Ajman University students turn tech ‘transformers’
The third edition of the much-awaited Demo Day, run by the AU Innovation Centre at Sheikh Zayed Centre, not only features 32 pavilions, but more importantly gives the floor to 22 new inventions
Ajman University, AU, is growing at an impressive rate. It is a key lodestar of education, enterprise and creativity in the region. It is ranked among the top 800 institutions all across the globe, which puts it in the top 2.8 per cent of universities worldwide.
AU is among the top 1.7 per cent of institutions in the Arab world.
The oldest university in the region boasts a 31-year pioneering history – the inaugural private university in the GCC and the first institution in the UAE to accept expatriate students.
With over 30 academic programmes across nine academic colleges, AU is one of the region’s most comprehensive universities.
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The university has also shown an unlimited zeal for innovation. The third edition of the much-awaited Demo Day, which the institution has organised, has shown that undertaking the journey from concept to market is relatively easy.
The exhibition, run by the AU Innovation Centre at Sheikh Zayed Centre, not only features 32 pavilions, but more importantly gives the floor to 22 new inventions.
Dr. Abdulhaq Al-nuaimi, Vice-chancellor for Communication and Community Affairs, said the annual Demo Day is an incredible showcase of innovation, excellence, and social impact.
“The Demo Day serves as a proof that the journey from ‘concept to market’ is worth taking.”
This extraordinary opportunity for ‘startups’ to ‘rev up’ is due, in part, to the expertise of Ajman University Innovation Centre’s Advisory Board, he added.
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“The AU Innovation Centre has exceptionally translated technologies and ideas into commercially viable and scalable ventures, significantly contributing to economic development, job creation, and youth empowerment.”
Records show that the Centre, since its inception in 2016, has completed four incubation cycles; accelerated 82 startups; organised 62 workshops and provided more than 840 hours of mentoring, he disclosed.
“The incubated startups have generated around Dhs6.5 million in revenue and created 40 jobs.”
Announcing the participation of 22 startups’ achievements, Dr. Chuloh Jong, Director, AU Innovation Centre, said the Demo Day is meant to boost innovation and let all participants experience it in some of its highest forms.
“Innovation is the process of transforming ideas into value. At its core, innovation has the capacity to disrupt the existing winners in the market, reconstruct the mechanisms of society by reducing and even removing barriers to access.”
The Exhibition saw the presence of Sheikh Obaid Bin Suhail Al Maktoum, Sheikh Humaid Bin Abdullah Al-mualla, Dr. Ali Muhammad Al-mazem, Sheikha Noora Humaid Al Nuaimi, Director of Ajman X, and Ms. Ohoud Ali Shehail, Director General of Ajman Digital Government.
In October last year, the Unit of Community Service at the Office of Community Engagement, Ajman University (AU), celebrated the ‘International Day of Older Persons’, at the
Seniors’ Happiness Centre at Mamzar, Dubai.
Male and female students from different AU colleges were very keen to show appreciation to the senior citizens therein.
Noor Al Chaghouri, Head of Community Service, said the centre provides valuable services to its senior citizens “who are mostly above 60 years old.” Some of the senior members just come to spend some good time with their friends, mainly when they are free, she added.
The students were very keen to show their appreciation to the senior citizens.
“AU students were so thrilled to share some time with senior citizens, and get them involved in an array of activities planned by the Unit of Community Service.” The activities run included some musical exercise, board games and blindfold games, she explained.
“The senior citizens at the Centre actively enjoyed the activities organised to the maximum.”
Abdul-aziz, one of the senior citizens there, asked Ajman University volunteers to kindly visit them again. “We loved the activities you have run so much; they really made things better here.”