The chemical car team SADEEM (Chem-E-Car) from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals won the second place for designing in an international competition held recently in San Francisco, USA from among 42 teams participated in that competition.
SADEEM team consisted of nine members namely, Mohammed Al Mutawa, Mishari Al-Muhanna, Abdul Karim Aldawlah, Moez Marouf, Shafie Baig, Kareem Zaher, Ibrahim AlDhobaiban, Fahad Al-Harbi and Ziad alghosoun, and it was under the supervision of Dr. Bassem Abu Alsaud, supervisor of the AICHE Association branch and KFUPM Chemical Engineering Club, with Dr. Mohammed Bashamakh Head of Chemical Engineering Department.
The team took a whole year to prepare for this competition, which witnessed an intense competition in all aspects, "Race", "Design" and "Poster". According to Dr. Abu Alsaud, KFUPM team gained the admiration of the organizers and the participants. The achievements of the SADEEM team was remarkable in respect to its recently established in 2015, pointing out that most of the participant teams are deep-rooted and has long experience in this field. He added.
The team has already participated in the contest which was held for the first time outside US in the Kingdom of Bahrain, where the team managed to achieve the second place in "Race" and got the first place in "Design" and "Poster".
The team already began his preparations in designing the Car fourth model to participate in the 2017 contests. The competition is to design a small environmentally friendly car operated through chemical reactions without emission of any harmful substances to the environment.
Dr. Abu Alsaud said that SADEEM is the fruit of the creative imagination of the students whom were considered as creative power and not just a memory, pointing out that the competition is a practical application of what the students learned in the subjects of mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering.