IGERT: Offshore Wind Energy Engineering, Environmental Science, and Policy

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖将建立在美国的第一个跨学科博士培训计划，直接解决工程，环境科学和政策之间的接口，因为它涉及到可再生能源。海上风能是一个有前途的解决方案，许多世界？尽管能源问题迫在眉睫，但新风电项目的安装面临着许多障碍。该项目通过关注三个关键挑战的交叉点来解决这些障碍：1）工程海上风能系统; 2）减轻环境影响; 3）将经济，社会和政策问题纳入公众接受的设计中，以利益相关者参与和公平的理念为基础。智力优势：该计划的主要特点包括：新颖的跨学科研究;共享课程;海上风电装置的设计，评估和实施的创新实时案例研究;跨学科团队互动工作的工作室的使用，以解决案例研究中的真实的问题;和领先的国际海上风能机构的研究经验。IGERT将采用多层次方法招募学生参与者，特别注意代表性不足的学生的积极参与。更广泛的影响：学生在该计划中的共享经验旨在提供必要的智力灵活性，跨学科培训和专业技能，以推动风能的科学，工程和开发，从而创建技术和环境无害的可再生能源项目，同时也适合邻近社区。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。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award will establish the first interdisciplinary doctoral training program in the United States that directly addresses the interface between engineering, environmental science, and policy as it relates to renewable energy. Offshore wind energy is a promising solution to many of the world?s looming energy problems, yet the installation of new wind projects faces numerous barriers. This project addresses these barriers by focusing on the intersection of three key challenges: 1) engineering offshore wind energy systems; 2) mitigating environmental impacts; and 3) incorporating economic, social, and policy concerns into design for public acceptance, grounded in a philosophy of stakeholder engagement and equity. Intellectual Merit: Key features of the program include: novel interdisciplinary research; shared coursework; an innovative real-time case study of the design, evaluation, and implementation of an offshore wind installation; the use of studios in which interdisciplinary teams work interactively to address real issues in the case study; and research experiences at leading international offshore wind energy institutions. The IGERT will recruit student participants using a multi-tiered approach with particular attention to strong participation by under-represented students. Broader Impacts: The shared experience of the students in the program is designed to provide the intellectual flexibility, cross-disciplinary training and professional skills necessary to move the science, engineering, and development of wind energy forward, leading to the creation of renewable energy projects that are technically and environmentally sound while also being suited to neighboring communities. 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.