| NSF Org: |
OISE Office of International Science and Engineering |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | September 13, 2012 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | April 22, 2015 |
| Award Number: | 1242113 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Jessica Robin
jrobin@nsf.gov (703)292-8416 OISE Office of International Science and Engineering O/D Office Of The Director |
| Start Date: | January 1, 2013 |
| End Date: | June 30, 2015 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $100,000.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
110 8TH ST TROY NY US 12180-3590 (518)276-6000 |
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| Primary Place of Performance: |
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| NSF Program(s): | SSA-Special Studies & Analysis |
| Primary Program Source: |
01001213RB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.079 |
ABSTRACT
This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place in Cartagena and Bogotá, Colombia. Organized by Dr. Jose Holguin-Veras, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the Pan-American Advanced Institute on Sustainable Urban Freight Systems aims to promote enhanced cooperation among transportation researchers in the Americas around the subject of sustainable urban freight systems (SUFS). The proposed PASI intends to develop a new generation of researchers and practitioners with a holistic view of urban freight system issues and their solutions that, ultimately, will have an impact on research, education and practice to foster SUFS. The PASI will bring together instructors who are international experts in major disciplinary groups including engineering, decision sciences, management, and economics. The multidisciplinary nature of this team, as well as the opportunity to engage in international collaborations, will ensure cross fertilization among the participating disciplines and, ultimately, will pave the ways for new paradigms of transportation sustainable systems.
This PASI will introduce students to many important techniques in the above subjects. In addition to the benefits from developing long term synergistic relationships among faculty members, post docs, and senior PhD students, the PASI is intended to help achieve the support the education and advancement of underrepresented students. It will also provide up-to-date information on the deliberations of the PASI to a wider audience through a web page to disseminate results and reports of the meeting.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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PASI-SUFS provided participants unique opportunities for interactive learning and cultural exploration. The main outcomes of this conference include:
- Technical lectures and presentations: The technical lectures provided by senior faculty covered the key issues pertaining to research in freight transportation, and gave participants the opportunity to examine first-hand how researchers from other countries approach UFS research. Moreover, junior faculty and graduate students had the opportunity to present their research results and receive feedback from senior faculty in terms of potential directions to follow, or ways to improve the achieved results.
- The social network built among the freight research community of the Americas and around the world. This network was enhanced at six different levels: (i) among senior faculty; (ii) among junior faculty; (iii) among doctoral students; (iv) between senior faculty and junior faculty; (v) between junior faculty and doctoral students; and (vi) between senior faculty and doctoral students.
- Students and junior faculty identified their common research interests and started working together. As a result of synergistic research interests, a webinar on Freight Trip Generation Patterns in Developed Countries was organized by the VREF Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (CoE-SUFS) at RPI and presented by PASI-SUFS participants on October 22, 2014 (https://coe-sufs.org/wordpress/peer-to-peer-exchange-program/webinar08/).
- PASI-SUFS allowed participants to develop a solid understanding of the interplay between UFS, the environment, the economy, and the role of UFS in the betterment of local communities
- Participants were provided with foundations for a lifelong search for excellence, and an appreciation for the work of researchers from other countries.
- Enhanced cultural interactions will benefit future communication.
Last Modified: 07/02/2015
Modified by: Jose Holguin-Veras
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