IGERT: Water in the Urban Environment

IGERT：城市环境中的水

• 批准号: 0549469
• 负责人: Claire Welty
• 金额: $ 289.98万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland Baltimore County
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0549469&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Water; Urban; Environment

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports establishment of a multidisciplinary program in Water in the Urban Environment at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) involving 32 faculty from nine departments and six partner institutions. Solutions to the complex problems associated with the effect of urbanization on the water cycle require integrated ecological, economic and engineering approaches, as well as innovations in policy-making. This program will train a generation of graduate students who understand these linkages and are prepared to work in multidisciplinary teams to improve understanding and management of urban environmental systems. The program takes advantage of the presence at UMBC of the field headquarters of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, one of two urban sites in the NSF Long-Term Ecological Research network; partnerships with public agencies, nonprofits, and private consultants; and the proximity of Baltimore to the Chesapeake Bay, an important coastal ecosystem severely affected by urban land use change. The research program is centered on three interwoven themes: (1) urban hydrology and contaminant transport; (2) urban biogeochemical cycles, aquatic ecosystems, and human health; and (3) urban water policy, management, and institutions. New integrative curricula will be offered, which will bring together students from eight Ph.D. degree programs to gain an appreciation of the varied disciplinary viewpoints, terminology, and data sets required to address urban environmental problems. All IGERT Fellows will complete internships in one of thirteen collaborating organizations to expand their academic and career path horizons. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持在马里兰州巴尔的摩县大学（UMBC）建立一个多学科项目，涉及来自9个部门和6个合作机构的32名教师。 要解决城市化对水循环的影响所带来的复杂问题，就需要采取综合的生态、经济和工程办法，并在决策方面进行创新。该计划将培养一代了解这些联系的研究生，并准备在多学科团队中工作，以提高对城市环境系统的理解和管理。 该计划利用了位于UMBC的巴尔的摩生态系统研究现场总部的优势，该研究是NSF长期生态研究网络中的两个城市地点之一;与公共机构、非营利组织和私人顾问的合作伙伴关系;以及靠近巴尔的摩的地理位置靠近切萨皮克湾，这是一个受到城市土地利用变化严重影响的重要沿海生态系统。 该研究计划集中在三个相互交织的主题：（1）城市水文和污染物传输;（2）城市生态化学循环，水生生态系统和人类健康;（3）城市水政策，管理和机构。 新的综合课程将提供，这将汇集来自八个博士学位的学生。学位课程，以获得不同的学科观点，术语和数据集，以解决城市环境问题的赞赏。 所有IGERT研究员将在十三个合作组织之一完成实习，以扩大他们的学术和职业道路视野。 IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中促进研究生教育的文化变革。