Awarded the best PhD thesis in engineering disciplines obtained by one of the professors of the Faculty of Engineering - Anbar University a new distinction and excellence of the professors of the Faculty of Engineering - Anbar University by Dr. Yusuf Khalaf Yousef Al-Obaidi teaching in the Department of Civil Engineering the best PhD thesis in (Engineering Science) under Title: BEHAVIOR OF THICK LIGHTWEIGHT SELF COMPACTING REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS WITH OPENINGS. This came during the great celebration held by the University of Nahrain on the 31st anniversary of its founding on Wednesday, 2/5/2018 in the presence of a. Dr. Nabil Kazim Abdul-Saheb, President of the University. Dr. Jassim Al-Dabbagh, Dean of the College of Engineering, and all the deans of the university faculties and a number of important personalities. Mubarak and our wishes for continued conciliation and more to serve the scientific march in our college and our dear university.