"Track 1" for Planning or Conference Grant, CO2 Sequestration and Storage using Vetiver Grass on Coastal Wetlands

该项目的目标是通过发展多样化的研究团队来解决可持续建筑环境，这些研究团队将根据这一重大社会挑战设计项目。规划拨款团队将使用香根草，在密西西比湿地隔离二氧化碳（CO2），以缓解气候变化，作为指导工程可持续建筑环境空间对话的重点。PI团队包括一位高素质的社会科学家，他将在规划赠款活动期间与不同的研究人员和学生进行外联和交流活动中发挥重要作用。这种创新和有意的研究将作为催化剂，创造知识和经验学习，以扩大参与和能力建设的代表性不足的群体（URG）在工程通过建立一个有效的网络伙伴关系，在工程和其他学科之间的历史黑人大学和学院（HBCU），少数民族服务机构（MSI）和占主导地位的白色机构（PWI），以及与密西西比州的高中和中学的合作。杰克逊州立大学团队与密西西比州的合作学习机构合作，旨在扩大URG的参与，包括通过实施一项计划，该计划包括1）创新研究，利用香根草的独特特性来封存二氧化碳和减缓气候变化，2）会议参与，研讨会和外联，3）创建对话，了解URG和妇女参与工程的障碍，4）通过创新和参与研究项目及其对文化和社会变革的影响，提高对工程的兴趣，以及4）培养合作和伙伴关系的环境，以提高参与水平，创造工程的可持续途径。杰克逊州立大学的团队有能力与密西西比的其他HBCU、MSI、PWI和高中建立伙伴关系和合作网络。他们将通过组织和实施会议和研讨会来创造和传播知识，以扩大URG在工程方面的参与，并培养适应良好和训练有素的创新工程师的能力，以影响社会变革和发展。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

The goal of this project is to address sustainable built environments through the development of diverse research teams that will design projects based on this grand societal challenge. The planning grant team will us Vetiver Grass, to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) in Mississippi wetlands to mitigate climate change, as a focus to guide conversations in the space of engineering sustainable built environments. The team of PIs includes a highly-qualified social scientist that will play a large role in the outreach and communication activities with different researchers and students during the planning grant activities. This innovative and intentional research will serve as the catalyst to create knowledge and experiential learning to broaden the participation and capacity building of underrepresented groups (URGs) in Engineering through the creation of an effective network of partnerships across the Engineering and other disciplines among Historically Black Universities and Colleges (HBCUs), Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) and Predominantly White Institutions (PWI), and collaborations with High and Middle Schools in the state of Mississippi.The Jackson State University Team in collaboration with partnering institutions of learning in the state of Mississippi aims to broadening the participation of URGs, including women in engineering by implementing a program that incorporates 1) innovative research leveraging the unique properties of vetiver grass to sequester CO2 and mitigate climate change, 2) conference participation, seminars and outreach, 3) create dialogue to understand the barriers to participation in engineering among URGs and women, 4) elevate interest in engineering through innovative and engaging research projects and its impact on cultural and societal change, and 4) cultivate an environment of collaboration and partnerships to elevate the level of participation to create sustainable pathways in engineering. The team at Jackson State University are well positioned to create a network of partnerships and collaborations with other HBCUs, MSIs, PWIs, and High Schools in Mississippi. They will create and disseminate knowledge by orchestrating and implementing a Conference and Seminars to broaden the participation of URGs in Engineering and building capacity of well-adapted and highly trained innovative engineers to impact societal change and development.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.