Dr. Ziad Abu Hin, Environment and Earth Sciences Department chief at Science Faculty, at IUG, has been awarded Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz distinctive researches award to the twelfth international conference for water technology, which is held at Egypt in March 2008. A number of Europe and Arabic countries participated in this conference.
Dr. Ziad Abu Hin in participation with Prof. Khalil Tabil- College of Agriculture at Al-Azhar University, and Professor Medhat Abu Al-Naem- Geology Department at Al-Azhar University, won the first prize for Hydrology and water resources in a research entitled: “The problems caused groundwater Excessive pumping from the northern Gaza Strip in the period of the years (1994-2004).
Dr. Abu Hin explained that Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Award consists of a cash prize and an honored certificate awarded to the winners.
It is noteworthy mentioning here that the Islamic University of Gaza has got many rewards, including : Galileo International Prize for optics, a patent by the U.S. Office for the registration of patents, Karim Rida Said Foundation prize, the Islamic Development Bank in science and technology prize, Al-Najah National University for scientific research, Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Institution prize, Hisham Adeeb Hijjawi institution prize, which was obtained more than once, Zuhair Al Hijjawi Award, and Emerald Award Foundation International Award, Abdel Hamid Shoman Award, Kirchhoff Award, in addition to the Islamic University Award for Scientific Research.
