NRT-INFEWS: Paths to Sustainable Food-Energy-Water Systems in Resource-Limited Communities

NRT-INFEWS：资源有限社区可持续粮食-能源-水系统之路

• 批准号: 1633098
• 负责人: David Cwiertny
• 金额: $ 299.93万
• 依托单位: University of Iowa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1633098&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; INFEWS; Paths; Sustainable; Food

The complex interconnectivity of society's food, energy and water resources, as well as their inextricable link to socioeconomic factors, present both grand challenges and opportunities that demand new paradigms in problem solving and cooperation across non-traditional disciplines. Nowhere will this challenge be greater than in resource-constrained communities, not only in the developing world but also in the often-overlooked populations of rural America and poor urban centers, where solutions to food/energy/water challenges will need to be tailored to specific communities. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to the University of Iowa will produce a new generation of water sustainability professionals specifically trained to promote sustainable development of food, energy and water resources in these underserved communities, not only as researchers and professors, but also as entrepreneurs, consultants, and civic, professional and global engineers. This project anticipates training fifty (50) MS and PhD students via new graduate degree and certificate programs in Sustainable Water Development, including twenty (20) funded trainees, by leveraging university expertise in all facets of water sustainability including engineering, economics, policy, law, public health, geography, ecology and informatics.This research aims to re-envision STEM graduate education in fields related to water sustainability at the nexus of food and energy resources. We propose a new training paradigm in which educational and research activities at all degree levels (MS and PhD) are focused on experiences that connect trainees directly to the most vulnerable communities in need, thereby satisfying students' stated desires to engage in work that addresses social injustices arising from disparities in resource security. Courses, research projects, community service, and professional training experiences will all be tailored to the trainees' desired career paths. To launch this model, we will create a new graduate degree program at the University of Iowa focused on the development of sustainable water resources in resource-limited communities (e.g., rural and poor communities). The Sustainable Water Development degree will be housed in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, while building upon strengths across the campus in the area of water sustainability and emphasizing the critical roles of both water quality and quantity as well as food and energy production. Major research efforts will address high priority research needs for such communities, including: forecasting, mitigating and adapting to climate variability; innovative solutions for minimizing waste streams and promoting resource recovery; new water treatment infrastructure suitable in scale and associated energy demand for small communities; and management of biogeochemical cycles and agro-ecosystem structure to promote environmental quality. In addition, we will develop a graduate certificate program in Sustainable Water Development available to the entire graduate STEM population at the university, thereby adding valuable specialization to existing degree programs in water-relevant STEM fields (e.g., chemistry, biology, physics and mathematics).The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The Traineeship Track is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas, through the comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.

社会的粮食、能源和水资源错综复杂地相互联系，并与社会经济因素有着千丝万缕的联系，这既是巨大的挑战，也是机遇，需要在解决问题和开展跨非传统学科的合作方面采取新的模式。这一挑战在任何地方都不会比资源受限的社区更大，不仅在发展中国家，而且在经常被忽视的美国农村和贫穷的城市中心人口中也是如此，在这些社区，应对食物/能源/水挑战的解决方案将需要针对特定社区量身定做。这项授予爱荷华大学的国家科学基金会研究培训(NRT)奖将培养出新一代水可持续发展专业人员，他们不仅作为研究人员和教授，而且作为企业家、顾问以及公民、专业和全球工程师，接受过专门培训，以促进这些服务不足的社区的食品、能源和水资源的可持续发展。该项目预计通过可持续水资源开发的新的研究生学位和证书项目培训50(50)名MS和博士生，其中包括20(20)名资助的实习生，利用大学在水可持续发展的所有方面的专业知识，包括工程、经济、政策、法律、公共卫生、地理、生态和信息。本研究旨在重新设想STEM研究生教育在食品和能源资源的关系中与水可持续发展相关的领域。我们提出了一种新的培训模式，在这种模式下，所有学位水平(硕士和博士)的教育和研究活动都侧重于将受训人员直接与最有需要的弱势社区联系起来的经验，从而满足学生的既定愿望，即从事解决因资源安全差距而产生的社会不公正的工作。课程、研究项目、社区服务和专业培训经验都将根据学员理想的职业道路进行量身定做。为了启动这一模式，我们将在爱荷华大学开设一个新的研究生学位课程，专注于在资源有限的社区(如农村和贫困社区)发展可持续水资源。可持续水发展学位将设在土木工程与环境工程系，同时加强整个校园在水可持续性领域的优势，并强调水质和水量以及食品和能源生产的关键作用。主要研究工作将针对这类社区的高度优先研究需求，包括：预测、减缓和适应气候变化；尽量减少废物流和促进资源回收的创新解决方案；适合小型社区的规模和相关能源需求的新水处理基础设施；以及管理生物地球化学循环和农业生态系统结构，以提高环境质量。此外，我们将开发一个面向大学所有STEM研究生的可持续水资源开发研究生证书课程，从而在与水相关的STEM领域(例如，化学、生物、物理和数学)的现有学位课程中增加有价值的专业。NSF研究培训(NRT)计划旨在鼓励为STEM研究生教育培训开发和实施大胆的、具有潜在变革意义的新模式。培训路径致力于通过创新的、基于证据的、与不断变化的劳动力和研究需求保持一致的综合培训模式，在高度优先的跨学科研究领域对STEM研究生进行有效培训。

项目成果

Changes in monthly baseflow across the U.S. Midwest

美国中西部月度基流变化

• DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13359
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Hydrological Processes
• 影响因子: 3.2
• 作者: Ayers, Jessica R.;Villarini, Gabriele;Jones, Christopher;Schilling, Keith
• 通讯作者: Schilling, Keith

Evaluating Collaborative Readiness for Interdisciplinary Flood Research.

• DOI: 10.1111/risa.13249
• 发表时间: 2021-07
• 期刊: Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis
• 作者: Tate E;Decker V;Just C
• 通讯作者: Just C

An ethical decision-making framework with serious gaming: a smart water case study on flooding

具有严肃博弈的道德决策框架：关于洪水的智能水案例研究

• DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2021.097
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Journal of Hydroinformatics
• 影响因子: 2.7
• 作者: Ewing, Gregory;Demir, Ibrahim
• 通讯作者: Demir, Ibrahim

Estimating Consumers at Risk from Drinking Elevated Lead Concentrations: An Iowa Case Study

估计消费者因饮用铅浓度升高而面临的风险：爱荷华州案例研究

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00753
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Environmental Science & Technology Letters
• 影响因子: 10.9
• 作者: Grant, Amina;Scherer, Michelle M.;Land, Danielle;Cwiertny, David M.;Edwards, Marc A.;Mount, Jerry;Latta, Drew E.
• 通讯作者: Latta, Drew E.

Cyprosulfamide: Analysis of the Herbicide Safener and Two of Its Degradates in Surface Water and Groundwater from the Midwestern United States

• DOI: 10.1021/acsagscitech.1c00050
• 发表时间: 2021-08
• 期刊: ACS Agricultural Science & Technology
• 作者: Monica E. McFadden;M. Hladik