Progress 06/01/23 to 05/31/24
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience remains unchanged. We embark on project-based, transdisciplinary endeavors that engage a diverse range of audiences, seamlessly merging education with community-driven efforts centered around disaster relief and resilience in Puerto Rico. Our collaborative network spans the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, encompassing various channels such as undergraduate Research Experiences (REUs) during the summer and graduate teams of interdisciplinary scholars pioneering virtual, transdisciplinary approaches, among other avenues. Our student cohorts encompass a wide spectrum, spanning from first-year undergraduate engineering students, actively recruited during registration to foster inclusivity, to advanced graduate students hailing from various disciplines and specialized research areas within their respective institutions. To date, we have formally established two courses at the University of Illinois (ENG 177: Global Disaster Resilience Scholars and ABE 452: Engineering for Disaster Resilience) that regularly connect with contacts in Puerto Rico, facilitating valuable cultural and community insights through in-depth class discussions and engagement with subject matter experts. We have a third course designed for technology management students which is in the review process and should be approved soon. Thisupcoming course, titled ETMA 452: Community-based Design and Management for Disaster Resilience, will provide students with crucial expertise in these pivotal areas. By havningboth engineering and management related courses we feel we can actively recruit from across campus into both the educational and research programs linked to these experiences. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?This project is built around the training of transdisciplinary research professionsals. Abbreviated abstracts of anticipated projects for incoming Summer 2024. During this project year, with increased numbers of students, we can ensure that students have redundant support on each project. Some topics we are learning are harder to recruit for. Supply chain analyses are very important for improving resilience in places like Puerto Rico, but few students understand how they can contribute to these efforts. Themes for current projects are as follows: Innovative Nursery Irrigation Systems Using Reclaimed Rainwater DRR has developed prototype disaster-resilient nurseries for urban horticulture and agriculture. Working with our partner communities, we seek to expand the scale and enhance the productivity of such nurseries (and similar living laboratories). We also seek to quantify the social benefits for local communities and to disseminate essential background knowledge for implementing such nurseries at a commercial scale. Early warning systems for potential flood scenarios Resilience and disaster preparedness are often related to flooding. Communities must be better informed of emergent and increasing flood risks. We seek to develop strategies and solutions for measuring flood risks promptly and reliably--measures that remain valid in spite of the vagaries of local weather conditions. We anticipate the use of sensor networks, drones, satellite imagery, and innovative analytics. Evaluation of ecosystems services DRR supports ecosystem restoration. Coastal wetlands provide a great many ecosystem services (e.g., water purification, carbon sequestration, dampening storm surge, biodiversity). We aim to measure and track these processes and quantify the benefits of restoration efforts. Systems can be developed to automate data collection (e.g. camera systems) and to leverage community engagement through high school laboratory programs (administered by our partners) and local citizen science. Supply Chain Analysis for Communities Vulnerable to Disaster We seek to analyze and design greater resilience in the supply chains serving vulnerable communities.Understanding the flow of life-sustaining commodities--both under normal conditions and after disastrous events--will facilitate infrastructural improvements to better serve these communities. We will experiment with analytical approaches quantifying the resilience of supply chains serving Puerto Rico and other US territories. Integrated and distributed microgrids for disaster resilience We seek to develop an integrated approach to enhance the resilience of key power systems. We seek an alternative to municipal power systems. Solutions would be integrated with existing infrastructures and scaleable to other applications. Impacts of wastewater on local ecosystems and public health We are trying to understand the influence of water on the health and vitality of neighboring ecosystems. Low-lying urban regions are often flood prone and may contribute significant quantities of non-point source pollution during disasters. We seek to explain factors that influence such pollution and to enable improved management and investment in relevant infrastructures. Facilitation of disaster preparedness Facilitation of disaster preparedness requires identification of local needs before, during, and after disaster-related events. We seek to develop new (and to enhance existing) information systems for disaster preparedness and response. A system ready to protect the most vulnerable communities should include resiliency centers, innovative communications systems, and analytical tools. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?As in past years of this effort, a collaborative presentation with Caras con Causa and our undergraduate research students from Illinois and Puerto Rico effectively showcased the research conducted in the Summer of 2023 to the local community in Cataño, presented in both English and Spanish. Further, embedded within these community-driven initiatives are routine visits to engage with local residents, assessing project advancement and potential outcomes. At present, we are collaborating with the community on various endeavors, such as establishing experimental mangrove nurseries and implementing an automated irrigation system for one of the nurseries. The result research is regularly be presented at regional and national meetings and during university research symposia. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During our final resporting period we are ensuring that installed facilities at Caras con Causa are genuinely working and opearation for our partners. We are working on finalizing publications, especially those initiated by undergraduate researchers. We are presenting the outcomes of this rsearch. We anticpate that we will continue workign on some of these publications even beyond the project period. An impressive, and relatively hidden feature, is that students undergoing this training are committed beyond their lives with the project and are intersted in following through to complete the research endeavors including publication and presentation.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
In year 4, we sustained our delivery of semester-based courses, crafting projects that directly addressed the evolving challenges faced by our partner communities. Through intensified collaboration with these communities, we pinpointed projects that closely aligned with their specific needs. We developed the notion of periodic review with our partners that balanced their workloads, while seeking to ensure we are not working on project with direct benefits. Moreover, we sought to grow the integration of classroom projects with anticipated summer research endeavors. Past project reports continue to beanonymizedand shared, ensuring the seamless transfer of institutional knowledge from one cohort to the next. Notably, we established a substantial repository of tried-and-tested resources, which were disseminated to students following various pathways. In fact, this repository is massive enough we are planning in the near future to index the information in this database via a citation management system to ensure it is easily searchable. We tested ourparallel non-enginering course, Community-based Design and Manabement for Disaster Resilience. Thus far enrollment is relatively low but we hope to grow enrollment in the future once the course is provided permanent course number. We have recruited our largest class of summer REU researchers, totalling 10 students. This year we anticipate most of the effort to occur in Puerto Rico, so only 3 students are expected to owrk on the Illinois campus.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Lawson-Bulten, E., Marshall, A.-M., & Rodr�guez, L. F. (2023). Rainwater and Regulation: Pathways to disaster recovery and resilience in Puerto Rico. Law and Society.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Blumthal, M., Rodriguez, L., Stubbins, J., Woodard, B., Forman, G., Goldstein, M., Dougherty, H., Ignacio, E.-J., & Owens, D. (2022, August 23). Developing Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects in Engineering Education. 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--41392
