2024 FEWSUS ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM. Food-Energy-Water Bioeconomies for Net-Zero Transition March 18-March 20, 2024 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM – Three days | Knoxville, Tennessee | USA
2022 FEWSUS ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM. Circular Bioeconomy Sytems for Urban-Rural Co-Prosperity Nov. 30- Dec. 2, 2022 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM – Three days | Buenos Aires | Argentina
FEWSUS stands for “International Research Coordination Network for Creating Transdisciplinary Nodes of Food-Energy-Water to Support Sustainable Urban Systems”
FEWSUS is funded by the US National Science Foundation. The grant, awarded to faculty and scientists at the University of Tennessee (UT) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), supports the development of an International Research Coordination Network (iRCN), designed to facilitate transdisciplinary, multinational communications and accelerate the development and transfer of multisectoral data, standards, analysis tools, new technologies, and a trained workforce among differently urbanized countries. This project expands the accomplishments of the China-U.S. Joint Research Center for Ecosystems and Environmental Change (JRCEEC) and FEWSTERN “Food-Energy-Water Systems Transdisciplinary Environmental Research Network”
The Objectives of this iRCN are to: (1) build a comprehensive FEW-system database to support global urban sustainability; (2) create a focused FEW network to inspire urban outreach and engagement programs; (3) facilitate the formation of multinational transdisciplinary research teams to address the interests of urban stakeholders; and (4) educate and train a future FEW workforce capable of implementing sustainable urban development.
FEWSUS Committee
The FEWSUS Program is administered by the UT Institute of Agriculture (UTIA). Dr. Jie (Joe) Zhuang serves as Principal Investigator (PI) and directs FEWSUS. Dr. Tom Gill is the Stakeholder Coordinator and Co-PI. Dr. Frank Löeffler is Research Coordinator and Co-PI. Dr. Mingzhou Jin is Education and Data Base Coordinator and Co-PI. Dr. Wendy Tate is Extension and Corporate Coordinator and CO-PI. Dr. Gary Sayler (Co-PI) chairs the Research Coordination Advisory Board.
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This project was funded by a research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through a program called NSF Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.