Student Exchange

Rawand Ghassan Douglas

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Nature of participation:

My participation in this student exchange was for the purpose of field training and lasted for a month. It replaced the two trainings included in my major plan, in addition to numerous scientific, touristic, and recreational field visits.

Scientific and practical experience:

During this training, I gained a wealth of theoretical knowledge, which was delivered in the form of lectures, during which I learned the basics of renewable energy, particularly solar energy. I also gained practical experience in this field through practical lectures in university laboratories equipped with solar energy requirements. I made several cell connections and took various values of radiation, voltage, etc. In addition, I learned the basics of using MATLAB in the university's computer labs. The most beneficial aspect of this training was the practical field visits to various governorates of the Sultanate, most notably the Ibri 2 solar power plant, which contains more than one and a half million cells (608MW). I saw robots cleaning the cells of dust to increase their efficiency, in addition to the presence of many engineers with practical experience. I also visited an environmentally friendly home, among many other visits. 

Other activities:

We made many sightseeing trips to different parts of the Sultanate of Oman, including our visit to the capital, Muscat, where we visited the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque. We also went to the Oman Across Time Museum, where we learned about the civilization and history of this country, in addition to several visits such as Nizwa Fort and its market. We also met students from different nationalities such as Egypt, Iraq, Kurdistan, Lebanon, and Yemen. The exchange was not only academic, but also cultural between different countries.