News and Events
Announcing Center of Excellence for Energy 2023 Student Exchange Program
Exchange students hosted by Arizona State University to support Egypt in its energy transition goals Arizona State University is hosting 17 students from Egypt through the Center of Excellence for Energy. Funded with the support...
USAID Center of Excellence for Energy announces $4M in research funding
RELEASED by USAID: Sharm el Sheik – November 2023 - At the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) the United States announced a $4 million solicitation for energy and climate-focused research grant proposals to develop transformative, multi-disciplinary...
Center of Excellence for Energy participates in COP27
SHARM EL_SHEIK EGYPT (November 12, 2022) The Center of Excellence for Energy celebrated a successful conclusion to the first week of its participation at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. At the center’s booth, COE...
Private Sector Engagement
In the USAID COE’s endeavors to cooperate with the industrial partners to achieve high-quality applied research and magnify the possibility of training skilled graduates to meet the evolving needs of the industrial sector in Egypt, a meeting was held at the...
COE Participated in the International Conference on Smart Cities (ICSC) held by Ain Shams University
According to the COE's mandate and the notion of the importance of exchanging knowledge and expertise and the COE's endeavored to forge and strengthen all the parties in the energy sector in Egypt. On June 21 and 23, 2022, Dr. Walid El-Khattam the COE Technical...
Roadmap for Enhancing Applied Research and Skilled Graduates in the Energy Sector
On June 13, 2022, the COE conducted its first advisor committee meeting. The theme of the discussion was to give an overview of the project objectives and discuss the strategic roadmap of the center. The meeting began with the opening remarks from Ms. Kay Leherr,...
The Center of Excellence for Energy 2nd Stakeholders Meeting
On Tuesday, March 15, 2022; The Center of excellence for Energy held its second Stakeholders Meeting. The meeting was attended by USAID, MOHESR, faculty members from Ain-Shams University, Mansoura University and Aswan University; companies in the energy industry...
A successful kick-off indicates a bright future for energy center
As 2021 wound down, a new project sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) began ramping up. The Center of Excellence for Energy in Egypt, announced in November 2021, had its kick-off meeting on the campus of Ain Shams University in Cairo,...
Power to the people: ASU energy experts drive new initiatives for global good
Almost 760 million people live without electricity. The United Nations identifies this lack of energy access as a fundamental barrier to progress in terms of human health, food security, education, gender equality and other measures of development.
Arizona State University to lead new center focused on energizing Egypt
The Center of Excellence for Energy will be led by Sayfe Kiaei and supported by an experienced team of technical and operations staff both in Egypt and the U.S.