REU Site: Re-Inventing America's Urban Water Infrastructure

REU 网站：重塑美国城市供水基础设施

• 批准号: 1559984
• 负责人: Richard Luthy
• 金额: $ 35.45万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-15 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1559984&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Re; Inventing; America

America's urban infrastructure was largely developed in the mid 20th century, a time of inexpensive energy, smaller urban populations, and less awareness of environmental impacts such as damage to aquatic habitat and greenhouse gas emissions. Many regions of the country are experiencing periodic water shortages and historic droughts that have created unprecedented stress on water resources and pushed re-thinking of water supply options. Such shortages, coupled with the high cost of operating and maintaining existing water infrastructure, threaten economic growth, social welfare and national security and underscore the urgent need to transform America's water infrastructure. This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program at Stanford University, hosted by the Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), aims to create a new paradigm for safe, sustainable management of urban water. A unique interdisciplinary research experience for undergraduates will immerse diverse and talented cohorts of students from a variety of institutions, particularly those with limited or no research opportunities, in ReNUWIt research groups, working on projects related to managed natural systems and efficient engineered systems. This program will increase undergraduate students' interests in pursuing advanced degrees in water science engineering, with a particular emphasis on women and minorities.This REU Site offers undergraduates, in collaboration with ReNUWIt faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, opportunities to conduct hands-on research during a 9-week summer program, using cross-disciplinary, systems level approaches that directly address the design of urban water infrastructure and key knowledge gaps in water science/engineering. The program will take place at the four ReNUWIt partner institution campuses located at: Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Colorado School of Mines, and New Mexico State University. In addition, to conducting research the students will participate in a range of activities outside the lab to learn more about the wider research community and to hone the skills needed to become successful contributors to the community. These include: 1) All REU Meeting on the Stanford campus. 2) Weekly videoconferences with REU students at partner institutions 3)Professional development workshops on technical writing, oral presentations, career options. and ethics. 4) Interaction with members of ReNUWIt's Industrial Affiliates Board and Innovation Partners. Products created by the REU students at the end of the summary-abstracts and summary graphics-will be displayed in the online ReNUWIt REU gallery for wide dissemination. Some of the REU students will also present their work at national and international conferences.

美国的城市基础设施主要是在 20 世纪中叶发展起来的，当时能源廉价，城市人口较少，人们对环境影响（例如水生栖息地破坏和温室气体排放）的认识较少。该国许多地区正在经历周期性缺水和历史性干旱，这对水资源造成了前所未有的压力，并促使人们重新思考供水选择。 这种短缺，加上运营和​​维护现有水基础设施的高昂成本，威胁着经济增长、社会福利和国家安全，并凸显了改造美国水基础设施的迫切需要。斯坦福大学本科生研究体验 (REU) 现场项目由重塑国家城市水基础设施工程研究中心 (ERC) 主办，旨在创建安全、可持续的城市水管理新范例。 本科生独特的跨学科研究体验将使来自不同机构的多元化、才华横溢的学生群体，特别是那些研究机会有限或没有研究机会的学生，融入ReNUWIt研究小组，从事与管理自然系统和高效工程系统相关的项目。该项目将提高本科生攻读水科学工程高级学位的兴趣，特别是女性和少数族裔。REU 网站与 ReNUWIt 教师、博士后研究员和研究生合作，为本科生提供实践机会在为期 9 周的夏季项目中进行研究，采用跨学科、系统级方法，直接解决城市水基础设施的设计和水科学/工程的关键知识差距。该项目将在四个 ReNUWIt 合作院校校园举行：斯坦福大学、加州大学伯克利分校、科罗拉多矿业学院和新墨西哥州立大学。此外，为了进行研究，学生将参加实验室外的一系列活动，以更多地了解更广泛的研究社区，并磨练成为社区成功贡献者所需的技能。其中包括： 1) 所有 REU 会议均在斯坦福大学校园举行。 2) 每周与合作机构的 REU 学生举行视频会议 3) 关于技术写作、口头演讲、职业选择的专业发展研讨会。和道德。 4) 与 ReNUWIt 工业附属委员会成员和创新合作伙伴的互动。 REU 学生在摘要结束时创建的产品（摘要和摘要图形）将在在线 ReNUWIt REU 画廊中展示，以供广泛传播。 REU 的一些学生还将在国内和国际会议上展示他们的作品。