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‫دانشکده مهندسی نفت‬
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www.aut.ac.ir
http://petroleum.aut.ac.ir
Dr. Farzad Mahboubi
Head of Department
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History
 Founded in 2004
 More than 400 graduates since 2006
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 Currently has 2 Academic Groups
Alumni play prominent roles in leading industries
and government in Iran
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Department Overview
 Collaboration of
more than 17 academic
staff
 Approximately 349 B.Sc. students,
295 M.Sc. students, and 43 Ph.D. students
majoring in:
 Petroleum Reservoir Engineering,
 Exploration Engineering,
 Drilling Engineering,
 Petroleum Equipment Engineering
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Activities:
 Academic
 Research
 Student Extra Curriculum
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Virtual Education:
 Field: Petroleum Engineering
 Trend: Hydrocarbon Reservoir
Engineering
 Student Admission:
Sep 2011
Sep 2012
Jan 2013
 Number of active students: 74
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Distribution of Students
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percent
Male
percent
Female
Total of Students
%83.72
329
%16.28
64
393
Total of
University
%89.43
203
%10.57
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227
Graduate
%75.91
126
%24.09
40
166
B.S.
%89.14
164
%10.86
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184
M.S.
%80.76
42
%19.23
10
52
M.S.
Daily
%96.56
56
%3.44
2
58
M.S.
Second part
%89.19
66
%10.81
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74
M.S.
Electronic
%90.70
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%9.30
4
43
Ph D
%57.77
227
Graduate
%42.23
166
B.S.
Graduate & Under Graduate
Graduate
%
Student
%57.77
227
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B.S.
%
%42.23
Student
166
Department Graduates
Total
183
111
294
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Male
153
99
252
Female
30
12
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Degree
B.S.
M.S.
PhD
Total
Academic Staff
Professors: 3
Associate Professors: 3
Assistant Professors: 7
Guest Professors: 5
Total Members: 18
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Graduate Courses
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FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOLOGY,
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RESERVOIR GEOSTATISCS,
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PHASE EQUILIBRIA IN RESERVOIR
FLUID,
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MULTI PHASE FLOW IN WELL BORE,
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SPECIAL TOPICS IN PETROLEUM ENG.,
RESERVOIR MODELING &
SIMULATION,
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ADVANCED PROGRAMMING,
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PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY,
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SOLID HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION,
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MODELING & SIMULATION,
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ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) BY
THERMAL METHOOD,
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OIL & GAS PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY,
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UNCONVENTIONAL PETROLEUM
RESERVOIR,
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ADVANCED FLUID FLOW THROUGH
POROUS MEDIA
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ADVANCED ENHANCED OIL
RECOVERY,
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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING IN
PRODUCTION,
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ADVANCED MATHEMATICS,
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FRACTURED RESERVOIR
ENGINEERING,
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GAS RESERVOIR ENGINEERING,
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ADVANCED WELL TESTING
ANALYSIS,
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ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY BY
WATER FLOODING & GAS
INJECTION,
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ADVANCED PRODUCTION
ENGINEERING,
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FLUID FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA,
Graduate Courses
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
EDUATIONAL SENIOR SEMINAR,,
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FUNDAMENTALS OF PETROLEUM
GEOLOGY,
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ADVANCED RESERVOIR
ENGINEERING,
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WELL COMPLETION& STIMULATION,
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WELL COMPLETION STIMULATION,
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DRILLING FLUIDS, WELL LOGGING,
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TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL
STUDIES OF PETROLEUM,
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FUNDAMENTALS OF
DRILLING&PRODUCTION,
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RESERVOIR ENGINEERING,
ADVANCED DRILLING ENGINEERING,
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ADVANCED WELL LOGGING,
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SPECIAL COURSES IN PRODUCTION,
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PRODUCTION TESTING OF WELLS,
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WELL CEMENTING, ADVANCED
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS,
