NRT-INFEWS: Preparing future leaders: Rural resource resiliency (R3)

NRT-INFEWS：培养未来的领导者：农村资源弹性（R3）

• 批准号: 1828571
• 负责人: Melanie Derby
• 金额: $ 299.84万
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1828571&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; INFEWS; Preparing; future; leaders

Rural communities in the United States and across the world are faced with the challenge of producing food for over 9 billion people by 2050. At the same time, many of these communities - including those in Western Kansas - are facing serious challenges that threaten their survival, such as water shortages, economic pressures, and a population decline. For rural communities to adapt and thrive in a more uncertain future requires the development of new technologies and practices to enable sustainable agriculture, which in turn requires leaders who can think outside the box. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to Kansas State University will prepare students to become science-based leaders and advocates for resilient rural communities by combining engineering, economics, and sociological knowledge to meet the needs of farmers, industry, and society. Students will engage with farmers, government and industry through interactive sessions and will develop relevant skills through innovative coursework and teamwork. This comprehensive program anticipates training fifty (50) master's and doctoral students, including twenty-five (25) funded trainees, from the colleges of engineering, arts and sciences, and agriculture, A resilient food, energy, and water system in Western Kansas and other semi-arid regions requires sufficient capacity to adapt to short-term shocks and long-term adverse conditions (e.g., further groundwater depletion, growing competition for water between food and energy interests, increasing resource demands for fertilizer production). The interdisciplinary research efforts funded through this project will focus on resource conservation, recovery, and reuse for sustainable agriculture, including: (1) innovations for soil, water and microbial systems in the face of drought, (2) hydrologic science and water conservation systems for efficient food production, and (3) anaerobic bioreactors to transform animal waste into usable energy, water, and fertilizer. Engineering innovations alone will not bring about more resilient rural communities; it is critical that solutions also address perceptions, barriers, and attitudes among stakeholders to meet their shorter-term needs while enabling transitions to more resilient system dynamics over longer time frames. NRT training through this program will create culturally competent, interdisciplinary problem-solvers through immersive experiences with producers and industry in Southwest Kansas, policy makers in the state capital, and interdisciplinary coursework that integrates theory, practice, and international discussions. In addition, outreach to agricultural high school teachers will develop trainee leadership skills and trainee success will be supported by team-based faculty and peer mentoring. 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 program 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.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

美国和世界各地的农村社区面临着到 2050 年为超过 90 亿人生产粮食的挑战。与此同时，其中许多社区 - 包括堪萨斯州西部的社区 - 面临着威​​胁其生存的严重挑战，例如水资源短缺、经济压力和人口下降。农村社区要在更加不确定的未来中适应并繁荣发展，需要开发新技术和实践来实现可持续农业，而这反过来又需要能够跳出框框思考的领导者。美国国家科学基金会授予堪萨斯州立大学的研究实习生 (NRT) 奖将帮助学生成为以科学为基础的领导者，并通过结合工程、经济学和社会学知识来满足农民、工业和社会的需求，从而成为有复原力的农村社区的倡导者。学生将通过互动课程与农民、政府和行业互动，并通过创新课程和团队合作培养相关技能。 该综合计划预计将培训来自工程学院、艺术与科学学院以及农业学院的五十 (50) 名硕士和博士生，其中包括二十五 (25) 名受资助的学员。 堪萨斯州西部和其他半干旱地区具有弹性的粮食、能源和水系统需要有足够的能力来适应短期冲击和长期不利条件（例如，地下水进一步枯竭、粮食和粮食之间日益激烈的水资源竞争）。 能源利益，增加化肥生产的资源需求）。通过该项目资助的跨学科研究工作将重点关注可持续农业的资源保护、回收和再利用，包括：（1）应对干旱的土壤、水和微生物系统的创新，（2）用于高效粮食生产的水文科学和节水系统，以及（3）将动物废物转化为可用能源、水和肥料的厌氧生物反应器。仅靠工程创新并不能带来更具复原力的农村社区；至关重要的是，解决方案还应解决利益相关者之间的看法、障碍和态度，以满足其短期需求，同时能够在较长时间内过渡到更具弹性的系统动态。通过该项目进行的 NRT 培训将通过与堪萨斯州西南部的生产者和工业界、州首府的政策制定者的身临其境的体验以及融合理论、实践和国际讨论的跨学科课程，培养具有文化能力的跨学科问题解决者。此外，对农业高中教师的推广将培养受训者的领导技能，受训者的成功将得到基于团队的教师和同伴指导的支持。 NSF 研究实习 (NRT) 计划旨在鼓励为 STEM 研究生教育培训开发和实施大胆的、具有潜在变革性的新模式。该计划致力于通过创新、循证且符合不断变化的劳动力和研究需求的综合培训模式，对高度优先的跨学科研究领域的 STEM 研究生进行有效培训。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Permeability Analysis of Additively-Manufactured Wick Structures with Heat Exchanger Applications

热交换器应用中增材制造的芯结构的渗透性分析

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: 18th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue
• 作者: Morrow, Jordan;Mendez, Carlos;Derby, Melanie.
• 通讯作者: Derby, Melanie.

Flow condensation heat transfer performance of natural and emerging synthetic refrigerants

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2021.09.014
• 发表时间: 2021-12-03
• 期刊: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFRIGERATION
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Morrow, Jordan A.;Huber, Ryan A.;Derby, Melanie M.
• 通讯作者: Derby, Melanie M.

Contributing to Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Graduate Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach

促进 STEM 研究生教育的多样性和包容性：跨学科方法

• DOI: 10.18260/1-2-1142.1153-38343
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference
• 作者: Shamir, Mirit;Cors, Rebecca;Derby, Melanie M.
• 通讯作者: Derby, Melanie M.

Heat and Mass Transfer in the Food, Energy, and Water Nexus—A Review

• DOI: 10.1115/1.4047089
• 发表时间: 2020-09
• 期刊: Journal of Heat Transfer-transactions of The Asme
• 作者: M. Derby;Allison N. Adams;P. Chakraborty;M. R. Haque;Ryan A. Huber;J. Morrow;G. A. Riley;M. Ross-M.-R

Effects of Build Angle on Additively Manufactured Aluminum Alloy Surface Roughness and Wettability

• DOI: 10.1115/1.4053608
• 发表时间: 2022-08-01
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
• 影响因子: 4
• 作者: Bailey, Christopher M.;Morrow, Jordan A.;Thompson, Scott M.
• 通讯作者: Thompson, Scott M.