Damascus-Sana
The Supreme Commission for Scientific Research signed with a number of researchers today financial support contracts for thirty applied research projects in ten development sectors with a total budget of 425 million Syrian pounds at the Hermitage Hotel in Damascus.
The research projects include the sectors of information and communication technology, tourism, building, construction, population, local and regional development, energy and water resources, transport, environment and industry and come within the framework of the national plan for scientific research based on the national policy for science, technology and innovation developed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Higher Commission for Scientific Research in coordination with ministries and stakeholders .
The Director General of the Supreme Commission for Scientific Research, Dr. Majd Al-Jamali, indicated that these projects were chosen from among the hundreds of projects submitted to the authority, where an advisory committee was formed for each sector to receive and approve research projects, noting that the sectoral committees included specialists representing representatives of universities, research centers, and public and private productive sectors.
Al-Jamali described the financial support provided to the projects as "unprecedented", pointing to work to provide each scientific research development with added value that supports the economy and serves development.
Sana met a number of researchers whose projects were approved. Dr. Shafiq Dawood, a professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Damascus University, explained that his project includes a strategy to raise the level of traffic safety and reduce the rate of accidents in the city of Damascus and its biosphere through new traffic laws and the establishment of safety verification methods.
The dean of the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Dr. Muhammad Firas Al-Hinnawi University, Damascus, said that his project, in cooperation with the college’s professors, has an estimated cost of 89 million pounds and aims to localize the technology of electric vehicles in Syria and build a local industry in this field by bringing ready cars, dismantling them, studying their designs, re-installing and designing them again To get acquainted with its technologies and how to manufacture it, indicating that the project has an industrial as well as educational benefit that helps students in the field of automobile engineering.
From the Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology in Damascus, Dr. Suleiman Suleiman stated that his project includes the design, implementation and manufacture of fuel that can be used in electrical power stations "emulsified fuel" in order to improve the efficiency of the water pipe boilers used in these stations and solve the problem of continuous power cuts and reduce the number of rationing hours And reduce environmental pollution.
Meanwhile, Dr. Ali Ahmed’s project from the Faculty of Information and Communications Technology Engineering at Tartous University focuses on a study to achieve the optimum distribution of cell towers in the Syrian coast through the Geographical Information System “GIS” that contributes to securing cellular coverage to cover the entire region at a low economic cost.
Research projects deserving of other financial support focused on several issues and topics related to development and reconstruction priorities such as the use of recycled grains in concrete mixtures, the development of types of self-absorbing concrete, the contribution of the tourism sector to national income, the spread of tourism awareness in local communities, and the study of the implications of the crisis on the balance between the rate of growth Population, economic growth, potential population changes, the effects of climate change on water resources in Syria, and the generation of electrical energy from solar panels.
The signing of the project contracts was attended by Dr. Bassam Ibrahim, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and the meanings of a number of ministers, directors of centers, scientific research bodies, trade union activities, and a number of vice presidents and relevant researchers.
The Supreme Commission for Scientific Research created by Legislative Decree No. 68 of 2005 with the aim of drawing up the comprehensive national policy for scientific research and technological development and their strategies to meet the requirements of sustainable economic and social development and fully coordinating between research scientific bodies and supporting scientific research bodies.
Indian Hellanh