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COMPUTER APPLICATION IN
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION &
DERILLING,
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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING OF
THE WELLS,
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OFFSHORE DRILLING, ADVANCED
DRILLING FLUID,
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SPECIAL TOPICS IN DRILLING,
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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
IN DRILLING,
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BLOWOUT CONTROL,
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ADVANCED WELL TESTING,
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APPLICATION OF ADVANCED ROCK
MECHANICS IN PETROLEUM
ENGINEERING,
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SPECIAL TOPICS IN PRODUCTION
ENGINEERING,
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GEOSTATISTICAL SPATIAL
MODELING OF RESERVOIR
Graduate Courses
FORMATION ADVANCED GEOPHYSICS, SPECIAL TOPICS IN PETROLEUM
EXPLORATION,
 ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY,
 GEOSTATISTICS, REMOTE SENSING,
 PETROPHYSICS,
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TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL
STUDIES OF PETROLEUM,
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EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN MINING,
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ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS,
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PETROLEUM GEOLOGY,
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PALEONTOLOGY,
ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING,
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SEDIMENTARY BASIN ANALYSIS,
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SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY,
SEISMOLOGY SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA
PROCESSING,
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OPERATIONS RESEARCH,
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THEORY OF ELASTIC WAVE PROPAGATION,
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SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION,
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FORMATION DAMAGE,
SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA
INTERPRETATION,
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COMPUTER APPLICATION IN
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION,
SPECIAL TOPICS IN EXPLORATION
ENGINEERING,
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ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY,
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RESERVOIR GEOCHEMISTRY,
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Graduate Courses
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WAVE PROPAGATION IN
POROUS MEDIA,
ADVANCED SEISMIC DATA
PROCESSING,
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MICROPALESNTOLOGY,
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ADVANCED PETROLEUM
ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY,
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GEOLOGY MODELING,
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ADVANCED ENGINEERING
MATHEMATICS,
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ADVANCED
THERMODYNAMICS,
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GAS RESERVOIR ENGINEERING,
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TWO PHASE FLOW FLUID
MECHANICS,
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ADVANCED PETROPHYSICS,
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SEISMIC DATA
INTERPRETATION,
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TRANSPORT PHENOMENA,
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UNIT OPERATION,
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SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING,
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PROCESS CONTROL,
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ADVANCED GEOSTATISTICS,
ADVANCED WELL LOGGING,
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MASS TRANSFER,
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF OIL
AND GAS,
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COMPUTER APPLICATION IN
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION,
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ADVANCED FORMATION
EVALUATION,
Research Centers and
Institutes
•Oil , Gas & Petrochemistery research center
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Areas of Research
1- Production engineering, artificial lift methods design and
optimization
2- Artificial Intelligence application in petroleum
Engineering
3- PVT & phase behavior of petroleum reservoir fluids
4- Reservoir rocks & fluids properties
5- Surface facilities design
6- modeling of non-Newton fluid flow (Rheology)
7- Seismic noise attenuation
8- Reservoir characterization
9- Seismic imaging
10- Petroleum exploration
11- Petroleum geochemistry Studies
12- Reservoir geochemistry
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Areas of Research
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13- Environmental geochemistry
14- Drilling operation (offshore & onshore)
15- Drilling optimization
16- Petroleum project management
17- Economic engineering & feasibility study in petroleum
Industry
18- Risk management in petroleum industry
19- Geomechanical modeling of rock (chemo-thermo-poro
elastic)
20- Hydraulic fracturing modeling & design (2D-3D)
21- Wellbore stability
22- Drilling fluid design of shale formation
23- Modeling, simulation and optimal control of oil
