IGERT: Offshore Wind Energy Engineering, Environmental Science, and Policy

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖将在美国建立第一个跨学科的博士培训项目，直接解决与可再生能源有关的工程、环境科学和政策之间的接口问题。海上风能对世界上许多国家来说是一个很有前途的解决方案。尽管能源问题迫在眉睫，但新建风力发电项目仍面临诸多障碍。该项目通过关注三个关键挑战的交叉点来解决这些障碍：1)工程海上风能系统；2)减轻环境影响；3)在利益相关者参与和公平的理念基础上，将经济、社会和政策问题纳入公众接受的设计中。智力优势：该项目的主要特点包括：新颖的跨学科研究；共享课程;海上风电装置设计、评估和实施的创新实时案例研究；使用跨学科团队互动合作的工作室来解决案例研究中的实际问题；以及在国际领先的海上风能机构的研究经验。IGERT将采用多层方法招募学生参与者，特别注意代表性不足的学生的积极参与。更广泛的影响：项目中学生分享的经验旨在提供智力灵活性、跨学科培训和推动风能科学、工程和发展所需的专业技能，从而创建技术上和环境上无害的可再生能源项目，同时也适合邻近社区。IGERT是一项nsf范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战，他们具有跨学科背景，所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训模式，在一个超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，促进研究生教育的文化变革。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award will establish the first interdisciplinary doctoral training program in the United States that directly addresses the interface between engineering, environmental science, and policy as it relates to renewable energy. Offshore wind energy is a promising solution to many of the world?s looming energy problems, yet the installation of new wind projects faces numerous barriers. This project addresses these barriers by focusing on the intersection of three key challenges: 1) engineering offshore wind energy systems; 2) mitigating environmental impacts; and 3) incorporating economic, social, and policy concerns into design for public acceptance, grounded in a philosophy of stakeholder engagement and equity. Intellectual Merit: Key features of the program include: novel interdisciplinary research; shared coursework; an innovative real-time case study of the design, evaluation, and implementation of an offshore wind installation; the use of studios in which interdisciplinary teams work interactively to address real issues in the case study; and research experiences at leading international offshore wind energy institutions. The IGERT will recruit student participants using a multi-tiered approach with particular attention to strong participation by under-represented students. Broader Impacts: The shared experience of the students in the program is designed to provide the intellectual flexibility, cross-disciplinary training and professional skills necessary to move the science, engineering, and development of wind energy forward, leading to the creation of renewable energy projects that are technically and environmentally sound while also being suited to neighboring communities. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.