SOHAR UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2017TOWARDS A KNOWLEDGE NATION

Time Activity Presenter 08:00-09:00 Registration

09:00-09:15 Opening Speech Prof. Barry Winn -VC

09:15-09:45 Keynote Speaker

09:45-10:00 RIC Overview Prof. Ghassan Al -Kindi

10:00-10:15 Photo Session

10:15-11:00 Coffee Break & Refreshments

Venue

Opening Session

Mr. John Baragwanath - Executive DirectorAMRC, University of Sheffield

Theatre

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SOHAR UNIVERSTY

8 February 2017

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Parallel Sessions (A)

Parallel Session I Emerging and Advanced Technology

Chair: Dr. Mohammed Al -Mansoori Time Title Presenter Venue

11:00 -11:20 Design of inductive battery charging system for electrical vehicle Dr. Mahmoud Younis - FE

LRC 2nd floor Room1

11:20 -11:40 A contextual synonym expansion approach to measuring the similarity of sentence-level text Dr. Khaled Abdalgader - FCIT 11:40 -12:00 Effect of using scrap tyres as coarse aggregate on the structural performance of fibrous reinforced concrete

Beam Dr. Wadhah Tawfeeq - FE

12:00 -12:20 Evaluating and selecting different classifiers on KDD99 dataset with feature reduction for network intrusion detection

Dr. Dinesh Kumar - FCIT

12:20 -12:40 A multi-layer perceptron based classification system for date seed classification Dr. Anas Quteishat - FE 12:40 -01:00 Measuring the usability of learning content in a web based learning management system course – A statistical

approach Ms. Lakshmi Sunil - FCIT

01:00- Lunch Break LRC Parallel Session II

Enterprise and Industry Chair: Dr. Adil Hassan

11:00 -11:20 Students enterprising in HEIs in Oman Mrs. Hanan Al-Balushi - FB

LRC 2nd floor Room 2

11:20 -11:40 Service failure and recovery in higher education sector Dr. Davoud Nikbin - FB 11:40 -12:00 Public transport research in Oman: University – industry interface Dr. Rakesh Belwal - FB 12:00 -12:20 Teaching entrepreneurship to SU students: approached and outcomes Dr. Firdouse Khan - FB 12:20 -12:40 Does the size matter: Literature review Dr.Yasir Yaqoub Ali - FB 12:40 -01:00 HEIs students entrepreneurial intentions Dr. Adil Hassan - FB 01:00-02:00 Lunch Break LRC

Environment

Chair: Dr. Rajamohan Natarajan 11:00 -11:20 Treatment of BTEX contaminated industrial emissions using a biofilter Dr. Rajamohan Natarajan - FE

LRC 2nd floor Room 3

11:20 -11:40 Harnessing clean and green energy via integrated treatment of industrial and domestic waste water Dr. Nitin Raut - FE 11:40 -12:00 Investigation on the production of bio-diesel from algae oil Dr. Youssef Touhami - FE 12:00 -12:20 Utilizing industrial waste to develop geotechnical systems for environment sustainability Dr. Mohsin Qureshi - FE 12:20 -12:40 Assessment of flood control dams and management options, case study: Wadi Al-Jizzi, Wadi Ahin And Wadi

Bani Omar/ Sohar, Oman Dr. Eyad Abushandi - FE

12:40 -01:00 Assessment of trmm rainfall data set over Al-Batinah region-Sultanate of Oman Dr. Osama Ibrahim - FE 01:00-02:00 Lunch Break LRC

02:0001:00-

Parallel Session III

(B)

Time Title Presenter Venue 02:00 -02:15 A study on transitional signals Mr. Osman Ahmad - FLS

LRC 2nd floor Room1

02:15 -02:30 Development of a portable solar hybrid refrigeration system Mr. Vinod Kumar - FE 02:30 -02:45 Language assessment in the Arabian Gulf: Where are we now? Dr. Junifer Abatayo - FLS 02:45 -03:00 Quran extended finite state machine model and Markov algorithm for translating Quran reciting rules into Braille

code Dr. Abdallah Abualkishik - FCIT

03:00 -03:15 The theme of Omani students’ preference of having personal business to jobs Mr. Inayat Shah-FLS 03:15 -03:30 Factors affecting Omani youth choice to work in the private sector in the Sultanate of Oman Mr. Mowafaq Al-Nusair - FB 03:30 - 04:00

Parallel Session II

Postgraduate Students Research Chair: Dr. Dawood Al -Hamdani 02:00-03:30

Postgraduate Students Research Presentations LRC 3rd floor

Summary and Closing

Parallel Session IVConnecting Communities Chair: Dr. Hoda Thabet

11:00 -11:20 Effective policy design and evaluation Dr. Sridevi Yerrabati - FB LRC 2nd floor Room 4

11:20 -11:40 Content analysis of gender representation in Omani English language textbooks Mr. Adnan Bataineh - FLS 11:40 -12:00 Dr. Hajer Harrathi -FEA 12:00 -12:20 Creating connections: Strategies and reflections Ms. Kim Foong Loh - FLS 12:20 -12:40 The precarious position of modern standard Arabic as a language of instruction in the context of glocalisation Mr. Abdelkader Chaou - FLS 12:40 -01:00 Widening student community participation and Improving language proficiency through PELA Dr.Yogesh Sinha - FLS

01:00 - 02:00 Lunch Break LRC

Summary and Closing

03:30 -04:00

Emerging and Advance Technology, Enterprise and Industry, Environment & Connecting CommunitiesChairs: Dr. Mohammed Al-Mansoori, Dr. Adil Hassan, Dr. Rajamohan Natarajan, Dr. Hoda Thabet

Parallel Session I

Parallel Sessions

Logistics Committee:Mr. Salim Abu-Saad Mr. Abdullah Al-Jabri Ms. Fatma Al-Jabri

P.O.Box:44 P.C 311 Sohar Sultanate of Oman +968 26850100 +968 26720102

Prof. Ghassan Al-Kindi Dr. Dawood Al-Hamdani

Dr. Rajamohan Natarajan Dr. Adil Hassan Dr. Hoda Thabet

Organizing Committee:

Dr. Mohammed Al-Mansoori

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