Prof. Dr. Omar Al-Husseini, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, honored the Enactus team of Ain Shams University, the winner of the 2022 World Cup, which was held in Puerto Rico, during the activities of the Faculty Council in its session held on November 14, 2022, and received certificates of appreciation.

Where the Enactus team won Ain Shams University first place in the 2022 World Cup competitions that were held in Puerto Rico from Sunday, October 30 to Wednesday, November 2, with the participation of 32 countries.

The team included 8 students from the Faculty of Engineering and 2 from the Faculty of Al-Alsun under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Khaled Kaira, Head of the Department of Mathematics and Engineering Physics.

In the first round of the competitions, the Egypt group included Mexico, Germany, and Kyrgyzstan, and in the next round, the Egypt group included Nigeria, Brazil, and Morocco.

In the final round, the Ain Shams University team beat Tunisia, England, and Canada to win the World Cup.

The students presented their project based on extracting Chitosan from locust shells, which contain between 40-60% of chitin, from which chitosan can be extracted, both of which are used in many industries such as the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, in order to provide an environmentally friendly solution and realize a project without any residue, the locust body was used to manufacture poultry feed in order to provide a cheaper alternative to the feed that is in great demand in the Egyptian market, as the husks of the Nile locust contain about 20-40% of protein, which is an appropriate amount for the production of animal feed that has a better effect on chickens than fodder ordinary.

The team was also able to produce environmentally friendly bio-pesticides, and a water purification filter was manufactured.

It is worth noting that ENACTUS is an American non-governmental organization with branches in 33 countries around the world in about 1626 universities, while in Egypt it has branches in 62 universities and faculties.

ENACTUS's activity is based on entrepreneurship in the field of development projects, and the World Cup is held in October of each year in one of the countries where the activity is taking place.