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

1231393（公园） 对全球能源使用情况的预测表明，除非对能源的生产和使用方式作出重大改变，否则碳排放量将继续增加，大气中的二氧化碳浓度也将不断上升。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，这些技术都是独立开发的，这导致了复杂和经济上的挑战设计，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，工程和社会经济科学界限的研究合作，以开发新的理解，理论，模型和技术以及开发技术及其实施计划的评估工具。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师以及工业成员组成。(1)来自哥伦比亚大学的成员：A.- H. Alissa Park（PI）和K. Lackner（地球与环境工程师），P. Kelemen（地球与环境科学），J. Matter（拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球观测站），P. Marcotullio（建筑学），M. Gerrard（政策/法律），G.瓦格纳（商业），P. Schlosser（地球研究所副所长），M.- E.卡尔（能源建模通信，地球研究所），C。（2）少数族裔机构成员：J. Lee（纽约城市学院）、M. Stute（巴纳德学院）;（3）美国五个工程专业学会合作的碳管理技术项目的代表：D.舒斯特（可持续发展研究所，美国化学工程师学会）。智力优势：该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。它的活动包括每年一次的专题讨论会和每两年一次的讲习班，这些讲习班将向公众和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，将最新的研究成果传播到教育环境中，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用来促进参与成员之间的研究合作。研究结果还将纳入目前正在哥伦比亚大学开发的新的碳管理硕士项目中。此外，学生交流计划将被用来让参与本科生和研究生更广泛的研究经验。将建立一个网站和专家数据库，并将其连接到碳管理技术项目成员的所有五个工程专业学会的网站，以提供有关CCUS技术的宝贵资源。 更广泛的影响：哥伦比亚大学的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的开发方面经验丰富。他们目前正在共同开发一个新的碳管理硕士课程，用于劳动力培训，以了解CCUS的多方面性质，这些性质基于科学，工程，商业，政策和法律的核心课程。 该方案将成为实施RCN SEES小组工作的平台之一。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。 来自一所仅限女性的机构（巴纳德学院）和一所传统上属于少数民族的机构（纽约市立大学）的教师和学生将积极参与，以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，而来自各国的国际合作伙伴（例如，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.