2021 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference

该奖项由CBET环境工程项目、CBET环境可持续发展和欧洲经济共同体广泛参与工程项目共同资助，用于支持2021年环境工程与科学教授协会(AEESP)研究和教育会议。会议的主题是“环境工程与科学的交汇处”。由于持续的新冠肺炎疫情，2021年AEESP研究与教育大会围绕两项活动进行了重组：1)2021年7月13-14日举行的虚拟会议；2)2022年6月28-30日在圣路易斯举行的面对面会议。AEESP2021虚拟会议将包括为处于不同职业生涯阶段的环境工程师/科学家举办的各种讲习班和培训活动，包括1)为初级教师举办的美国国家科学基金会职业建议书撰写讲习班，2)关于多样性、公平和包容性的研讨会，以总结和讨论从由美国国家科学基金会CBET环境工程项目资助的“融合新冠肺炎、环境、健康和公平”系列网络研讨会中获得的经验教训，以及3)关于气溶胶科学/工程和公共卫生的技术研讨会，重点放在新冠肺炎流行病上。AEESP 2022面对面会议还将围绕四个融合领域组织各种研讨会和培训活动：教育和研究的融合，空气、水和土壤研究的融合，研究和行动的融合，以及研究、实践和创业的融合。虚拟和面对面的AEESP会议都将为与会者提供大量交流思想和建立新伙伴关系的机会。2021/2022年AEESP研究和教育会议将由一组学术机构主办，包括圣路易斯华盛顿大学(牵头机构)、密苏里州科技大学、南伊利诺伊大学爱德华兹维尔大学和密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校。每两年举行一次的AEESP研究和教育会议是AEESP成员交流新颖研究、教育活动和发展专业能力的主要活动。2021/2022年AEESP会议的主要目标是使当前和未来的环境工程与科学(EES)教授能够追求相关的“NSF大创意”，促进融合研究，并为新的视角和合作提供一个论坛，使环境工程师/科学家能够应用他们的专业知识和技能来应对全球和新出现的社会重大挑战，如大流行预防和气候变化缓解/适应。2021年虚拟AEESP会议和2022年面对面AEESP会议都寻求1)扩大代表不足群体的成员对环境工程和科学研究和教育的参与；2)增强EES学术界打击系统性种族主义的能力；3)突出研究进展并确定新的优先研究方向。2021/2022年AEESP会议还将为本科生/研究生和博士后研究员提供演讲和网络机会，向EES社区通报他们的研究成果。参加会议的初级和未来教职员工将受益于致力于NSF职业建议书撰写、学术求职导航以及指导以扩大EES社区对NSF和联邦资助研究的参与的研讨会。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。

This award from the CBET Environmental Engineering program with co-funding from the CBET Environmental Sustainability and the EEC Broadening Participation in Engineering programs supports the 2021 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference. The theme of the conference is “Environmental Engineering and Science at the Confluence”. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 AEESP Research and Education Conference was restructured around two events: 1) a virtual conference to be held on July 13-14, 2021 and 2) an in-person conference to be held on June 28-30, 2022 in St. Louis. The AEESP 2021 virtual conference will feature various workshops and training events for environmental engineers/scientists at various stages of their careers including 1) an NSF CAREER proposal writing workshop for junior faculty, 2) a workshop on DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) to summarize and discuss the lessons learned from a series of webinars on “Converging COVID-19, environment, health, and equity” funded by the NSF CBET Environmental Engineering program, and 3) a technical workshop on aerosol science/engineering and public health with a focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. The AEESP 2022 in-person conference will also feature various workshops and training events organized around four areas of convergence: convergence of education and research, convergence of research in air, water, and soil, convergence of research and action, and convergence of research, practice, and entrepreneurship. Both the virtual and in-person AEESP conferences will provide numerous opportunities for the participants to exchange ideas and build new partnerships. The 2021/2022 AEESP Research and Education Conferences will be hosted by a group of academic institutions including Washington University in St. Louis (Lead Institution), Missouri University of Science & Technology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and the University of Missouri-Columbia. The biannual AEESP Research and Education Conference is the premier event for AEESP members to exchange information on novel research, educational activities, and develop professional competencies. Key goals of the 2021/2022 AEESP conferences are to empower current and future environmental engineering and science (EES) professors to pursue the relevant “NSF Big Ideas”, catalyze convergence research and provide a forum for new perspectives and collaborations that will allow environmental engineers/scientists to apply their expertise and skills to address global and emerging societal Grand Challenges such as pandemic preparedness/prevention and climate change mitigation/adaptation. Both the 2021 virtual and 2022 in-person AEESP conferences seek to 1) broaden the participation of members of underrepresented groups in environmental engineering and science research and education; 2) empower the EES academic community to combat systemic racism; and 3) highlight research progress and identify new priority research directions. The 2021/2022 AEESP conferences will also provide speaking and networking opportunities for undergraduate/graduate students, and postdoctoral research fellows to inform the EES community of their research. Junior and prospective faculty members attending the conference will benefit from workshops devoted to NSF CAREER proposal writing, navigating the academic job search, and mentorship to broaden the participation of the EES community in NSF and federally-funded research.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.