CAREER: Beach Contributions of Pathogen Indicators and Pathogens to Coastal Waters

职业：病原体指标和病原体对沿海水域的海滩贡献

• 批准号: 0641406
• 负责人: Alexandria Boehm
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-04-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0641406&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Beach; Contributions; Pathogen; Indicators

Boehm, AlexandriaStanford UniversityProposal Number: 0641406CAREER: Beach Contributions of Pathogen Indicators and Pathogens to Coastal WatersForty-four percent of the world's population resides in coastal communities and thisnumber will continue to grow. The shoreline and coastal waters are highly valued natural resources providing society with food, revenue, and numerous ecosystem services. To maintain healthy coastal ecosystems and clean coastal waters for future generations under increasing anthropogenic pressures, we need to develop sound management practices and policies for coastal margins. The proposed work addresses this need by elucidating anthropogenic and environmental factors that control densities of FIB along the shoreline. The proposed research activities will benefit society as a whole by providing information that will allow for better management of human health risks at recreational beaches.The integrated research and education plan presented in this CAREER proposal aims to provide the next generation of environmental engineers with skills to solve multi-disciplinary coastal water quality problems. The students who participate in the proposed research/education activities will be environmental engineers trained in fundamentals with breadth in microbiology, coastal oceanography, policy, and law, and thus well educated to tackle complex coastal water quality problems. As environmental problems of the future will require well-versed multidisciplinary investigators, the students will be well prepared for a future in environmental problem solving. The education plan focuses on coastal water quality as a theme and uses field projects and hands-on experiences as vehicles for learning. Middle and high school students, undergraduate and graduate students, and high school teachers are targets for the education plan. Specific objectives include the implementation of a novel, interdisciplinary environmental engineering class to be co-taught with lawyers, and a service learning class to be taught with a local wastewater treatment plant as the community partner. The PI will mentor under-represented high school students from East Palo Alto, create a 1-day module on water quality for Stanford0s Upward Bound program for under-privileged middle and high school students, and work with a high school teacher to develop field and lab projects for high school science classes.

职业：病原体指标和病原体对沿海水域的海滩贡献世界上44%的人口居住在沿海社区，这一数字将继续增长。海岸线和沿海水域是非常宝贵的自然资源，为社会提供食物、收入和许多生态系统服务。为了在日益增加的人为压力下为子孙后代保持健康的沿海生态系统和清洁的沿海水域，我们需要为沿海边缘制定健全的管理做法和政策。拟议的工作通过阐明控制沿海岸线FIB密度的人为和环境因素来解决这一需求。拟议的研究活动将为整个社会带来好处，因为它提供的信息将有助于更好地管理娱乐泳滩的人类健康风险。本职业建议中提出的综合研究和教育计划旨在为下一代环境工程师提供解决多学科沿海水质问题的技能。参与研究/教育活动的学生将成为环境工程师，接受微生物学、沿海海洋学、政策和法律等基础知识的培训，从而接受良好的教育，以解决复杂的沿海水质问题。由于未来的环境问题将需要精通多学科的研究者，学生将为未来解决环境问题做好充分的准备。该教育计划以沿海水质为主题，以实地项目和实践经验为学习手段。初高中学生、本科生和研究生以及高中教师是教育计划的对象。具体目标包括与律师共同教授一门新颖的跨学科环境工程课程，以及与当地一家污水处理厂作为社区合作伙伴共同教授一门服务学习课程。该项目将指导来自东帕洛阿尔托的弱势高中生，为斯坦福大学面向弱势中学生和高中生的“向上发展”项目创建一个为期一天的水质模块，并与一名高中教师合作，为高中科学课程开发实地和实验室项目。