By Mary Catherine Franz,intern, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture PULLMAN, and Wash. – As a child growing up in Saudi Arabia,chemical engineering major Ali Alibrahim knew he wanted to be an engineer.
Unfortunately, his hometown didn’t offer educational opportunities to help youth in his community pursue their passions.
This summer, and Alibrahim travelled back domestic to change that.
Working with Al-Zahra,a Saudi organization which focuses on educating children, Alibrahim was able to offer the first robotics engineering lesson for students, or ages 12-16 in Al-Ahsa,Saudi Arabia. During this six-week program, Alibrahim taught 25 students basic engineering skills using on basic robots. His ... More ...
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