2nd Place at Engineers Syndicate Forum 2026 — Digital Verified Driver

Alhamdulillah — our graduation project earned 2nd Place in the Electrical Engineering Division at the Innovation & Graduation Projects Forum 2026, organized by the Engineers Syndicate.

Months of hard work, learning, teamwork, and perseverance led to this moment. The award recognizes Digital Verified Driver as a practical AI system built for real roadside conditions.

﴿وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ ۝ وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ﴾

About the project

Digital Verified Driver is an edge AI graduation project shaped by a real Egyptian market problem — then extended into cabin safety for higher-risk mobility settings.

Version 1 — Eligibility, identity, and theft

In Egypt, people with disabilities can receive vehicles from abroad with customs relief at a highly subsidized cost. That support has been exploited: traders and intermediaries manipulate beneficiaries, and ineligible drivers end up using the cars. Version 1 verifies who is behind the wheel against authorized records (face + plate) to stop that misuse — and to reduce unauthorized use and vehicle theft more broadly.

The intended early customers include P2G and other sectors that need reliable roadside identity verification.

Version 2 — Ride-hailing and school protection

The stronger path targets ride-hailing platforms such as Uber, where violence and harassment during trips have become a serious concern in Egypt. The system detects violence, harassment-related events, and accidents in the cabin stream.

It also targets international schools: protecting students from harassment, violence, and suspicious behavior by deploying the system in school buses and critical campus locations.

The stack uses Raspberry Pi capture, YOLOv5, InsightFace, FastAPI, and MongoDB — with live dashboard logging, JWT roles, and alert workflows. Explore the full case study: Digital Verified Driver.

The team

Proud of the graduation team behind Digital Verified Driver:

• Mahmoud Ayman Mohamed Abdelmohsen
• Abdelhamed Osama
• Ahmed Shaker Khater
• Mohamed Essam Askar

Special thanks to our project supervisors, Dr. Doaa Elmatary and Eng. Enas Mustafa, for their guidance, feedback, and continuous support throughout this journey.

Meeting the engineering community

It was an honor to meet and interact with distinguished leaders from the engineering community, including:

• Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdelghany — President of the Engineers Syndicate
• Prof. Dr. Moataz Tolba — Secretary-General of the Engineers Syndicate
• Prof. Dr. Adel Al-Hadithi — Secretary-General of the Federation of Arab Engineers
• Prof. Dr. Abdelaziz Hasballah El-Kafrawy — Head of Cairo Engineers Syndicate Branch
• Eng. Khaled Hashem — Representative of the Minister of Industry
• Eng. Mohamed El-Wadeh Abu Gabal — Head of the Youth & Student Communication Committee
• Eng. Ali Galal El-Din Ali — Secretary of the Civil Engineering Division & Rapporteur of the Youth Committee
• Eng. Ali Bayan — Engineers Syndicate Member

Forum sponsors

Appreciation to the sponsors who supported the forum and encouraged student innovation:

• Platinum Sponsor: ARGYNZA
• Gold Sponsors: Power Service Projects · Quasi Systems
• Silver Sponsors: ACE · SADARA

Key dates

Alhamdulillah for this milestone — and this is only the beginning.

Read more: Digital Verified Driver case study.