Conference: Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Communities: Preparing Students to Address Grand Challenges in Ecological Engineering

会议：基于自然的弹性社区解决方案：帮助学生做好应对生态工程重大挑战的准备

• 批准号: 2309583
• 负责人: Mauricio Arias
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: University of South Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2309583&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Nature; based; Solutions; Resilient; Conference; Nature; based; Solutions; Resilient

The primary objective of NSF partial support of this conference is to deepen student engagement and ownership in the Ecological Engineering discipline. NSF will be used primarily to support student activities at the 2023 annual meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, Florida. It is expected that 80 - 125 students will attend, and they will be directly exposed to state-of-the-art research, emerging dialogue about the role of diversity equity and inclusion in the engineering practice, and to an internationally recognized network of ecological engineers to inspire their development and careers in Ecological Engineering. This conference will provide critical student-targeted opportunities, including need-based housing scholarships, career development sessions, networking social events, a poster competition, and a diversity, inclusion, and environmental justice working session. Ecological Engineering has been defined as "the design of sustainable ecosystems that integrate human society with the natural environment for the benefit of both". Ecological Engineering incorporates the disciplines of ecology and engineering to solve environmental problems and to design, build, and restore systems that provide long-term economic, environmental, and social benefits. As a field that seeks to integrate knowledge from across diverse fields to address today's challenges, Ecological Engineering is an example of Growing Convergence Research, one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. Conference support from NSF will allow more students to attend the conference, especially students from diverse backgrounds, and will permit more students to participate in the student design competition, network with professionals in the field, and be a part of the career and Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion panel that will take place. By providing students with accommodation scholarships, career development sessions, presentation opportunities, Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion engagement, and professional networking opportunities, this conference will directly contribute to Broadening Participation in STEM. Moreover, the conference theme is "Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Communities", and it is anticipated that this topic will provide a profound opportunity for students to learn how the field is critical to addressing some of the society's most pressing issues.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.

NSF部分支持这次会议的主要目标是加深学生参与度和生态工程学科的所有权。 NSF将主要用于在佛罗里达州坦帕市南佛罗里达大学（USF）的美国生态工程学会（AEES）的2023年会上支持学生活动。预计将有80-125名学生参加，他们将直接接触到最先进的研究，就多样性公平和包容在工程实践中的作用以及国际认可的生态工程师网络激发他们在生态工程中的发展和关怀。这次会议将提供以学生为目标的关键机会，包括基于需求的住房奖学金，职业发展会议，网络社交活动，海报竞争以及多样性，包容性和环境正义工作会议。生态工程被定义为“可持续生态系统的设计，这些生态系统将人类社会与自然环境融为一体。生态工程结合了生态和工程学的学科，以解决环境问题，并设计，建立和恢复提供长期经济，环境和社会利益的系统。作为一个试图整合各种领域的知识以应对当今挑战的领域，生态工程是增长研究的一个例子，这是NSF的10个大思想之一。 NSF的会议支持将允许更多的学生参加会议，尤其是来自不同背景的学生，并将允许更多的学生参加学生设计竞赛，与该领域的专业人员进行网络，并成为职业生涯和正义公平多样性和包容小组的一部分。通过为学生提供住宿奖学金，职业发展会议，演示机会，司法公平多样性和包容性的参与以及专业的网络机会，该会议将直接有助于扩大参与STEM的参与。此外，会议主题是“基于自然的弹性社区解决方案”，预计该主题将为学生提供一个深刻的机会，让学生了解该领域对于解决社会上一些最紧迫的问题至关重要。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用该基金会的知识分子优点和广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得的支持。