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[ April 14, 2014]
PKU co-organizes a US-China EcoPartnerships conference about the water-energy nexus
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Co-organized by the Center of Water Research (CWR), Peking University and New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), the international conference “The Water-Energy Nexus: Sustainability and Global Challenges” will be held on April 17 in Beijing. Dr. Nada Marie Anid, Dean of School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, NYIT and Professor Chunmiao Zheng, director of CWR and researcher in the College of Engineering are co-chairs of the conference.
Many experts, including Dr. Changqing Song, deputy director of the Department of Earth Sciences, China National Natural Science Foundation and Dr. Nancy Sung, Project Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation project, were invited to attend the meeting to discuss global water challenges. Robert Ivy, director of the Department of Environmental Affairs, U.S. Embassy in Beijing, Dr. Dongxiao Zhang, Dean of the College of Engineering, Peking University, and other scholars in related fields will explore the relationship between energy and water together. Some government officials, industry representatives and academics will also attend the meeting.The meeting will be a milestone since CWR and NYIT joined the US-China Eco-Partnership Program in 2013. The theme of the conference will focus on:
- Clean Water Protection and Management
NYIT and PKU-EcoPartnership on Groundwater Monitoring, Protection, and Training
The Nature Conservancy’s Great Rivers Partnership and the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture’ Yangtze River Fishery Administration-EcoPartnership on Great Rivers
Tulane University and East China Normal University-EcoPartnership for Wetland and Eco-Development
- Energy Efficiency and By-Product Synergy
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Beijing Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Center (BECC)-EcoPartnership on Energy Efficiency
Stony Brook University (New York) and Tongji University (Shanghai)-EcoPartnership on Innovative Bio-gas Technologies,
- Water Information Systems
International School of Software, Wuhan University and Water Quality Management Services, HDR Inc.-EcoPartnership on Clean Water - Groundwater Protection
Among them, the “EcoPartnership on Groundwater Monitoring, Protection, and Training” undertaken by CWR at PKU and NYIT is aimed at looking for innovative means to achieve sustainable groundwater supply and protection in China and the United States, including groundwater monitoring , pollution control, technological breakthroughs of remediation, as well as training to improve groundwater management.
The partnership focuses on several typical US and China venues which suffer from ground water shortage and pollution problems. Research partners include Wuhan University, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and HDR company.