When your visit-to-travel ratio clocks in around 3:2, you make the most of every moment at your destination. After three flights, a rainy stroll through Amsterdam, a whirlwind light rail tour of Dubai, and a long wait at Karachi customs, I arrived at the faculty hostel late Sunday night at Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET) in Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Read MoreA very warm welcome to Maya Silver who joins the U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water this summer as the Center’s new Writing Instructor. Silver will build upon the coursework developed by former writing instructor Dr. Rick Bereit as she trains engineering students from Pakistan in professional and academic writing. She will also contribute […]
Read MoreAs the U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water writing instructor for the past two years, Dr. Rick Bereit has developed over 30 English and technical writing lessons, corrected thousands of punctuation and article errors, logged numerous hours traveling to Pakistan and, most notably, endeared himself to nearly every student who’s studied with him. Writing […]
Read MoreUzma Ali traveled a long way from her village in Pakistan’s Hunza province in the foothills of the Karakoram to the campus of the University of Utah. The journey was a part of the USPCASW exchange program that brings engineering students from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology to the U to study for the […]
Read MoreBeyond a largely arid landscape whose agriculture and livelihood depends on the runoff of high mountains, the Colorado and Indus River basins are also faced with similar mounting problems of over allocation, salinization caused by irrigation, mounting conflicts over water rights, and the rising specter of climate change. University of Utah professor Dan McCool recently […]
Read MoreProfessor Pat Shea wants his Pakistani exchange students in the USPCASW Water Seminar to return home with something to offer. Not just a cultivated set of skills, but a sort of handbook for action. He is encouraging his students to use their imagination to develop plans for solving the real world problems facing their communities. […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah is pleased to welcome the spring cohort of USPCASW exchange students. This is the fifth group of aspiring water engineers and technicians from Pakistan’s Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) to study at the U. It is also the largest, with seventeen students in total. The exchange program was established […]
Read MoreFew educational opportunities offer as immersive of an experience as international student exchange programs. The USPCASW has for the past two years hosted a series of cohorts at the University of Utah from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology in Jamshoro, Pakistan. The goal for the student exchange is to train and build up the […]
Read MoreThe semiannual Water Security Symposium serves as a sort of right of passage for students going through the USPCASW exchange program. On November 29, in the Crimson View Room in the University of Utah’s Student Union, the fall cohort gathered to present their research projects to faculty and fellow students. Each student created an illustrated […]
Read MoreThere are few skills more valuable than the ability to share your ideas effectively in writing. Studies of HR professionals consistently rank good written communication to be one of the most desirable competencies in the workplace. Engineering is no different. Professor Rick Bereit knows a few things about good writing, and about the quest to train […]
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