IGERT: Solving Urbanization Challenges by Design - A New PhD Program Between Architecture and Engineering

这一综合性研究生教育和研究培训(IGERT)奖项支持哥伦比亚大学发展一个新的博士项目，该项目将结合建筑学和工程学的观点，以应对城市化日益增长的挑战。该专业将为博士生提供开展研究所需的多学科设计和规划技能，以满足新的城市要求：(1)适应性--设计建筑物和电力、交通、供水和卫生基础设施，具有足够的灵活性，可以随着城市需求的发展以及各种城市结构周围环境的变化而重新调整用途；(2)生态设计--研究建筑物、城市景观、土地使用和基础设施的环境性能；以及(3)复原力--设计建筑物和基础设施，预测气候变化对海平面的影响，以及人为和自然灾害的可能性。这一IGERT最重要的智力贡献将是对相互依赖的规划要求的审查，以及对适应性、生态学和复原力的整体设计。合作的建筑和工程工作室将作为一种教学工具，将工程和建筑研究方法结合在博士水平上。城市利益攸关方参与工作室研究将有助于确保研究具有相关性并在实践中适用。与欧洲、非洲和亚洲城市环境中的大学合作，将为该项目提供全球视角。将作出重大努力，确保妇女和代表性不足的少数群体广泛参与该方案。IGERT将毕业一批不同的博士生，他们可以帮助形成当代城市化所需的政策、优先事项和投资。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在应对培养具有跨学科背景、所选学科的深厚知识以及满足未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目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，催化研究生教育的文化变革。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award supports the development of a new Ph.D. program at Columbia University that will combine architecture and engineering perspectives to address the growing challenges of urbanization. The program will provide doctoral students with the multidisciplinary design and planning skills needed to conduct research to meet new urban requirements for: (1) adaptability - designing buildings and power, transport, water and sanitation infrastructure with sufficient flexibility to be repurposed as urban needs evolve, and as the immediate environment surrounding various urban structures changes; (2) ecology - designing to address the environmental performance of buildings, urban landscapes, land uses and infrastructure; and (3) resilience - designing buildings and infrastructure anticipating the impact of climate changes on sea level, and the possibility of man-made and natural disasters. The most important intellectual contribution of this IGERT will be the examination of the interdependent requirements of planning, and designing holistically for adaptability, ecology and resilience. Collaborative architectural and engineering studios will be used as a pedagogical tool for integrating engineering and architectural research approaches at the doctoral level. The involvement of urban stakeholders in the studio research will help ensure that the research is relevant and applicable in practice. Collaborations with universities in urban environments located within Europe, Africa and Asia will provide a global perspective to the program. Significant efforts will be made to ensure broad participation of women and under-represented minorities in the program. The IGERT will graduate a cohort of diverse doctoral students who can help shape the policies, priorities, and investments needed for contemporary urbanization. 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.