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Marshall, A.-M., Rodriguez, L., Heemstra, J., Classen, J., Cortus, E., Koziel, J., & Walters, R. (2022). Developing Cohort Challenges: An Innovative Program for Training Graduate Students to Work in Transdisciplinary Teams. Presented at the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Retrieved from https://peer.asee.org/developing-cohort-challenges-an-innovative-program-for-training-graduate-students-to-work-in-transdisciplinary-teams
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Heemstra, J., Rodriguez, L., Marshall, A.-M., Cortus, E., Classen, J., Koziel, J., Deviney, A. (2022). Competencies for Graduate Student Training in Transdisciplinary FEWS Research. Presented at the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Retrieved from https://peer.asee.org/competencies-for-graduate-student-training-in-transdisciplinary-fews-research
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Progress 06/01/22 to 05/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience remains unchanged. We embark on project-based, transdisciplinary endeavors that engage a diverse range of audiences, seamlessly merging education with community-driven efforts centered around disaster relief and resilience in Puerto Rico. Our collaborative network spans the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, encompassing various channels such as undergraduate Research Experiences (REUs) during the summer and graduate teams of interdisciplinary scholars pioneering virtual, transdisciplinary approaches, among other avenues. The scope of our projects is extensive, encompassing initiatives like rainwater collection and purification, irrigation systems for mangrove nurseries, analysis of stochastic supply chains, community assessments, and remote transdisciplinary methodologies, to name a few. This diversity empowers us not only to enrich student education through diverse means but also to envisage diverse initiatives for aiding communities through our multifaceted activities. Highlighted among these endeavors are projects focusing on the development of Innovative nursery irrigation systems employing reclaimed rainwater, the establishment of early warning systems for potential flood scenarios, the thorough evaluation of ecosystem services, and the examination of the impacts of wastewater on local ecosystems and public health. Our student cohorts encompass a wide spectrum, spanning from first-year undergraduate engineering students, actively recruited during registration to foster inclusivity, to advanced graduate students hailing from various disciplines and specialized research areas within their respective institutions. To date, we have formally established two courses at the University of Illinois (ENG 177: Global Disaster Resilience Scholars and ABE 452: Engineering for Disaster Resilience) that regularly connect with contacts in Puerto Rico, facilitating valuable cultural and community insights through in-depth class discussions and engagement with subject matter experts. The inherently interdisciplinary nature of our program naturally empowers us to dissect and address a diverse array of challenges with innovative methodologies, seamlessly integrating and leveraging diverse viewpoints. While our current focus predominantly centers on serving engineering students, we are actively engaged in broadening our horizons towards true transdisciplinary discourse, with plans to co-enroll students in a non-engineering iteration of the course specifically designed for other majors. Furthermore, we are currently in the process of crafting a specialized course tailored to both undergraduate and graduate students who have a keen interest in emphasizing design justice, community engagement, and project management. This upcoming course, titled ETMA 452: Community-based Design and Management for Disaster Resilience, will provide students with crucial expertise in these pivotal areas. Our local partners, Caras con Causa and the University Institute of Community Development (UICD, Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo Comunitario), play a pivotal role in facilitating our connection to host communities, gathering valuable feedback, and executing our proposed solutions effectively. Thus far, we have orchestrated 11 REU projects, which were executed during the summers of both 2022 and 2023. We envisage that these inaugural projects will establish a solid groundwork for data accumulation and further refinement of systems in subsequent course cycles and REUs. This, in turn, will enable us to generate publications focusing on our community methodologies, water systems and quality concerning resource management during disaster scenarios, as well as the community impacts gleaned through feedback gathered via surveying methods. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Our initiative focusing on disaster relief and resilience predominantly involves students through project-based courses. Notably, participants in our programs, whether through courses or orientation workshops, gain a deeper understanding of the context of our work. Our participant roster reflects a diverse range of disciplines and experiences that enrich our educational and research endeavors. Moreover, these channels serve as a means to identify promising candidates for advanced training and professional development, as exemplified by our Summer REUs and Internship Opportunities. To date, we have successfully organized a total of 11 projects for our inaugural and subsequent Summer REU programs, all of which are listed on our project website (https://drrhecnifa.web.illinois.edu/). Abstracts for projects implemented in year 3 are described below. Nursery Irrigation Systems using Reclaimed Rainwater Design system to control flow rate based on cultivar needs, monitor nutrient levels, and integrate 'programmed robots'. Researchers will measure daily air temperature, relative humidity, wind velocity, and precipitation at the site to produce a daily water budget, considering nursery pot size and plant species, days after planting (DAP), and plant biomass. This will serve the community in learning about water quality, plant management, and bolster their efforts to substantiate the mangrove reserve that helps in water management during disaster events. Early warning systems for potential flood scenarios Resilience and disaster preparedness are often related to flooding. Communities must be better informed of emergent and increasing flood risks. We seek to develop strategies and solutions for measuring flood risks promptly and reliably--measures that remain valid in spite of the vagaries of local weather conditions. We anticipate the use of sensor networks, drones, satellite imagery, and innovative analytics. Evaluation of ecosystems services DRR supports ecosystem restoration. Coastal wetlands provide a great many ecosystem services (e.g., water purification, carbon sequestration, dampening storm surge, biodiversity). We aim to measure and track these processes and quantify the benefits of restoration efforts. Systems can be developed to automate data collection (e.g. camera systems) and to leverage community engagement through high school laboratory programs (administered by our partners) and local citizen science. Impacts of wastewater on local ecosystems and public health We are trying to understand the influence of water on the health and vitality of neighboring ecosystems. Low-lying urban regions are often flood prone and may contribute significant quantities of non-point source pollution during disasters. We seek to explain factors that influence such pollution and to enable improved management and investment in relevant infrastructures. