This week, you will be the judge!

KAUST kicks-off today a ‘People’s Choice’ competition on social media between the top WEP #scicomm finalists. The voting deadline is Thursday, February 4, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. (GMT+3). The video with more likes will be the winner and will get an iPad! Stay tuned to find out more on KAUST Official’s social media channels. 

Winners of the WEP 2021 SciComm competition 

We are thrilled to announce that the first WEP 2021 #SciComm video competition winner is Khalil Moussi, Ph.D. Student at KAUST’s CEMSE division. The winner was chosen by WEP jury.

We challenged KAUST and in-Kingdom scientists to create a 90 seconds video or less explaining their research to a non-specialist audience. Thanks to the 46 participants who submitted a video! And CONGRATS to the winner, who has won an iPad 10.2, and the top five finalists chosen by our jury -who have won camera stabilizers!

• Winner: A Microneedles Balloon Catheter, Khalil Moussi, KAUST Ph.D. student, CEMSE
• 2nd place: Quantum Algorithms, Jorge Alejandro Amador Herrera, KAUST Ph.D. student, Computer, CEMSE
• 3rd place: Red Sea Coral Hypoxia Research, Jacqueline Victoria Alva Garcia, KAUST Ph.D. student, BESE
• 4^th place: Dear Barley, Dona Alburi, KAUST Master student, BESE
• 5^th place: KAUSTat, Jose Ilton De Oliveira Filho, KAUST Ph.D. student, CEMSE
• The Internet of Bodies, Abdulkadir Celik, KAUST research scientist, CEMSE
• Activation of Inflammasomes in Pre-Diabetic and Type 2 Diabetic Patients, Hend Alfadul, university student, King Saud University
• Salem Chats, Mashael Alzaid, researcher, Princess Noura University
• Magnetic skin system for people with quadriplegia, Abdullah Almansouri, KAUST Ph.D. Student, CEMSE
• Corals: supporting nature with science, Victoria Golding, KAUST Master student, BESE
• Combating the world’s thirst by improving desalination processes at a lower energy cost, Luisa Javier, KAUST Ph.D. student, BESE

Thanks to the WEP judging committee: Associate Professor Francesca Benzoni, Marie-Laure Boulot, Enrichment Office Director; Naadiya Carrim, Manager, Integrative Activities, Research Planning and Partnership; Associate Professor Peiying Hong; and Samia O. Falimban, Special Initiatives Director, Strategic National Advancement.