Mechatronics Engineering Students at Emirates International University Visit Hodeidah to Enhance Integration Between Theory and Practice
University Media
As part of its mission to promote applied education and develop engineers with both scientific competence and practical skills, third- and fourth-year mechatronics engineering students at Emirates International University conducted a field visit to Hodeidah. This visit was part of an academic program designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice in real-world industrial environments.
The first stop on the visit was the Yemeni Company for Mills and Grain Silos – Al-Sanabel. The program began with a specialized lecture on occupational safety and health, presented by Engineer Bashir Al-Muqrami. He reviewed the general principles of safety within factories and highlighted potential hazards in industrial work environments, including electrical and mechanical hazards related to equipment, biological hazards such as viruses and microbes, and chemical hazards. He also discussed alarm systems and emergency plans implemented to ensure worker safety and production continuity.
Following this, the students met with Production Manager, Engineer Muath Al-Badhiji, who gave a detailed presentation on the production process within the mills. He explained the automated operating mechanism and the sequence of work lines, starting from receiving and inspecting the grain, through the cleaning, moistening, and preparation processes, then the stages of milling, sifting, product separation and mixing, up to internal transport and storage in silos, and finally, packaging.
The tour included a visit to the main control room, where the students learned about the automated operating and industrial control systems, as well as the electrical control room and were introduced to the power panels and monitoring and protection systems. They also visited the engine maintenance workshop, where they learned about the procedures for periodic inspection and preventive maintenance, and the mechanisms for troubleshooting faults. Finally, they visited the packaging line, where the automated weighing and quality control systems before distribution were demonstrated.
The students were accompanied on this visit by Engineer Jubran Ghallab, and from the university, Engineer Omar Haidar and Dr. Radwan Al-Badhiji, in a practical demonstration of the supportive and guiding academic supervision.
This visit is part of the university's commitment to enhancing applied education and providing students with direct, hands-on experience in automated industrial systems. This contributes to preparing qualified engineering professionals capable of meeting the demands of the job market and transforming theoretical knowledge into practical solutions that serve national development and industry.
With these qualitative steps, the Emirates International University affirms that mechatronics engineering is not merely an academic discipline, but a path to cultivating the engineers of the future, capable of confidently and competently innovating and producing.
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