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

IGERT：海上风能工程、环境科学和政策

• 批准号: 1068864
• 负责人: Erin Baker
• 金额: $ 320万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1068864&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Offshore; Wind; Energy; Engineering

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.

这项综合研究生教育和研究实习生（IGERT）奖将在美国建立第一个跨学科的博士培训计划，该计划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界面。海上风能是对世界许多迫在眉睫的能源问题的有前途的解决方案，但是新风项目的安装面临许多障碍。该项目通过关注三个主要挑战的交集来解决这些障碍：1）工程近海风能系统； 2）减轻环境影响； 3）将经济，社会和政策关注纳入公众接受的设计中，这是基于利益相关者参与和公平哲学的。智力优点：该计划的主要特征包括：新颖的跨学科研究；共享课程工作；对海上风装的设计，评估和实施的创新实时案例研究；使用跨学科团队在案例研究中互动解决实际问题的工作室的使用；以及领先的国际海上风能机构的研究经验。 IGERT将使用多层方法招募学生参与者，并特别关注代表不足的学生的强大参与。更广泛的影响：该计划中的学生的共同经验旨在提供智力灵活性，跨学科培训和专业技能，以推动风能前进的科学，工程和发展，从而创建了可再生能源项目，这些项目在技术上和环境上是合理的，同时也适合邻近社区。 IGERT是一项旨在应对美国博士学位的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，所选学科的深刻知识以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过在肥沃的环境中建立创新的研究生教育和培训的新模型来促进研究生教育的文化变革，以超越传统学科界限的合作研究。