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?A collaborative presentation with Caras con Causa and our undergraduate research students from Illinois and Puerto Rico effectively showcased the research conducted in the Summer of 2023 to the local community in Cataño, presented in both English and Spanish. Further, embedded within these community-driven initiatives are routine visits to engage with local residents, assessing project advancement and potential outcomes. At present, we are collaborating with the community on various endeavors, such as establishing experimental mangrove nurseries and implementing an automated irrigation system for one of the nurseries. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Our commitment to sustaining a continuous flow of activities remains steadfast. This encompasses ongoing courses at UIUC and the practical implementation of our community designs through focused research, primarily within communities identified as most promising by our local partners. We are currently engrossed in the active development of manuscripts alongside dedicated REU past participants, all of whom are eager to advance their contributions to research and cultivate their careers in this field. Our central community-driven initiatives continue to be concentrated in Amelia, near San Juan, and we have ambitious plans to extend our reach to other regions of Puerto Rico.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
In year 3, building upon the progress of year 2, we sustained our delivery of semester-based courses, crafting projects that directly addressed the evolving challenges faced by our partner communities. Through intensified collaboration with these communities, we pinpointed projects that closely aligned with their specific needs. Moreover, we ensured that classroom projects were in sync with anticipated summer research endeavors. Past project reports underwent anonymization and were shared, ensuring the seamless transfer of institutional knowledge from one cohort to the next. Notably, we established a substantial repository of tried-and-tested resources, which were disseminated to students following various pathways. Consequently, students engaged in traditional credit-based learning experienced robust transdisciplinary learning opportunities alongside those participating in summer research initiatives. In the current reporting period and beyond, we are actively developing parallel courses, allowing non-engineering majors to co-enroll and enrich our work with a broader range of perspectives. Furthermore, a significant milestone was achieved in the development of a community-based design and management course, slated to debut in Spring 2024. Within our current courses, 11 out of 45 students highlight the benefits of group and peer work, fosters diverse perspectives and encourages transdisciplinary teamwork. Engaging with stakeholders is another standout aspect, with 7 out of 45 students appreciating the real-world connections and impact of their projects. The global scope of the course, cited by 11 out of 45 students, provides opportunities for cross-cultural learning and immersion, particularly in locations like Puerto Rico. Moreover, the hands-on engineering experience and applied solutions, noted by 11 out of 45 students, offer a tangible and fulfilling dimension to their academic journey. Additionally, 9 out of 45 students derive great satisfaction from knowing that their work serves a larger purpose and makes a meaningful difference. The course's ability to challenge thinking and promote personal growth is highlighted by 2 out of 45 students. Furthermore, the supportive and passionate staff, including professors and TAs, make a significant impact, with 5 out of 45 students recognizing their dedication. Specific course components, such as math, rainwater harvesting, and guest speakers, are also valued by 6 out of 45 students. The course structure, including its multi-semester format and small class size, as well as its creative elements, resonates with 5 out of 45 students. Finally, the positive interactions and connections with people in the course, although not specified, are appreciated by 2 out of 45 students, underscoring the importance of a supportive community in their educational experience. Additionally, it's worth highlighting that a substantial number of students from our courses actively took part in the summer research opportunities. We are delighted to report an increased presence of students from Puerto Rico in our summer research experiences, fostering a more inclusive and diverse learning environment. Students participate in our research experiences for a range of compelling reasons. Many seek hands-on research exposure in topics covered by our REU program, finding particular interest in disaster resilience, mangroves, irrigation, and environmental engineering. Co-authorship opportunities on research publications also drive academic and professional growth. Others are motivated by a strong desire to make a positive impact and engage in service learning, addressing critical challenges in disaster resilience. Real-world engineering experiences and the chance to explore potential career paths are also key drivers. Networking opportunities with stakeholders and University of Illinois affiliates, as well as personal benefits like stipends and virtual work flexibility, further enhance the appeal. Some participants are guided by a deep personal connection to nature, while others relish the chance to push their boundaries in this enriching research endeavor.?
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Markazi, D. M., Brunton, A. M., Margarit, P., Ojeda-Matos, G., Sulistyo, S., Fern�ndez Frey, M., Ram�rez Berr�os, M., Reed, S. P., Heemstra, J., & Rodr�guez, L. F. (2023). Transdisciplinary academic-NGO collaborations for the resilience of food, energy, and water: A case study on the INFEWS-ER experience in post-disaster Puerto Rico. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1108375
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Markazi, D. M., Rodr�guez, L. F., Rushforth, R. R., Ryan, S. M., & Stablein, M. J. (2022). Visualizing Supply Chain Data to Bolster Resilience for Puerto Rican Food, Energy, and Water Infrastructure. 2022 ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 17-20, 2022. Houston, TX.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Markazi, D. M., Rodriguez, L. F., Rushforth, R. R., Ryan, S. M, & Stablein, M. J. (2022). Visualizing Supply Chain Data to Bolster Resilience for Puerto Rican Food, Energy, and Water Infrastructure. FEMA Higher Education Symposium. National Emergency Training Center, Emmitsburg, MD.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Manuscript Lawson-Bulten, E., Marshall, A.-M., & Rodr�guez, L. F. (2023). Manuscript in preparation for Environmental Science and Policy: Rainwater and Regulation: Pathways to disaster recovery and resilience in Puerto Rico.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Manuscript Markazi, D. M., Rodr�guez-Steinhart, D., Syed, A., Eun, T.-S., Ryan, S. M., Rushforth, R. R., & Rodriguez, L. F. (2023). Manuscript in preparation for International Journal of Risk Reduction Puerto Ricos Food, Energy, and Water Systems: Visualizing Supply Chain Data to Bolster Disaster Resilience and Food Security.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Manuscript Rodr�guez, L. F., Cortus, E., Heemstra, J., Koelsch, R., Marshall, A.-M., Koziel, J., & Deviney, A. (2023). Manuscript in preparation for the Transactions of ASABE: Core Competency Development Through the INFEWS-ER FOR Transdisciplinary Graduate Student Training at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Manuscript Syed, A., Markazi, D. M., & Rodr�guez, L. F. (2023). Manuscript in preparation for Community Science: Analyzing Publicly Available Vulnerability Models Using Hurricane Maria Data.
