Al
Ain 15 February 2022 ; Maryam Al Kaabi from the College of Engineering
at the United Arab Emirates University
has invented a drill for aircraft body,
while working on a “Mubadala”-launched
initiative to support the university
students’ research.
Maryam
Al Kaabi, who has a Bachelor’s degree
in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s
degree from the UAEU, said: I was
part of a team consisting of two colleagues
and our supervisor, we were able
to invent an “automated” drill to help make
holes in the aircraft body to install pieces.
The tool light signifies that the it is on
standby mode. Moreover, the tool can make
such holes into the aircraft body at the
required angle and force.” She added: We
obtained a patent for this tool and registered
it through the UAEU Patent Office.
She
noted out that the UAE is a pioneering
and supportive environment in the
fields of innovation and sciences. The UAE
encourages innovators who have capabilities
in several fields. The world is now
a highly competitive place in which who
do not innovate and develop, they will
not keep pace with change. She said: Innovation
is the future, and the UAE is a pioneer
in anticipating and leading the future.
Maryam
Al Kaabi also said that “when I worked
on my master’s thesis at the UAEU,
we were developing and inventing
a new device in the field of the ”aluminum”
processes and we are now seeking
a patent for it as well.