production under gas coning condition
24- 3-phase separator design
Laboratories:
1- Organic Geochemistry Lab
Equipment:
1- ROCK EVAL 6 ANALYSER
2- PYRO GC ANALYSER
3- KEROGENATRON
4- VARIAN GC/MS/MS
5- BRUKER TENSOR 27 FT-IR
6- VAIRO ELEMENTAL ANALYZER
7- EXTRACTION SYSTEM B-811
8- HEATED VACUUM DESSICATOR
9- ROTAVAPOR R-210/215
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Services:
a. Source rock evaluation
b. Geochemical study of oil
c. Reservoir geochemistry studies
d. Production geochemistry studies
e. Elementary analysis of oil and organic materials
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1- ROCK EVAL 6 ANALYSER
2- PYRO GC ANALYSER
3- KEROGENATRON
4- VARIAN GC/MS/MS
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5- BRUKER TENSOR 27 FT-IR
6- VAIRO ELEMENTAL ANALYZER
7- EXTRACTION SYSTEM B-811
8- HEATED VACUUM DESSICATOR
9- ROTAVAPOR R-210/215
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2- EOR Lab Equipment:
1- Slim Tube
2- GC
Services:
 Evaluation of the minimum miscibility pressure (MMP)
 The minimum miscibility composition (MMC)
 The optimization of injection parameters and composition of
lean and enriched gas
 The determination of oil in place recovery,
 The assessment of sensitivity of experimental conditions on
recovery
 Separating and analyzing gases of the reservoir
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1- Slim Tube
2- GC
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3- Core Analysis Lab Equipment:
 Core Cutting Saw
 Plugging Machine
 Parallel Plug Dressing Machine (Trim Saw)
 Precision End Face Grinding Machine
 Warm Solvent Extractor Soxhlets
 Warm Solvent Extractor Dean-Stark
 Gas Permeameter and Porosimeter System (KEYPHI)
 Core Flooding System
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1- Core Flooding System
2- Gas Permeameter and Porosimeter
System (KEYPHI)
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Services:
 Core Cutting
 Core Cleaning
 Fluid Saturation Determination
 Porosity Measurement
 Permeability Measurement
 Compressibility Measurement
 Relative Permeability
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4- Drilling Lab Equipment:
 Drilling simulator
 Coring setup
 Viscometer (Fan)
 High speed Mixer
 PH Meter
 Mush Funnel
 Sj test setup
 S20 Test setup
Services:
 Drillability tests
 Coring from different rocks
 Mud characterization
 Core Slabbing
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1- Drilling simulator
2- Viscometer (Fan)
3- High speed Mixer
4- PH Meter
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5- Mush Funnel
6- Sj test setup
7- S20 Test setup
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5-Geomechanic Lab Equipment:
 Autonomous triaxial cell
 Membrane Efficiency Measurement Equipment
 Mud Cake Characterization setup
Services:
 Conducting compressive uniaxial and triaxial, deformability, creep,
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Brazilian,
point load, shear, and the durability tests.
Performing physical and numerical model tests for various
geomechanical projects.
Rock mechanic properties
Shale behavior
Mud Cake Characterization
Embedment resistance and embedment modulus
Adhesion-cohesion bond strength and adhesion-cohesion
modulus
Torsional resistance
Mud cake sticking coefficient
1- Autonomous triaxial cell
2- Mud Cake Characterization setup
3- Membrane Efficiency Measurement
Equipment
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6- Formation Damage Lab
Equipment:
 Formation Damage system (FDS350) and accessories
Services:
 Liquid permeability measurement
 Static filtration test
 Mud invasion evaluation
 Stimulation test
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7- Rock Mechanics Lab Equipment:
 The device measures the amount of compressive force
Services:
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Measure the compressive strength
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Measuring the indirect tensile strength (Brazilian test)
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Measurement of bending moment
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Indirect tensile test (Brazilian test)
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Bending tests
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Schmidt Hammer Test
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Point load test
8- PVT Lab Equipment:
 PVT cell
 Gasometer
 GC
 Viscometer
Services:
 Viscosity
 GOR
 Bubble point
 Bo
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9- Petrology Lab
Equipment:
 3 sets of giologiclal Microscope
Services:
 For educational purposes
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10- Petroleum Equipments Lab
Equipment:
 Under construction
Services:
 For educational purposes
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Areas of Cooperation:
• Joint Supervision of M.Sc. and Ph.D. Research Work.
• Joint Establishment of Research Labs.
• Joint Research on Projects and Issues of Mutual Interest.
• Conduct of Short Courses/Programs.
• Field Studies and Visits, with the Purpose of Transfer of
Science and Technology.
• Providing Field and/or Laboratory Training to Foster the
Hands-on Experience for Researchers and Students.
• Exchange of Faculty Members for Sabbatical Leave, Research
and Educational Collaborations.
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Areas of Cooperation (continued) :
• Holding Scientific Conferences on Topics of
Mutual Interest
• Providing Ph.D. Scholarship by both Sides for
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Teaching Staff & Students
• Educational Workshops on Topics of
Mutual
Interest
• Convening Educational Camps on Topics of
Mutual Interest
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