A joint research team from the College of Engineering at Basrah University and the University of Technology
A joint research team from the College of Engineering at the University of Basrah, represented by Dr. Saleh Issa Khassaf, from the Department of Civil Engineering and the University of Technology, represented by Dr. Riyadh Abdel Abbas Ali, Prof. Ibtisam Rahim Karim from the Department of Civil Engineering patented a patent on the topic (Inventing a smart laboratory system to model the true coupling of hydrodynamic and seismic forces and their impact on the dynamic behavior of concrete marine facilities) The patent issued by the Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control included the manufacture of a six-meter-long and one-width iron laboratory channel And half a meter and one and a quarter meters high contains a Biaxial Shaking Table to represent the real earthquakes With its actual directions, in addition to the canal containing two technologies for generating waves and water currents with variable characteristics and electronically controlled through a smart control system designed for this purpose.
 This innovation is the first of its kind in the field of civil engineering.