Second National Innovation Contest in Engineering (NICE 2016) was published in GEDC journal 2016. As it is known, GEDC is the abbreviation of Global Engineering Deans Council which aims at bringing deans of the engineering faculties throughout the world to be able to share the new developments faster.
The conference was held on May 16, 2016. NICE is a groundbreaking Engineering competition open to higher education students in Kurdistan Region. Project competition was held in three main categories: Computer Science and Engineering, Civil Engineering and Architecture Engineering.
The aims of the competition are to explore the ability of the students, and provide a platform for the students to present their projects to the markets and exchange ideas on the developments in the field of engineering. 114 projects were presented by 220 students. The competition was held among fourteen different institutes and universities of Kurdistan that are (listed alphabetically as) American University of Sulaimani, Cihan University, Cihan University Sulaimani, Erbil Technical Engineering College, Erbil Technology institute, Erbil Technical Institute, Hawler Technology Institute, Tishk International University, Koya University, Lebanese French University, National Technical Institute, Salahaddin University, University of Kurdistan-Hawler and University of Sulaimani. The organization provided students with a chance to establish communication with each other in order to discuss their current work as well as to be encouraged in future projects.
You can see the details from this link: NICE 2016
