Symposium on Interdisciplinary Collaboration Among Ecological Engineering, EcoScience, and Eco-Art to Enhance Ecological Restoration Research

PI: Ahn， Changwoo这是一笔国际旅行资助，资助9名美国生态系统科学家/生态工程师和生态艺术家参加将于2017年8月21日至25日在中国北京举行的第12届国际生态学大会（INTECOL）的专题研讨会。目标是通过加强生态工程研究来推进生态系统修复方法论。此次专题研讨会将促进中美两国在跨国界、跨地域的土壤、水和城市景观的环境可持续性和弹性设计方法和经验方面的文化和学术交流与对话。这一新颖的、前所未有的主题将为生态工程师、生态系统科学家和生态艺术家在国际会议背景下分享经验和建立合作提供一个独特的机会。本次专题研讨会的所有参与者都是生态工程、生态系统生态学和生态艺术领域的美国公民，他们的大部分工作都在美国进行。本次研讨会将为国际观众提供美国在生态设计、生态系统修复、城市生态学、生态工程实践、生态科学与工程以及生态艺术方面的经验，包括单独的和合作的。专题讨论会也将为大会的参与者和与会者提供一个跨文化、跨学科联系的机会，从而进一步促进他们之间的合作。这种类型的学术和文化交流是罕见的，将加强美国在生态系统恢复、流域管理、生物多样性、雨水管理和生态工程实践方面的科学研究和实践。重点研讨会的学习成果将是生态系统科学与工程与生态艺术的转型联系，以加强交流，研究和教育，作为促进环境可持续性的关键方面。

CBET 1713756 PI: Ahn, Changwoo This is a grant in assistance of international travel for a total of nine U.S.-based ecosystem scientists/ecological engineers and eco-artists to participate in a focused symposium at the 12th International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL) to be held in Beijing, China on August 21-25, 2017. The goal is to advance ecosystem restoration methodology through enhancing ecological engineering research. The focused symposium will facilitate cultural and scholarly exchange and dialogue between USA and China on approaches and experiences relating to environmental sustainability and resilience design with respect to soil, water, and urban landscapes across national and geographic boundaries. The novel, unprecedented theme of the focused symposium will provide a unique opportunity to share experiences and build collaborations among ecological engineers, ecosystem scientists, and eco-artists in the context of an international Congress. All of the participants for the focused symposium are U.S. citizens in the fields of ecological engineering, ecosystem ecology, and eco-art, with much of their work based in USA. The symposium will provide an international audience with U.S. experiences on ecological design, ecosystem restoration, urban ecology, ecological engineering practices, ecosystem science and engineering, and eco-art, both separately and collaboratively. The focused symposium will also present an opportunity for both the participants and the attendees of the Congress for cross-cultural, interdisciplinary connections and thus further collaboration opportunities among them. This type of scholarly and cultural exchange is rare and will strengthen U.S. scientific research and practices in ecosystem restoration, watershed management, biodiversity, storm water management, and ecological engineering practices. The learning outcome of the focused symposium will be a transformational nexus of ecosystem science and engineering and eco-art to enhance communication, research, and education as a key aspect of advancing environmental sustainability.