Workshop Shares MicroFEWS Project Progress
ACEP researcher Erin Whitney and Institute of Northern Engineering Director Bill Schnabel recently participated in a National Science Foundation workshop in Washington, D.C. The workshop was held for grantees in NSF's program.
Whitney and Schnabel are part of a ÎÞÂëÂÒÂ×-led project examining and quantifying the impacts of renewable energy on food and water security in remote Arctic and sub-Arctic communities. The title of their project is "Coupling Infrastructure Improvements to Food-Energy-Water System Dynamics in Small Cold Region Communities: MicroFEWS" (NSF Award No. 1740075).
The purpose of the workshop was to bring together all grantees from around the nation to share progress, ideas, and collaboration opportunities. Whitney and Schnabel identified a number of potential research partners for the Alaska project and participated in discussions about data science, social science integration, public-private partnerships and interdisciplinary team dynamics.
Poster created for the MicroFEWS project update. Photo by Erin Whitney/ACEP.