Workshop II: most enjoyable class for this semester

One of the courses that I should take in my IE program is workshop II, which is the second part of workshop I, the course taken by all engineering students in SQU.
Workshop II is a one-credit course but 2 actual hours and is taken in the Engineering Workshop. In general, the aim of these two workshop courses is to make students able to read the drawings properly and make them familiar with safety rules and basic workshop tools and machines.

first going to introduce you how does this workshop look like :)








In this workshop II course students are asked to do three projects: the Majmar, tongs and carpenters square.
When working with any project you have to follow the drawing and covert it to something perceptible and you can create your own design to add some artistic touches to your projects that make them distinct from others'.


This is my majmar





In Arabian countries it's used for frankincense (boukhoor ), but of course this can not be used :P
It consists of four parts: the main body, stem, grill and the wooden base. You work on each of them separately and then assemble them.
Well, it's my favorite

i wished if i could show you the process, but unfortunately couldn't picture every step

but i got this shot, which is before drilling the body




And these are the tongs

They're used to pick up the coals from the majmar. Well, this was my worst. I created a terrific design BUT then it turned to be hard to achieve. I drilled it to make the filing part easier but it ruined my whole project so had to change lots of stuff and here they are




The carpenters square

Well it's not a WOW project as the previous ones


I enjoyed workshop II more, because we had more freedom while working without the instructors on our heads (but of course they helped us a lot, especially with fixing the second project, so lots of thanks to them) and it's more machines work, which is more fun unlike filing which was the only outcome of workshop I. the most amazing thing with this workshop course is that it doesn't have any exams or quizzes, nothing related to studying and memorizing yupee :P and when you walk of the workshop, your work is done and nothing more to do XD.

Safety rules are the most two words heard from the instructors. You have to wear safety shoes and the lab coat before working and safety glasses before operating any machine. In spite of this, I just don't know why some students refuse to abide by the rules :$

What can two physics courses do?

Having two physics courses this semester has infected my mind. For some whiles the only images I see whenever I close my eyes were free body diagrams,beams, trusses, cables, gears, machines, in every movement I take i.e. opening the gate, an image of force analysis jumps to my mind analyzing the forces in the system.

I see every thing thrown as a projectile and for anything dropped from high altitudes the terminal speed and the drag force are things I consider. Whenever holding an object I look for the centroid and when driving in any curvature way, I feel the centripetal acceleration. I think physics laws are dominating my thoughts. :$

ADVISE: never ever take two physics courses in the same semester, though for me they helped each other and saved my time and efforts for studying because of almost same topics in both. The only difference was that one of them was theoretical physics and the other was more practical.

and the dream came true

Finally, the dream came true. The dream that we've awaited for more than three decades and specially in the last couple of years where our national team has evolved a lot and started to compete the big teams in the region.

Congrats Oman, congrats to all Omani, Oman residents and all red lovers.
It's our day, our moment!

Huge THANK YOUs to the heroes who played with passion, insistence and dedication during this tournament and specially in the final, which truly I see it as the best match they performed in this tournament, to the Omani Football Association particularly Al-Syed Khaled Bin Hamed, to our super coach Claude Le Roy who set the suitable tactics for each match, to our loyal audience who cheered and roared like lions until the last seconds.

This time i sensed it, I saw the victory in the players' eyes. I think the world conspired to let us win!

We did it and we deserve it.
I just hope this to be the start of the Omani sport era.
The gulf cup is just the beginning and we'll go beyond.

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