Innovation at the Nexus of the Food/Energy/ Water Systems Mary Rezac
World Population Arable Land per capita (m 2 ) (Billion) 9 5000 8 7 4000 6 5 3000 4 2000 3 2 1000 1 1960 2005 2050 1960 2005 2050
Thankfully, Agriculture has become more efficient
Renewable Water Resources, 2011 (m 3 /capita/year)
Water challenges
National Opportunities • NSF to spend ~$45 M in FY17 • USDA AFRI ~$5M • DoE proposed $38M for energy- water nexus research in FY17
NSF’s investment in INFEWS will: • Support integrated experimental research towards creating a comprehensive food-energy-water sociotechnical systems model Advance knowledge/technologies that foster safer, • more secure, and more efficient use of resources within the food-energy-water nexus, and Support an integrated approach to build the next- • generation INFEWS workforce.
NSF’s INFEWS 2017 NSF 17-530 • $40M total budget ($35M NSF, $5M USDA) • $2.5M max budget, 15-30 projects funded • March 6, 2017 • 3 tracks of research: (1) FEW System Modeling; (2) Visualization and Decision support for Cyber-Human-Physical Systems at the FEW Nexus; and (3) Research to Enable Innovative Solutions.
NSF INFEWS 2017 NSF 17-530 A proposal may be submitted to ONLY ONE track per • competition. Limits on Faculty: • – 2 proposals total – 1 proposal per track – Lead PI on only 1 proposal – Applies to proposals submitted by K-State and as a sub-award from another institution. Team must include researchers from three or more of the • participating NSF directorates (CISE, ENG, GEO, MPS, SBE) or two (or more) directorates and USDA/NIFA (only if there’s an element that’s unique to USDA and not covered by the other two NSF directorates)
Track 1: FEW System Modeling • Track 1 aims to significantly advance understanding of FEW systems with advanced modeling that investigates the functioning of coupled biotic, abiotic, engineered and social systems . The goal is to define and understand the couplings/linkages, feedback mechanisms and processes among the FEW systems components and to elucidate the factors that influence resilience, thresholds and criticalities. Track 1 projects should articulate clear hypotheses and/or describe what anticipated theoretical advancements will likely emerge from the modeling efforts.
Track 1: 2016 Funded Projects $10.9 M $2M Increasing regional to global-scale resilience in Food-Energy- • Water systems through coordinated management, technology and institutions Jennifer Adam, Washington State $1.9M Monitoring and managing food, energy, and water systems • under stress: California Steve Davis, UC Irvine $1.2M A Modeling Framework to Understand the coupling of Food, • Energy, and Water in the Teleconnected Corn and Cotton Belts Xin- Zhong Liang, Maryland $3M Mesoscale Data Fusion to Map and Model the U.S. Food, • Energy, and Water (FEW) System Benjamin Ruddell, Northern Arizona $2.8M Understanding multi-scale resilience options for vulnerable • regions Benjamin Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins
Track 2: Visualization and Decision Support for Cyber-Human-Physical Systems at the FEW Nexus • Cyber-human-physical systems (CHPS) integrate decision making at different spatial and temporal scales with sensing, computation, and networking measurements of the social, natural, physical and built worlds. Each FEW system is a large CHPS with human interaction influencing system outcomes. • Track 2 seeks to develop the core system science needed to understand the interactions between these diverse but closely coupled components that operate at multiple temporal and spatial scales.
Track 2: 2016 Funded Projects $6M $3M The sustainability-productivity tradeoff: Water • supply vulnerabilities and adaptation opportunities in California’s coupled agricultural and energy sectors Gregory Characklis, UNC at Chapel Hill $3M Flexible Model Compositions and Visual • Representations for Planning and Policy Decisions at the Sub-regional level of the food-energy-water nexus Ross Maciejewski, Arizona State
Track 3: Research to Enable Innovative System Solutions • Track 3 projects will develop and examine innovative solutions that address specific FEW system challenges and aim to enhance FEW systems’ resilience and sustainability. Track 3 research might explore sustainable management solutions, examine the drivers of resource consumption, and study the means of extending resources via methods such as reducing, recycling, recovery, and reuse, among other topics. • Track 3 projects must take a systems approach when researching potential solutions. A project that addresses the three components (food, energy, and water) separately is not appropriate for the INFEWS solicitation.
Track 3: 2016 Funded Projects $11.6M $2.6M Social-ecological-technological solutions to waste reuse in • food, energy, and water systems Lilian Alessa , U Idaho $1M Managing Energy, Water, and Information Flows for • Sustainability across the Advanced Food Ecosystem Callie Babbitt, Rochester Institute of Technology $2.7M Advancing Technologies and Improving Communication of • Urine-Derived Fertilizers for Food Production within a Risk-Based Framework Nancy Love , Michigan $1.1M Rethinking Dams: Innovative hydropower solutions to achieve • sustainable food and energy production, and sustainable communities Emilio Moran, Michigan State $2.7M Solar-Powered Integrated Greenhouse (SPRING) Systems Using • Wavelength Selective Photovoltaics for Complete Solar Utilization Brendan O’Connor, NC State $1.5M Reducing Household Food, Energy and Water Consumption: A • Quantitative Analysis of Interventions and Impacts of Conservation David Watkins, Michigan Tech
Finding Opportunities • http://www.k- state.edu/research/faculty/funding/search/ Partnerships for International Research and • Education (PIRE) nsf 17-507 Summer 17 $4M / 5-yr award DE-FOA-0001428: INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN • ENERGY-RELATED APPLIED SCIENCE (IDEAS) September 2017 $500K / award
Breakout • Break into groups around potential proposal ideas • Introduce yourself and identify your specific interest in F, E, or W • Discuss your interest in proposed idea – Modify topic to fit the interests of the group – Identify major societal problem to be address – Identify potential research objectives – Identify research skills needed to solve this problem • Who’s missing from the table?
Breakout topics 1. Drought/ Changing Aquifer/ Changing Rural Communities/ Wind Power 2. Ag Run-off (N/P), city water, energy for water clean up 3. Fertilizer for developing world 4. CAFOs, manure, fertilizer, CO2 from power plant to produce algae for animal food (?) 5. Right time, right place agriculture / transportation cost/ storage / food waste / consumer behavior 6. UAS/Data for Precision Ag to reduce water and fertilizer use
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