Research Projects Effective 2018

Title	Fund Type	College	PI Name
Translating attitude into entrepreneurial action	Research Start-up	College of Business and Economics	Ng Yen
The role of degree of internationalization on the relationships between entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation and innovation success in SMEs in UAE	UPAR	College of Business and Economics	Mumin Dayan
An Examination of the Impact of Creativity Intervention on Cycle 2 English Language Teachers and their Students	Research Start-up	College of Education	Sara Al Aleeli
What makes a successful transition to school? Views of Emirati and British parents with children entering private school in the UAE and UK.	Research Start-up	College of Education	Rachel Takriti
Developing and Evaluation an Intelligent Generation System for CNC Programs (DEIGNS–CNC)	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Jaber Abu Qudeiri
An Experimental Investigation on the Aerodynamic Performance of Morphing Wings Covered by Flexible Skin	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Rafic Ajaj
Synthesis and testing of the adsorption properties of porous materials	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Eyas Mahmoud
Nanomaterial semiconductor devices for terahertz emission and detection technologies	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Amine El Moutaouakil
Moisture induced performance degradation of building thermal insulation and its mitigation	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Maatouk Khoukhi
The investigation of innovative sustainable development in the UAE built environment	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Amna Shibeika
Using Repertory Grid Technique to Explore the Inherent Image of Architecture: Al Ain - A Case Study	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Ahmed Agiel
Use of social media for flood monitoring	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Edda Kalbus
Exploring the effect of the craft demographics and their supply and demand on the construction project performance in the UAE	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Mohammed Al Battah
Electrodeposition of Alloys for Thin Films, Photovoltaic Applications	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Salem Al Zahmi
Digitalising construction job site safety management using Building Information Models (BIM) and Virtual Reality (VR) applications	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Muhammad Shafiq
Corporate Social Responsibility Practices, Employees’ Perceptions,  and Causal Attributions in  UAE Firms	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Muhammad Farooq
Product similarities and firm’s exposure to productivity shocks	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Hussein Abdoh
Civic crowdfunding to support social enterprises in the UAE:  Understanding roles of social capital and endowment	Research Start-up	College of Engineering	Chang Heon Lee
Classification of Wear Particle Attributes by using an Image Analysis System	UPAR	College of Engineering	Mohammad Laghari
Fabric-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix for Repair and Strengthening of Deficient Continuous Concrete Structures: A Viable Alternative	UPAR	College of Engineering	Tamer El Maaddawy
Sustainable Behavior of Concrete Disturbed Regions with Internal Composite Bars	UPAR	College of Engineering	Bilal El Ariss
Development and Evaluation of Cement-Free Geopolymer Concrete Using Locally Available Industrial Solid Wastes	UPAR	College of Engineering	Hilal El-Hassan
Utilization of waste and inexpensive resources for the development of tailor-made adsorbents	ECEER	College of Engineering	Mohamed Al Marzooqi
Characterization of ultrafiltration membranes used as pre-treatment for desalination	NWC	College of Engineering	Mohamed Hamouda
Influence of elevated level CO2 and enhanced UVB radiation on Phoenix dactylifera L. under Open Top Chambers environment	UPAR	College of Food and Agriculture	Mohammed Alyafei
Home and Away: Globalisation and Belonging among Emirati Nationals and Migrant Professionals	Research Start-up	College of Humanities and Social Sciences	Paul O'Connor
Research Start-up	Research Start-up	College of Humanities and Social Sciences	Raja Lahiani
Emirati households’ consumption and lifestyles in later life	Research Start-up	College of Humanities and Social Sciences	Aigul Zabirova
Developing a digital literacy framework (DLF) for university students: A UAEU case study to enhance digital literacy provision and competency levels	Research Start-up	College of Humanities and Social Sciences	Sameera Ahmed
Quantifying the Water Footprint and Crop Health in the UAE	Research Start-up	College of Humanities and Social Sciences	Tareefa AlSumaiti
Assessing Spatio-temporal Distribution of Red Tide Events along the UAE Coasts Using Geospatial Technology	Research Start-up	College of Humanities and Social Sciences	Khameis Abdouli
Effects of Geographic Distribution of SME on its growth and sustainability and the Economic contributions and characteristics of registered and unregistered SME in UAE.	CPPL	College of Humanities and Social Sciences	Khaula Al Kaabi
Organization of procedures for information retrieval towards intelligent computational systems	Research Start-up	College of Information Technology	Maryam Yammahi
Clustering techniques for mixed categorical and numeric datasets	Research Start-up	College of Information Technology	Amir Ahmad
Caesarean section deliveries and its associated indications in the Eastern region of Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates: a prospective cohort study	UPAR	College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Rami AL Rifai
A Novel Acute Treatment for Epinephrine-resistant Anaphylactic Shock: Development of the vascular Kv (voltage-dependent vascular K+ channel) inhibitor, 3,4,5-Triaminopyridine to Rescue Hypotension and Survival in Rodent Models of Anaphylactic Shock.	UPAR	College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Elhadi Aburawi
Establishing the cellular mechanisms of mutations underlying GM1-gangliosidosis and evaluating chemical chaperones as novel therapeutics for lysosomal storage diseases	ZCHS	College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Fatma Al Jasmi
Deciphering the Use of Origanum Majorana Oil in Lung Cancer Therapy	ZCHS	College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Samir Attoub
The burden and molecular epidemiology of hepatitis E infection in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE	ZCHS	College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Zahir Babiker
Occupational Eye hazards among small-scale welders and carpenters in Al Ain, UAE	ZCHS	College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Tahra AlMahmoud
TRANSLATIONAL STUDIES ON  MECHANISMS  FOR MEMORY DEFICITS  IN SEVERE DEPRESSION	ZCHS	College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Abdu Adem
Hf- Ta-, Re-based Ohmic Contacts to Germanium Telluride	Research Start-up	College of Science	Haila Aldosari
Recycling Carbon Dioxide: Photocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Fuels	Research Start-up	College of Science	Ahmed Alzamly
In vitro investigation of the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the hypoglycemic properties of camel milk	Research Start-up	College of Science	Mohammed Ayoub
Characterization of Quasi-Alternating Links	UPAR	College of Science	Nafaa Chbili
Developing a novel biosensor as a high throughput analytical tool  for monitoring the in vivo production of the anti-cancer drug, paclitaxel	UPAR	College of Science	Mohammed Kalim Akhtar
Exact solutions of nonlinear Schrodiner equations	UPAR	College of Science	Usama Al Khawaja
Fabrication and Characterization of Organic-Inorganic Nanofibrous Hybrid Gas Sensor for Petroleum Industry	UPAR	College of Science	Saleh Mahmood
Theoretical and computational aspects of topological indices and characterization of extremal graphs	UPAR	College of Science	Muhammad Imran
Exploring an anomalous conductivity behavior in amorphous selenium films	UPAR	College of Science	Naser Qamhieh
Group of units and Lie properties of group rings and crossed products	UPAR	College of Science	Mohammed AlHammadi
Bacterial and physicochemical investigation of the household water quality in Abu Dhabi, UAE	UPAR	College of Science	Ruwaya Al Kendi
Supramolecular Carbohydrates for Light-Energy Harvesting	ECEER	College of Science	Na'il Ibrahim
Design and fabrication of high-performance photovoltaic solar cells based on MoS2 thin films	ECEER	College of Science	Noureddine Amrane
Hybrid Compounds as Potential Combatants against Drug-Resistant Microbes	ZCHS	College of Sciences	Haythem Saadeh