Dr. Musharraf A. Hanif from Faculty of Electrical Engineering has won a competitive research grant of approximatly 1.9 million PKR funded by USAID for his project on improving the efficiency of conventional air conditioners in comparison with inverter based air conditioners. The project has duration of 12 months. He will be working in collaboration with UET Peshawar, and US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E) on this project.