NRT: Education Model Program on Water-Energy Research (EMPOWER) at Syracuse University

NRT：雪城大学水能源研究教育模型项目 (EMPOWER)

• 批准号: 1449617
• 负责人: Charles Driscoll
• 金额: $ 296.53万
• 依托单位: Syracuse University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-04-01 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1449617&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; Education; Model; Program; Water

Research at the interface of water and energy cycles is critical to inform solutions to meet human needs for water and energy. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award will prepare master?s and doctoral students at Syracuse University with the tools needed to advance understanding of hydrocarbons, the primary energy source for current societies, and linkages to water quality and availability. The domestic and international field components of this program promote integrated technical training and global awareness of research with significant societal impact. In addition to technical knowledge, students will develop the professional skills in communication, public policy, management, and law that will prepare them to share the science and engineering discoveries with diverse audiences. The program will produce a cadre of highly skilled trainees in a field where graduates often pursue a wide range of non-academic careers as well as research careers. By filling critical gaps in knowledge on the complete pathway of hydrocarbon production and interconnections with the water cycle, this training program contributes to our national competitiveness and environmental security.This NRT program bridges chemistry, engineering, and earth science to tackle issues at the water-energy nexus. The research theme spans the complete pathway of hydrocarbon energy production, from deposition and origin of hydrocarbons, to production from shale, to environmental effects of hydrocarbon use, and the linkages of the energy and water cycles. Trainees will address knowledge gaps on hydrological and geological controls on the development of productive shale plays, characterization of produced water and gas from shale, and how changes in emissions, fuel sources, and infrastructure for hydrocarbon transport impact the environment. The program provides training beyond core academic competency with comprehensive technical and professional development training that will develop student understanding of how knowledge in one area can be applied to another.

水和能源循环界面的研究对于提供满足人类对水和能源需求的解决方案至关重要。 这个国家科学基金会研究培训（NRT）奖将准备硕士？在锡拉丘兹大学的教授和博士生的帮助下，他们利用所需的工具来促进对碳氢化合物的理解，碳氢化合物是当今社会的主要能源，与水质和可用性的联系。 该计划的国内和国际领域组成部分促进了综合技术培训和全球对具有重大社会影响的研究的认识。 除了技术知识，学生还将培养沟通，公共政策，管理和法律方面的专业技能，使他们能够与不同的受众分享科学和工程发现。 该计划将在毕业生经常从事广泛的非学术职业以及研究职业的领域培养出一支高技能的受训人员队伍。 通过填补碳氢化合物生产的完整途径以及与水循环的相互联系方面的知识空白，该培训计划有助于我们的国家竞争力和环境安全。该NRT计划将化学，工程和地球科学联系起来，以解决水能源关系中的问题。 研究主题涵盖了碳氢化合物能源生产的完整途径，从碳氢化合物的沉积和起源，到页岩的生产，到碳氢化合物使用的环境影响，以及能源和水循环的联系。 学员将解决有关生产性页岩开发的水文和地质控制方面的知识差距，页岩采出水和天然气的特征，以及排放，燃料来源和碳氢化合物运输基础设施的变化如何影响环境。 该计划提供超越核心学术能力的培训，全面的技术和专业发展培训，将培养学生对一个领域的知识如何应用于另一个领域的理解。