Collaborative Research: IRES Track II: Rivers of the Andes Field Training

合作研究：IRES Track II：安第斯山脉实地训练

• 批准号: 2106167
• 负责人: Andrew Wilcox
• 金额: $ 14.55万
• 依托单位: University of Montana
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2106167&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; IRES; Track; II

This project will train students in interdisciplinary, international river sciences and prepare them for the STEM workforce, for their research, and for applying river science toward developing sustainable solutions to the human-induced stresses on rivers in the Andes and globally. The proposed 12-day Advanced Studies Institute will immerse 14 US-based graduate students in innovative field training in hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology for, in each of two years. Working in the Magdalena River basin, Colombia, students will learn cutting-edge field, remote sensing, and computational tools, develop critical and systems thinking, and complete team-based research projects. Students will work with instructors from University of Montana, University of Colorado, and Colombia, taking advantage of long-term research sites in the Magdalena River basin and broad expertise. The Rivers of the Andes Field Training course will recruit a diverse group of students that broadens participation in sciences, and course materials and lessons learned will be shared openly and widely.River systems are under stress from climate change and growing demands for water, energy, and food. There is a strong disconnect, however, between where research and teaching about fluvial processes is concentrated, and where stresses on river systems such as new dam construction and associated impacts on humans and biodiversity are more recently evolving, such as in the Andes. Moreover, innovative and interdisciplinary approaches are needed to address challenges such as those surrounding river systems and to prepare students for the 21st century workforce. To address these challenges, we propose Rivers of the Andes Field Training (RAFT), a course to be taught in Colombia that will provide field-based training in river sciences. Course content will focus on hydrology and fluvial geomorphology, especially river mechanics, floods, and sediment regimes, and complementary content in tropical fish ecology and basin-scale, cumulative-impact and decision-support analysis. RAFT will use the Magdalena River and its tributaries as a field site to illustrate broader content about river processes and Andean rivers. The course will augment field training with classroom teaching about fluvial processes and observational, measurement and modeling approaches for understanding river processes. RAFT will provide a transformative experience for graduate student participants by combining innovative approaches and technologies with evidence-based best practices to not only advance knowledge of river sciences and associated tools, but also to promote critical and systems thinking and observational, interdisciplinary, and teamwork skills. RAFT will include international and multicultural experience, interdisciplinary teaching on cutting-edge process knowledge and tools, training in cross-scale and systems thinking, team-based projects, and practice in science communication. Participants will be equipped to tackle wicked problems at the nexus of water, energy, and food systems and to apply science toward sustainable solutions to the challenges surrounding rivers in the Andes and in the Anthropocene.This project is jointly funded by the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.

该项目将培训学生跨学科，国际河流科学的学生，并为STEM劳动力，研究他们的研究做好准备，并将河流科学应用于为安第斯山脉和全球河流中河流所引起的人类引起的压力开发可持续的解决方案。拟议的为期12天的高级研究研究所将在两年中每年都会在水文学，地貌和生态学领域进行14名美国研究生。在哥伦比亚的马格达莱纳河盆地工作，学生将学习尖端的领域，遥感和计算工具，开发关键和系统思维，并完整的基于团队的研究项目。学生将利用蒙大拿大学，科罗拉多大学和哥伦比亚大学的讲师利用Magdalena河流域的长期研究地点和广泛的专业知识。安第斯山脉实地培训课程的河流将招募一群广泛参与科学的学生，课程材料和经验教训将被公开，广泛地分享。河流系统受到气候变化的压力，对水，能源和食物的需求不断增长。但是，在集中有关河流过程的研究和教学之间存在很强的脱节，以及诸如新的大坝建设等河流系统的压力以及对人类和生物多样性的相关影响的压力正在不断发展，例如安第斯山脉。此外，需要创新和跨学科的方法来应对诸如周围河流系统的挑战，并为学生做好21世纪劳动力的准备。为了应对这些挑战，我们提出了安第斯山脉野外训练（RAFT）的河流，该课程将在哥伦比亚教授，该课程将在河科学中提供基于现场的培训。课程内容将集中在热带鱼类生态学和盆地规模，累积影响力和决策支持分析中的水文学和河流地貌，尤其是河流力学，洪水和沉积物制度，以及互补的含量。 Raft将使用Magdalena River及其支流作为现场地点，以说明有关河流过程和Andean Rivers的更广泛内容。该课程将通过课堂教学进行有关河流过程以及观察，测量和建模方法的理解，以增加现场培训。 RAFT将通过将创新方法和技术与基于证据的最佳实践相结合，不仅可以提高对河流科学和相关工具的了解，还可以促进关键和系统思维和观察性，跨学科和团队合作技能，从而为研究生参与者提供变革性的体验。 RAFT将包括国际和多元文化经验，有关尖端过程知识和工具的跨学科教学，跨尺度和系统思维的培训，基于团队的项目以及科学传播方面的实践。参与者将有能力解决水，能源和食品系统联系的邪恶问题，并将科学应用于安第斯山脉和人类世族周围河流周围的挑战的可持续解决方案。该项目由国际科学和工程（OISE）共同资助国际科学和工程办公室（OISE）和既定的计划（Epscor and epscor and epscor）。通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响评估标准通过评估来支持。