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

1231393 （Park）对全球能源使用的预测表明，除非能源的生产和使用方式发生重大变化，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（CCUS）是人类面临的最紧迫的技术和社会挑战之一。到目前为止，这些技术都是彼此独立开发的，这导致了复杂且经济上具有挑战性的设计，而没有对其实施的社会问题进行太多讨论。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，工程学和社会科学和经济科学界限的研究合作，以开发新的理解，理论，模型和技术以及评估工具，为已开发的技术及其实施计划。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师以及工业界成员组成。(1)哥伦比亚大学成员：a.h。Alissa Park （PI）和K. Lackner（地球与环境工程），P. Kelemen（地球与环境科学），J. Matter （Lamont-Doherty地球观测站），P. Marcotullio（建筑学），M. Gerrard（政策/法律），G. Wagner（商业），P. Schlosser（地球研究所副所长），m - e。卡尔（地球研究所能源建模与通信），C.迈因伦肯（Lenfest可持续能源中心）；(2)少数族裔院校成员：J. Lee（纽约城市学院）、M. Stute（巴纳德学院）；(3)碳管理技术项目代表，该项目是美国五个工程专业协会的合作：D. Schuster （Institute for Sustainability, American Institute of Chemical Engineers）。知识优势：这个RCN-SEES团队在促进学术界、工业界、公众和政策制定者之间的沟通和合作方面处于有利地位。其活动包括年度专题讨论会和两年一次的讲习班，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教师和年轻专业人士举办网络研讨会，向教育环境传播最新的研究成果，并帮助教育和吸引能源和环境相关行业的年轻专业人士。通过WebEx的双月研讨会也将被采用，以促进参与成员之间的研究合作。研究结果也将被纳入哥伦比亚大学目前正在开发的新的碳管理硕士课程。此外，学生交换计划将被用来为参与的本科生和研究生提供更广泛的研究经验。将建立一个网站和专家数据库，并与参与“碳管理技术计划”的所有五个工程专业学会的网站相连，以提供有关CCUS技术的宝贵资源。更广泛的影响：地球研究所和哥伦比亚大学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。目前，他们正在共同开发一个新的碳管理硕士课程，以了解基于科学、工程、商业、政策和法律核心课程的CCUS的多面性，用于劳动力培训。该项目将成为实施RCN-SEES团队工作的平台之一。工程创始人协会碳管理技术项目的积极参与将使RCN-SEES团队能够影响大量科学家和工程师以及商业和政策决策者。来自女子学院（巴纳德学院）和传统少数族裔学院（CCNY）的教师和学生将积极参与，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（如中国、韩国、法国和意大利）的国际合作伙伴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.