Interdisciplinary, Research-based Engineering and Design (IRED) Green Building Scholars Program

波特兰州立大学（PSU）的跨学科、以研究为基础的工程与设计（IRED）绿色建筑学者项目正在准备一批工程和建筑专业的学生，以应对减少建筑部门能源使用和环境影响的科学和技术挑战。在美国，建筑物消耗了41%的一次能源，并负责40%的二氧化碳排放，因此培养建筑科学方面的劳动力对于确保建筑物的创建，改造和改造使用严格的科学和工程原则至关重要。此外，工程师和建筑师必须合作，以整合建筑系统，同时最大限度地减少能源使用，资源消耗和成本。IRED通过进行大学主导的实验室模拟或入住后分析，并通过与专业实践合作将此研究应用于目前正在设计的项目，从而实现绿色建筑策略，材料和系统的快速集成。这个S-STEM项目正在招募更多的妇女和代表性不足的少数民族进入建筑科学专业;鼓励机械工程，土木工程和建筑学的本科生参加建筑科学课程和IRED研讨会，以更好地为实践和研究做好准备;并为这些学生提供经济激励，以继续他们的硕士教育，追求建筑科学的高级选修课程这包括IRED项目和选项，以协助正在进行的绿色建筑研究。三个有竞争力的奖学金轨道支持学生追求科学学士，科学硕士和建筑硕士学位在他们的教育的不同点。除了所需的课程，IRED学生支持中心提供支持服务的队列，包括：每周的学习小组和同侪辅导会议;同侪咨询;建议从绿色建设教师和从业人员;每月的研究圆桌会议和公司图尔斯旅游;在高中，社区学院和PSU校园招聘活动;旅行支持，目前从IRED课程的研究在会议上;职业服务;和建筑群活动，包括实地考察绿色建筑。IRED绿色建筑学者计划为其他大学提供了一个模式，以增加学生的建筑科学知识和技能，提高跨学科的互动，为实践做准备，并更好地准备未来的建筑专业人员，以显着减少建筑环境的环境影响，通过使用强大的科学知识和研究。迭代地改善程序，形成性评估将包括学者？的学术进步，保留，并审查招聘统计措施的基线为2012-13学年。 为了确定在实现项目目标方面的成功和障碍，形成性评估还将包括对S-STEM学者的年度调查以及受助人和学者之间的指导会议的信息。

The Interdisciplinary, Research-based Engineering and Design (IRED) Green Building Scholars project at Portland State University (PSU) is preparing a cohort of engineering and architecture students to meet the scientific and technical challenges to reducing the energy use and environmental impact of the building sector. In the US, buildings consume 41 percent of the primary energy and are responsible for 40 percent of carbon dioxide emissions, so preparing a workforce in the building sciences is essential to ensure that buildings are created, adapted and retrofitted using rigorous scientific and engineering principles. Furthermore, engineers and architects must collaborate in order to integrate building systems while minimizing energy use, resource consumption, and cost. IRED enables the rapid integration of green building strategies, materials, and systems by conducting university-led laboratory simulations or post-occupancy analysis and applying this research to projects currently under design through collaboration with professional practice. This S-STEM project is recruiting more women and underrepresented minorities into building science majors; encouraging undergraduate students in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and architecture to take building science courses and IRED seminars to better prepare them for practice and research; and providing a financial incentive for these students to continue their education at the Master's level to pursue advanced elective coursework in building science that includes IRED projects and the option to assist with ongoing green building research. Three competitive scholarship tracks support students pursuing Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Master of Architecture degrees at different points in their education. In addition to required coursework, the IRED Student Support Center provides support services for the cohort including: weekly study groups and peer tutoring sessions; peer advising; advising from green building faculty and practitioners; monthly research roundtables and firm tours; recruiting events at high schools, community colleges and on the PSU campus; travel support to present research from IRED courses at conferences; career services; and cohort-building activities including field trips to tour green buildings.The IRED Green Building Scholars program serves as a model for other universities to increase the building science knowledge and skills of their students, improve interdisciplinary interactions in preparation for practice, and better prepare future building professionals to significantly reduce the environmental impact of the built environment through the use of robust scientific knowledge and research.To iteratively improve the program, formative evaluation will include the scholar?s academic progress, retention, and a review of recruitment statistics measure against baselines for the 2012-13 academic year. To identify successes and barriers with respect to achieving project objectives, the formative evaluation will also include an annual survey of the S-STEM Scholars as well as information from mentoring meetings between the grantees and the Scholars.