REU Site: Sustainability of Horizontal Civil Networks in Rural Areas

REU 网站：农村地区横向民用网络的可持续性

• 批准号: 1950597
• 负责人: Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
• 金额: $ 44.52万
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-03-15 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950597&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Sustainability; Horizontal; Civil

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site, Sustainability of Horizontal Civil Networks in Rural Areas, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will provide interdisciplinary research opportunities focusing on sustainable civil infrastructure for rural areas to three cohorts of ten students, primarily from institutions with limited or no research opportunities and/or students underrepresented in STEM. Rural areas, which contain approximately 20% of the US population and over 90% of the land area in the United States, are fundamental to human well-being in both rural and urban areas. Rural areas provide resources such as the infrastructure for U.S. food and bioenergy production as well as the transportation infrastructure from inland urban centers to ports. Rural areas are characterized by agricultural- and natural resource-based economics, stable or declining populations with low population densities, and “farm-to-market” localized transportation patterns, and these characteristics necessitate new technologies and approaches for civil infrastructure. Despite the differences between rural and urban regions, little attention is paid to the unique challenges and opportunities for sustainability in rural areas. This REU site will provide opportunities for student participants to engage in fundamental research in two broad areas: 1) environmental and water resources challenges in rural and agricultural areas, and 2) structural engineering, materials, and transportation challenges for sustainable rural infrastructure. The research conducted through this program is expected to increase the economic competitiveness of rural areas and result in a trained workforce for unique rural challenges. The objectives of this REU site are: 1) provide research experiences to undergraduate students with at least 60% of participants from institutions with limited research opportunities, at least 50% from groups underrepresented in engineering, and at least 40% first-generation college students; 2) provide participants with first-hand exposure to the engineering and infrastructure challenges facing the rural United States through research and professional development opportunities; and 3) promote and sustain the interest of undergraduate students in persisting in a STEM field and pursuing graduate education. Through this REU site, 10 undergraduates per year will be given an opportunity to conduct fundamental research with our faculty mentors. In addition, this REU site will offer a series of communication development opportunities including preparation of a conference paper, informal presentations to their peers, formal poster presentations, and outreach to high school students. It is anticipated that this REU experience will motivate student participants to continue in STEM and to pursue graduate degrees in engineering, which will contribute to diversifying the future STEM workforce.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.

内布拉斯加州林肯大学的本科生（REU）网站，水平民用网络的可持续性，水平民用网络的可持续性将提供跨学科的研究机会，重点介绍了为农村地区的可持续民用基础设施提供的三个同类群体，来自三个学生，来自十个学生，来自有限或没有研究机会的机构，或没有研究机会或/或学生/或学生或学生或学生未经书面培训。农村地区占美国人口的20％，超过90％的土地面积，是农村和城市地区人类福祉的基础。农村地区提供资源，例如用于美国食品和生物能源生产的基础设施，以及从内陆城市中心到港口的运输基础设施。农村地区的特征是基于农业和自然资源的经济学，人口密度较低的人口稳定或下降，以及“农场到市场”的局部运输方式，这些特征是民用基础设施的必要新技术和方法。尽管农村地区和城市地区之间存在差异，但对农村地区可持续性的独特挑战和机会很少关注。此REU站点将为学生参与者提供机会在两个广泛领域进行基础研究：1）农村和农业地区的环境和水资源挑战，以及2）结构性工程，材料和运输挑战，以实现可持续的农村基础设施。预计通过该计划进行的研究将提高农村地区的经济竞争力，并导致训练有素的劳动力，以应对独特的农村挑战。此REU网站的目标是：1）为至少有60％的研究机会参与者的本科生提供研究经验，研究机会有限，至少有50％的工程群体，至少有40％的第一代大学生； 2）通过研究和专业发展机会，向参与者提供了对艰难的美国面临的工程和基础设施挑战的第一手接触； 3）促进和维持本科生在STEM领域的持续存在并追求研究生教育的兴趣。通过此REU网站，每年将有10名本科生有机会与我们的教师导师进行基础研究。此外，此REU网站将提供一系列的沟通开发机会，包括准备会议论文，非正式演讲，正式的海报演讲以及向高中生的宣传。可以预料，这种REU经验将激励学生参与者继续执行STEM并购买工程学的研究生学位，这将有助于多样化未来的STEM劳动力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准来通过评估来通过评估来获得的支持。

项目成果

Application of Neural Networks for Hydrologic Process Understanding at a Midwestern Watershed

神经网络在中西部流域水文过程理解中的应用

• DOI: 10.3390/hydrology10020027
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Hydrology
• 影响因子: 3.2
• 作者: Aliev, Annushka;Koya, Sinan Rasiya;Kim, Incheol;Eun, Jongwan;Traylor, Elbert;Roy, Tirthankar
• 通讯作者: Roy, Tirthankar

We Are Thriving: Increasing the Number of Women in Engineering

我们正在蓬勃发展：增加工程领域的女性人数

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Redmond, K.E.;Panther, G.;Asadollahipajouh, M.;Evans, R.;Kulesza, S.;and Liang, G.
• 通讯作者: and Liang, G.

Behavioral adaptability of engineering instructors engaging in emergency remote teaching during three semesters of the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19大流行期间三个学期从事紧急远程教学的工程讲师的行为适应性

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 127th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
• 作者: Atkinson*, L.;Panther, G.;Diefes-Dux, H. A.
• 通讯作者: Diefes-Dux, H. A.

Functionality recovery of steel grain bins in rural communities following the August 2020 Iowa derecho

2020 年 8 月爱荷华州 derecho 事件后农村社区钢制粮仓的功能恢复

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 3rd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure (ICONHIC2022
• 作者: Troulis, E.;Wittich, C.E.
• 通讯作者: Wittich, C.E.

Impacts of a Sustainability-Focused REU Site on Student Products and Career Trajectory for Underrepresented Groups in Engineering

以可持续发展为重点的 REU 网站对工程领域代表性不足群体的学生产品和职业轨迹的影响

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Wittich, C.E.;Bartelt-Hunt, S.
• 通讯作者: Bartelt-Hunt, S.