As part of the cultural and scientific activity for the first semester, the Graduate Follow-up Unit in the Department of Chemical Engineering held a workshop on chemical additives in the concrete industry for final year students and graduates of the department on Wednesday, 11/29/2023. The workshop included a detailed presentation by the engineer Hammam Yaqzan Abdel Moneim about the types of concrete and chemical additives that are used to increase the quality of concrete to suit different uses. The lecturer explained that the mechanical properties of tensile and compressive strength depend greatly on the type of chemical additives used in the composition of concrete, and as a result affect its operational life and its capabilities to different conditions of humidity, salts, and harsh climatic factors.