National Academies Funding

OpportunitiesDaniel Placht

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Partnerships for Enhanced

Engagement in Research (PEER)• Has funded over 350 projects involving participants in 56 countries

• Up to $200,000 in funding over two years.

• Funds provided to developing country researchers with travel funds for US

partners

• Eligible PIs must be researchers or employed by higher education institutions

and eligible US partners must have active USG funding

• To Apply and for more information: nas.edu/peer

• Deadline for pre-proposals applications is February 10, 2020

PEER Focus Areas

• Multiple Countries/ Any Development-Related Research

• Multiple Countries/ PEER Advanced Digital Tools

• Multiple Countries/ Family Planning and Reproductive Health

• Multiple Countries/ Social, Economic, and Behavioral Sciences

• Tunisia/ Multiple Sectors

Arab-American Frontiers

Fellowships

Terms of the 2020 Fellowships• Selected recipients will receive a grant of up to $2500 for living expenses for

up to 4 weeks;

• In addition, travel funding will be determined and covered by NAS;

• The recipient’s home institution will agree to support the exchange by

receiving and disbursing grant funds;

• The recipient’s host institution will be responsible for providing on-the-

ground assistance for the recipient, including housing and support for

research;

• The recipients are required to submit a final report;

• All exchanges must be completed by September 30, 2020

Eligibility• Applicants must have participated in the seventh Arab-American

Frontiers Symposium

• Teams of applicants should come from different countries.

• They must have received approval from his/her home institution and

a host institution of another Arab-American Frontiers participant.

Application Process

• Completed application form

• CVs

• Statement of interest

• Budgetary allocations

• Institutional letters of support

• Deadline: December 31, 2019

• Send your application to aafrontiers@nas.edu

• More information on the program website:

www.nas.edu/aafrontiers

Plant Genome Editing with Nanotechnologies in

Food‐Relevant CropsMarkita Landry, Regents University of California, United States

Salim Al-Babili, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Systematic comparative analysis of pilot microbiome

studies conducted in Egypt vs. Human Microbiome

Project studiesRamy Aziz, Cairo University, Egypt

Jennifer Fettweis, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

ElRakaiby et al. OJIB 2014

Blind Source Separation for Power Source Estimation in

ProcessorsAdel Belouchrani, Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, Algeria

Sherief Reda, Brown University, USA

Blind Identification of Power Sources in Processors

A. Belouchrani and S. Reda, AAFS, Cairo 2019

S. Reda, K. Dev and A. Belouchrani, Blind Identification of Thermal Models and Power Sources From Thermal Measurements, IEEE Sensors Journal, Jan. 2018

S. Reda, A. Belouchrani, Blind identification of power sources in processors Design, Automation &Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition 2017, March 2017, Lausanne, Switzerland

Measuring and Monitoring the Future ‘Greening’ of the

Middle EastSherif Abdelmohsen, American University of Cairo, Egypt

Whitney Colella, Gaia Energy Research Institute LLC, United States

Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum | JEAN

NOUVEL

“Buildings and climate change: a summary for decision makers,” United Nations Environmental Programme, Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative, Paris, 2009.

Aggregate Electricity Generation,

Country-Wide: 188 TWh/yr 1

1 BP Statistical Review of World Energy June 2018, 2016 data, Table “Electricity by Fuel”, row “Egypt”, pg. 48.2 Calculated by NASEM Team from electricity generation data in [1] and fuel consumption for electric power in [2] Egyptian Electricity Holding Company Annual Report for 2016/2017, Author: Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Table "Fuel Consumption by Type“, page 33. 3 Calculated by NASEM Team from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Information Administration (EIA) data. “Estimated U.S. Energy Consumption in 2018: 101.2 Quads,” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/images/energy/us/Energy_US_2018.png

Electricity generation by fuel

type

Comparable to U.S. average of ~34%. 3

73%

18%7% 1% Natural

Gas

Oil

Hydroelectric

Natural Gas Oil

37% 27%

Average Efficiency of

Egyptian Power Plants 2Weighted-average Efficiency of Egyptian

Power Plants, considering all plant types

Natural Gas, Oil, Hydroelectric, Renewables

37%

For the first time, the weighted-average efficiency of Egypt’s

electric power plants was calculated from raw data: 37%,

compared w/ U.S. ~34%.

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Efficiencies

31.3% = 92.0% X 95.9% X 99.3% 96.7 X 36.9% 4

32.1% = 97% X 98% X 34% 5

4 Calculated by NASEM Team from electricity generation data in [1], fuel consumption data in [2], and the following data: 3.3% of the

electricity generation is consumed by the generating plants. Egypt loses 0.7% at the generating plant in the resistance of the wires at the

generating plants, 4.1% in transportation companies (i.e. high voltage transmission loses), and 8% in distribution companies (i.e. low

voltage distribution losses); from Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) (i.e. the Census Bureau for Egypt),

Annual Bulletin for Electricity and Energy Statistics, 2015-2016, p.17. 5 Calculated by NASEM Team from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Information Administration (EIA) data. "The U.S. Energy

Information Administration (EIA) estimates that electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) losses average about 5% of the electricity

that is transmitted and distributed annually in the United States." https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=105&t=3

Electricity Supply Chain Efficiencies for Egypt &

U.S.

Energy losses

8% X 4.1% X 0.7% X 3.3 4

3% X 2% 5

For the first time, the ‘well-to-wheels’ efficiency of Egypt’s

electricity supply chain was calculated from raw data: 31.3%,

(U.S. = ~32.1%). Value may be lower due to stolen power.

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Calculations indicate that Egypt’s electric power sector

contributes ~50% of its total CO2 emissions.

- 105 MMT CO2/yr from electricity use

- 0.66 MMT CO2/TWhr of electricity available to end-users

Time-dependent CO2 emissions were derived by applying

an demand distribution curve for a representative town. CO2

emissions peak in summer.

Cairo NO2 Line Plot (2005 – 2016)1 NASA Air Quality Observations from Space Website: https://airquality.gsfc.nasa.gov/no2/world/middle-east/cairo

Satellite data from NASA-Goddard was applied to cross-

check the validity of these time-dependent values. NO2 peaks

in January. A preliminary hypothesis was developed to

explain the discrepancy and NASA confirmed the validity of

this hypothesis.

1 Energy Balance 2017 Report, Author: Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics [CAPMAS], page 11.2 Egyptian Electricity Holding Company Annual Report for 2016/2017, Author: Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Table "Fuel Consumption by Type“, page 33.

Residential Energy Consumption: Fuel Demand for Electric Power,

Cooking & Water Heating in Residences, Country Wide: 578 TWh/yr1,2

22%

63%

5%

10%

Oil Fuel for Electric Power Plants

Natural Gas Fuel for Electric Power Plants

Natural Gas Fuel for Residential Cooking & Water Heating

LPG Demand for Residential Cooking & Water Heating

Aggregate CO2 Emissions from Electric Power, Country-Wide: 68 MMT CO2/yr1

75% of energy use in residences is from electricity.

Residential Electricity Consumption by End-Use

1 “A Tool for Design Decision Making: Zero Energy Residential Buildings in Hot Humid Climates,” Shady Attia (2012), PhD dissertation, p. 25, Figure 2.5 Energy consumption per household in Madinet Al-Mabussin, Cairo (Attia 2009c)

In Cairo, 65% of energy use in residences is for cooling. This

trend is expected to expand throughout Egypt.