PFI-RP: Water System Analytics for Adaptation to Environmental Vulnerabilities

PFI-RP：适应环境脆弱性的水系统分析

• 批准号: 2016469
• 负责人: Casey Brown
• 金额: $ 54.98万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 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: 2020-08-15 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2016469&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PFI; RP; Water; System; Analytics

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Partnerships for Innovation – Research Partnerships (PFI-RP) project is the creation of a technical tool and commercial enterprise that promotes and enables adaptation to climate variations in the water sector. The specific goal for this research is to develop a web-based analysis platform that codifies the analytical methods underpinning advances in decision making under uncertainty to enable broad application of climate vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning. The feasibility research will establish a sustainable industry-university exchange through the development of a joint venture commercial enterprise with industry partners focused on continuous improvement and promotion of the platform. The effort may improve the preparedness of society to weather variations in the water supply industry both in the US and globally. In addition, this effort will educate a female PhD student through academic and entrepreneurship training and mentorship. The team will recruit a postdoctoral scientist and provide them with mentorship and training according to an Independent Development Plan. The proposed project will advance knowledge in the production of climate information that supports vulnerability analysis and adaptation to environmental changes with specific application to decisions in the water supply industry. It will further advance understanding of adaptation planning in the water sector, including insights regarding the opportunities, constraints and impediments to taking action to address vulnerabilities. The goals of the research are to transition processes and technical tools developed from NSF-funded research to commercial use. A general analysis platform will be developed to create a uniform workflow software package for conducting vulnerability assessments based on decision scaling through collaboration with industry partners. Customer discovery will be conducted to define the value proposition and refine the business strategy. The platform will be piloted in two cities, Miami and Cape Town, both of which are facing threats to their water supply systems. The key technical hurdle is the creation of the platform as a web-based application while maintaining the key functional components of decision scaling. Technical support from industrial partners mitigate the risks associated with this technical hurdle.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.

这一创新-研究伙伴关系伙伴关系项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是创建一个技术工具和商业企业，以促进和实现水部门对气候变化的适应。 这项研究的具体目标是开发一个基于网络的分析平台，编纂分析方法，支持在不确定性下的决策进展，使气候脆弱性评估和适应规划的广泛应用。可行性研究将通过与行业合作伙伴发展合资商业企业，建立可持续的产学交流，专注于不断改进和推广平台。这一努力可能会提高社会对美国和全球供水行业天气变化的准备。此外，这一努力将通过学术和创业培训及辅导教育一名女博士生。 该团队将招募一名博士后科学家，并根据独立发展计划为他们提供指导和培训。拟议的项目将增进制作气候信息方面的知识，支持脆弱性分析和适应环境变化，具体应用于供水行业的决策。它将进一步促进对水部门适应规划的理解，包括深入了解采取行动解决脆弱性的机会、制约因素和障碍。研究的目标是将NSF资助的研究开发的过程和技术工具过渡到商业用途。 将开发一个通用分析平台，以创建一个统一的工作流程软件包，通过与行业伙伴合作，根据决策比例进行脆弱性评估。将进行客户发现，以确定价值主张并完善业务战略。该平台将在迈阿密和开普敦两个城市进行试点，这两个城市的供水系统都面临威胁。关键的技术障碍是将平台创建为基于Web的应用程序，同时维护决策缩放的关键功能组件。该奖项反映了NSF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。