Research on Environmental Sustainability of Semi-Arid Coastal Areas (RESSACA)

半干旱沿海地区环境可持续性研究（RESSACA）

• 批准号: 0734850
• 负责人: David Ramirez
• 金额: $ 500万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2014-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0734850&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Environmental; Sustainability; Semi; Arid

The College of Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) will use this Phase II CREST funding for its Research on Environmental Sustainability of Semi-Arid Coastal Areas (RESSACA) project. The project's goal is to become a nationally competitive leader in research on environmental engineering and sustainability, by identifying and advancing technology and knowledge generation goals, expanding partnership successes, and increasing the Hispanic environmental engineering graduate pool. Objectives are to: 1) become a major research resource and partner for environmental sustainability with institutions and industry in the South Texas-Mexico border region; 2) integrate research and education by engaging K-PhD students and the public; 3) increase Hispanic access and success in advanced environmental engineering degrees and their representation as environmental engineering faculty; and 4) transfer research and technology to the public. Research will focus on environmental sustainability in the semi-arid coastal regions of the Texas US-Mexico border, using three integrated subprojects: (1) Environmental Modeling and Informatics (EMI); (2) Environmental Monitoring and Assessments (EMA); and (3) Sustainable Technologies for the Environment (STE). The Univ. of Texas at Brownsville and Texas A&M International Univ., Hispanic-Serving Institutions will provide a student pipeline and regional-level research collaborations; National-level partnerships with Sandia National Laboratories have been formed to study trans-boundary water management and other topics. Bi-national research alliances developed with Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) (Mexico) during RESSACA-1 will be expanded in RESSACA-2 to monitor and model trans-boundary fluxes which will provide a solid foundation for creating pertinent technologies and new knowledge for science-based decision making focused on sustainability issues affecting the Texas-Mexico border region.

德克萨斯农工大学金斯维尔分校 (TAMUK) 工程学院将利用第二阶段 CREST 资金进行半干旱沿海地区环境可持续性研究 (RESSACA) 项目。该项目的目标是通过确定和推进技术和知识生成目标、扩大合作成功以及增加西班牙裔环境工程毕业生库，成为环境工程和可持续发展研究领域具有全国竞争力的领导者。目标是： 1) 成为德克萨斯州南部-墨西哥边境地区的机构和工业界环境可持续性的主要研究资源和合作伙伴； 2）通过K-PhD学生和公众的参与将研究和教育结合起来； 3) 增加西班牙裔获得高级环境工程学位的机会和成功，以及他们作为环境工程教师的代表性； 4）向公众转让研究和技术。 研究将重点关注德克萨斯州美墨边境半干旱沿海地区的环境可持续性，使用三个综合子项目：（1）环境建模和信息学（EMI）； (2) 环境监测与评估（EMA）； (3) 环境可持续技术（STE）。大学。德克萨斯州布朗斯维尔分校和德克萨斯农工国际大学的西班牙裔服务机构将提供学生渠道和地区级研究合作；与桑迪亚国家实验室建立了国家级合作伙伴关系，以研究跨境水管理和其他主题。在 RESSACA-1 期间与蒙特雷高等技术研究所 (ITESM)（墨西哥）建立的两国研究联盟将在 RESSACA-2 中得到扩展，以监测和模拟跨界通量，这将为创建相关技术和新知识奠定坚实的基础，以便以科学为基础的决策，重点关注影响德克萨斯州-墨西哥边境地区的可持续发展问题。