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

亚利桑那州立大学将召开一次研讨会，以推进食品-能源-水（FEW）系统复杂性的全国范围的操作定义，并概述一系列基础研究问题和项目，以提高当地和全国范围内FEW系统各组成部分的效率和弹性。研讨会将创造新的综合知识，这将有助于必要的研究计划的定义。 讲习班活动将提供一个合作平台，并建立新的团队，在粮食-能源-水挑战领域开展研究。参与者包括来自EPSCoR各州大学和少数民族服务机构的教师，因此研讨会活动将加强这些校园的科学和技术机会。食品-能源-水（FEW）关系是可持续发展科学基础研究的丰富领域，将利用和综合多个领域的见解，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。这一联系包含了无数的组成部分，涵盖了任何问题解决方案都需要包括的技术、基础设施或机构。 在ASU校园为期3天的研讨会将接待来自多所大学，国家实验室和联邦/州机构的约60名与会者。目标是邀请代表粮食、水和能源的与会者，他们在基础设施、环境工程和机构等学科方面具有专长。本次研讨会将推进一个可操作的，国家规模的定义的FEW系统，并概述研究的挑战，有助于提高效率和国家和区域的FEW系统的弹性。

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.