International Planning Visit Proposal to Explore Research and Educational Collaborations in Sustainability

摘要提案题目：探索可持续发展研究教育合作的国际规划访问提案提案号：cts -0608470首席研究员：金伯利·奥格登机构：亚利桑那大学分析（决策依据）：这项国际旅行/规划提案将促进几所美国大学与新加坡和澳大利亚学校之间可持续发展的国际研究和教育项目的发展。亚利桑那大学将成为一个国际项目的牵头大学，该项目涉及美国主要研究人员，他们正在进行与环境相关的环境研究，其中包括美国国家科学基金会（NSF）无害半导体加工ERC和美国国家科学基金会（NSF）半干旱水文和河岸地区可持续发展STC。新加坡国立大学和昆士兰大学都有国际公认的项目，涉及下游和上游加工、水资源、能源和矿物利用的可持续性。规划拨款的目标是：1)确定与环境可持续性相关的共同研究专业领域；2)加强全球公司、美国大学和国际大学之间的国际产业/大学合作；3)为本科生和研究生交流奠定基础；4)为进一步向联邦机构提交提案制定策略；5)讨论改变传统工程课程的方法，以便在国际范围内纳入可持续发展概念。主要研究人员在研究和教学方面有着良好的成就，他们与美国和国际社会的合作一直很出色。该项目的广泛影响将在发展美国大学与新加坡和澳大利亚学校之间的长期国际合作方面发挥重要作用。在不久的将来，将建立以水的可持续性为重点的合作研究项目。将在新加坡国立大学和昆士兰大学开展美国教师和学生（包括研究生和本科生）的交流。教育改革和规划将是扩展项目的一个重要目标，因为亚利桑那大学最近收到了一笔规划拨款，用于开发基于可持续性原则的美国工程课程。规划拨款的结果将在即将举行的（2006年）AIChE和ACS会议上公布，会议期间将专门讨论可持续性。由于亚利桑那大学与墨西哥等其他国家开展了解决可持续资源利用问题的相关项目，因此也可能产生更广泛的国际影响。

AbstractProposal Title: International Planning Visit Proposal to Explore Research Educational Collaborations in Sustainability Proposal Number: CTS-0608470Principal Investigator: Kimberly OgdenInstitution: University of Arizona Analysis (rationale for decision):This international travel/planning proposal will foster the development of international research and education programs focused on sustainability between several US universities and schools in Singapore and Australia. The University of Arizona will be the lead university in an international project that involves key U.S. investigators who are conducting environmentally-related research in an NSF ERC on Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Processing and an NSF STC on Sustainability of Semi-arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas. Both the National University of Singapore and the University of Queensland have internationally recognized programs dealing with sustainability of downstream and upstream processing, water resources, energy, and minerals utilization. The goals of the planning grant will be to: 1) determine areas of common research expertise related to environmental sustainability; 2) strengthen international industrial/university collaborations between global companies, U.S. universities, and international universities; 3) lay the foundation for undergraduate and graduate exchanges; 4) develop strategies for further proposal preparation to federal agencies; and 5) discuss approaches for changing the traditional engineering curricula to incorporate sustainability concepts on an international scale. The principal investigators have a strong record of accomplishment in research and teaching, and their collaborative outreach to U.S. and international communities has been excellent.The broader impact of the project will be significant in developing long-term international collaborations between U.S. universities and schools in Singapore and Australia. Collaborative research projects will be established in the near future that are focused on water sustainability. Exchanges of U.S. faculty and students (both graduate and undergraduate) will be initiated at the National University of Singapore and the University of Queensland. Educational reform and planning will be a significant goal of the extended project, since the University of Arizona has recently received a planning grant for developing a U.S. engineering curriculum based on the principles of sustainability. The outcomes of the planning grant will be made available at upcoming (2006) AIChE and ACS meetings during sessions that are devoted to sustainability. Broader international impacts are also likely since the University of Arizona has related projects addressing sustainable resource utilization with other countries such as Mexico.