Five students had the opportunity to study Physical Anthropology and work with international professionals in the field of forensic science.
Khalifa University Biomedical Engineering students Mariam Al Ali Halima Alnaqbi Anoud Almazam Noura Alameri and Salma Alblooshi recently returned from a successful six-week internship with the Center for Forensic Science and the University of Western Australia in Perth where they had the opportunity to study Physical Anthropology as part of a project they were tasked with. Physical Anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that provides a biological perspective to the systematic study of human beings more specifically the students focused on studying human skeletal remains with the aim of determining their biological profile such as gender age stature and ancestral groupings.
“This was a great opportunity for me ” said Mariam. “It gave me the opportunity to experience and learn new things and I was able to refine my soft and technical skills. Learning about Physical Anthropology was especially rewarding because it gave me ideas on how it can be used in my ongoing research titled ‘Arabic Trade Routes and Biological Admixing.’ Learning about the importance of history in science especially in anthropology by studying the history of specific population and their interaction with other populations and how that has led to physical variation and population diversity is very important and little is known about the Middle East in relation to physical anthropology as few studies have been done in this region.”
The group of students were the first students from Khalifa University to travel to Australia as part of their internship requirement. They were among a few students from around the world to be offered positions and were able to work with international team of professors and peers as part of their work.
“Being supervised by professionals in this field was a special experience and made me start to think about my next steps and the types of studies I want to work on in the future ” continued Mariam. “By the end of my internship I came to the conclusion that there is no limit to what humans can achieve and learn. Not giving up and trying once twice or multiple times is very important when working in scientific projects as nothing is ideal and big things can come after failure.”
Student Halima Alnaqbi said “Pushing my boundaries and the inspiring people I met on this short journey boosted my confidence level and made me more passionate about my major. I wish best of luck to everyone out there trying to find their true passion whether it is near or miles away. “
“I’m very pleased with the students’ performance in Australia especially with how much it inspired them to apply what they learned to their future research ” said Dr. Habiba Al Safar Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Khalifa University and the group supervisor. “It’s wonderful that they’ve come back with an interest in performing more in-depth Physical Anthropological studies into Arab populations and with an increased passion for their career choice as the results of their research could be of use to a number of different fields including the medical field. Internships are a valuable way to introduce students to what life might be like after graduation and what they may want to pursue as a career.”
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Five students had the opportunity to study Physical Anthropology and work with international professionals in the field of forensic science.
Khalifa University Biomedical Engineering students Mariam Al Ali Halima Alnaqbi Anoud Almazam Noura Alameri and Salma Alblooshi recently returned from a successful six-week internship with the Center for Forensic Science and the University of Western Australia in Perth where they had the opportunity to study Physical Anthropology as part of a project they were tasked with. Physical Anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that provides a biological perspective to the systematic study of human beings more specifically the students focused on studying human skeletal remains with the aim of determining their biological profile such as gender age stature and ancestral groupings.
“This was a great opportunity for me ” said Mariam. “It gave me the opportunity to experience and learn new things and I was able to refine my soft and technical skills. Learning about Physical Anthropology was especially rewarding because it gave me ideas on how it can be used in my ongoing research titled ‘Arabic Trade Routes and Biological Admixing.’ Learning about the importance of history in science especially in anthropology by studying the history of specific population and their interaction with other populations and how that has led to physical variation and population diversity is very important and little is known about the Middle East in relation to physical anthropology as few studies have been done in this region.”
The group of students were the first students from Khalifa University to travel to Australia as part of their internship requirement. They were among a few students from around the world to be offered positions and were able to work with international team of professors and peers as part of their work.
“Being supervised by professionals in this field was a special experience and made me start to think about my next steps and the types of studies I want to work on in the future ” continued Mariam. “By the end of my internship I came to the conclusion that there is no limit to what humans can achieve and learn. Not giving up and trying once twice or multiple times is very important when working in scientific projects as nothing is ideal and big things can come after failure.”
Student Halima Alnaqbi said “Pushing my boundaries and the inspiring people I met on this short journey boosted my confidence level and made me more passionate about my major. I wish best of luck to everyone out there trying to find their true passion whether it is near or miles away. “
“I’m very pleased with the students’ performance in Australia especially with how much it inspired them to apply what they learned to their future research ” said Dr. Habiba Al Safar Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Khalifa University and the group supervisor. “It’s wonderful that they’ve come back with an interest in performing more in-depth Physical Anthropological studies into Arab populations and with an increased passion for their career choice as the results of their research could be of use to a number of different fields including the medical field. Internships are a valuable way to introduce students to what life might be like after graduation and what they may want to pursue as a career.”
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