NRT-INFEWS: Preparing future leaders: Rural resource resiliency (R3)

NRT-INFEWS：培养未来的领导者：农村资源弹性（R3）

• 批准号: 1828571
• 负责人: Melanie Derby
• 金额: $ 299.84万
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1828571&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; INFEWS; Preparing; future; leaders

Rural communities in the United States and across the world are faced with the challenge of producing food for over 9 billion people by 2050. At the same time, many of these communities - including those in Western Kansas - are facing serious challenges that threaten their survival, such as water shortages, economic pressures, and a population decline. For rural communities to adapt and thrive in a more uncertain future requires the development of new technologies and practices to enable sustainable agriculture, which in turn requires leaders who can think outside the box. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to Kansas State University will prepare students to become science-based leaders and advocates for resilient rural communities by combining engineering, economics, and sociological knowledge to meet the needs of farmers, industry, and society. Students will engage with farmers, government and industry through interactive sessions and will develop relevant skills through innovative coursework and teamwork. This comprehensive program anticipates training fifty (50) master's and doctoral students, including twenty-five (25) funded trainees, from the colleges of engineering, arts and sciences, and agriculture, A resilient food, energy, and water system in Western Kansas and other semi-arid regions requires sufficient capacity to adapt to short-term shocks and long-term adverse conditions (e.g., further groundwater depletion, growing competition for water between food and energy interests, increasing resource demands for fertilizer production). The interdisciplinary research efforts funded through this project will focus on resource conservation, recovery, and reuse for sustainable agriculture, including: (1) innovations for soil, water and microbial systems in the face of drought, (2) hydrologic science and water conservation systems for efficient food production, and (3) anaerobic bioreactors to transform animal waste into usable energy, water, and fertilizer. Engineering innovations alone will not bring about more resilient rural communities; it is critical that solutions also address perceptions, barriers, and attitudes among stakeholders to meet their shorter-term needs while enabling transitions to more resilient system dynamics over longer time frames. NRT training through this program will create culturally competent, interdisciplinary problem-solvers through immersive experiences with producers and industry in Southwest Kansas, policy makers in the state capital, and interdisciplinary coursework that integrates theory, practice, and international discussions. In addition, outreach to agricultural high school teachers will develop trainee leadership skills and trainee success will be supported by team-based faculty and peer mentoring. 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 program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas through comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.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.

到2050年，美国和世界各地的农村社区面临着为90亿人民生产粮食的挑战。与此同时，许多社区（包括堪萨斯州西部的社区）都面临着威胁其生存的严重挑战，例如水短缺，经济压力和人口下降。为了使农村社区适应和蓬勃发展，不确定的未来需要开发新技术和实践，以使可持续的农业能够发展，这反过来又需要可以在框框外面思考的领导者。通过将工程，经济学和社会学知识相结合，以满足农民，工业和社会的需求，这项授予堪萨斯州立大学的国家科学基金会研究奖（NRT）奖将使学生成为理论上的韧性农村社区的领导者和倡导者。学生将通过互动会议与农民，政府和行业互动，并通过创新的课程和团队合作发展相关技能。 这个全面的计划预计，培训五十（50）个硕士和博士生，包括二十五（25）个资助的学员，来自工程，艺术和科学学院，以及农业，农业，堪萨斯州西部和其他半积极区域的弹性食品，能源和水系统需要足够的能力，需要适应短期和长期的不良状态（E.G），并竞争E.G（E. G. E. G. E. G. E. G.能源利益，对肥料生产的资源需求增加）。通过该项目资助的跨学科研究工作将集中于可持续农业的资源保护，恢复和再利用，包括：（1）面对干旱的土壤，水和微生物系统的创新，（2）水文科学和节水系统用于有效的粮食生产，以及（3）厌氧生物比例的动物动物浪费我们的动物能量，并使我们的动物浪费能力，并施加了肥料，肥料，肥料。仅工程创新将不会带来更多弹性的农村社区；至关重要的是，解决方案还解决了利益相关者之间的看法，障碍和态度，以满足其短期需求，同时在更长的时间范围内过渡到更具弹性的系统动态。通过该计划进行的NRT培训将通过与西南堪萨斯州西南部的生产者和行业的沉浸式经验，州首都的政策制定者以及融合理论，实践和国际讨论的跨学科课程来创造具有文化能力的跨学科问题解决者。此外，向农业高中教师提供宣传将发展受训者的领导技能，而学员的成功将得到基于团队的教师和同伴指导的支持。 NSF研究训练（NRT）计划旨在鼓励开发和实施用于STEM研究生教育培训的大胆，新的潜在变革模型。该计划致力于通过全面的跨学科研究领域对STEM研究生进行有效培训，这是通过创新，基于证据的全面训练模型，并且与不断变化的劳动力和研究需求保持一致。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的智力功能和广泛影响的评估来评估CRETERIA的评估。

项目成果

Permeability Analysis of Additively-Manufactured Wick Structures with Heat Exchanger Applications

热交换器应用中增材制造的芯结构的渗透性分析

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: 18th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue
• 作者: Morrow, Jordan;Mendez, Carlos;Derby, Melanie.
• 通讯作者: Derby, Melanie.

Flow condensation heat transfer performance of natural and emerging synthetic refrigerants

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2021.09.014
• 发表时间: 2021-12-03
• 期刊: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFRIGERATION
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Morrow, Jordan A.;Huber, Ryan A.;Derby, Melanie M.
• 通讯作者: Derby, Melanie M.

Contributing to Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Graduate Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach

促进 STEM 研究生教育的多样性和包容性：跨学科方法

• DOI: 10.18260/1-2-1142.1153-38343
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference
• 作者: Shamir, Mirit;Cors, Rebecca;Derby, Melanie M.
• 通讯作者: Derby, Melanie M.

Heat and Mass Transfer in the Food, Energy, and Water Nexus—A Review

• DOI: 10.1115/1.4047089
• 发表时间: 2020-09
• 期刊: Journal of Heat Transfer-transactions of The Asme
• 作者: M. Derby;Allison N. Adams;P. Chakraborty;M. R. Haque;Ryan A. Huber;J. Morrow;G. A. Riley;M. Ross-M.-R

Development of a graduate-level capstone course for interdisciplinary researchers: design approaches and lessons learned

为跨学科研究人员开发研究生水平的顶点课程：设计方法和经验教训

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Shamir, M.;Hutchinson, S.;Hock, G.;Hansen, R.;Aguilar, J.;Hendricks, N.;Parameswaran, P.;Sanderson, M.;Cors, R.;Derby, M.
• 通讯作者: Derby, M.