CNIC/Planning Visit: Initiation of US-Russia Collaborative Research in Improving Energy Efficiency, Utilizing Biomass, and Assessing Methane Release

OISE 11-57598David mcnelis北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校该项目为PI和四名同事前往莫斯科和俄罗斯阿尔汉格尔斯克进行研究规划提供支持。该团队将在莫斯科与高等经济学院（该项目由国家资助的合作伙伴）的同事会面两天。然后，他们将前往阿尔汉格尔斯克进行为期五天的访问，在那里他们将与北极联邦大学（NArFU）的行政和部门负责人会面，启动能源效率、生物质和陆地-大气甲烷交换方面的长期合作研究项目的规划和后勤工作。这些会议将为后续的跨学科合作研究建议奠定基础，这些建议将提交给适当的NSF学科计划。美国团队还将评估在NArFU建立顶点项目和现场站点的可行性。美国团队将检查实验室设施、实地研究地点、示范项目设施、适当的导师和学术课程。位于北极北部的NArFU为北卡罗来纳州的研究人员提供了获取资源的途径，这些资源可以大大增强已经很强的研究和教育计划。这个项目将促进北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的项目从他们现有的围绕低纬度气候建立的成熟研究项目扩展到远北纬地区的气候。这是一个协同项目，将为北卡罗来纳州的研究人员和学生提供一个独特而有价值的基础，以扩大他们在可持续性和气候变化影响方面的工作。

OISE 11-57598David McNelisUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillThis project provides support for the PI and four colleagues to travel to Moscow and Arkhangelsk, Russia for research planning. The team will spend two days in Moscow meeting with colleagues at the Higher School of Economics (a State funded collaborator in this project). They will then proceed to Arkhangelsk for five days where they will meet with the Administration and Department Heads of the Northern Arctic Federal University (NArFU) to initiate the planning and logistics for long-term collaborative research programs in energy efficiency, biomass, and land-atmosphere methane exchange. These meetings will lay the foundation for follow-on interdisciplinary collaborative research proposals to be submitted to appropriate NSF disciplinary programs. The US team will also evaluate the feasibility of establishing a capstone program and field site at NArFU. The US team will examine laboratory facilities, field research sites, demonstration project facilities, appropriate mentors, and academic curriculum.NArFU in the Northern Arctic provides researchers from North Carolina access to resources that can significantly enhance an already strong research and educational program. This project will facilitate expansion of the program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from their existing well-established research program built around the climate in lower level latitudes to the climates of the far northern latitudes.This is a synergistic project that will provide the researchers and students from North Carolina a unique and worthwhile basis to expand their work on sustainability and the impacts of climate change.