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The BE AWARE Network involves faculty from science and engineering closing the gap between fields, jointly conducting research and training students.
The BE AWARE Network addresses these main discipline areas:
(1) Plant Health and Production and Plant Products – Plant systems.
(2) Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment – Natural resources and environment.
(3) Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities – Markets, trade and policy.
We propose an interdisciplinary traineeship program covering three core thrusts:
(1) biology topics such as plant biology, feedstock development and quality of water for agriculture;
(2) quantitative techniques such as big data analytics, mathematical modeling, simulation, visualization, and optimization techniques for solving complex integrated bioenergy/water systems; and
(3) engineering economics and life cycle analysis techniques to evaluate economic feasibility and commercialization of designs/emerging agriculture technologies.
This novel interdisciplinary approach will foster cross-core joint training and synergistic collaborations from research activities across participant universities. Our trainees will possess not only a strong experimental and science background but also a mathematical and systems engineering knowledge to excel in the solution of pragmatic problems in BE AWARE.
The following figures exemplify the main projects being conducted (Selected research projects proposed in the BE AWARE Network.
