Shaima Abdullah Al Mansouri, 27, a PhD candidate in the field of transportation, seeks to achieve "a new achievement in which the state will take an advanced position in transportation by looking for ways to solve the problem of traffic congestion. Which reflects positively on the strengthening of its functions in the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, in the planning and development of the work of the Public Transport Agency, and the presidency of the future team in the institution ».
Al Mansouri, who is currently studying at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, said that she began preparing and completing research and scientific projects at the undergraduate level, linking them to transportation and its impact on the environment and health. She then specialized in this field in the master's degree in urban planning at the American University of Sharjah On how to solve the problem of congestion experienced by the state, like other tourist countries, hoping to become «the first UAE expert in the field of traffic congestion in the state».
Despite ongoing efforts to develop and implement projects that reduce congestion, it remains the main road concern due to the increasing number of vehicles, and specialists are looking for solutions, particularly the development of mass transit services and the expansion of their networks.
Al-Mansouri, who awaits her graduation in 2023, believes that the foreignness she has chosen to achieve her scientific and practical ambitions has played a major role in breaking the fear of living away from the family and relying on self-fulfillment in various tasks.
"You are a reader, and tomorrow you are a leader," she says. "You are a reader, and tomorrow you are a leader."
Strengthening the academic process
Shaima Abdullah Al Mansoori is keen to strengthen her academic career with external partnerships. She has been a member and head of the UN model for two years in a row. "One of the most important posts I have left is a representative of the UAE Youth at the First Global Forum on Drug Prevention In Abu Dhabi 2014 ».
She has also participated with a group of her fellow students studying in the UK for the Mountain Walk Challenge, organized by the Emirati Student Association in Manchester and supported by the World Youth Council of the United Kingdom, Aims to support the United Kingdom, which is participating in the 2019 World Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi, inaugurated by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
On the occasion of tolerance, Mansouri and her citizens provided assistance to those in need in the streets of Leeds where she lives.