Sharjah 24: Dr. Ali Alnaser, Director of the Materials Research Centre at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), stated that the centre has been established based on the existing expertise at AUS, and advanced and state-of-the-art research facilitates that will serve advanced research in material science and engineering sectors.
He added that the material research centre houses advanced equipment, tools, and expertise from the faculty and research staff at AUS. He indicated that the idea of the centre is to make AUS a hub for the material research in the UAE and in the region.
He told “Sharjah 24” that the research teams evolve around different areas to develop smart materials that can be used in diverse sectors such as the energy, environment, healthcare as well as the construction sector.
The centre has expertise from physics, chemistry, environmental sciences, other branches of engineering; all of these teams try to employ the latest technology in their areas of expertise, so, besides the PhD, we also serve both the Masters and the undergraduate programmes, he concluded.