NRT-INFEWS: Paths to Sustainable Food-Energy-Water Systems in Resource-Limited Communities

NRT-INFEWS：资源有限社区可持续粮食-能源-水系统之路

• 批准号: 1633098
• 负责人: David Cwiertny
• 金额: $ 299.93万
• 依托单位: University of Iowa
• 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: 2016-09-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1633098&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; INFEWS; Paths; Sustainable; Food

The complex interconnectivity of society's food, energy and water resources, as well as their inextricable link to socioeconomic factors, present both grand challenges and opportunities that demand new paradigms in problem solving and cooperation across non-traditional disciplines. Nowhere will this challenge be greater than in resource-constrained communities, not only in the developing world but also in the often-overlooked populations of rural America and poor urban centers, where solutions to food/energy/water challenges will need to be tailored to specific communities. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to the University of Iowa will produce a new generation of water sustainability professionals specifically trained to promote sustainable development of food, energy and water resources in these underserved communities, not only as researchers and professors, but also as entrepreneurs, consultants, and civic, professional and global engineers. This project anticipates training fifty (50) MS and PhD students via new graduate degree and certificate programs in Sustainable Water Development, including twenty (20) funded trainees, by leveraging university expertise in all facets of water sustainability including engineering, economics, policy, law, public health, geography, ecology and informatics.This research aims to re-envision STEM graduate education in fields related to water sustainability at the nexus of food and energy resources. We propose a new training paradigm in which educational and research activities at all degree levels (MS and PhD) are focused on experiences that connect trainees directly to the most vulnerable communities in need, thereby satisfying students' stated desires to engage in work that addresses social injustices arising from disparities in resource security. Courses, research projects, community service, and professional training experiences will all be tailored to the trainees' desired career paths. To launch this model, we will create a new graduate degree program at the University of Iowa focused on the development of sustainable water resources in resource-limited communities (e.g., rural and poor communities). The Sustainable Water Development degree will be housed in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, while building upon strengths across the campus in the area of water sustainability and emphasizing the critical roles of both water quality and quantity as well as food and energy production. Major research efforts will address high priority research needs for such communities, including: forecasting, mitigating and adapting to climate variability; innovative solutions for minimizing waste streams and promoting resource recovery; new water treatment infrastructure suitable in scale and associated energy demand for small communities; and management of biogeochemical cycles and agro-ecosystem structure to promote environmental quality. In addition, we will develop a graduate certificate program in Sustainable Water Development available to the entire graduate STEM population at the university, thereby adding valuable specialization to existing degree programs in water-relevant STEM fields (e.g., chemistry, biology, physics and mathematics).The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The Traineeship Track is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas, through the comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.

社会粮食，能源和水资源的复杂互连性及其与社会经济因素的无情联系，既提出了巨大的挑战和机遇，这些挑战和机遇需要在非传统学科中解决问题和合作的新范式。这一挑战将不仅比在发展中国家的社区更大，而且在经常被忽视的美国乡村和贫困城市中心的人口中，对于食品/能源/水挑战的解决方案都需要针对特定​​的社区进行量身定制。这项国家科学基金会研究培训（NRT）颁发了爱荷华大学的奖项，将培养新一代的水可持续性专业人员，专门培训，旨在促进这些服务不足的社区的粮食，能源和水资源的可持续发展，不仅是研究人员和教授，而且还作为企业家，顾问，顾问以及公民，专业，专业和全球工程师。该项目预计，通过利用大学可持续性的所有方面的专业知识，包括工程，经济学，法律，法律，公共卫生，地理，地理，地理，生态学和信息学，培训五十（50）个MS和博士学位学生，包括二十（20）个资助的学员，包括二十（20）个资助的学员，包括五十（50）个MS和博士学位学生，包括二十（20）个资助的学员。我们提出了一种新的培训范式，其中教育和研究活动在各个程度上（MS和博士学位）集中在经验上，这些经验将受训者直接与有需要的最脆弱的社区联系起来，从而满足了学生所陈述的愿望，从而解决了解决因资源安全方面差异而引起的社会不公正现象的工作。课程，研究项目，社区服务和专业培训经验都将针对受训人员所需的职业道路量身定制。为了启动这种模式，我们将在爱荷华大学创建一个新的研究生学位课程，重点介绍在资源有限的社区（例如农村和贫困社区）中可持续水资源的发展。可持续水发展学位将安置在民事和环境工程系，同时建立在水可持续性领域的整个校园中的优势，并强调水质和数量以及食品和能源生产的关键作用。主要的研究工作将满足此类社区的高优先研究需求，包括：预测，缓解和适应气候变异性；创新解决方案，以最大程度地减少废物流和促进资源回收；新的水处理基础设施适合小社区的规模和相关的能源需求；以及对生物地球化学周期和农业生态系统结构的管理，以促进环境质量。此外，我们还将开发一项针对该大学的整个研究生STEM人口可持续水发展的研究生证书计划，从而为水含水型STEM领域的现有学位计划（例如化学，生物学，物理和数学）中的现有学位计划增加了宝贵的专业化。NSF研究学员（NRT）计划旨在鼓励开发和实施型号型号型号，以培训大胆的模型。通过全面的跨学科研究领域的STEM研究生，培训轨道致力于有效地培训STEM研究生，通过全面的培训模型，该模型具有创新，基于循证的，并且与不断变化的员工队伍和研究需求保持一致。

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• DOI: 10.1021/acsagscitech.1c00050
• 发表时间: 2021-08
• 期刊: ACS Agricultural Science & Technology
• 作者: Monica E. McFadden;M. Hladik

A comprehensive review of deep learning applications in hydrology and water resources

• DOI: 10.2166/wst.2020.369
• 发表时间: 2020-12-15
• 期刊: WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• 影响因子: 2.7
• 作者: Sit, Muhammed;Demiray, Bekir Z.;Demir, Ibrahim
• 通讯作者: Demir, Ibrahim

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美国中西部月度基流变化

• DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13359
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Hydrological Processes
• 影响因子: 3.2
• 作者: Ayers, Jessica R.;Villarini, Gabriele;Jones, Christopher;Schilling, Keith
• 通讯作者: Schilling, Keith

An ethical decision-making framework with serious gaming: a smart water case study on flooding

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• DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2021.097
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Journal of Hydroinformatics
• 影响因子: 2.7
• 作者: Ewing, Gregory;Demir, Ibrahim
• 通讯作者: Demir, Ibrahim

Estimating Consumers at Risk from Drinking Elevated Lead Concentrations: An Iowa Case Study

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• DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00753
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Environmental Science & Technology Letters
• 影响因子: 10.9
• 作者: Grant, Amina;Scherer, Michelle M.;Land, Danielle;Cwiertny, David M.;Edwards, Marc A.;Mount, Jerry;Latta, Drew E.
• 通讯作者: Latta, Drew E.