Winners of the CIU ENERJUNE competition receive their awards

The ENERJUNE competition, which is connected to the Cyprus International University’s (CIU) Social Activities and Student Clubs Coordinate and organized by the Energy Systems Engineering Club, was the winning students Abdulmohemn Alsaadi, Khaled Al, and Çilem Cavıldak, who collected the most points, win prizes.

As well as the ranking students, the Energy Systems Engineering Club members who contributed to organizing the competition, David Muleka, Paul William, and Salim Mohamed, were also presented with gifts.

Advising that the competition was organized online due to the Covid-19 Epidemic that is being experienced across the country, Social Activities and Students Club Coordinator Selen Akün Kalaycı stated that the aim of the competition was for the students to enjoy themselves during this difficult process and for them to acquire more knowledge in the field they are receiving education on.

Adding that the competition was focused on energy and that it was organized during the month of June, Kalaycı went on to say, “For this reason, the name was defined as ENERJUNE by the supervisors”.

Reminding that the competition was organized under the supervision of Assist. Prof. Dr. Neyre Tekbıyık and the Energy Systems Engineering Club, Kalaycı continued, “Within the scope of the competition, educational videos in relation to energy were determined weekly. Every week, quizzes that consisted of questions prepared from these videos were given to our participating students”.

Speaking in relation to the content of the competition, the competition organizer Assist. Prof. Dr. Ersoy stated that the participating students were subject to a series of quizzes, the first week being in relation to electricity generation and electricity generation systems, the second week about solar panels, and the third week about transformers.

Expressing that due to the highest points scoring students being announced on the internet, some nice competitiveness was experienced, Ersoy concluded that due to the competition, the students both had an enjoyable competitive time, while also increasing their accumulation of information on electricity generation, solar panels, and transformers.