FEW: Food-Energy-Water infrastructure systems, engineering solutions and institutions

FEW：食品-能源-水基础设施系统、工程解决方案和机构

• 批准号: 1541771
• 负责人: John Sabo
• 金额: $ 9.49万
• 依托单位: Arizona State 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: 2015-07-01 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1541771&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FEW; Food; Energy; Water; infrastructure

The Arizona State University will convene a workshop to advance an operational, national-scale definition of food-energy-water (FEW) systems complexity and outline a portfolio of basic research questions and programs needed to improve efficiency and resilience across the components of the FEW systems on the local and national scale. The workshop will create new synthetic knowledge that will contribute to the definition of necessary research programs. Workshop activities will provide a platform for collaboration and the creation of new teams to pursue research across the food-energy-water challenge area. Participants include faculty from universities in EPSCoR states and from minority serving institutions such that workshop activities will strengthen science and technology opportunities on these campuses.The Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus is a rich area for basic research in sustainability science that would harness and synthesize insights from multiple fields, including complex systems, materials science, hydrology, civil, electrical and environmental engineering, computation and social science. The nexus contains myriad components covering technology, infrastructure or institutions that need to be included in any problem resolution. The 3-day workshop on the ASU campus will host approximately 60 attendees from multiple universities, national labs, and federal/state agencies. The goal is to invite a balance of participants representing food, water and energy with expertise in a mix of subjects including infrastructure, environmental engineering and institutions. This workshop will advance an operational, national-scale definition of FEW systems and outline research challenges that contribute to improved efficiency and resilience of national and regional FEW systems.

亚利桑那州立大学将召开一次研讨会，以推进全国范围内可操作的食物-能源-水（FEW）系统复杂性的定义，并概述基础研究问题和项目组合，以提高地方和国家范围内FEW系统组成部分的效率和弹性。研讨会将创造新的综合知识，有助于确定必要的研究计划。研讨会活动将为合作和建立新的团队提供一个平台，以便在粮食-能源-水挑战领域进行研究。参加者包括来自EPSCoR州的大学和少数民族服务机构的教员，讲习班活动将加强这些校园的科学和技术机会。食物-能源-水（FEW）关系是可持续发展科学基础研究的一个丰富领域，它将利用和综合来自多个领域的见解，包括复杂系统、材料科学、水文学、土木、电气和环境工程、计算和社会科学。这种关系包含了无数的组成部分，包括技术、基础设施或机构，这些都需要包括在任何问题的解决方案中。为期3天的研讨会将在亚利桑那州立大学校园举办，来自多所大学、国家实验室和联邦/州机构的约60名与会者将参加。会议的目标是邀请来自食品、水和能源领域的参与者，他们在基础设施、环境工程和机构等多个领域具有专业知识。本次研讨会将推进可操作的、国家规模的少数资源系统定义，并概述有助于提高国家和区域少数资源系统效率和复原力的研究挑战。