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USPCASE planning an international conference
USPCASE is organizing the International Conference on Sustainable Energy to discuss and address energy challenges in Pakistan
![USPCASE Smart Meters Project](https://uspcase.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/76/2019/01/AMI-project-CAS_7921-w-1-768x432.jpg)
Smart solutions to addressing energy shortages
A USPCAS-E research team develops foundational technology for the smart grid
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“Good for Youth, Good for Pakistan” celebrates young Pakistanis
“Good for Youth, Good for Pakistan,” to celebrates young Pakistanis who have achieved personal successes as a result of partnership and support from USAID projects.
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USPCAS-E goes on air
The Pakistan Television (PTV) news show 45 Minutes featured the USPCAS-E project on December 15 and 16
![USPCASE exchange scholar Afaf Ali](https://uspcase.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/76/2018/11/Afaf-Ali-Lab-w-1-768x432.jpg)
On her drawing board: fuel cell solutions
USPCAS-E exchange scholar Afaf Ali has been hard at work conducting research which focuses on the development of a non-platinum catalyst for the fuel reduction reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC).
![Exchange Scholar Mehak Asad](https://uspcase.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/76/2018/11/Mehak-Asad-DSCN2538-w-1-768x432.jpg)
Lights going off turn on scholar’s interest in energy
Mehak Asad, a master’s candidate at UET-P remembers exactly when her scholastic interest began to shift to the world of energy.
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Visit to USPCASE center at UET Peshawar
USPCASE Project Director Sayfe Kiaei visits the USPCASE center at UET Peshawar
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Empowering off-grid communities
USPCASE applied research projects are focused on finding indigenous energy solutions for communities throughout Pakistan.
![Faisal Nawab](https://uspcase.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/76/2018/10/20180929_123458-w-cvr-1-768x512.jpg)
Solutions-Oriented Scholars
USPCASE scholar wants to bring renewable power to under-served communities in Pakistan
![Noor Muhammad, a former exchange student from UET-P, is working on a joint research project with Clark Miller to study social value creation using small hydropower projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.](https://uspcase.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/76/2018/10/Noor-Muhammed-w-cvr-1-768x512.jpg)
The power of policy: use energy to end poverty
USPCASE scholars who study energy policy with Arizona State University Professor Clark Miller are likely to learn this fact about The Grand Canyon State: Some 30 percent of the water used goes to pump, treat, process and deliver water, while more than one-third of that H2O is consumed to produce energy. Called the energy-water nexus,…