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Disaster Relief and Resilience
https://drrhecnifa.web.illinois.edu/wp/
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Brunton, A. M., Markazi, D. M., Margarit, P., Funes-Leal, V., Sulistyo, S., Ojeda-Matos, G., Heemstra, J., Stablein, M. J., Reed, S., & L. F. Rodriguez. (2021). Using Digital Strategies for Transdisciplinary Academic-NGO Collaboration for Disaster Resilience During COVID-19. 2021 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Markazi, D. M., Rodriguez, L. F., & Maria-Marshall, A. (2023, July 9). Education in Practice: Resilient Circular Bioeconomies. ASABE Annual International Meeting Circular Bioeconomy Systems Day, Omaha, NE.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Rodriguez, L., Fern�nez-Frey, M., Markazi, D., Chen, Y., Leyba-Mercado, R., Syed, A., Toro Marrero, M., Vi�as-Vil�, J., Gonz�lez Cruz, J., Uen, T.-S., Liu, Y., Beauchamp, G., Alegria, L. R. P., Pantoja-Agreda, F., Steward, D., Campos, A., & Ouyang, Y. (2022). Community-based Frameworks for Disaster Resilience: A Case Study in Puerto Rico. AGU Fall Meeting. Chicago, IL.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Rodr�guez, L.F. (2023). Invited Panelist: Fostering Collaborative Graduate Education in Convergent Research. 2023 ASABE International Meeting.. Omaha, NE.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Chen, Y., Gerena, G. L., Leyba, R. A., & Markazi, D. M. (2023). Nursery Automated Irrigation for Optimizing Water Efficiency: A Case Study in Cata�o Puerto Rico. Soil Erosion Research Under a Changing Climate. Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Bruhn, R. C., Stablein, M. J., & Rodriguez, L. F. (2022). Rainwater Harvesting System for Water Supply. 2022 ASABE Annual International Meeting. Houston, TX.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Lawson-Bulten, E., Marshall, A.-M., & Rodr�guez, L. F. (2023). Rainwater and Regulation: Pathways to disaster recovery and resilience in Puerto Rico. Law and Society. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Stablein, M. J., Gonzalez Cruz, J., Fidan, E. N., Talbot, J., Reed, S. P., Walters, R. S., Ogunyiola, A. J., Fern�ndez Frey, M., Ramirez, M., Rosado Casanova, B., Heemstra, J., Marshall, A., & Rodr�guez, L. F. (2022). Compound[ing] disasters in Puerto Rico: Pathways for virtual transdisciplinary collaboration to enhance community resilience. Global Environmental Change, 76, 102558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102558
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Progress 06/01/21 to 05/31/22
Outputs
Target Audience:Our target audience remains the same. Only minor edits have been made to the text below submitted after Year One. Our project-based efforts reach a myriad of audiences to combine education with community impact related to disaster relief and resilience in Puerto Rico. We connect these groups through both our courses at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) between the two campuses, and graduate teams of interdisciplinary scholars working on virtual, transdisciplinary methods, among other venues. The breadth of the projects allows us to enhance student learning through different avenues but also prospect different initiatives for helping communities through our pipeline of activities. Our student groups range from first year undergraduate engineering students, recruited during registration to engage underrepresented groups, to advanced graduate students, participating from different disciplines and research specializations at their respective universities. Thus far, we have formally established two courses at the University of Illinois (ENG 177: Global Disaster Resilience Scholars and ABE 452: Engineering for Disaster Resilience) that regularly engage with contacts in Puerto Rico to gain cultural and community insights through in-class discussions and subject matter experts. The interdisciplinary essence of our program naturally allows us to analyze and solve diverse problems with novel approaches by combining and leveraging different perspectives. At this time we primarily serve engineering students, but we are working to expand to truly transdisciplinary discourse by co-enrolling students in a non-engineering version of the course targeting other majors. Our local partners, Caras con Causa and the University Institute of Community Development (UICD, Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo Comunitario), are pivotal in the way we connect to, receive feedback from, and implement our proposed solutions with our host communities. To date, we have organized 11 REU projects that have been implemented in Summers 2022 and 2023. We anticipate that these initial projects will lay the foundation for data collection and further system improvement in subsequent course cycles and REUs to produce publications on our community methods, water systems and quality relating to resource management in disaster circumstances, and community impacts collected through feedback in surveying methods. Changes/Problems:As previously reported, COVID caused our classes to switch from in-person to hybrid instruction with approximately half of the sessions taught online through Zoom. This limited our opportunities to work in the community during Year One. We intend to request a no-cost extension for this reason. We have now traveled successfully numerous times and thus continue to expand our programming. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Our pipeline of opportunities related to disaster relief and resilience primarily engages students via project-based courses. Notably, students who participate in our programs through either the classes or our orientation workshops come to understand the context of our work in greater detail. As noted in our participant list, there is a greater variety of disciplines and experience that contribute to our pedagogical and research activities. Furthermore, through these pipelines, we identify select candidates to undertake further training and professional development in the form of our Summer REUs and Internship Opportunities. To date, our project has organized as many as elevenprojects for our first and second summer REU offerings, listed on our project website (https://drrhecnifa.web.illinois.edu/). Abstracts for project in Year Twoare provided here below, with additional project areas for Year Three. We are currently accepting and reviewing applications for Year Threeresearch projects. Approaches for Water Filtration and Purification of Reclaimed Rainwaters Design and prototype sedimentation tank for community as an extension of the rainwater collection system. Researchers will measure physico-chemical parameters such as turbidity, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO) and temperature before optimization of disinfection methods and water quality through bacteriological analyses to quantify pathogens. Participants will receive proper laboratory safety training and have access to the necessary instrumentation and laboratory facilities. Nursery Irrigation Systems Using Reclaimed Rainwater Design system to control flow rate based on cultivar needs, monitor nutrient levels, and integrate 'programmed robots'. Researchers will measure daily air temperature, relative humidity, wind velocity, and precipitation at the site to produce a daily water budget, considering nursery pot size and plant species, days after planting (DAP), and plant biomass. This will serve the community in learning about water quality, plant management, and bolster their efforts to substantiate the mangrove reserve that helps in water management during disaster events. Supply Chain Analysis for Communities