Conference: Workshop on Mobilizing Our Universities for Education on Energy Use, Carbon Emissions, and Climate Change

该项目旨在通过制定和传播以碳使用为重点的本科教育课程，服务于国家利益。了解和量化能源使用对于有效改变我们的日常能源使用是很重要的。本次研讨会将把环境工程社区聚集在一起，组织关于能源使用、碳排放和环境变化的STEM协调教育工作。在过去的一个世纪里，环境工程界面临着几个重大挑战，从废水处理和卫生设施开始，再到水处理和消毒、危险化学品清理以及室内外空气污染等主题。下一个挑战将是解决化石燃料使用和土地使用变化造成的温室气体排放的规模和影响。研讨会将讨论制定和传播有关这些主题的教学课程。会议将召集碳利用方面的专家以及环境工程方面的教师和教师，研究如何将能源利用纳入本科STEM教育。一系列的演讲将从对现有项目的回顾开始，然后将讨论环境和气候正义、碳封存和可持续气候解决方案等关键要素。分组小组计划让参与者在其机构背景下确定下一步行动，将碳和能源使用主题纳入本科环境工程课程，并为在其机构实施课程改革准备教师和教师。NSF IUSE：EDU计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。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 project aims to serve the national interest by developing and disseminating curricula for undergraduate education focused on carbon usage. Understanding and quantifying energy use is important for making effective changes in our daily energy use. This workshop will bring together the environmental engineering community to organize a concerted STEM education effort about energy use, carbon emissions, and environmental change. The environmental engineering community has taken on several grand challenges over the past century, beginning with wastewater treatment and sanitation, then moving into topics spanning water treatment and disinfection, cleanup of hazardous chemicals, and indoor and outdoor air pollution. The next challenge will be addressing the magnitude and impact of greenhouse gas emissions due to fossil fuel use and land use changes. Developing and disseminating teaching curricula on these topics will be addressed in the workshop.The conference will gather experts in carbon use along with faculty and instructors in environmental engineering to examine how energy use can be integrated into undergraduate STEM education. A series of presentations will begin with a review of existing programs, then will address critical elements such as environmental and climate justice, carbon sequestration, and sustainable climate solutions. Breakout groups are planned to engage participants in identifying next steps in their institutional contexts to incorporate carbon and energy use topics into undergraduate environmental engineering curricula and to prepare faculty and instructors for implementing curricular changes at their institutions. The NSF IUSE: EDU program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students.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.