HBKU Industrial Innovation Fund (IIF) Winners 2021
HBKU Industrial Innovation Fund (IIF) Winners 2021
The Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Innovation Center is pleased to announce the winners of the Industrial Innovation Fund (IIF) 2021. The Industrial Innovation Fund (IFF) supports local, collaborative academia and industry-driven innovations, targeted at increasing the local capacity, responsiveness, and private enterprise.
| Project Title | Project Team | Project Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Project Title:
Biosensors for Viral Nucleic Acid Detection (BioNAD) |
Project Team:
Dr. Kabir H Biswas, |
Project Summary:
Viruses continue to evolve and emerge as virulent pathogens causing significant loss of human lives and economic activities. This is acutely exemplified by the COVID-19 causing SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. One of the strategies to deal with such emergent pathogens is their early detection requiring the development of massively deployable technologies. In line with this, we propose to engineer a versatile biosensor platform (BioNAD) for highly sensitive and specific, rapid and cost-effective virus detection in patient or environmental samples. |
| Project Title:
Green Hydrogen Demonstration for Electric Vehicle Charging Station in Abu Hamour |
Project Team:
Dr. Yusuf Bicer, Assistant Professor, College of Science and Engineering (Lead Project Investigator) |
Project Summary:
The fast growth in conventional fossil fuel-driven vehicles is an alarming situation for ecological pollution. The use of electric vehicles is promising for energy-efficient and cleaner transportation systems. Since Qatar has a huge solar energy potential, photovoltaic-based charging stations are very promising for implementation. The intermittency problem of solar energy can be overcome by integrating green hydrogen storage for continuous and reliable energy production. This project aims to demonstrate a pilot plant for green hydrogen production from solar energy in an electric vehicle charging station and propose an integrated battery-hydrogen storage unit for the first time in Qatar. |
| Project Title:
Data Analytics for Careerpath Recommendations in Soccer |
Project Team:
Dr. Jens Schneider, Assistant Professor, College of Science and Engineering (Project Investigator) |
Project Summary:
Imagine you are one of over 200 million aspiring young soccer players and the odds are stacked against you: only 200,000 professional positions are available world-wide, and many sports agencies will happily take your money without providing fair representation. In this collaboration between HBKU’s College of Science and Engineering and QSTP’s startup sKora, we aim to fix and digitize the flawed sports agent business model. With the funding of HBKU’s innovation center, we will develop an affordable, data-driven solution that tracks aspiring players development, and offers individually tailored opportunities and career pathways that create value for players, clubs, and sponsors. |