REU Site: Sustainable Management and Beneficial Reuse of Residual Wastes and Byproducts

REU 网站：残余废物和副产品的可持续管理和有益再利用

• 批准号: 1263337
• 负责人: Gregg Fiegel
• 金额: $ 37.52万
• 依托单位: California Polytechnic State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-03-01 至 2017-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1263337&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Sustainable; Management; Beneficial

Support from the NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers will establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on the sustainable management and beneficial reuse of residual wastes and byproducts. Faculty at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo will manage the REU site.The REU program at Cal Poly will engage undergraduates on research leading to the discovery of new knowledge, provide mentoring for a diverse research team, promote graduate study as a future professional goal, and provide instructive and appealing learning components. The program will support ten undergraduates per year for a period of three years. Extensive time will be provided for research and discovery. In addition, specific periods will be set aside for structured learning and professional development activities designed to provide the participants with skills, tools, and training essential for success in research. These activities include workshops and seminars on interpersonal communication, research best-practices, ethics, data analysis, project reporting, graduate school expectations, and contemporary issues. As part of the research experience, the participants will formulate a hypothesis, develop a research plan, carry out a research investigation, prepare progress reports using a variety of technology-enriched approaches, present findings to a group of peers and research mentors through a variety of presentation modes, and reflect on achievements. Assessment of participant knowledge, skills, and abilities will take place before, during, and after the research appointments to evaluate the level of achievement of program objectives and student learning outcomes. The REU program will engage students on research supported by the Global Waste Research Institute (GWRI), an interdisciplinary organization at Cal Poly focused on promoting collaborative and cutting-edge research and educational activities. Institute goals are to advance current practices in resource management and to conduct research on and provide anticipatory solutions to the entire lifecycle of large quantities and wide varieties of wastes and byproducts. The GWRI fosters collaboration between the colleges of Engineering, Science, Agriculture, and Business, where experts from complementary disciplines work together to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to existing and emerging challenges in waste and byproduct management. Fundamental research to be undertaken as part of the REU program involves waste management, pollution prevention, waste to energy conversion, and beneficial reuse of wastes and byproducts. Focused GWRI research topics, conscientious recruiting, targeted mentoring, open communication, and emphasis on generating publications will ensure state-of-the art research by the undergraduates, leading to rapid dissemination of research findings into the scientific literature. All members of society are affected by wastes and byproducts due to the ubiquitous nature of these materials. The REU program at Cal Poly will engage undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty members, and collaborating engineering practitioners on interdisciplinary research related to the sustainable management and beneficial reuse of wastes. Advancements in the management of existing, new, and emerging waste and byproduct streams will contribute significantly to the protection of the environment as well as human health and safety. Opportunities for entrepreneurship will be encouraged through various ongoing programs and projects. The well-developed dissemination strategy will affect stakeholders at the home institutions of the undergraduate participants as well as the engineering research and education communities at large. A primary objective of the REU program is to have faculty and graduate students mentor a diverse team of undergraduates, thereby broadening research opportunities for women and minorities. A focused and well-targeted recruitment goal calls for at least sixty percent of the program participants to be members of underrepresented groups. Graduate students will be trained as program mentors using current best-practices. Each graduate student will receive regular feedback on his or her mentor performance to motivate interest in research careers and/or further graduate study and to help ensure successful research experiences for the undergraduates.

在国家科学基金会工程教育和中心分部的支持下，将建立一个本科生研究经验(REU)网站，重点关注剩余废物和副产品的可持续管理和有益再利用。圣路易斯奥比斯波加州大学保利分校的教师将管理REU网站。加州大学保利分校的REU项目将吸引本科生从事有助于发现新知识的研究，为多元化的研究团队提供指导，将研究生学习作为未来的专业目标，并提供具有指导性和吸引力的学习内容。该计划将在三年内每年资助十名本科生。将为研究和发现提供大量的时间。此外，还将为有组织的学习和专业发展活动留出特定的时间，旨在为参与者提供研究成功所必需的技能、工具和培训。这些活动包括关于人际交流、研究最佳做法、伦理、数据分析、项目报告、研究生院期望和当代问题的讲习班和研讨会。作为研究经验的一部分，参与者将制定假设，制定研究计划，进行研究调查，使用各种技术丰富的方法编写进展报告，通过各种展示方式向一群同行和研究导师介绍研究结果，并反思成就。对参与者的知识、技能和能力的评估将在研究预约之前、期间和之后进行，以评估项目目标和学生学习结果的实现水平。REU计划将让学生参与由全球废物研究所(GWRI)支持的研究，GWRI是加州大学保利分校的一个跨学科组织，专注于促进协作和尖端研究和教育活动。研究所的目标是推进目前的资源管理做法，对大量和种类繁多的废物和副产品的整个生命周期进行研究并提供预期的解决办法。GWRI促进了工程、科学、农业和商业学院之间的合作，来自互补学科的专家共同努力，为废物和副产品管理方面现有的和新出现的挑战开发创新和可持续的解决方案。作为REU计划的一部分，基础研究涉及废物管理、污染预防、废物到能源的转化以及废物和副产品的有益再利用。GWRI专注的研究主题、认真的招聘、有针对性的指导、开放的交流和对出版物的重视将确保本科生进行最先进的研究，从而将研究成果迅速传播到科学文献中。由于废物和副产品无处不在的性质，所有社会成员都受到这些物质的影响。加州大学保利分校的REU项目将吸引本科生、研究生、教职员工和合作的工程从业者进行与可持续管理和有益的废物再利用相关的跨学科研究。在现有的、新的和新出现的废物和副产品流管理方面的进步将大大有助于保护环境以及人类的健康和安全。将通过各种正在进行的计划和项目鼓励创业机会。完善的传播战略将影响本科生学员所在机构的利益攸关方以及整个工程学、研究和教育界。REU计划的一个主要目标是让教职员工和研究生指导一个不同的本科生团队，从而扩大妇女和少数族裔的研究机会。有重点和有针对性的招聘目标要求至少60%的计划参与者是代表性不足的群体的成员。研究生将接受培训，成为使用当前最佳实践的项目导师。每名研究生将定期收到有关其导师表现的反馈，以激发他们对研究事业和/或研究生深造的兴趣，并帮助确保本科生获得成功的研究经验。