Yousef asked about his experience; he answered that he did a work placement in ADWIA, and, about what he likes he said that he likes a comfortable job and a high salary to complete his master's degree.  
He asked about the training. Yousef answered, you will be as a trainee for one year.
Mr. Hedley thanked him and asked him to wait for a call. 

Second interview
On 26th Feb 2012, Mr. Hedley, Yousef and Ahmed did an interview with Hamdan Abdulla for a chemical supervisor position in the Independent Research Centre. Mr. Hedley started the interview and asked Ahmed to talk about himself.
Ahmed asked him about his strength; the answer was; he can organize the time and share the information between the team. Hamdan’s weakness: he doesn’t like to work under pressure and does not like night shifts. Yousef asked him about his experience; he said that he was working in a government clinic and he got  knowledge about how to deal with the customers. 
He asked about the company performance and Yousef answered that the company had not got any affliction from global crises.
Mr. Hedley thanked him and asked him to wait for a call. 




Third interview
On 26th Feb 2012, Mr. Hedley, Yousef and Ahmed did an interview with Abdulla Hussain for a civil engineer position in the Independent Research Centre. Mr. Hedley started the interview and asked Ahmed to talk about himself.
Abdulla said that he is 18 years old, studying in HCT. Ahmed asked him about his strength; he said he liked working in a team. Yousef asked him about what he liked and didn’t like in the college; he answered, in general he liked the way of studying in the college but he doesn’t like some class rooms which were built of wood. About where he likes to work, he said he wished to work in AD police in the civil department to participate in the department's project.


4th interview
On 26th Feb 2012, Mr. Hedley, Ahmed Saleh and Omer did an interview with Yousef Ahmed for an operation manager position in the Independent Research Centre. Mr. Hedley started the interview and asked Ahmed to talk about himself.
Ahmed asked Yousef about his greatest strength and weakness; Yousef said that he liked challenges and he has got a lot of leadership skills, but about the weakness he said that he does not like to work with careless or lazy people.

After that Mohamed asked Yousef why should I hire you? Yousef said because of my rich experience and my abilities to do this job; Yousef highlighted that he was a supervisor and he used to build teams and improve the employees.

Finally Yousef asked who would I be work with directly; Ahmed answered that Yousef will be working with him.
Mr. Hedley thanked him and asked him to wait for a call.