REU Site: Sustainability of Horizontal Civil Networks in Rural Areas

REU 网站：农村地区横向民用网络的可持续性

• 批准号: 1950597
• 负责人: Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
• 金额: $ 44.52万
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-03-15 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950597&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Sustainability; Horizontal; Civil

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site, Sustainability of Horizontal Civil Networks in Rural Areas, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will provide interdisciplinary research opportunities focusing on sustainable civil infrastructure for rural areas to three cohorts of ten students, primarily from institutions with limited or no research opportunities and/or students underrepresented in STEM. Rural areas, which contain approximately 20% of the US population and over 90% of the land area in the United States, are fundamental to human well-being in both rural and urban areas. Rural areas provide resources such as the infrastructure for U.S. food and bioenergy production as well as the transportation infrastructure from inland urban centers to ports. Rural areas are characterized by agricultural- and natural resource-based economics, stable or declining populations with low population densities, and “farm-to-market” localized transportation patterns, and these characteristics necessitate new technologies and approaches for civil infrastructure. Despite the differences between rural and urban regions, little attention is paid to the unique challenges and opportunities for sustainability in rural areas. This REU site will provide opportunities for student participants to engage in fundamental research in two broad areas: 1) environmental and water resources challenges in rural and agricultural areas, and 2) structural engineering, materials, and transportation challenges for sustainable rural infrastructure. The research conducted through this program is expected to increase the economic competitiveness of rural areas and result in a trained workforce for unique rural challenges. The objectives of this REU site are: 1) provide research experiences to undergraduate students with at least 60% of participants from institutions with limited research opportunities, at least 50% from groups underrepresented in engineering, and at least 40% first-generation college students; 2) provide participants with first-hand exposure to the engineering and infrastructure challenges facing the rural United States through research and professional development opportunities; and 3) promote and sustain the interest of undergraduate students in persisting in a STEM field and pursuing graduate education. Through this REU site, 10 undergraduates per year will be given an opportunity to conduct fundamental research with our faculty mentors. In addition, this REU site will offer a series of communication development opportunities including preparation of a conference paper, informal presentations to their peers, formal poster presentations, and outreach to high school students. It is anticipated that this REU experience will motivate student participants to continue in STEM and to pursue graduate degrees in engineering, which will contribute to diversifying the future STEM workforce.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.

内布拉斯加大学林肯分校的本科生研究经验（REU）网站，农村地区横向民用网络的可持续性，将为农村地区的可持续民用基础设施提供跨学科的研究机会，主要来自研究机会有限或没有研究机会的机构和/或在STEM中代表性不足的学生。农村地区约占美国人口的20%，占美国土地面积的90%以上，对农村和城市地区的人类福祉至关重要。农村地区为美国食品和生物能源生产提供了基础设施，以及从内陆城市中心到港口的交通基础设施。农村地区的特点是以农业和自然资源为基础的经济，人口稳定或下降，人口密度低，以及“从农场到市场”的地方化运输模式，这些特点要求在民用基础设施方面采用新的技术和方法。尽管农村和城市地区存在差异，但很少有人关注农村地区可持续性的独特挑战和机遇。这个REU网站将为学生参与者提供机会，在两个广泛的领域从事基础研究：1）在农村和农业地区的环境和水资源的挑战，和2）结构工程，材料和可持续农村基础设施的运输挑战。通过该计划进行的研究预计将提高农村地区的经济竞争力，并为独特的农村挑战提供训练有素的劳动力。这个REU网站的目标是：1）为本科生提供研究经验，至少60%的参与者来自研究机会有限的机构，至少50%来自工程领域代表性不足的群体，至少40%来自第一代大学生; 2）为参与者提供第一-通过研究和专业发展机会，接触美国农村面临的工程和基础设施挑战;以及3）促进和维持本科生坚持STEM领域和追求研究生教育的兴趣。通过这个REU网站，每年10名本科生将有机会与我们的教师导师进行基础研究。此外，这个REU网站将提供一系列的沟通发展机会，包括会议文件的准备，非正式介绍给他们的同龄人，正式的海报展示，并推广到高中学生。预计这一REU经验将激励学生参与者继续在STEM和追求工程研究生学位，这将有助于未来STEM劳动力的多样化。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

项目成果

Application of Neural Networks for Hydrologic Process Understanding at a Midwestern Watershed

神经网络在中西部流域水文过程理解中的应用

• DOI: 10.3390/hydrology10020027
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Hydrology
• 影响因子: 3.2
• 作者: Aliev, Annushka;Koya, Sinan Rasiya;Kim, Incheol;Eun, Jongwan;Traylor, Elbert;Roy, Tirthankar
• 通讯作者: Roy, Tirthankar

We Are Thriving: Increasing the Number of Women in Engineering

我们正在蓬勃发展：增加工程领域的女性人数

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Redmond, K.E.;Panther, G.;Asadollahipajouh, M.;Evans, R.;Kulesza, S.;and Liang, G.
• 通讯作者: and Liang, G.

Behavioral adaptability of engineering instructors engaging in emergency remote teaching during three semesters of the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19大流行期间三个学期从事紧急远程教学的工程讲师的行为适应性

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 127th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
• 作者: Atkinson*, L.;Panther, G.;Diefes-Dux, H. A.
• 通讯作者: Diefes-Dux, H. A.

Functionality recovery of steel grain bins in rural communities following the August 2020 Iowa derecho

2020 年 8 月爱荷华州 derecho 事件后农村社区钢制粮仓的功能恢复

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 3rd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure (ICONHIC2022
• 作者: Troulis, E.;Wittich, C.E.
• 通讯作者: Wittich, C.E.

Impacts of a Sustainability-Focused REU Site on Student Products and Career Trajectory for Underrepresented Groups in Engineering

以可持续发展为重点的 REU 网站对工程领域代表性不足群体的学生产品和职业轨迹的影响

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Wittich, C.E.;Bartelt-Hunt, S.
• 通讯作者: Bartelt-Hunt, S.