Vulnerable to Disaster Develop and augment the FEW-VIEW system visualization and analytical tools to better describe the resilience of commodity supply chains, including critical food, energy, and water resources that serve the citizens of Puerto Rico. Microgrids for Disaster Resilience Support community-based organization Casa Pueblo in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico as they install renewable energy infrastructure, mostly solar, in various public structures. Researchers will conduct energy audits in town center and georeference all solar energy facilities. Weather and Natural Resource Monitoring Equipment for Buildings Matching solar or rainwater system design specifications to local conditions will guide implementation of resilient solutions, and increase potential impact for communities in need. To do this, locally available natural resources, weather patterns and system configurations must be evaluated. This information will help quantify and minimize the difference between community needs and available resources. Summer 2023: Early Warning Systems for Potential Flood Scenarios Resilience and disaster preparedness are often related to flooding. Communities must be better informed of emergent and increasing flood risks. We seek to develop strategies and solutions for measuring flood risks promptly and reliably - measures that remain valid in spite of the vagaries of local weather conditions. We anticipate the use of sensor networks, drones, satellite imagery, and innovative analytics. Summer 2023: Evaluation of Ecosystems Services DRR supports ecosystem restoration. Coastal wetlands provide a great many ecosystem services (e.g., water purification, carbon sequestration, dampening storm surge, biodiversity). We aim to measure and track these processes and quantify the benefits of restoration efforts. Systems can be developed to automate data collection (e.g. camera systems) and to leverage community engagement through high school laboratory programs (administered by our partners) and local citizen science. Impacts of Wastewater on Local Ecosystems and Public Health We are trying to understand the influence of water on the health and vitality of neighboring ecosystems. Low-lying urban regions are often flood prone and may contribute significant quantities of non-point source pollution during disasters. We seek to explain factors that influence such pollution and to enable improved management and investment in relevant infrastructures. Facilitation of Disaster Preparedness Facilitation of disaster preparedness requires identification of local needs before, during, and after disaster-related events. We seek to develop new (and to enhance existing) information systems for disaster preparedness and response. A system ready to protect the most vulnerable communities should include resiliency centers, innovative communications systems, and analytical tools. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Inherent in these community based projects are regular visits with community members to review and evaluateproject progress and potential impacts. Based on those evaluations, today three primary projects are proceeding forward for implementation, with traditional credit based learning efforts focused: An expanded rainwater harvesting system Bioremediation of reclaimed stormwaters Development of nursery test stands for mangrove cultivation What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?As was the case after Year One, we will continue our pipeline of activities in both the courses run at UIUC and implementing our community designs through research, principally in the communities identified as best through our local partners. Any literature review, experimental research, designs, and successful community projects, as well as our methods and manuals for implementation, will be disseminated through presentations and publications. Current manuscripts are actively being developed with committed REU past participants who seek to further their work and careers in research. Our primary community-based efforts remain in Amelia, near San Juan. Our new surveying tools, for both the students in UIUC classes and community members, will provide feedback that can be used to improve our organization of materials and the systems that are built out in the next summer 2023projects.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
During Year Two, we continued teaching semester based courses including projects targeting the evolving challenges with our partner communities. Upon closer collaboration with those communities we have identified projects that are more closely aligned to community needs. Further, classroom projects are also more closely aligned with anticipated summer research efforts. Prior project reports are anonymized and shared to ensure that institutional knowledge is transferred from one generation to the next. A significant library of tested resources has been developed and delivered to students in each of these pathways. Thus transdisciplinary learning opportunities for students engaged in traditional credit based learning have been offered as well as learning opportunities for students in summer research. Today, and into the next reporting period we develop parallel courses to be co-enrolled for non-engineering majors to better capitalize on diverse perspectives in our work. Survey assessments have been implemented for our courses for first year students and upper level engineering students. Many of these students later participated in our summer research experiences. Some interesting results are indicated that separate these students from their peers in similar courses around the Illinois campus. An abbreviated summary is provided below. For reference, the courses developed under this award are: Global Disaster Resilience Scholars and Engineering for Disaster Resilience. Engineering for Disaster Resilience is referred to here as ABE 452, its course number. These courses are compared to first year courses in engineering (ENG 100) with similar learning objectives. Specifically, these data focus on learning outcomes associated with developing cultural intelligence. In addition to the perspectives presented below, many other perspectives are presented in our full survey instrument, but not reported here. Course assessments Fall 2020 thru Fall 2022 for GFX courses, ENG 100, and ABE 452 1. Explore questions using more than one disciplinary viewpoint a. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) b. ENG 100 (ZJU) improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) c. ABE 452 improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) 2. Develop ways to give back to your community a. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than Career Scholars b. Global Sustainability improved their ability significantly more than Career Scholars c. ENG 100 (ZJU) improved their ability significantly more than Career Scholars d. ENG 100 (ZJU) improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) 3. Participate in discussions about cultural differences a. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) b. Global Sustainability improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) 4. Deeper understanding of different social and cultural groups a. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) b. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (ZJU) c. Global Sustainability improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) 5. Social Awareness and Cultural Understanding (SACU) Composite Score a. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) 6. Idenify factors that make a difference in how communities operate around the world a. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than Career Scholars b. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) c. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (ZJU) 7. Appreciate how events can have a global impact a. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than Career Scholars b. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) c. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (ZJU) d. Global Sustainability improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) e. ABE 452 improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) 8. Global Consciousness (GC) Composite Scale a. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than Career Scholars b. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) c. Global Disaster Resilience improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (ZJU) d. Global Service Learning improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) e. Global Sustainability improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana) f. ABE 452 improved their ability significantly more than ENG 100 (Urbana)
