BE/MUSES: Understanding Biocomplexity: Developing Methods of Defining Sustainable Uses for Agricultural Products

0224006 Anex这个Muses项目的目的是发展了解生物基产品的全系统可持续性所需的人员、技能和工具。 向可持续的原材料基础过渡将是21世纪社会面临的最重要挑战之一。 作为这一奋进的一部分，预计在未来50年内，化学工业中生物质衍生原料的使用将大幅增加。该项目的一项关键任务是组织和主办为期两天的国际研讨会，评估生物基产品的可持续性。 该小组将为讲习班与会者编写背景材料，其中将包括一份关于生物基材料生产所依据的技术的调查以及一份关于生物基材料评估技术和可持续性指标的文献调查。 利用跨学科研究小组的专业知识，文献和共识研讨会的成果，该小组将制定一个框架，用于评估复杂的环境-社会-工业系统，包括生物基材料的生产，使用，该团队将在整个项目中与真实教学联盟（ATA）合作。编写适合中学数学和科学课的教学模块。 由两名ATA研究员和一名中学数学或科学教师组成的团队将与我们的团队合作开发和评估学习模块。 该模块将作为计划中的未来模块开发的模板。 还将编写一份将可持续性指标应用于生物基材料生命周期的案例研究，并作为教育资源分发。

0224006 Anex This MUSES project is aimed at developing the people, skills and tools needed for understanding the system-wide sustainability of biobased products. The transition to a sustainable raw material base will be one of the most important challenges facing society in the 21st Century. As part of this endeavor, substantial increases in the use of biomass-derived feedstock in the chemical industry are expected over the next 50 years.A key task of the project is organizing and hosting a two-day international workshop on assessing the sustainability of biobased products. The team will develop background materials for workshop participants that will include a survey of the technologies that underlie biobased material production and a survey of the literature on biobased material assessment techniques and sustainability indicators. Drawing on the expertise of the interdisciplinary research team, the literature, and the output of the consensus workshop, the team will develop a framework for evaluating the complex environmental-social-industrial system comprising biobased material production, use, and end-of-life disposition.The team will be working throughout the project with the Authentic Teaching Alliance (ATA) to prepare a teaching module appropriate for secondary math and science classes. A team of two ATA Fellows and one secondary math or science teacher will partner with our team to develop and evaluate a learning module. This module will serve as a template for planned future module development. A case study applying sustainability indicators to a biobased material life cycle will also be developed and distributed as an education resource.