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Industry Partnerships

We believe the right collaboration can make the impossible possible.

We partner with leading corporations to solve real and pressing problems.

We offer industry access to a wide range of research, connections to top talent, and flexibility.

We take a holistic approach to identifying needs and help streamline partnerships.

Problems we are tying to solve

With an expanding array of partnerships and connections to the private sector, BACU works to unleash the impact of its APPLIED EDUCATION & PROJECTS by encouraging the evolution of discoveries and inventions into know-how, products and services with societal and economic value.

For Industries: BACU builds strategic collaborations aimed at sparking innovations of commercial interest to company partners, connecting companies to faculty and researchers, students and entrepreneurs.

For Students & Researchers: BACU supports students to explore the market relevance of discoveries, create strategies for transitioning from idea to impact, and build supportive intellectual property portfolios.

In any given day, BACU faculty and researchers are engaged in projects to solve thousands of problems. Check some of them below.

Industry-Related Projects at BACU

E-Vehicles on Road, Wireless Charging Infrastructure in Smart Cities

Electric cars produce zero localized emissions. The problem is not developing the E-Vehicles; the success of the electric car will depend on how accessible and easy it will be to recharge a car’s battery. Using advanced communication technologies, the goal of this project is to make the complex communications between plug-in cars and the power grid an effortless endeavour for drivers while making sure that energy is being transferred in the most efficient way.

Innovative Smart Food Delivery Systems

The Covid-19 outbreak has disrupted various supply chains including the on-demand food delivery sector. This project rigorously analyses multiple restaurants to multiple customers (Many-to-many) food delivery simulation models constrained with multiple key performance indicators (KPIs).

Rotating Buildings & IOT Systems

Rising energy costs and a growing green movement are driving the adoption of IOT for building automation.
In this project, we propose a system that controls the movement of rotating buildings in order to optimize the energy gained by the use of solar panels installed both on the building rooftop horizontally and on the sides of the building vertically.

Green Building Information Modeling Energy

Buildings energy use is expected to increase by 32% by the year 2040. As a result, efforts have been directed toward improving green building awareness.

In this project, using extensive simulations, the integration between Building Information Modeling methodology (BIM) and Building Energy Modeling (BEM) methodologies in order to effectively minimize the overall energy consumption.

Using Drones for Solar Panels Cleaning

We utilize the latest light weight architectures of quadcopters to: operate in 3D unstructured, and unknown environments with high levels of reliability at all times and utilize cognitive vision systems for solar panels cleaning, dirt detection and cell inspection and maintenance.

Liquid Level Control

In a waste water treatment plant, anaerobic digestion of high strength waste water slurries results in the formation of biogas, which is used to produce green energy by converting heat and power from the biogas. Sludge remaining from this process is rich in nutrients and can be used in agriculture.

Smart Agriculture

In this project, we developed an innovative Automatic Irrigation System based on an STM32 microcontroller which will irrigate the plants automatically and keep them healthy even when the owner are out of the town for weeks or months.

Skyloov – UAE’s First 360 Property Portal

In this project, we utilize the latest technologies including Marzipano tool to generate a virtual tour from a set of panoramas. This allows you to export it as a web application that can be deployed as-is or used as a boilerplate for more advanced projects.

Bio inspired Foundation for eccentric columns

Inspired by tree roots, in this project, we plan to develop an experimental small-scale level eccentric column with foundation with different length of fiber to identify the lateral load capacity of a structure.

Seismic safe Self standing structure

we developed a single story building that has a strong cylindrical frustum shape bottom and designed in a way that the center of gravity always lies at a lower level to maintain stability, which allows seismic energy to dissipate.

Predicting Travel Mode Choice Using Machine Learning

We developed several machine-learning classifiers and compared their prediction accuracy to a multinomial logit model for the travel mode choice problem. The machine learning classifiers include: Deep Artificial Neural Network, Random Forest, and Gradient Boosting.

Using Machine Learning & Big Data in Construction

An innovative cost effective and portable construction automation system using deep learning for construction rebar detections is proposed, developed and tested in a construction site.

Elders’ intention to use a VR housing community

This project suggests and validates a new model for elders’ behavioral intentions to use a proposed community by extending the theory of planned behavior (TPB) using virtual reality (VR).

Using Virtual Reality as a Career Guidance Tool

We rigorously analyze the use of virtual reality as a career guidance tool for high school students.
The software used in this experiment was especially developed for the purpose of testing with students, immersing them into certain career experiences, and from there creating for them a roadmap to their future career.

Augmented Reality Worksheets

This project focuses on the integration of augmented reality 3D models and videos in students’ worksheets during the recent pandemic lockdown to assist students in remote learning.

Mobile App - An Intelligent Pandemic Self-care System

We developed a complete platform to contain COVID-19 by utilizing Blockchain technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning, and Augmented Reality technologies to help increase the number of COVID 19 tests conducted at home.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Interacting with Alexa Smart System

In this project, we study the interaction and perception of Alexa among the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the UAE.

Metaverse & Beyond

Several ongoing projects at BACU are exploring the Metaverse and all related innovations.

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