"Track 1" for Planning or Conference Grant, CO2 Sequestration and Storage using Vetiver Grass on Coastal Wetlands

该项目的目标是通过发展不同的研究团队来解决可持续的建筑环境问题，这些研究团队将根据这一重大的社会挑战设计项目。规划拨款团队将利用香根草（Vetiver Grass）来隔离密西西比湿地的二氧化碳（CO2），以缓解气候变化，作为指导工程可持续建筑环境空间对话的重点。pi团队包括一名高素质的社会科学家，他将在计划资助活动期间与不同的研究人员和学生进行外展和沟通活动。这种创新和有意的研究将成为创造知识和体验式学习的催化剂，通过在传统黑人大学和学院（HBCUs）、少数民族服务机构（MSI）和以白人为主的机构（PWI）之间建立跨越工程和其他学科的有效伙伴关系网络，扩大代表性不足群体（URGs）在工程领域的参与和能力建设。以及与密西西比州的高中和初中的合作。杰克逊州立大学团队与密西西比州的合作学习机构合作，旨在通过实施一个项目来扩大URGs的参与，包括女性在工程领域的参与，该项目包括：1)利用香根草的独特特性进行创新研究，以隔离二氧化碳和减缓气候变化；2)参加会议、研讨会和外展；3)建立对话，以了解urg和女性参与工程的障碍；4)通过创新和引人入胜的研究项目及其对文化和社会变革的影响，提高对工程的兴趣；4)培养合作和伙伴关系的环境，以提高参与水平，创造可持续的工程途径。杰克逊州立大学的团队有能力与密西西比州的其他hbcu、msi、pwi和高中建立伙伴关系和合作网络。他们将通过组织和实施会议和研讨会来创造和传播知识，以扩大urg在工程领域的参与，并培养适应能力强、训练有素的创新工程师，以影响社会变革和发展。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

The goal of this project is to address sustainable built environments through the development of diverse research teams that will design projects based on this grand societal challenge. The planning grant team will us Vetiver Grass, to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) in Mississippi wetlands to mitigate climate change, as a focus to guide conversations in the space of engineering sustainable built environments. The team of PIs includes a highly-qualified social scientist that will play a large role in the outreach and communication activities with different researchers and students during the planning grant activities. This innovative and intentional research will serve as the catalyst to create knowledge and experiential learning to broaden the participation and capacity building of underrepresented groups (URGs) in Engineering through the creation of an effective network of partnerships across the Engineering and other disciplines among Historically Black Universities and Colleges (HBCUs), Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) and Predominantly White Institutions (PWI), and collaborations with High and Middle Schools in the state of Mississippi.The Jackson State University Team in collaboration with partnering institutions of learning in the state of Mississippi aims to broadening the participation of URGs, including women in engineering by implementing a program that incorporates 1) innovative research leveraging the unique properties of vetiver grass to sequester CO2 and mitigate climate change, 2) conference participation, seminars and outreach, 3) create dialogue to understand the barriers to participation in engineering among URGs and women, 4) elevate interest in engineering through innovative and engaging research projects and its impact on cultural and societal change, and 4) cultivate an environment of collaboration and partnerships to elevate the level of participation to create sustainable pathways in engineering. The team at Jackson State University are well positioned to create a network of partnerships and collaborations with other HBCUs, MSIs, PWIs, and High Schools in Mississippi. They will create and disseminate knowledge by orchestrating and implementing a Conference and Seminars to broaden the participation of URGs in Engineering and building capacity of well-adapted and highly trained innovative engineers to impact societal change and development.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.