Omar Bin Abdulaziz and his team explored biodegradable composite materials and proposed creating protective braces for cars using composites. They tested different materials and designed fishing poles to learn about composites. Their project idea is to make strong, lightweight and corrosion-resistant car braces from a composite of steel rods, carbon fiber, insulator spray and silica to protect vehicles during outdoor activities in Qatar's desert environment and prevent accidents and injuries. The braces are intended to reduce costs from car body damage and corrosion if manufactured and tested further.

1. AL-BAIRAQ
I AM DISCOVERING MATERIALS
BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS
Omar Bin Abdulaziz
Smart
Majed Al-Obaidan Nasser Al-Kuwari
Mubarak Al-Sultan Fahad Al-Hajri

2. Outline
• Introduction
• Activities summary
• Product Idea: Protective Car Braces
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgment

3. Introduction
■ What are composite Materials
Two or three materials with different properties when
combined together gives better properties than the
original

4. Activities
Activity 1: Testing Different Kind
of Ice
Activity 3:Testing a Foam Composites
for Strength and Stiffness
Activity 2: Exploring the different
between strength stiffness
Activity 4: Designing a fishing
pole

5. Project Idea
Proactive Car Braces
■ Introduction
■ Many young people in Qatar enjoy outdoor activities in the desert and
sand dunes in the cooler seasons.They use their cars in many
activities which can be damaged by the dune, rocks and pits.This may
cause also accidents and injuries.
■ Aim of the work
■ The aim of the project is to design protective car braces made from
composite martials.The braces will be strong, lightweight and resist
corrosion.

6. Protective Car Braces
Methods and Materials
The materials used to make the braces are as follows;
1- Steal rods
2- Carbon fiber
3- Insulator spray
4- Silica

7. Protective Car Braces
Results
The expected results form the project;
1- Protection for the car bodies
3- Prevent car bodies corrosion
2- Reduce injuries and impact
3- Reduce can fixing costs

8. Protective Car Braces
Recommendations
Its recommended to manufacture the product in real size and test
it further

9. Conclusions
We learned a lot from Al-Biaraq and understood the meaning of
composite materials
We were able to come up with our own project that will be
beneficial to many young people like us in Qatar

10. Acknowledgment
Many thanks to my teachers, school and AL-Bairaq team from
Center forAdvanced Materials (CAM), Qatar University for
supporting us during our journey with a AL-Bairaq.
Also, I would like to thank Al-Baira partners UNESCO and Qatar
National Commission.