NRT-INFEWS: Graduate Student Education: Reducing Energy Barriers For Novel Water Supply Use in Sustainable Agriculture
NRT-INFEWS:研究生教育:减少可持续农业中新型供水用途的能源障碍
基本信息
- 批准号:1828974
- 负责人:
- 金额:$ 300万
- 依托单位:
- 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 2025-08-31
- 项目状态:未结题
- 来源:
- 关键词:
项目摘要
Drought, the overuse of water resources, deteriorating water quality, and climate variability are contributing to increasingly frequent and sometimes permanent water shortages for agriculture. This is a major concern because irrigated farms contribute to approximately half of US crop sales, greater crop yields, reduced poverty, affordable food, and positive health and nutrition outcomes. Water conservation alone is not enough. Unconventional water resources must be used, but the overwhelming barrier is energy cost. The energy sector is undergoing a significant transformation as a result of the incorporation of renewable wind and solar energy. There is an opportunity of increasingly available renewable energy to provide inexpensive and plentiful water for water-stressed agricultural lands. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to the University of Texas at Austin will train a new generation of students to develop transformative and globally relevant solutions to use unconventional water resources for agriculture by harnessing power from renewable energy and recovering energy-containing resources from "dirty" water. Technical skills alone are insufficient to advance these efforts, so trainees will be taught to think critically, understand technical, financial and societal challenges to technology implementation, and communicate complex ideas freely, and at the appropriate level, with stakeholders from all walks of life. The project anticipates training a diverse cohort of thirty-six (36) MS and PhD students, including eighteen (18) funded trainees, from engineering, geosciences, and public affairs. Project goals are to develop and institutionalize a new model in STEM education that directly supports and informs research activities, professional development, and societal improvement; to develop transformative water solutions for agriculture through interdisciplinary research; and to enhance graduate student and workforce diversity. The new educational model consists of five program elements: (1) four core courses plus a food-energy-water systems (FEWS) seminar, (2) personalized professional development activities in communication, management, entrepreneurship, and job preparation, (3) dual-faculty and alumni mentoring of trainees, (4) FEWS-relevant internships, and (5) local public service. The courses and seminar will be institutionalized through a new FEWS certificate program, and the professional development activities will become a permanent institutional element through a portfolio program. A key novelty of the traineeship is complementing classroom knowledge with experiential learning through internship and public service. The research effort will advance disruptive technology development in new materials, water treatment processes, and renewable energy sources; decision support modeling for integration of energy and water treatment processes; and global assessment of policy and technology diffusion. Diversity will be enhanced by outreach and recruiting at four minority-serving institutions in Texas, and through direct collaboration with Prairie View A&M University, where trainees will engage with faculty and undergraduates to do field work in sustainable agriculture.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.