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Stablein, M.J., Gonzalez Cruz, J., Fidan, E.N., Talbot, J., Reed, S.P., Walters, R.S., Ogunyiola, A.J., Fern�ndez Frey, M., Ramirez, M., Rosado Casanova, B., Heemstra, J., Marshall, A. and Rodr�guez, L.F. 2022. Compound[ing] disasters in Puerto Rico: Pathways for virtual transdisciplinary collaboration to enhance community resilience. Global Environmental Change, 76, 102558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102558.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Daniela M Markazi, Ann M Brunton, Philip Margarit, Glorynel Ojeda-Matos, Sinta Sulistyo, Michael Fern�ndez Frey, Mariela Ram�rez Berr�os, Samuel Powers Reed, Jill Heemstra and Luis Felipe Rodr�guez. 2023. Transdisciplinary academic-NGO collaborations for the resilience of food, energy, and water: A case study on the INFEWS-ER experience in post-disaster Puerto Rico. Review and revision in Frontiers in Environmental Science.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Yiyang Chen, Gian L Gerena, Roger A Leyba and Daniela M Markazi. 2023. Soil erosion research under a changing climate. January 8-13, 2023, Nursery Automated Irrigation for Optimizing Water Efficiency: A Case Study in Cata�o Puerto Rico, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, USA. (doi:10.13031/soil.23535).
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Luis F. Rodr�guez, Michael Fern�ndez-Frey, Daniela M. Markazi, Yiyang Chen, Roger Leyba-Mercado, Aisha N. Syed, Morgan T. Marrero, Julieta Vi�as-Vil�, Jesann G. Cruz, Yining Liu, Tinn Uen, Gerson Beauchamp, Luis P�rez-Alegr�a, Fernando Pant�ja, Dan Steward, Alessandro T. Campos and Yanfeng Ouyang, 2022, Community-based frameworks for disaster resilience: A case study in Puerto Rico. https://agu2022fallmeeting-agu.ipostersessions.com/default.aspx?s=56-C4-0A-F8-91-BF-16-6B-A4-C0-12-DD-5F-F0-07-FD.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Aisha Syed, Daniela Markazi and Luis F. Rodriguez. 2023. Analyzing publicly available vulnerability models using Hurricane Maria data. In preparation for Community Science.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Yiyang Chen, Roger A Leyba, Daniela M Markazi and Luis F. Rodr�guez. 2023. Automated irrigation for a small-scale nursery. In preparation for Irrigation Science.
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Progress 06/01/20 to 05/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience:Our project-based transdisciplinary efforts reach a myriad of audiences to combine education with community impact related to disaster relief and resilience in Puerto Rico. We connect these groups through both our courses at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) between the two campuses, and graduate teams of interdisciplinary scholars working on virtual, transdisciplinary methods, among other venues. The breadth of the projects includebut are not limited to rainwater collection and purification, mangrove nursery irrigation, stochastic supply chain analysis, community analysis, and remote transdisciplinary methods. They allowus to enhance student learning through different avenues but also prospect different initiatives for helping communities through our pipeline of activities. Our student groups range from first year undergraduate engineering students, recruited from specialized programs to engage underrepresented groups in cultural diversity programs, to advanced graduate students, participating from different disciplines and research specializations at their respective universities. Thus far, we have formally established two courses at the University of Illinois (ENG 177: Global Disaster Resilience Scholars and ABE 452: Engineering for Disaster Resilience) that regularly engage with contacts in Puerto Rico to gain cultural and community insights through in-class discussions and subject matter experts. On the other hand, graduate students are recruited from different universities to collaborate virtually over fivemonth intervals through the INFEWS-ER program. The interdisciplinary essence of our program naturally allows us to analyze and solve diverse problems with novel approaches by combining and leveraging different perspectives. Our local partners, Caras con Causa and the University Institute of Community Development (UICD, Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo Comunitario), are pivotal in the way we connect to, receive feedback from, and implement our proposed solutions with our host communities. To date, we have organized sixREU projects that have been initiated in May of 2021 and aresupervised by our team of research scientists and technically qualified collaborators.in various communities, including Juana Matos in Cataño, Amelia in Guaynabo, and Casa Pueblo in Adjuntas where the projects have highest potential impact and have been accepted by local community leaders. We anticipate that these initial projects will lay the foundation for data collection and further system improvement in subsequent course cycles and REUs to produce publications on our community methods, water systems and quality relating to resource management in disaster circumstances, and community impacts collected through feedback in surveying methods. Changes/Problems:During the first semesters of our courses at UIUC, COVID-19 caused our classes to switch from in-person to hybrid instruction with approximately half of the sessions taught online through Zoom. While this limited our opportunities to work in the classroom building prototypes, it did allow our instruction and project management team to focus on building digital modules and exercises that fulfill our objectives. Notably, we used the different levels of students in our first year course (ENG177), upper level course (ABE 452), and new graduate level course (ABE 593) to pilot lessons and activities that engage students in developing our project ideas and research hypotheses related to disaster relief and resilience systems. More importantly, the switch to hybrid online learning allowed us to strengthen these relevant capacities with our partners in Puerto Rico, as we regularly used Zoom to connect and various scheduling softwares to coordinate our meetings. Given campus restrictions regarding travel for research, planning our research experiences for undergraduates (REU) was delayed slightly and meeting directly with respective research coordinators was challenging until June 2021. UIUC students were recruited through March and candidates were interviewed for REU positions in April before starting on-campus projects at the Spring semester end in May. Given the project development throughout each of these Fall and Spring courses in addition to biweekly grant management meetings with all partners, the summer research projects that were originally focused on literature review and building laboratory prototypes were then rapidly refocused to allow for construction of our system in the community. Given that COVID-19 circumstances have more recently improved, this will allow not only for REU travel but more frequent immersion trips that can enhance our course offerings and research planning. for regular evaluation of project development by partners and community stakeholders. We are watchful today as renewed mask restrictions are becoming prevalent. