CEC signs exchange with Pakistan
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| Dr. Hanif Chaudry (far right, back row) helped facilitate the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Carolina and the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Click image to view enlarged. |
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The MOU was proposed to foster collaborative research and exchanges between faculty, researchers, and students at CEWRE-UET and faculty in Carolina's Civil and Environmental Engineering department o provide a frame work for Pakistani students to study toward graduate degrees in water resources engineering. Research will be conducted on computer and physical modeling of sediment transport, hydraulic structures, surface- and ground-water resources managment for irrigation, flood hydrology, and stormwater drainage.
Faculty, researchers, and students at both institutions will be involved in field data collection, laboratory experiments, and development of physical and numerical models -- models which will be used to develop an improved understanding about various water resource problems and for feasibility studies of remedial and corrective actions.
Expected products of this research will include a better understanding of the identified problems, and data and computer simulation tools that Pakistani researchers can apply to evaluate various remedial actions, engineering designs, and policies.
In addition to student involvement at CEWRE-UET and USC, the educational and collaborative research activies will include faculity exchanges, development of a pilot internet-based graduate course program, and providing input to upgrade the CEWRE-UET water resources laboratory. Anticipated project outcomes include improved research capabilities, human resource development, and the potential for future collaborations to mututally benefit both institutions.
"We are very excited to have this opportunity to better prepare the members of both institutions in engineering and improve our understanding of scientific and cultural issues related to water resource management. We also welcome this opportunity to foster better management of water resources and design hydraulic structures to benefit the Pakistani people." said Dr. Hanif Chaudry, CEC Associate Dean for International Programs and Continuing Education.
"This MOU with Pakistan, like the MOUs we signed earlier this year with Egypt and Australia, enhances the 'new face of engineering and computing' we have been actively developing. Our college is not staying with its own halls, offering the same courses we've been teaching year after year. We are expanding beyond our borders, reaching out to students and faculty not only within our state, region and country, but also to the world, working with researchers at other facilities, developing new technologies, expanding our knowledge and making a world-wide impact for the College of Engineering and Computing and the University of South Carolina." said Dr. Michael D. Amiridis, CEC Dean.
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