NYIT comes third in Karting

NYIT comes third in Karting

The Karting team representing New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) came third in the final round that took place at Jordan Speed Center with the participation of 13 corporate teams.

September 29, 2009 12:00 by Aarti Nagraj

The Karting team representing New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) came third in the final round that took place at Jordan Speed Center with the participation of 13 corporate teams.

The championship witnessed heated competition, with NYIT team comprising Mahmoud Marabeh, Ahmad Sukhtian and Hassan Deirani. NYIT came after Umnia and Mercedes.

Sukhtian started karting races in 2006. He won the second place in Jordan Championship 2007 and has recently taken part in the international karting race that took place in Italy, where he came in the 35^th place among 215 participants representing various world countries.

Meanwhile, Marabeh won the Ramadan tournament, where he topped the professionals' category by the end of the third and final round of the championship, which was also staged on Jordan Speed Center under the supervision of Jordan's karting champion, Hamzah Dirani.

NYIT is a non-profit university that opened a branch in Jordan in 2002, under an academic agreement with Jordan University for Science and Technology. The university is comprised of three faculties offering an array of courses. They are: the Business Administration, Computer Science and Fine Art faculties.

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Established in 1955, New York Institute of Technology is considered one of the most well-established US universities, ranked in the top half of the 2^nd tier of the universities in the USA that are recognized worldwide. NYIT has had presence in Jordan since 2001, offering undergraduate programs (school of Engineering and Technology, school of Management, school of Arts) and Graduate programs (school of Engineering and Technology, school of Management). The university seeks primarily to match between education and market needs. It supports research at the Middle East level, with research products discussed in specialized conferences and published in journals by international publishing houses.