AUC College of Engineering students invent self-luminous concrete

With the massive climate change and global warnings that energy will soon run out, 4 female students at the College of Engineering,
Department of Construction, American University, have developed self-luminous concrete,
Where it is able to absorb energy in the morning and release it at night, in a major step in the development of renewable energy.

Project time

One of the students in charge of the project, Mayar Khairi, who is 24 years old,
is in the final year of the Faculty of Engineering, Construction Department, at the American University in Cairo,
She had cooperated in the implementation of the project with 3 other students, “Zainab Abdel Aziz”, “Fatima Al-Nafali”, and “Mena Suleiman”, and explained that the implementation of the project took about 4 months.

Project Idea

About the idea of ​​the project, Mayar Khairy said: We are well aware of the danger of climate change,
energy depletion, and the current wars caused by it, so we thought of allocating the graduation project to serve renewable energy.
The idea of ​​the project deals with energy renewal, environmental preservation, and climate change,
through the use of concrete to generate electricity from solar energy.

AUC College of Engineering students invent self-luminous concrete

 

Concrete absorbs the sun

We have identified solar energy, because it is clean, renewable and infinite energy,

which helps the project to be sustainable for life.

Concrete absorbs solar energy in the morning and releases it at night through its lighting,

which reduces the use of electricity, and contributes to preserving the environment and reducing climate change.

 

AUC College of Engineering students invent self-luminous concrete
AUC College of Engineering students invent self-luminous concrete

 

Project obstacles

According to Mayar, they faced many difficulties, the most important of which were the chemicals used in the project,

and tested them in more than one laboratory in Egypt’s universities, most notably Ain Shams University,

with no prior research available on the project, and we were testing all materials and seeing their effect on concrete.

AUC College of Engineering students invent self-luminous concrete

Also, materials were used from inside the concrete, so as not to be affected by external factors such as cars.

 

AUC College of Engineering students invent self-luminous concrete
AUC College of Engineering students invent self-luminous concrete

 

Project Objective

As for the project’s objectives, she said: The project cost is low and provides electricity,

so they wish to implement the project in Egypt, especially with the construction of national projects and bridges in Egypt now.

And Mayar continued, saying: We participated in a conference at the university called Eureca,

and the project was discussed and we got an honors degree,

in addition to our participation in the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Council held in Washington, USA,

which increased our great experience when dealing with experts in the field of transportation in the world.

 

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