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Our pipeline of opportunities related to disaster relief and resilience primarily engages students via project-based courses. Notably, students who participate in our programs through either the classes or our orientation workshops come to understand the context of our work in greater detail. As noted in our participant list, there is a greater variety of disciplines and experiences that contribute to our pedagogical and research activities. Furthermore, through these pipelines, we identify select candidates to undertake further training and professional development in the form of our Summer REUs and Internship Opportunities. To date, our project has organized as many as sixprojects for our first summer REU offerings, listed on our project website (https://drrhecnifa.web.illinois.edu/). Abstracts for each of these projects can be found below: Approaches for Water Filtration and Purification of Reclaimed Rainwaters: Design and prototype sedimentation tank for community as an extension of the rainwater collection system. Researchers will measure physico-chemical parameters such as turbidity, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO) and temperature before optimization of disinfection methods and water quality through bacteriological analyses to quantify pathogens. Participants will receive proper laboratory safety training and have access to the necessary instrumentation and laboratory facilities. Nursery Irrigation Systems using Reclaimed Rainwater: Design and implement systems to control irrigation systems based on cultivar needs, monitor nutrient levels, and integrate 'programmed robots'. Researchers will measure environmental variables onsite to produce a daily water budget, considering nursery pot size and plant species, plant age, and plant biomass. This will serve the community in learning about water quality, plant management, bolster community efforts to substantiate a mangrove reserve that helps in flood water mitigation during disaster events. Microgrids for Disaster Resilience: Casa Pueblo is a community-based organization in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Casa Pueblo aims to generate 50% of Adjuntas's energy load from clean energy sources, mainly by installing solar panels on roofs of residential, commercial, and public structures in the town center of Adjuntas. They are also evaluating means to increase energy efficiency by updating residential and commercial electric appliances, using LED light, and more efficient air conditioning units, in addition to solar water heaters for commercial and residential uses. Recently, Casa Pueblo announced the initiation of a new project phase that will install over 1,000 solar panels in thirteen commercial and residential structures in the town center with funding from individual donors and the Honnold foundation (www.honnoldfoudation.org). Along with the solar panels installation, a new microgrid with an initial capacity of 220 KVA will be set up to distribute the energy generated to eighteen of the commercial and residential structures in the town center. A subsequent phase of the project is the design and installation of a battery bank scheduled to commence in 2021 with the support from RIVIAN automotive company.Student efforts here will support ongoing activities in Casa Pueblo such as developing and conducting energy audits in structures around the Adjuntas town center. A second project to support Casa Pueblo's is the georeferencing of all solar energy facilities in the town of Adjuntas. Supply Chain Analysis for Communities Vulnerable to Disaster: We seek to identify, view, and analyze the resilience and sustainability of supply chains serving citizens of Puerto Rico. To do this, we have reviewed governmental databases from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), and United States Geological Survey (USGS) to gather data describing availability and demand of related commodities within the island. As there is currently no place to easily visualize the status of Puerto Rico's supply chains in one centralized location, we currently seek to continue the development of the FEW-VIEW platform to better represent this portion of U.S. supply systems. Knowing and understanding the flow of life sustaining commodities in both nominal conditions, as well as after disaster related events, will facilitate planning of future infrastructural improvements serving vulnerable communities in Puerto Rico. To complete this task it will be necessary to gameplay current analytical approaches quantifying both resilience and sustainability of supply chains influencing Puerto Rico, while preparing data systems that are compatible with subsequent visualization enabled by FEW-VIEW. Such analyses can be contrasted with other archipelago (e.g. Hawaii) and coastal systems (e.g. New Orleans) prone to similar events. Stochastic Analysis of Approaches for Rainwater Collection and Reuse: Puerto Rico has suffered from a multitude of disaster events that have negatively impacted clean water supply. In an effort to mitigate these community impacts, a team of students from the University of Illinois and Caras con Causa proposed and designed a modular rainwater collection system to accommodate local needs and support auxiliary water dependent activities. In addition to consolidating local rain water resources, the water system will supplement public infrastructures to address community needs after disaster related events, including consistent, abundant water for hygiene, irrigation, drinking, and other uses. The water volume (rate/day, rate per person), water quality parameters (e.g. pH, TDS, BOD, COD, NH3-N, Turbidity, Fe2+ and Zn2+), and the expectation of disaster related events will be analyzed to determine the suitability and scalability of approaches for rainwater collection that amplify community resilience and sustainability, both before and after disaster events, enabling the development of scalable auxiliary systems. The students have had their travel approved and confirmed for June 15-July 30. There are twoprimary objectives for the summer research: (i) Work collaboratively on a research literature review of the projects for community resilience in Puerto Rico, which will be published upon completion, and (ii) Complete construction of the rainwater collection system preliminary module. This will include the gutter systems to maximize rainwater collection and storage in a sedimentation tank to be located on a cement platform. These activities will directly result in research products that build their academic CVs and enhance their professional development. We put forth that these final research projects will be some of the most impactful as they meet our both grant objectives and our overarching long term goal. