NRT-INFEWS: Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security and Sovereignty

NRT-INFEWS：土著粮食、能源和水安全与主权

• 批准号: 1735173
• 负责人: Karletta Chief
• 金额: $ 299.43万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1735173&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; INFEWS; Indigenous; Food; Energy

About 35% of homes in the Navajo Nation are not connected to central power or drinking water systems. To address this issue, the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to the University of Arizona, in partnership with Diné College and Navajo Technical University, will develop a diverse STEM workforce with intercultural awareness and multidisciplinary knowledge/skills for high priority research in sustainable food, energy, and water systems (FEWS). Such systems are appropriate in many remote regions of the world. By partnering with Diné College and Navajo Technical University, the project will directly engage underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Trainees will major in traditional disciplines while completing the program, which consists of internships, a FEWS-themed minor, professional development, and immersion in indigenous communities. Trainees will participate in the design and construction of pilot-scale capstone projects in dispersed water purification and greenhouse system design in underserved areas of the Navajo Nation. The projects will produce learning models for FEWS infrastructure development in areas that cannot be served from central facilities. The traineeship will provide stipends for 12 MS and 14 PhD students from several related science and engineering disciplines. Eleven students not funded by NSF will complete the program (6 MS and 5 PhD). It is anticipated that an additional 40 students will complete the FEWS minor and about 400 students will be impacted through participation in enriched courses cross-listed in multiple departments. The traineeship centers on the development of novel, sustainable solutions for off-grid production of safe drinking water and controlled environment agriculture systems. Research will focus on innovative photovoltaics, holographics, sensors and controls, desalination of brackish water, brine treatment and disposal, and materials and systems resiliency. Food-energy-water systems will be integrated with cultural norms, working collaboratively with indigenous communities using a coupled natural human systems approach to design/build culturally acceptable technology. The research program will employ (1) the use of semi-transparent organic photovoltaic materials sheets as greenhouse cover to provide light of sufficient intensity and quality to achieve substantial, high-quality crop yields while powering off-grid controlled environment agriculture systems, and (2) solar-driven nanofiltration devices operated with algal bioreactors to produce potable and irrigation water using a treatment strategy tailored to the use of the water. In both areas, the program will draw on indigenous knowledge of land and water practices to make these technical innovations acceptable for widespread public use.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 comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.

纳瓦霍族约有35%的家庭没有接入中央电力或饮用水系统。为了解决这一问题，美国国家科学基金会研究培训（NRT）奖授予亚利桑那大学，与din<e:1>学院和纳瓦霍技术大学合作，将培养一支具有跨文化意识和多学科知识/技能的多元化STEM劳动力队伍，用于可持续食品、能源和水系统（FEWS）的高优先级研究。这种系统适用于世界上许多偏远地区。通过与din<e:1>学院和纳瓦霍技术大学合作，该项目将直接吸引在科学、技术、工程和数学领域未被充分代表的少数族裔。学员将在完成项目的同时主修传统学科，包括实习、fews主题辅修课程、专业发展和融入土著社区。学员将参与设计和建造纳瓦霍民族服务不足地区分散水净化和温室系统设计的试点规模的顶点项目。这些项目将为在中央设施无法提供服务的地区发展FEWS基础设施提供学习模式。该实习计划将为来自相关科学和工程学科的12名硕士和14名博士提供津贴。11名非NSF资助的学生将完成该项目（6名硕士和5名博士）。预计将有另外40名学生完成FEWS辅修课程，约400名学生将通过参加多个系交叉列出的丰富课程而受到影响。培训的重点是为离网生产安全饮用水和受控环境农业系统开发新的、可持续的解决方案。研究将集中在创新光伏、全息摄影、传感器和控制、咸淡水淡化、盐水处理和处置以及材料和系统弹性上。食物-能源-水系统将与文化规范相结合，与土著社区合作，使用自然-人类系统相结合的方法来设计/建造文化上可接受的技术。该研究项目将采用(1)使用半透明的有机光伏材料片作为温室覆盖物，提供足够强度和质量的光，以实现大量高质量的作物产量，同时为离网控制环境农业系统供电；(2)太阳能驱动的纳滤装置与藻类生物反应器一起运行，使用量身定制的水处理策略生产饮用水和灌溉用水。在这两个领域，该项目将利用当地的土地和水资源实践知识，使这些技术创新为公众广泛使用所接受。美国国家科学基金会研究实习生（NRT）计划旨在鼓励开发和实施大胆的、具有潜在变革性的STEM研究生教育培训新模式。通过创新的、基于证据的、与不断变化的劳动力和研究需求相一致的综合培训模式，培训项目致力于在高优先级跨学科研究领域对STEM研究生进行有效培训。

项目成果

Optimization of solar-driven systems for off-grid water nanofiltration and electrification

离网水纳滤和电气化太阳能驱动系统的优化

• DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2019-0079
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Reviews on Environmental Health
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Mohammadi Fathabad, Abolhassan;Yazzie, Christopher B.;Cheng, Jianqiang;Arnold, Robert G.
• 通讯作者: Arnold, Robert G.

Slot-Die-Coated Ternary Organic Photovoltaics for Indoor Light Recycling

• DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c11809
• 发表时间: 2020-09-30
• 期刊: ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
• 影响因子: 9.5
• 作者: Farahat, Mahmoud E.;Laventure, Audrey;Welch, Gregory C.
• 通讯作者: Welch, Gregory C.

Outdoor behaviour of organic photovoltaics on a greenhouse roof

• DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2020.100641
• 发表时间: 2020-02-01
• 期刊: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS
• 影响因子: 8
• 作者: Magadley, Esther;Teitel, Meir;Yehia, Ibrahim
• 通讯作者: Yehia, Ibrahim

Testing organic photovoltaic modules for application as greenhouse cover or shading element

• DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2019.05.003
• 发表时间: 2019-08-01
• 期刊: BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
• 影响因子: 5.1
• 作者: Peretz, Maayan Friman;Geoola, Farhad;Teitel, Meir
• 通讯作者: Teitel, Meir

Cardiovascular Effects of Medical Marijuana: A Systematic Review

医用大麻对心血管的影响：系统评价

• DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.09.015
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: The American Journal of Medicine
• 作者: Pasha, Ahmed K.;Clements, Charlene Y.;Reynolds, Charity A.;Lopez, Maegan K.;Lugo, Ciara A.;Gonzalez, Yulisa;Shirazi, Farshad M.;Abidov, Aiden
• 通讯作者: Abidov, Aiden