Tishk International University’s 9th National Innovation Competition in Engineering (NICE2024) was held on Sunday , May 12th, 2024, under “Targeting Smart Sustainable Innovations.”
The competition aimed to gather students, supervisors, practitioners, educators, and students of all engineering fields around universities in Kurdistan and Iraq interested in smart, sustainable innovations. Invitations were sent to universities in Kurdistan and Iraq.
The participating students and the evaluating jury members were directed to the registration desks at the main building entrance to receive their badges, lunch cards, program flow, and assigned codes for their stands.
Jury members were later invited to the Coordination Hall to receive their evaluation forms and gift packs to appreciate their valuable effort and participation. Dr Jwan Jalal also stated several instructions, NICE 2024 Chair of the Jury Members, to further clarify the evaluation process criteria.
The project evaluation process started at 10:30 AM; students demonstrated their projects to be evaluated by the jury members. All participating projects were evaluated according to the following criteria: Project invention ingenuity, scientific approach, clarity and thoroughness in explaining the project idea, competency, technical skills, and effort to finish the project.
The evaluation process was followed by the opening ceremony, which started at 10:00 AM, The Acting Chair of NICE2024 and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering also delivered a speech in which he addressed the main objectives, mission, and vision of the competition, the participating categories, and the approximate number of participating students and projects. He also expressed much gratitude to all contributing parts for their valuable support towards the competition and all scientific activities in general.
After the opening ceremony and cutting of the ribbon, the project demonstration and evaluation process began and continued until lunch break. The jury members then handed their evaluation application accounts to the organizing committee staff responsible for determining the winners.
The overall scores were calculated through a mobile application created especially for this event. Each project was averaged, and the score-tied projects were evaluated according to a formula used to determine the project rank automatically.
NICE2024 came to an end with the closing ceremony at the main building entrance at 5:00 PM. . The top 3 winners of all eight participating categories and international winners were announced. Participants were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals, prize money and certificates endowed.
