REU Site: Re-Inventing America's Urban Water Infrastructure

美国的城市基础设施在很大程度上是在20世纪中叶发展起来的，当时能源价格低廉，城市人口较少，对环境影响的认识较少，如对水生栖息地的破坏和温室气体排放。该国许多地区正在经历周期性缺水和历史性干旱，这对水资源造成了前所未有的压力，并推动了对供水选择的重新思考。这种短缺，再加上运营和维护现有水利基础设施的高昂成本，威胁着经济增长、社会福利和国家安全，并突显了改造美国水利基础设施的迫切需要。斯坦福大学本科生研究体验(REU)现场项目由工程研究中心(ERC)主办，旨在重新发明美国城市水基础设施(ReNUWit)，旨在创建安全、可持续管理城市水的新范式。为本科生提供的独特的跨学科研究体验将使来自不同机构的不同且有才华的学生，特别是那些研究机会有限或没有研究机会的学生，沉浸在ReNUWit研究小组中，从事与管理的自然系统和高效的工程系统相关的项目。该项目将提高本科生攻读水科学工程高级学位的兴趣，特别强调女性和少数民族。这个REU网站与RenuWit教师、博士后研究员和研究生合作，为本科生提供在为期9周的暑期项目中进行实践研究的机会，使用跨学科、系统水平的方法，直接解决城市水基础设施设计和水科学/工程方面的关键知识差距。该项目将在位于斯坦福大学、加州大学伯克利分校、科罗拉多矿业学院和新墨西哥州立大学的四个ReNUWit合作机构校区进行。此外，为了进行研究，学生将参加实验室以外的一系列活动，以更多地了解更广泛的研究社区，并磨练成为社区成功贡献者所需的技能。这些活动包括：1)在斯坦福校园举行的所有REU会议。2)与伙伴机构的REU学生每周举行视频会议3)关于技术写作、口头演示和职业选择的职业发展讲习班。和道德规范。4)与ReNUWIT产业附属公司董事会和创新合作伙伴成员互动。REU学生在总结结束时创作的产品-摘要和摘要图形-将在ReNUWit REU在线画廊展示，以供广泛传播。一些REU的学生还将在国内和国际会议上展示他们的工作。

America's urban infrastructure was largely developed in the mid 20th century, a time of inexpensive energy, smaller urban populations, and less awareness of environmental impacts such as damage to aquatic habitat and greenhouse gas emissions. Many regions of the country are experiencing periodic water shortages and historic droughts that have created unprecedented stress on water resources and pushed re-thinking of water supply options. Such shortages, coupled with the high cost of operating and maintaining existing water infrastructure, threaten economic growth, social welfare and national security and underscore the urgent need to transform America's water infrastructure. This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program at Stanford University, hosted by the Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), aims to create a new paradigm for safe, sustainable management of urban water. A unique interdisciplinary research experience for undergraduates will immerse diverse and talented cohorts of students from a variety of institutions, particularly those with limited or no research opportunities, in ReNUWIt research groups, working on projects related to managed natural systems and efficient engineered systems. This program will increase undergraduate students' interests in pursuing advanced degrees in water science engineering, with a particular emphasis on women and minorities.This REU Site offers undergraduates, in collaboration with ReNUWIt faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, opportunities to conduct hands-on research during a 9-week summer program, using cross-disciplinary, systems level approaches that directly address the design of urban water infrastructure and key knowledge gaps in water science/engineering. The program will take place at the four ReNUWIt partner institution campuses located at: Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Colorado School of Mines, and New Mexico State University. In addition, to conducting research the students will participate in a range of activities outside the lab to learn more about the wider research community and to hone the skills needed to become successful contributors to the community. These include: 1) All REU Meeting on the Stanford campus. 2) Weekly videoconferences with REU students at partner institutions 3)Professional development workshops on technical writing, oral presentations, career options. and ethics. 4) Interaction with members of ReNUWIt's Industrial Affiliates Board and Innovation Partners. Products created by the REU students at the end of the summary-abstracts and summary graphics-will be displayed in the online ReNUWIt REU gallery for wide dissemination. Some of the REU students will also present their work at national and international conferences.