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?In order to proceed with implementing and testing such research based solutions in the community, our partners have proposed some of our disaster relief initiatives to the host communities. The rainwater collection system has received the most feedback and has the most traction in its community implementation. As an example of another evaluation tool, a survey was carried out by Caras con Causa between February 8-23 of2021. 123 responses were collected, including: 81 students (61 highschool, 13 middle school, and 7 elementary); 32 parents/guardians; 7 teachers; and 3 community leaders. The table below presents the results from the survey of community members performed by Caras con Causa on the value of such a system being implemented at a local school for community and educational purposes. Survey Question Responses Comments Question 1:Previous to the survey, were you familiar with rainwater catchment systems, their uses and their benefits? Yes: 28 No: 47 A little bit: 48 Question 2: Do you think this type of initiative would be of benefit for you and your community? Yes: 116 No: 7 Question 3: Should the rainwater catchment system be available in a common space, like a community garden, would you be interested in participating in this initiative? Yes: 85 No: 6 Maybe: 32 Question 4: Would you be interested in learning how rainwater catchment systems work? Yes: 104 No: 6 Maybe: 13 Question 5: Given the opportunity, would you be interested in learning how to build/adaptrainwater catchment systems to your own home? Yes: 103 No: 20 Given this positive feedback and having approval to proceed with the project from all partners and relevant administrations, the next steps for summer 2021 will be to have the selected REU candidates lead the implementation effort. Based on the project reports from our classes, we will travel the school in Amelia under the supervision of Caras con Causa to build a complete rainwater catchment system between June 15-July 30 of2021. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?This year we will continue our pipeline of activities in both the courses run at UIUCand implementing our community designs through research, principally in the communities identified as best through our local partners. Any literature review, experimental research, designs, and successful community projects, as well as our methods and manuals for implementation, will be disseminated through presentationsand publications. Now that we have completed one full year cycle and have an infrastructure set up withour primary community in Amelia, near San Juan, we will build upon those projects to optimize the Food, Energy, and Water systems so that they can be expanded upon. Our new surveying tools, for both the students in UIUC classes and community members, will provide feedback that can be used to improve our organization of materials and the systems that are built out in the next summer 2022projects.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Establishment of the following courses: ABE 491 (and 492), ABE 593, ENG 177 During Year 1, we have established multiple courses focused on Engineering for Disaster Resilience at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign to engage students of different backgrounds and experience. The first year course ENG177 is targeted to recruit first year engineering students that learn about our approach to community engagement, while enhancing their primary curriculum. This year, the students worked on designs for rainwater collection systems at the school run by our partners Caras con Causa. The final reports included cultural background and analysis, scaled engineering designs, materials lists, and sustainability considerations, among other criteria. Our other course offering ABE452 is for upperclassmen of different disciplines that work on complementary research projects related to our disaster resilience. These projects includerainwater purification, mangrove nursery irrigation, stochastic water management optimization, and supply chain analysis. Each project is taken on by a student based on their interests, and the project requires them to use the math concepts on statistics, probability, and reliability analysis taught through our engineering-based curriculum. Thus, the students in both courses develop their cultural competency, engineering skills, and apply the work to community resilience in the form of analysis and final reports that can be implemented as research projects. Development of projects that benefit interactions between local populations and transdisciplinary research related to water quality andDRR infrastructure Since the project onset, we have virtually hosted both project kickoff and community engagement training sessions. These have brought together Project PIs, Senior Personnel, and a number of our expected collaborators, students, and community members that will contribute to course and project development. Our first orientation session was hosted before the start of the Fall 2020 semester. The aforementioned courses were primarily run at the University of Illinois, but in order to engage with community members and our partners, we had students and professors call in from University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez. This has totaled over 90 students enrolling in courses organized at UIUC, while there have been fourstudents from UPRM who regularly participated in our courses, orientations, and summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU). For our 2021 REUs, we recruited during February and March while coordinating activities to be conducted virtually and in Puerto Rico. Ultimately, sixstudents were hired, where threewere students from UPRM and threeUIUC students were participants in our courses during the Spring 2021 semester. The reports generated from these classes serve as the foundation materials for the onboarding process that occurred during the weeks of May 24-31 and June 1-4. These students will carry out the research evaluation of these projects through literature, and subsequentl, they will lead the construction effort for such systems with our partners Caras con Causa at their community education facility. These listed activities demonstrate early success in our primary objective of fortifying collaborations with institutions in Puerto Rico and creating a network of students that generate disaster relief and resilience solutions through our pipeline of project-based education offerings.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Stablein, M.J., Gonzalez Cruz, J., Fidan, E.N., Talbot, J., Reed, S.P., Walters, R., Ogunyiola, A.J., Fern�ndez Frey, M., Ramirez, M., Rosado Casanova, B., Heemstra, J., Marshall, A, and Rodriguez, L. 2021. Compound[ing] Disasters in Puerto Rico: Pathways for Virtual Transdisciplinary Collaboration to Enhance Community Resilience. Global Environmental Change. (Under Review).
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Michael Stablein, Jill Heemstra, Dan Steward, Mariela Ramirez, Dawn Owens, Mary-Alice Wu, Nelson Cardona Martinez, Luisa Seijo Maldonado, Michael Frey Fernandez, Luis Perez Alegria and Luis F. Rodriguez. 2021. Project-Based Learning and Community Development Research on Disaster Relief and Resilience in Puerto Rico. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. (Accepted).
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Stablein, M.J., Gonzalez Cruz, J., Fidan, E.N., Talbot, J., Reed, S.P., Walters, R., Ogunyiola, A.J., Fern�ndez Frey, M., Ramirez, M., Rosado Casanova, B., Heemstra, J., Marshall, A. and Rodriguez, L. 2021. Pathways for Virtual Transdisciplinary Collaboration to Enhance Community Resilience for Compound[ing] Disasters in Puerto Rico. 2021. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. (Accepted).
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