31.03: The Foundations Mathematics & Science League PI Tournament
The 2008 – 2009 academic year has been a rich one for PI hosted academic contests. On March 31st of the current spring semester there occurred the first PI Foundations Mathematics & Science League (MSLPI)Tournament. Eleven Foundations level male students contested for prizes at the male campus, whilst simultaneously, sixteen Foundations female contestants took part at the PI’s Arzanah campus.
The tournament involved 75 minutes of individual-based events and a 75 minute of team event. The itinerary of the competition was as follows:
- Lunch for the contestants and organizers/helpers
- 25 minute individual chemistry round
- 25 minute individual physics round
- 25 minute individual mathematics round
- Refreshments
- 75 minute team round involving a mix of physics, chemistry & math questions
- Prize giving ceremony.
The male student prizewinners were:
Individual first prize:
The winning team:
- Shihabeldin Mustafa
- Ahmed Yammahi
- Mohammed Hindi
And the female student prizewinners were:
Individual first prize:
The winning team:
- Fatima Abdulla El Hossary
- Noha Ahmed Abdelghani Gabr El Shirbiwi
- Yasmin Imad Abu Hijl
The prizes were mp3 players for the individual category winners, and 8 GB memory sticks for the winning team members. On the Arzanah campus the presentation of prizes was performed by Dr. Nadia Al Hasani, Director of the Women’s Campus at the PI, whilst officiating on the male campus was Dr. Jaap Geluk. The questions set for the competition were of a challenging level and certainly stretched the students. Nonetheless, the participants found the event to be stimulating and agreed that they had all gained from the experience.
Helping to ensure the success of the event were the following student volunteer helpers: at Arzanah -
- Hadel Yousef Al Asafen
- Sara Bakhti
- Hala Haitham
on the male campus -
- Mohamed Mohsen
- Rashed Al Qaydi
- Salem Al Qaydi
- Saif Mohamad
- Salem Ali Ibrahim Ahmed Al Hosani
- Shady Magdy Shehata Soliman Al Assal
- Anas K.A. Najy.
The faculty members, whose contributions ranged from planning the operation, helping out with the logistics and the creative task of writing questions for the tournament were: Gary Miller, Khalid Dib, Mirella Elkadi, Curtis Bradley, Issam Kobrsi, Graeme Ward, Mariam Al Hanai, Jeff Seela, Reza Najafzadeh, Xun Wang, Sean Stewart, Ryan Fernandez, Trung Dinh Tran and Jaap Geluk.
