A visit by His Excellency Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and President of the General Civil Aviation Authority, and His Excellency Saif Muhammad Al Suwaidi, Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority, accompanied by His Excellency Prof. Hamid Al Naimiy, Chancellor of the University and Prof.  Maamar Bettayeb, Vice-Chancellor Research and Graduate Studies to the "Aviation Center of Excellence" laboratory in the Central Laboratory Building W12.

They were received by Eng. Mahmoud Abu Shammeh, Director of the Central Laboratories. A presentation about the joint projects with the Civil Aviation Authority was given by the researchers. The attendees praised those projects and the efforts made to accomplish them.