American, Pakistani scientific studies address air quality
July 13, 2021
Islamabad : Forty alumni of US Government-funded exchange programmes who work in environmental sciences participated in a three-day master class on ‘Regional Approaches to Air Quality and Environment.’
The US Mission in Pakistan and the Pakistan-US Alumni Network (PUAN) collaborated with the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Professional Development Centre to host the class, which took place June 7-9, 2021.
Presenters included NASA researcher Dr. James H. Crawford, among other American experts. The class employed a range of teaching techniques and academic resources to examine air quality and atmospheric calculations, and the health impacts of smog, examining the Punjab Government’s efforts to tackle these issues as a case study.