RCN-SEES: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage

1231393(PARK)对全球能源使用的预测表明，除非对能源的生产和使用方式做出重大改变，否则碳排放和大气中二氧化碳浓度将继续增加。因此，碳捕获、利用和封存是人类面临的最紧迫的技术和社会挑战之一。到目前为止，这些技术都是相互独立开发的，这导致了复杂的经济挑战设计，而没有太多关于实施这些技术的社会问题的讨论。这个多学科的RCN-SEES团队旨在为CCUS提供变革性的研究方向，并促进有效跨越自然科学、工程学和社会科学及经济科学边界的研究合作，为开发的技术及其实施计划开发新的理解、理论、模型和技术以及评估工具。指导委员会：指导委员会由来自多个机构的自然科学、工程和社会科学学科的教职员工以及行业成员组成。(1)来自哥伦比亚大学的成员：A.-H.Alissa Park(PI)和K.Lackner(地球与环境工程)，P.Keleman(地球与环境科学)，J.Matter(Lamont-Doherty地球天文台)，P.Marcotullio(建筑)，M.Gerrard(政策/法律)，G.Wagner(商业)，P.Schlosser(地球研究所副主任)，M.E.Carr(地球研究所能源建模与传播)，C.Meinrenken(Lenfest可持续能源中心)；(2)少数族裔机构的成员：J.Lee(纽约城市学院)、M.Stute(Barnard学院)；(3)碳管理技术项目的代表，这是一个由五个美国工程专业学会合作的项目：D.Schuster(美国化学工程师学会可持续发展研究所)。智力优势：这个RCN-SEES团队处于有利地位，可以促进学术界、工业界、公众和政策制定者之间的沟通和合作。它的活动包括一年一度的专题讨论会和每两年举办一次的讲习班，这些讲习班将向公众以及更广泛的国际社会开放。将为K-12教师和年轻专业人员举办网络研讨会，以传播关于教育环境的最新研究成果，并帮助教育和吸引与能源和环境有关的行业的年轻专业人员。还将通过WebEx每两个月举办一次研讨会，以促进参与成员之间的研究合作。研究成果也将被纳入新的碳管理硕士项目，该项目目前正在哥伦比亚大学开发。此外，还将利用学生交换计划，为参与计划的本科生和研究生提供更广泛的研究体验。将创建一个网站和专家数据库，并将其连接到作为碳管理技术项目成员的所有五名工程专业人士的网站，以提供关于CCUS技术的宝贵资源。更广泛的影响：哥伦比亚大学地球研究所和工程与应用科学学院在国际推广和教育项目发展方面经验丰富。他们目前正在共同开发一个新的碳管理硕士项目，用于劳动力培训，以科学、工程、商业、政策和法律等核心课程为基础，了解CCUS的多方面性质。该计划将是落实RCN-SEE小组努力的平台之一。工程创始人协会的碳管理技术项目的积极参与将使这个RCN-Sees团队能够影响到大量的科学家和工程师以及商业和政策方面的决策者。来自仅限女性的机构(Barnard College)和传统上属于少数族裔的机构(CCNY)的教职员工和学生将积极参与，加强在多样性问题上的努力。K-12教师的参与也将在更广泛的影响中发挥重要作用，而来自不同国家的国际合作伙伴(如中国、韩国、法国和意大利)将促进与全球社区的快速沟通。

1231393 (Park) Predictions of global energy usage indicate a continued increase in carbon emissions and rising concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere unless major changes are made to the way energy is produced and used. Consequently, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) is one of the most urgent technological and societal challenges faced by humanity. Until now, these technologies have been developed independently of one another, which has resulted in complex and economically challenged designs without much discussion on the societal issues for their implementation. This multidisciplinary RCN-SEES team is formulated to provide transformative research directions in CCUS and facilitate research collaborations that effectively cross the boundaries of the natural sciences, engineering, and the social and economic sciences to develop new understanding, theories, models and technologies as well as assessment tools for the developed technologies and their implementation plans. Steering Committee: The steering committee consists of faculty members from Natural Science, Engineering, and Social Science disciplines from multiple institutions as well as industrial members. (1) Members from Columbia University: A.-H. Alissa Park (PI) and K. Lackner (Earth and Environmental Eng.), P. Kelemen (Earth and Environmental Science), J. Matter (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), P. Marcotullio (Architecture), M. Gerrard (Policy/Law), G. Wagner (Business), P. Schlosser (Associate Director, Earth Institute), M.-E. Carr (Energy modeling & communication, Earth Institute), C. Meinrenken (Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy); (2) Members from Minority institutions: J. Lee (City College of New York), M. Stute (Barnard College); (3) The representative of the Carbon Management Technology Project, a collaboration of five U.S. engineering professional societies: D. Schuster (Institute for Sustainability, American Institute of Chemical Engineers). Intellectual Merit: This RCN-SEES team is well-positioned to facilitate communications and collaborations among academia, industry, the public and policy makers. Its activities include annual symposiums and bi-annual workshops which will be open to the public as well as broader international communities. There will be webinars for K-12 teachers and young professionals to disseminate most recent research findings into the educational environment and help to educate and engage young professionals in the energy and environment related industries. Bi-monthly seminars via WebEx will also be employed to facilitate research collaboration among participating members. The research findings will also be incorporated into the new Masters program on Carbon Management which is currently being developed at Columbia University. Moreover, a student exchange program will be used to allow broader research experiences for participating undergraduate and graduate students. A website and expert database will be created and it will be connected to the websites of all the five engineering professional socieites that are members of the Carbon Management Technology Project to provide valuable resources on CCUS technologies. Broader Impacts: The Earth Institute and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University are experienced in international outreach and the development of educational programs. Jointly, they are currently developing a new Masters program on Carbon Management for workforce training on understanding the multifaceted nature of CCUS based on core classes in science, engineering, business, policy and law. This program will be one of the platforms for the implementation of the efforts of this RCN-SEES team. The active participation by the Engineering Founder Society's Carbon Management Technology Project will allow this RCN-SEES team to impact large groups of scientists and engineers as well as decision makers in business and policy. Faculty and students from a female only institution (Barnard College) and a traditionally minority institution (CCNY) will be actively engaged to enhance efforts on diversity issues. The involvement of K-12 teachers will also play an important role in broader impacts, while international partners from various countries (e.g., China, Korea, France and Italy) will facilitate rapid communications with global communities.