Under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Amin Daway Thamir; the president of the University of Technology, the Department of Chemical Engineering held a scientific symposium entitled(The water crisis in the province of Basra: reality and solutions) in collaboration with the Department of Civil Engineering / University of Technology, on Dar Al-Salaam Hall on Monday, 15/10/2018. The symposium was attended the president of the University of Technology; Prof. Dr. Amin Daway Thamir and the University president deputy for scientific affairs and postgraduate Studies; Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdul-Hussein and University president deputy for administrative affairs; Prof. Dr. Sami Abu Al-Nun Ajeel and the head of Chemical Engineering Department; Assist Prof. Dr. Khalid Ajami Sukkar with a group of faculty members and employees from the department and the university and guests from all ministries. The university president said in his speech that the University of Technology with all its scientific and engineering cadres is working to solve the water problem in the province of Basra. And that this problem needs to be a serious pause from everyone to reduce the pollution and violations of water quotas of this honorable province. On the other hand, the head of the department said in a speech and lecture on the occasion under the title of design and construction of mobile plants for water treatment in Basra: The use of nanotechnology is an advanced technology in the field of water treatment, consequently the project aims to build ten mobile units working with nanotechnology and used in remote areas and villages for the purpose of providing drinking water of high quality and in accordance with international standards. The symposium included three scientific lectures, which are delivered by Prof. Dr. Hassan Mahdi Al-Saffar, Deputy General Director, Ministry of Water Resources, National Center, and Prof. Dr. Saadi Kazim Abdul-Hussein, Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Environment and Water, and Assist Prof. Dr. Ibtisam Rahim Kareem Director of Water Desalination Unit / Civil Engineering Department. At the end of the symposium, certificates of appreciation were awarded by the Head of the Chemical Engineering Department to the lecturers, the supervising committee, the preparatory committee and the media and protocols committee.

In line with the University of Technology programs aimed at serving the society and developing the productive reality of state institutions, the head of the chemical engineering department Prof. Dr. Khalid Ajami Sukkar welcomed a scientific team from the General Company for Electrical Industries belonging to the Ministry of Industry and Minerals. The visiting delegation included the scientific research administrator at the company, Salah Hameed Jabr and the scientific development administrator in the company, Bassem Mohammad Taha. During the meeting, the ways of developing scientific relations between the two parties were discussed. The field of students training and topics of joint scientific research were also discussed to serve the company's production processes using advanced technology.

The Director of the Quality Division of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Lect. Dr. May Ali Muslim, participated in the international conference under the title (5th International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Environment), which was held in Tunis for the period from 8-10/10/2018. Dr. May was given her research entitled (Recent Progress in the Friendly Synthesis of Single and Multilayer Graphene). At the end of the conference, the lecturer was received a certificate of appreciation. It is worth mentioning that the conference was attended by researchers from most of the world in the field of environment friendly and nanotechnology.

The student Student Saif Saleh Hussein was obtained a MSc. Degree after discussion of his dissertation under the title: "Desalting High Saline Oilfield Produced Water Using Membrane Distillation", which was supervised by Prof. Dr. Qusay Fadel and Asst. Prof. Dr. Salah Salman Ibrahim, on Tuesday 11/10/2018 inside Al-Khwarizmi Hall in Chemical Engineering Department-University of Technology. The discussion Committee was comprised of; Prof. Dr. Mohamed Fadel Abdel, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Daham, Asst. Prof. Dr. Zainab Bahaa.

The student Iman Hashim Khader was obtained a MSc. Degree after discussion of his dissertation under the title: "Treatment Organics pollutants in Petroleum Industry Wastewater Using Combination of Tertiary – Coagulation/Flocculation Methods and Re-Use Sludge", which was supervised by Prof. Dr. Thamer Jassim Mohammed and Asst. Prof. Dr. Nour Abdullah, on Tuesday 11/10/2018 inside Dar Al-Salaam Hall in Chemical Engineering Department-University of Technology. The discussion Committee was comprised of; Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdul Razzaq, Asst. Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Mahdi, Asst. Prof. Dr. Talib Mohammed Nayef.