Research NewsletterIssue: ORN-2021-45

NAI-NJIT Chapter Workshop

Sustainable Societies: Global Environment and Climate Change

Innovations to Global Solutions

In Conjunction with

President’s Forum

and

NJIT 2021 Faculty Research Showcase

November 15, 2021; 10.00 AM – 3.30 PM; Ballroom, Campus Center, NJIT

YouTube Live Streaming at https://youtu.be/6glZj1hhWkw

Event Website: https://research.njit.edu/nai/events

Climate change is no longer a distant apocalypse, but an emerging reality experienced on the ground by regions around the globe. The recent spate of natural disasters – from forest fires, to searing temperatures, to drought, to hurricanes – injects urgency into the search for sophisticated data, near-term technological solutions and strategies for coping in an altered world. Indeed, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change noted, “Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes already set in motion—such as continued sea level rise—are irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years.”

Sustained reductions in the emission of greenhouse gases are a top strategic priority that will require the involvement of communities around the globe and the participation of problem-focused partnerships among academia, industry, government and private and non-profit policy advocates. Societal gaps in knowledge about the severity and implications of climate change within individual countries and the political will to undertake coordinated global policies present real challenges. This workshop is designed to bring together key stakeholders with an eye toward developing an integrated approach toward the problem that focuses on education, research, innovation and technology translation. 

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This event is a part of the NAI-NJIT Chapter Workshop Series on “Innovations to Global Solutions” and the President’s Forum is a featured event in the Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium Series and is made possible in part by the generous support of the DeCaprio Family.

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Program:

10.00 AM – 10.05 AM:   Welcome Remarks:

                                         Joel Bloom, President, NJIT

                                         Commissioner Upendra Chivukula, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

                                         Fadi Deek, Provost and Senior Executive Vice President, NJIT

                                         Atam Dhawan, Senior Vice Provost for Research, NJIT

10.05 AM – 10.35 AM:  Keynote Presentation:

                                         Distinguished Speaker: Karen Reif, Vice President – Renewables & Energy Solutions, PSE&G

10.35 AM – 11.25 AM:   Distinguished Panel Discussion I: Sustainable Environment and Climate Change         

Moderator:

       Govi, Rao, CEO Phase Change Solutions & Co-founder, CarbonGroup Global

Panelists:

       Robin Leichenko, Co-Director, Rutgers Climate Institute

       Professor, Department of Geography, Rutgers University

       Elie Bou-Zeid, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director, the Metropolis Project, Princeton University

       D. Scott Mackay, Professor & Chair, Department of Geography, Professor, Department of Environment and Sustainability, University of Buffalo

       Judith Sheft, Executive Director, New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology

11.25 AM – 12.15 PM:   Distinguished Panel Discussion II: Sustainable Environment and Climate Change

Moderator:

       Atam Dhawan, Senior Vice Provost for Research, NJIT

Panelists:

      Pallavi Madakasira, Director, Clean Energy, New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)

      Michel Boufadel, Distinguished Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director, Center for Natural Resources

      Xiaonan (Shannon) Tai, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

      Omowunmi “Wunmi” Sadik, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Chemistry and Environmental Science

12.15 PM – 12.30 PM:    Concluding Remarks: Distinguished Speaker: Mihri Ozkan, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Climate Champion Faculty, University of California-Riverside; Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)

12.30 PM – 1.00 PM:      Lunch and Networking Session

1.00 PM – 3.30 PM:        Faculty Research Showcase

          FY22 New Faculty Presentations

          FY22 Faculty Seed Grants Presentations

NSF: Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE); Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE); Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships (STC); Navigating the New Arctic (NNA); Internet Measurement Research: Methodologies, Tools, and Infrastructure (IMR); Computer and Information Science and Engineering Minority-Serving Institutions Research Expansion Program (CISE-MSI Program): Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC); Office of Polar Programs Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (OPP-PRF); Tectonics; Organismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC): Expanding Understanding and Improving Predictions of Life on a Warming Planet

