Two students of Moza Bint Mohammed Primary School for Girls have won a patent from the Intellectual Property Rights Protection Department at the Ministry of Commerce & Industry for a 'smart helmet' design project.
Alia al-Khaledi and Dalia Bashar from the school achieved this under the supervision of teacher Yemen Maher Sofi.
The 'smart helmet' designed by the students works with negative pressure technology to reduce the transmission of respiratory diseases.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE), the invention finds a way to protect people with respiratory diseases from infection and to relieve pressure on primary healthcare centres. The project was put up for discussion as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.
School principal Alia al-Hudaifi said she is very happy and proud of the students' achievement, which she noted was due to the school's keenness to constantly motivate teachers and students. “We encourage new and creative ideas, and ideas always touch the community,” she said.
"The whole world was affected by the situation arising from the Covid-19 outbreak and the students chose this invention because it touches their reality as schools were closed and they resorted to distance learning," she added.
Al-Hudaifi thanked Qatar National Library for receiving the students, supporting and providing them with the opportunity to search for sources and information to help conduct the necessary studies. She also praised the co-operation of the Ministry of Public Health for providing the necessary information to complete the research and confirm its theories.
Yemen Maher Sofi said the invention contributes to saving people from infection with respiratory diseases by providing the 'smart helmet' with filters that purify the air entering the patient while also purifying the air leaving the patient. “This is done through negative pressure purification, which works to contain the polluted air inside the helmet, and then withdraw it and purify it before leaving it, thus preserving the lives of contacts and prevents getting infected,” she explained.
"The Ministry of Education and Higher Education has supported us by providing the necessary support to the school administration represented by its principal, Alia al-Hudaifi, and the academic representative, Suad al-Amir, who in turn encouraged female students to innovate by providing the necessary financial support and facilitating communication with the State institutions concerned with research,” she said and thanked Professor Inas Shatat, who also supervised the students and followed up the implementation steps.
She said the school is completing the necessary procedures by submitting the required research, abstracts and papers after the research was nominated for the Distinguished Scientific Research Award by the MoEHE.
The 'smart helmet' designed by the students works with negative pressure technology to reduce the transmission of respiratory diseases.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE), the invention finds a way to protect people with respiratory diseases from infection and to relieve pressure on primary healthcare centres. The project was put up for discussion as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.
School principal Alia al-Hudaifi said she is very happy and proud of the students' achievement, which she noted was due to the school's keenness to constantly motivate teachers and students. “We encourage new and creative ideas, and ideas always touch the community,” she said.
"The whole world was affected by the situation arising from the Covid-19 outbreak and the students chose this invention because it touches their reality as schools were closed and they resorted to distance learning," she added.
Al-Hudaifi thanked Qatar National Library for receiving the students, supporting and providing them with the opportunity to search for sources and information to help conduct the necessary studies. She also praised the co-operation of the Ministry of Public Health for providing the necessary information to complete the research and confirm its theories.
Yemen Maher Sofi said the invention contributes to saving people from infection with respiratory diseases by providing the 'smart helmet' with filters that purify the air entering the patient while also purifying the air leaving the patient. “This is done through negative pressure purification, which works to contain the polluted air inside the helmet, and then withdraw it and purify it before leaving it, thus preserving the lives of contacts and prevents getting infected,” she explained.
"The Ministry of Education and Higher Education has supported us by providing the necessary support to the school administration represented by its principal, Alia al-Hudaifi, and the academic representative, Suad al-Amir, who in turn encouraged female students to innovate by providing the necessary financial support and facilitating communication with the State institutions concerned with research,” she said and thanked Professor Inas Shatat, who also supervised the students and followed up the implementation steps.
She said the school is completing the necessary procedures by submitting the required research, abstracts and papers after the research was nominated for the Distinguished Scientific Research Award by the MoEHE.