干旱、水资源的过度使用、水质恶化和气候变化正在导致农业用水日益频繁,有时甚至是永久性的短缺。这是一个主要问题,因为灌溉农场贡献了大约一半的美国作物销售,提高了作物产量,减少了贫困,负担得起的食物,以及积极的健康和营养结果。仅仅节约用水是不够的。必须利用非常规水资源,但最大的障碍是能源成本。由于可再生风能和太阳能的纳入,能源部门正在经历重大变革。越来越多的可再生能源有机会为缺水的农业用地提供廉价和充足的水。这项授予德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的国家科学基金会研究培训(NRT)奖将培养新一代学生,通过利用可再生能源发电和从“脏水”中回收含能源资源,开发具有变革性和全球相关性的解决方案,将非常规水资源用于农业。仅靠技术技能不足以推动这些努力,因此将教导学员批判性地思考,理解技术实施的技术、财务和社会挑战,并在适当的层面上与各行各业的利益相关者自由地交流复杂的想法。该项目预计将培养36名硕士和博士研究生,包括18名受资助的学员,他们来自工程、地球科学和公共事务领域。项目目标是发展和制度化一种新的STEM教育模式,直接支持和指导研究活动、专业发展和社会进步;通过跨学科研究为农业开发变革性的水解决方案;提高研究生和劳动力的多样性。新的教育模式包括五个项目要素:(1)四个核心课程加上一个食物-能源-水系统(FEWS)研讨会;(2)沟通、管理、创业和就业准备方面的个性化专业发展活动;(3)双教员和校友指导学员;(4)与FEWS相关的实习;(5)当地公共服务。课程和研讨会将通过新的FEWS证书方案制度化,专业发展活动将通过组合方案成为永久的体制要素。实习的一个关键新颖之处在于,通过实习和公共服务,以体验式学习补充课堂知识。这项研究工作将推动新材料、水处理工艺和可再生能源领域的颠覆性技术发展;能源和水处理过程集成的决策支持建模以及对政策和技术扩散的全球评估。通过在德克萨斯州的四所少数族裔服务机构进行外展和招聘,以及与Prairie View a&m大学的直接合作,多样性将得到加强。在Prairie View a&m大学,受训者将与教师和本科生一起进行可持续农业的实地工作。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。该项目致力于通过创新、循证、适应不断变化的劳动力和研究需求的综合培训模式,在高优先级跨学科研究领域对STEM研究生进行有效培训。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命,并通过使用基金会的知识价值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
期刊论文数量(19)
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Factors Impeding Replacement of Ion Exchange with (Electro)Catalytic Treatment for Nitrate Removal from Drinking Water
- DOI:10.1021/acsestengg.0c00076
- 发表时间:2020-10
- 期刊:
- 影响因子:7.1
- 作者:C. Werth;Chenxu Yan;Jacob P. Troutman
- 通讯作者:C. Werth;Chenxu Yan;Jacob P. Troutman
Co-optimization and community: Maximizing the benefits of distributed electricity and water technologies
协同优化和社区:最大限度地发挥分布式电力和水技术的优势
- DOI:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102515
- 发表时间:2021
- 期刊:
- 影响因子:11.7
- 作者:Jones, Erick C.;Leibowicz, Benjamin D.
- 通讯作者:Leibowicz, Benjamin D.
Optimizing desalination for regional water systems: Integrating uncertainty, quality, and sustainability
优化区域水系统的海水淡化:整合不确定性、质量和可持续性
- DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137785
- 发表时间:2023
- 期刊:
- 影响因子:11.1
- 作者:Hendrickson, Greg;Housh, Mashor;Sela, Lina
- 通讯作者:Sela, Lina
A Markov Decision Process Approach for Cost‐Benefit Analysis of Infrastructure Resilience Upgrades
用于基础设施弹性升级成本效益分析的马尔可夫决策过程方法
- DOI:10.1111/risa.13838
- 发表时间:2022
- 期刊:
- 影响因子:3.8
- 作者:Zhu, Qianru;Leibowicz, Benjamin D.
- 通讯作者:Leibowicz, Benjamin D.
Water-energy benchmarking and predictive modeling in multi-family residential and non-residential buildings
- DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116074
- 发表时间:2021
- 期刊:
- 影响因子:11.2
- 作者:Matthew Frankel;Lu Xing;Connor Chewning;L. Sela
- 通讯作者:Matthew Frankel;Lu Xing;Connor Chewning;L. Sela
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NSF-BSF: Collaborative Research: Solids and reactive transport processes in sewer systems of the future: modeling and experimental investigation
NSF-BSF:合作研究:未来下水道系统中的固体和反应性输送过程:建模和实验研究
- 批准号:
2134594 - 财政年份:2024
- 资助金额:
$ 300万 - 项目类别:
Standard Grant
NNA Research: Collaborative Research: Towards resilient water infrastructure in Alaska Native communities through knowledge co-production
NNA 研究:合作研究:通过知识共同生产为阿拉斯加原住民社区打造具有复原力的水基础设施
- 批准号:
2220516 - 财政年份:2023
- 资助金额:
$ 300万 - 项目类别:
Standard Grant
Collaborative Research: Joint Control of Hydraulics and Water Quality Dynamics in Drinking Water Networks
合作研究:饮用水管网水力学和水质动态的联合控制
- 批准号:
2015658 - 财政年份:2020
- 资助金额:
$ 300万 - 项目类别:
Standard Grant
CAREER: Predictive Estimation for Managing Water Distribution Systems and Applications of Distributed Sensing Technologies
职业:管理供水系统的预测估计和分布式传感技术的应用
- 批准号:
1943428 - 财政年份:2020
- 资助金额:
$ 300万 - 项目类别:
Standard Grant
LEAP-HI: Smart Sensing and Forecasting of Water Quality in the Water Distribution Network For Protection of Public Health
LEAP-HI:智能感知和预测配水管网水质,保护公众健康
- 批准号:
1953206 - 财政年份:2020
- 资助金额:
$ 300万 - 项目类别:
Standard Grant
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