US-Ethiopia Workshop: Enhancing Collaborations in Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, Addis Ababa, December 2009

康涅狄格大学的Mekonnen gebremmichael教授将于2009年7月15日至18日在埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴大学Akaki校区主持一个题为“美国-埃塞俄比亚：加强可持续水资源开发和管理方面的合作”的研讨会，为期4天。埃塞俄比亚的组织者是亚的斯亚贝巴大学土木与环境工程系Yonas Gebrewubet博士和哈拉尔哈拉马亚大学农业工程系Tena Alamirew博士。研讨会的副主题是：(1)气候变化，气候变率，对水部门的影响；(2)水资源监测与评估；(3)水，气候与健康；(4)水需求，经济与政策；(5)流域管理；(6)水文极端事件和预警系统。该研讨会将汇集124名科学家和合作者（20名来自美国，90名来自埃塞俄比亚，14名来自其他国家），他们涉及水部门的不同学科，涵盖研讨会的六个副主题。与会者将代表52个机构：美国的12所大学和研究中心，埃塞俄比亚的32个组织，以及其他国家的8个机构。我们强烈鼓励作者将研讨会上的论文提交给期刊的特刊。所有的研讨会报告都将在研讨会上发布。S网站，以便任何研究人员都可以获得来自研讨会的信息。将成立一个参与东非可持续水资源开发和管理的研究人员网络，通过若干供资机制（例如NSF-PIRE）发起联合研究项目，并促进互访。智力优势？埃塞俄比亚水资源和相关问题（气候和健康）的研究预计将创造许多机会：(1)提高我们对东非天气和气候的理解，及其对区域和全球极端事件的影响；(2)提供将天气变化与东非国家的水资源、健康和粮食安全问题联系起来的基础科学；(3)评估全球模式和遥感估算水文气象和地表产品的精度。通过将参与水资源不同学科的国际科学家聚集在一起，讲习班将提供建立多学科合作的途径，以提高水资源管理的知识水平。美国研究人员将有机会获得有关埃塞俄比亚当前研究方向、专业知识和资源的第一手知识。与埃塞俄比亚和国际研究人员的讨论将导致多学科合作和学术交流的新领域。更广泛的影响——该研讨会将提供一个建立国际和多学科合作的机会，这些合作将解决(1)发展中国家的一个主要发展问题，以及(2)可以导致更准确地预测美国极端天气事件和水传播疾病爆发的关键科学问题。它将开辟途径，加强美国科学家在创造和传播新知识方面的贡献，并教育美国学生了解国际问题，使他们能够在国内和国际环境中有效地开展工作。选定的美国参与者群体在知名科学家、成就卓著的初级教师和研究人员、杰出的博士后研究人员和学生之间达到了很好的平衡。在美国国家科学基金会支持的16名美国参与者中，10名是在读博士6年内的美国青年科学家（包括PI）， 11名来自代表性不足的群体（包括PI）， 1名是女性，2名是研究生。

Professor Mekonnen Gebremichael of the University of Connecticut will conduct a workshop on U.S.-Ethiopia: Enhancing Collaborations in Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management to be held at Akaki campus of Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia over 4 days, 15-18 July 2009. The Ethiopian organizers are Dr. Yonas Gebrewubet, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, and Dr. Tena Alamirew, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Haramaya University, Harar. The sub-themes of the workshop are: (1) Climate Change, Climate Variability, Impacts in the Water Sector, (2) Water Resources Monitoring and Assessment, (3) Water, Climate and Health, (4) Water Demand, Economics and Policy, (5) Watershed Management, and (6) Hydrologic Extremes and Early Warning Systems. The workshop will bring together 124 scientists and collaborators (20 from the U.S., 90 from Ethiopia, and 14 from other countries) involved in the different disciplines of the water sector covering the six sub-themes of the workshop. The participants will represent 52 institutions: 12 universities and research centers from the U.S., 32 organizations from Ethiopia, and 8 institutions from other countries. Authors will be strongly encouraged to submit papers from the workshop to a Special Issue of a Journal. All the workshop presentations will be posted on the workshop?s website so that any researcher can obtain information that emerges from the workshop. A network of researchers involved in Sustainable Water resources Development and Management in East Africa will be formed to initiate joint research programs through several funding mechanisms (e.g., NSF-PIRE) and to facilitate exchange visits. Intellectual Merit ? The study of water resources and related issues (climate and health) in Ethiopia is expected to create numerous opportunities to (1) improve our understanding of the weather and climate of East Africa, and its influence on the extreme events regionally and globally, (2) provide the underpinning science that relates the weather variability to issues of water resources, health and food security for East African nations, and (3) evaluate the accuracy of global model and remote sensing estimates of hydrometeorological and land surface products. By bringing together international scientists involved in the different disciplines of water resources, the workshop will provide pathways to establish multidisciplinary collaborations to advance the state of knowledge of SWRDM. The U.S. researchers will have an opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of the current research direction, expertise and resources in Ethiopia. Discussions with Ethiopian and international researchers will lead to new areas of multidisciplinary cooperation and academic exchange. Broader Impact - The workshop will provide an opportunity to establish international and multidisciplinary collaborations that will address (1) a major development problem in developing countries, and (2) key science questions that can lead to a more accurate prediction of extreme weather events in the U.S. and waterborne disease outbreaks. It will create pathways to enhance the contribution of U.S. scientists in the creation and dissemination of new knowledge, and to educate U.S. students in international issues so that they can operate effectively in domestic and international settings. The selected group of U.S. participants is well balanced among established scientists, highly accomplished junior faculty and researchers, outstanding postdoctoral researchers and students. Of the 16 U.S. Participants supported by NSF, 10 are junior U.S. scientists within 6 years of the Ph.D. (including the PI), 11 are from underrepresented groups (including the PI), 1 is a female, and 2 are graduate students.