Dear students,

Part of our continued social and cultural community activities; we are pleased to inform you of LIU participation and sponsoring of a unique upcoming main event “The 10 Days 10 Minutes Filmmaking Competition” which is to be held in Beirut on Nov 12th 2010.

The event is organized by Sea Breeze Entertainment with a team of renowned Hollywood directors, producers, and writers, as well as distinctive names in the global filmmaking industry as the judging committee. The purpose of the event is to encourage, promote, and discover filmmaking talents in Lebanon and the Arab World. It is also a chance to exchange ideas and notes related to our TV program offering with the judging team.

We encourage all of you and your friends to participate in this exciting opportunity. Information about the event and how it works is found on the official organizer’s website: www.10days10minutes.com . Your early registration is necessary to secure a place to compete in this exciting event and meet the Hollywood team.

For Registration & Questions:
Please email your name and the name of your team with your contact info to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   and indicate your interest in participating. Contact: 05 959 192  Cell: 03 297 673

Kassem Itani (LIU Beirut) won a notebook with Microsoft’s Live@edu competition launched among LIU students

Design and Construction of a Wind Tunnel at LIU

The wind tunnel is a very powerful and versatile tool that has been used in mechanical engineering labs since more than a century. It was first used to help in designing airplanes; in studying their shapes to have best lift forces. Then, it was used to study aerodynamic forces on automobiles to reduce the fuel consumption exhaust gases emissions, and improve their stability.

This instrument is also used to study static forces  on  high towers, bridges, and electric transmission  lines  to optimize their  design and costs. Nowadays, the use of wind tunnels expanded to study complex pollution dispersion problems to avoid its effect on buildings and humans downstream the pollution source. For example, the dispersion of exhaust gas in urban area downstream Al Zouk Power Plant.