Collaborative Research: IRES Track I: Flood Resilience Program - Integrated research experiences to foster understanding on how to increase resilience in flood-prone communities

合作研究：IRES 第一轨：防洪计划 - 综合研究经验，以促进对如何提高易受洪水影响的社区的防灾能力的理解

• 批准号: 2153707
• 负责人: Robert Whalin
• 金额: $ 0.5万
• 依托单位: Jackson State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2153707&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; IRES; Track; Flood

Impacts from flooding continue to be the most frequent, disruptive, and costly natural hazard worldwide. These impacts continue to mount, especially in rapidly developing coastal areas most influenced by the adverse effects of climate change. A new generation of graduates is needed that have the training and skillsets to address this problem that has already been causing catastrophic episodes of flooding and its associated hardship every year in the United States alone. The International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) Flood Resilience Program (FRP) between the U.S. and the Netherlands will fill this critical need by implementing a place-based integrative research and educational program in science and engineering to help produce a diverse generation of researchers and practitioners equipped to solve complex problems related to flood risk reduction in the U.S. and around the world. Each year of the program, eight U.S. students (4 undergrad and 4 grad) will engage in an immersive, six-week problem-and place-based research experience in the Netherlands, a world leader in flood risk mitigation and management. Existing partnerships established among multiple institutions, researchers, and students in both countries will be leveraged to provide students with international research experiences under the guidance of faculty and researchers from multiple disciplines in both countries. Key U.S. partners include Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) and College Station (TAMU) campuses, Jackson State University (JSU), and University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez (UPRM). Dutch partners include Delft University of Technology (main host), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Rijkswaterstaat. Students will conduct research projects covering both surge-based and precipitation-driven flood problems in both urban and coastal areas. The effectiveness of structural and non-structural strategies will be investigated, leading to a better understanding of when to pursue strategies for mitigating adverse impacts from flood events. U.S. researchers and students will be able to leverage Dutch data, methods, and facilities associated with flood management. The IRES FRP will prepare the next generation of engineers and scientists that will have to tackle the societal problem of widespread flooding in an innovative fashion. Furthermore, the program will create quantitative data on specific educational techniques and methods to improve student learning outcomes as part of place-based research settings.Problem-and place-based case studies involving the Houston-Galveston and Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan areas, respectively, will integrate researchers and faculty with expertise in engineering (TAMU/JSU/UPRM/TUD), coastal structures (TUD/RWS), architecture (TUD), economics (VU) and planning (TAMUG) to guide student projects addressing the following overarching research questions: 1) what are the underlying characteristics of physical flood resilience and the differences between the two countries; 2) why are urban communities and the associated built environment so vulnerable to flood impacts; and 3) which mitigation techniques, both structural and non-structural are being implemented in the Netherlands and what can be applied in the U.S.? Students will select research projects covering both surge-based and precipitation-driven flood problems. The effectiveness of both structural and non-structural strategies will be investigated, leading to a better understanding of when to pursue avoidance or resistance strategies for mitigating adverse impacts from flood events. U.S. researchers and students will be able to leverage Dutch data, methods, facilities, and expertise, associated with flood management. The primary goal of the program will be to provide participating students with interdisciplinary problem- and place-based international research experiences by creating “authentic transformative learning environments”. Participating students will learn “how to conduct research” in general and “how to approach a problem through different disciplinary lenses.” The program will prepare the next generation of engineers and scientists in academia and practice that will have to tackle the societal problem of flooding in an innovative fashion. Furthermore, the program will create quantitative data on specific educational techniques and methods to improve student learning outcomes as part of place-based research settings. These findings will lead to improved future international research exchange programs and be incorporated into teaching strategies at all partner institutions. Emphasis will be placed on actively recruiting students from underrepresented groups to participate in the program at all collaborating institutions. Broad representation across society is particularly important for effective strategies to flood-related problems since the impacts of floods are disproportionate to vulnerable populations and flood-related lived experiences of underrepresented groups may provide the spark to pursue related higher STEM education. PIs at TAMU, UPRM and JSU, a designated HBCU, have experience with recruitment of underrepresented groups that will be brought to bear for this proposal.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.