NIH: Prodromal Synaptic and Circuit Changes that Contribute to AD/ADRD Onset and Progression (R01); Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation Device Development for Mental Health Applications (R21); Virtual Consortium for Translational/Transdisciplinary Environmental Research (ViCTER) (R01): Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Wellbeing, Illness, and Recovery (R01); SPARC Human Open Research Neural Engineering Technologies (HORNET) Initiative (U41)

Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: Strategic Technology Office (STO) Office-wide; Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-Wide; National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) 2022 Broad Agency Announcement; Environmental Literacy Program: Increasing community resilience to extreme weather & climate change; Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology; MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURE SYSTEMS (MCS) BAA

Department of Transportation: FY 2021 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Enhancing Mobility Innovation

Department of Agriculture: Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program; Solid Waste Management Grant Program

Department of Labor: Workforce System Technical Assistance Collaborative

Department of Commerce/EDA:  Competition for a Cooperative Institute to Support Water Resources; Environmental Literacy Program; FY2021 to FY2023 NOAA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

EPA: National Priorities: Innovative Sampling Designs for Public Health Surveillance of Coronaviruses and Other Pathogens in Wastewater; Development of Innovative Approaches to Assess the Toxicity of Chemical Mixtures; FY22 GUIDELINES FOR BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT GRANTS; FY22 GUIDELINES FOR BROWNFIELD CLEANUP

Department of Energy: Quantum-Enabled Bioimaging and Sensing Approaches for Bioenergy;  Harnessing Emissions into Structures Taking Inputs from the Atmosphere (HESTIA); Earth System Model Development and Analysis; Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement: “Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries.”; Direct Air Capture Combined With Dedicated Long-Term Carbon Storage, Coupled to Existing Low-Carbon Energy; RFI: Technology Advancements for Subsurface Exploration for Renewable Energy Resources or Carbon Storage; Environmental System Science (ESS); Atmospheric System Research (ASR); UNIVERSITY-BASED CYBERSECURITY CENTERS

NASA: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II; Strategic Astrophysics Technology

National Endowment of Humanities: Digital Humanities Advancement Grants

Private Foundations: Gates Foundation: Global Grand Challenges Grant Opportunities

US, EU Join French President’s Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace: The United States and the European Union have announced their commitment to a key international agreement on responsible behavior online, three years after French President Emmanuel Macron first made the call. Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted cybersecurity in remarks the White House released Friday from a press conference in Paris. Harris is in Paris for an annual peace forum where Macron in 2018 issued the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

Air Force to Build New Center to Study and Enhance Directed Energy Capabilities: The Air Force Research Laboratory confirmed plans to open up a new center for strategic studies into directed energy—like lasers and high-power electromagnetics applied to take out a specific target—in collaboration with the University of New Mexico. Expected to go into full operation by 2025, the new hub will enable researchers to study and develop next-generation capabilities in that increasingly competitive technological realm. That report warns that the U.S. is now “moving aggressively to retain” leadership in directed energy, which it describes as a focused beam of electromagnetic energy that can be used by to disrupt or harm humans, devices, missiles, vehicles and other targets. Officials promoting its use argue that this technology is less costly than traditional kinetic systems and can result in less collateral damage. The Defense Department has tracked at least 31 actors using directed energy weapons in missions to counter drones, as well as multiple state and non-state actors who have used lasers during protests, and for policing and other purposes. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill: Congress passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package Friday, approving a signature part of President Joe Biden's economic agenda. It will deliver $550 billion of new federal investments in America's infrastructure over five years, touching everything from bridges and roads to the nation's broadband, water and energy systems. Experts say the money is sorely needed to ensure safe travel, as well as the efficient transport of goods and produce across the country. The nation's infrastructure system earned a C- score from the American Society of Civil Engineers earlier this year. Democrats claim the bill pays for itself through a multitude of measures and without raising taxes. But the Congressional Budget Office brushed aside several of those pay-for provisions, ultimately finding the bill would add $256 billion to the deficit over the next 10 years. It's significantly smaller than the $2.25 trillion proposal that Biden unveiled in March, known as the American Jobs Plan. More information is posted on the https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684

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