NSERC CREATE Atmospheric Aerosol Training Program (AAP)

NSERC CREATE 大气气溶胶培训计划 (AAP)

• 批准号: 384409-2010
• 负责人: Bertram, Allan
• 金额: $ 21.81万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Training Experience
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=484991
• 关键词: NSERC; CREATE; Atmospheric; Aerosol; Training

Atmospheric aerosols and their relationship to climate, air quality and health constitute a challenge that requires both research and training in a multi-disciplinary approach. Yet, students studying atmospheric aerosols are currently being trained in traditional disciplines (such as chemistry, physics or engineering), with very little interdisciplinary training or exposure. Students do not receive the broadly-based training or exposure that is necessary for these new challenges, and hence they are not well prepared to answer some of the most important environmental and health challenges we are currently facing. To address this problem, we will establish a unified training program and collaborative research environment on atmospheric aerosols and their effects on climate, air quality and heath. This program will fall within NSERC's first designated priority area (environmental science and technologies) and will make contributions to two of the other three priority areas (health sciences and technologies; natural resources and energy). UBC has many outstanding researchers investigating various aspects of atmospheric aerosols and their effects on climate, air quality and health as well as outstanding infrastructure to carry out atmospheric aerosol research. This group of researchers and educators will be brought together to offer this unified training program (CREATE-AAP) on atmospheric aerosols. This program will include new course offerings, a bi-weekly seminar series and a series of internal and external internships. Ten graduate students, five undergraduate students and one postdoctoral fellow will be funded annually by CREATE-AAP. Another 40-55 graduate students, funded by other sources, will also take advantage of CREATE-AAP. In addition, trainees will be engaged in research of high importance to Canada. Examples of research projects will include: Population Exposure to Aerosols in Western Canada, Health Impacts of Aerosol Particles, Aerosol/Cloud/Climate Interactions, and Effect of Transportation Fuel on Climate-Relevant Properties of Aerosols.

大气气溶胶及其与气候、空气质量和健康的关系构成了一项挑战，需要以多学科方法进行研究和培训。然而，研究大气气溶胶的学生目前正在接受传统学科（如化学、物理或工程）的培训，很少有跨学科的培训或接触。学生们没有接受这些新挑战所必需的基础广泛的培训或接触，因此他们没有做好充分准备来应对我们目前面临的一些最重要的环境和健康挑战。为解决这一问题，我们将建立大气气溶胶及其对气候、空气质量和健康影响的统一培训计划和合作研究环境。该项目将属于国家科学研究委员会指定的第一个优先领域（环境科学与技术），并将为其他三个优先领域中的两个（健康科学与技术；自然资源和能源）做出贡献。UBC拥有许多杰出的研究人员，研究大气气溶胶的各个方面及其对气候，空气质量和健康的影响，以及开展大气气溶胶研究的优秀基础设施。这组研究人员和教育工作者将聚集在一起，提供关于大气气溶胶的统一培训计划（CREATE-AAP）。该项目将包括新的课程设置、两周一次的系列研讨会以及一系列内部和外部实习。每年将有10名研究生、5名本科生和1名博士后获得CREATE-AAP资助。另外40-55名由其他来源资助的研究生也将利用CREATE-AAP。此外，学员将从事对加拿大非常重要的研究。研究项目的例子将包括：加拿大西部人口对气溶胶的暴露，气溶胶颗粒对健康的影响，气溶胶/云/气候的相互作用，以及运输燃料对气溶胶气候相关特性的影响。