洪灾的影响仍然是世界上最频繁、最具破坏性和代价最高的自然灾害。这些影响继续增加，特别是在受气候变化不利影响最大的快速发展的沿海地区。需要新一代的毕业生，他们拥有解决这个问题的培训和技能，这个问题已经导致每年仅在美国就发生灾难性的洪灾及其相关困难。美国和荷兰之间的国际学生研究经验(IRES)抗洪计划(FRP)将通过实施以地点为基础的科学和工程综合研究和教育计划来满足这一迫切需求，以帮助培养出具有能力的不同一代的研究人员和实践者，以解决美国和世界各地与减少洪水风险相关的复杂问题。在该项目的每一年，8名美国学生(4名本科生和4名研究生)将在荷兰进行为期六周的身临其境的、基于问题和地点的研究体验，荷兰是洪水风险缓解和管理的世界领先者。两国多个机构、研究人员和学生之间建立的现有伙伴关系将被利用，在两国多学科的教职员工和研究人员的指导下，为学生提供国际研究经验。主要的美国合作伙伴包括德克萨斯农工大学加尔维斯顿分校(TAMUG)和大学分校(TAMU)、杰克逊州立大学(JSU)和波多黎各大学马亚格斯分校(UPRM)。荷兰的合作伙伴包括代尔夫特理工大学(主要主办单位)、阿姆斯特丹Vrije大学和Rijkswaterstaat。学生将开展研究项目，涵盖城市和沿海地区因洪灾而引发的洪水问题和降雨引发的洪水问题。将调查结构和非结构战略的有效性，使人们更好地了解何时采取战略来减轻洪水事件的不利影响。美国研究人员和学生将能够利用荷兰与洪水管理相关的数据、方法和设施。IRES FRP将培养下一代工程师和科学家，他们将不得不以创新的方式解决大范围洪水泛滥的社会问题。此外，该计划将创建关于特定教育技术和方法的量化数据，以改善学生的学习结果，作为基于地点的研究环境的一部分。分别涉及休斯顿-加尔维斯顿和鹿特丹-海牙大都会地区的基于问题和基于地点的案例研究，将整合具有工程(TAMU/JSU/UPRM/TUD)、海岸结构(TUD/RWS)、建筑(TUD)、经济学(VU)和规划(TAMUG)专业知识的研究人员和教师，以指导学生项目，解决以下主要研究问题：1)物理抗洪能力的潜在特征以及两国之间的差异；2)为什么城市社区和相关的建筑环境如此容易受到洪水影响；3)荷兰正在实施哪些结构和非结构缓解技术，哪些可以在美国应用？学生将选择研究项目，既包括基于涌浪的洪水问题，也包括由降水驱动的洪水问题。将调查结构和非结构策略的有效性，以便更好地了解何时采取避免或抵抗策略，以减轻洪水事件的不利影响。美国研究人员和学生将能够利用荷兰与洪水管理相关的数据、方法、设施和专业知识。该计划的主要目标将是通过创造“真实的变革性学习环境”，为参与项目的学生提供跨学科、基于问题和基于地点的国际研究体验。参与课程的学生将学习“如何进行研究”，以及“如何通过不同学科的视角处理问题”。该计划将培养学术界和实践界的下一代工程师和科学家，他们将不得不以创新的方式解决洪水泛滥的社会问题。此外，该计划将创建关于特定教育技术和方法的量化数据，以改善学生的学习结果，作为基于地点的研究环境的一部分。这些发现将改善未来的国际研究交流计划，并被纳入所有合作机构的教学战略。重点将放在积极从代表性不足的群体中招募学生参加所有合作机构的方案。全社会的广泛代表性对于采取有效战略解决与洪灾有关的问题尤为重要，因为洪灾对脆弱人口的影响不成比例，代表不足的群体与洪灾有关的生活经历可能会为追求相关的高等STEM教育提供火花。TAMU、UPRM和JSU(指定的HBCU)的PIS在招募代表不足的群体方面具有经验，这些群体将被带入本提案。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。