The U Water Center

Call for Concept Notes for Research Grant Program in Water 2016-17

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Overview The figure below illustrates USPCAS-W vision of Pakistan’s water sector as an integrated sociotechnical system, bringing together resource endowments, engineering systems, and natural and social sciences considerations, as well as, the natural and human impact factors, i.e., natural hazards (especially climate change), and the multiplicity of human responses (policy, governance, law, finance and economics, […]

September 28, 2016

Progress on the Pakistan Water Development Report

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A meeting of the lead authors of the Pakistan Water Development Report (PWDR) was held on August 10th, 2016 at PCRWR Headquarters Islamabad. The PWDR will be the Center’s flagship report, and benefit from results and analyses of several research projects being implemented by the Center and its partners. The meeting was Co-chaired by Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Chairman, […]

August 17, 2016

May 2016 Visit to Pakistan

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The team recently ran another successful bootcamp and series of workshops in Pakistan, this time focused on Research Data Management and Analysis. This workshop broke the faculty at MUET into research groups, who worked with team members from the U to develop and refine research ideas and then working on the role of data. Another […]

June 17, 2016

Global and Local Perspectives on Water- Bridging Utah and Pakistan on Water Issues

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The Utah Women of Water are hosting USPCAS-W at their event on Tuesday, June 21st. This seminar will feature Dr. Steven Burian and Dr. Christine Pomeroy from the University of Utah, and several visiting faculty from Pakistan who are working with the U.S.-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W). This initiative has brought together researchers from multiple […]

June 9, 2016

Spring Faculty Exchange Comes to an End

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Visiting faculty members have now returned to Pakistan, while one faculty members remains at both CSU and the U to continue research. Our first round of visitors participated in an ambitious round of activities including multiple classes, research, a weekly seminar, and social activities. They took trips out to Antelope Island and down to Moab, […]

May 13, 2016

Visiting Faculty

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Our first round of visiting faculty are keeping busy with a packed schedule. Along with participating in classes and a weekly seminar, they are engaged in joint research projects with their faculty hosts. Dr. Ramesh Goel is hosting Professor Rasool Bux Mahar from MUET. Their research effort is investigating the occurrence and spread of antibiotic […]

February 18, 2016

University of Utah Welcomes MUET Exchange Faculty

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The first round of faculty have arrived from MUET as part of the USPCAS-W exchange program. Currently 6 faculty have come over to the United States for the spring semester with 4 housed at the U and 2 housed at CSU. Those on the exchange will be involved in research, a technical class, mentoring, a […]

January 25, 2016

Technology and Venture Commercialization in Pakistan

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by James Thompson, Interim Executive Director of Technology Venture Commercialization at the University of Utah Universities are generally tasked with the organization, creation and transfer of knowledge. The most effective Universities transfer this knowledge in three ways: 1. To students 2. Publications, conferences, literature, books, etc… AND 3. To society to make an impact. Transitioning […]

January 20, 2016

Paris climate accord: Pakistan in ‘now or never’ situation, says Banuri

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The Express Tribune posted an article about Dr. Tariq Banuri’s recent talk on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in post-Paris agreement at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute. “If we do not adopt now, it would become difficult to get any assistance in face of climate related disasters,” Dr. Banuri said. He also highlighted that after […]

January 13, 2016

Sustainability of Higher Academia is in Technology Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Mehran University of Engineering & Technology Jamshoro and University of Utah USA in collaboration with Pakistan Science Foundation jointly organized a one day International workshop on “Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Institutional Sustainability in Higher Academia” under the auspices of U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water. Experts belong to higher academia, industry and corporate sector, civil […]

December 21, 2015