WIT Awards 10 Seed Grants on Water Across LUMS Schools
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Centre for Water Informatics and Technology (WIT) recently gave a call for seed grants to enhance the capacity of the centre to execute larger projects with help from LUMS faculty and students. Based on a thorough review process, WIT has awarded ten grants to the following faculty from across LUMS:
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Prof. Nauman Ahmed Zaffar |
SBASSE |
Series connected Hydrokinetics generators for Hydrokinetic Powered Irrigation Network Automation (HINA) in run-of-the-river environment – A Modular and Scalable Approach |
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Dr. Imran Cheema |
SBASSE |
Towards a Rapid and Portable Optical Sensor Array for Simultaneous Detection of Salinity and Fluoride in Water |
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Dr. Naveed ul Hassan |
SBASSE |
Towards an integrated water and energy management platform for domestic consumers using Internet of things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications |
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Dr. Ahmed Kamal Nasir |
SBASSE |
Estimating Water Stress Index for Precision Agriculture application using a thermal Camera |
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Dr. Saher Asad & Dr. Sanval Nasim |
MGSHSS |
Dynamic groundwater management in Pakistan’s Indus Basin: The case of periodic investments in groundwater pumping technologies |
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Dr. Syed M Hasan |
MGSHSS |
Averting an Emerging Crisis: Corrective pricing and demand management approach for water consumption in Lahore. |
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Dr. Zubair Khalid |
SBASSE |
Advanced signal processing methods for the estimation of groundwater storage in Indus River Basin using GRACE data |
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Dr. Zehra Waheed |
SDSB |
Modeling Stakeholder Dynamics and Knowledge Sharing in Organizational Networks Surrounding Water: An Application of Social Network Analysis to Water Systems in the City of Lahore |
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Dr. Wasif Tanveer Khan |
SBASSE |
Feasibility Study of Low-Cost and Efficient Under-ground Water Exploration Techniques for Indigenous Development |
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Dr. Ghayoor Abbas Chotana & Dr. Saadia Tariq |
SBASSE |
Removal of Pesticides from Water by using Metal/Semiconductor Composites as Photocatalyst — An Approach towards Water Sustainability |
The centre received proposals for a total funding of PKR 4.8 Million. With these awards, it has committed to fund a total of PKR 3.6 Million for the projects. The current cycle of funding has been made possible by a grant awarded to LUMS by Nestle Pakistan. The Office of Sponsored Programmes and Research (OSPR) will administer these grants on behalf of WIT.
The awardees have also been appointed as Faculty Associates of the centre for the academic year 2016-17. The seed grants are meant to fund exploratory ideas over a relatively short duration (8 months) during which the center will actively work with the awardees to scale up the ideas to full-scale projects.
The centre director, Dr. Abubakr Muhammad has thanked the university leadership for their continued support to the centre. He hopes that this be an important step towards strengthening academic programmes in all schools. He also acknowledged the support of OSPR and the efforts of the WIT core team in reaching this landmark for the centre.
