RII Track-2 FEC: Sustainable Engineering Infrastructures and Solutions for Tribal Energy Sovereignty

RII Track-2 FEC：部落能源主权的可持续工程基础设施和解决方案

• 批准号: 2316355
• 负责人: Wayne Seames
• 金额: $ 400万
• 依托单位: University of North Dakota Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-15 至 2027-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2316355&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RII; Track; FEC; Sustainable; Engineering

Tribal communities often consist of rural, spread-out populations with distributed, smaller-scale power, heat and fuel energy systems, which are less reliable and may be less resilient to anticipated shifts in weather patterns and severity due to climate change. To assist in addressing this issue and to strengthen the research infrastructure of the North Dakota and Kansas EPSCoR jurisdictions, the University of North Dakota in collaboration with North Dakota State University and Kansas State University, with participation by Haskell Indian Nations University, Turtle Mountain Community College, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, and the Tribal Research Network Group will research technologies and methods to provide sustainable, reliable and efficient engineering infrastructures and solutions for tribal energy sovereignty. The project also encompasses educational activities, including tasks that will train tribal members to develop tribal nation workforces and expand their technical capacity to implement renewable energy sources for building tribal energy resiliency and independence. This innovative project will be developed in partnership with tribal nations in Kansas and North Dakota and its outcomes will be assessed from environmental, economic, and social perspectives for both the short- and long-term. An inter-related suite of technologies will be explored to provide potential solutions for tribal communities including: 1) widely scalable photovoltaic-thermal systems for both heat and power; 2) robust on-demand energy storage systems for power, heating, and cooling; 3) the production of renewable fuels and power from waste materials (e.g. plastics) and non-food agricultural resources (e.g. corn stover, wheat straw, waste and crop oils) in small scale, nearly self-sufficient processes; and 4) power microgrid technologies with both on- and off-grid modes depending on demands and surpluses. The associated economic, sustainability, and social impact will be defined for use by tribal nations to support their energy sovereignty. This project will also seek to expand the understanding of how to best support native students in STEM at traditional research universities with the creation of a program that will be developed in collaboration with three tribal colleges and implemented at the three participating research universities. The INgineering program focuses on enhancing pathways into STEM careers for native students. This RII EPSCoR Track-2 project also includes workforce development for native STEM students and K-12 teacher professional development using project-based learning of culturally relevant engineering design. Development and mentoring for junior and mid-career faculty participants and graduate students are also key aspects of the project.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.

部落社区通常由带有分布式，较小的功率，热量和燃料能源系统的农村，扩散人口组成，这些人的可靠性较差，并且可能会因气候变化而导致的天气模式和严重性的预期变化较低。为了协助解决这个问题并加强北达科他州和堪萨斯州EPSCOR司法管辖区的研究基础设施，北达科他大学与北达科他州立大学和堪萨斯州立大学合作，由Haskell Indial Nations Univess，Turtle Mountain Community College College，Haskell Indial Nations Commitation ，Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish学院以及部落研究网络小组将研究技术和方法，以提供可持续，可靠和高效的工程基础设施以及部落能源主权的解决方案。该项目还包括教育活动，包括将培训部落成员发展部落国家劳动力并扩大其技术能力的任务，以实施可再生能源来建立部落能源弹性和独立性。这个创新的项目将与堪萨斯州和北达科他州的部落国家合作开发，其成果将从短期和长期的环境，经济和社会观点进行评估。将探索一套相互关联的技术，以为部落社区提供潜在的解决方案，包括：1）可扩展的热电自热系统，用于热量和功率； 2）强大的按需储能系统用于电源，加热和冷却； 3）用废物（例如塑料）和非食品农业资源（例如玉米臭味，小麦稻草，废物和作物油）生产可再生燃料和动力，几乎是自给自足的过程； 4）具有在需求和盈余的不同的电源和离网模式的动力微电网技术。相关的经济，可持续性和社会影响将被定义，用于部落国家支持其能源主权。该项目还将寻求扩展对如何通过创建计划与三所部落学院合作开发的计划，并在三所参与研究的研究所实施的计划中开发一个计划，以扩大对如何为STEM中的本地学生提供最大支持的理解。 Incinering计划的重点是增强本地学生STEM职业的途径。这个RII EPSCOR TRACK-2项目还包括针对本地STEM学生的劳动力发展和K-12教师专业发展，使用基于项目的文化相关工程设计学习。初级和中级教职员工和研究生的发展和指导也是该项目的关键方面。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来提供支持。