FEWtures: Innovation Analysis Framework for Resilient Futures, with Application to the Central Arkansas River Basin
This project is jointly funded by the INFEWS Initiative and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). The Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus, from a global perspective, includes the closely interconnected resource systems of food, energy, and water. The FEWtures project will develop a decision-support system based on engineering and economic research and design and stakeholder-driven analysis of conditions needed for system change. The decision-support system will be used to evaluate the viability of new, integrated, renewable-energy-powered solutions.
Principal Investigator
Mary C. Hill, professor of geology
Co-Principal Investigators
Peter Pfromm, professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering, Washington State University
Vincent Amanor-Boadu, agribusiness economics and management professor, Kansas State University
Hongyu Wu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, Kansas State University
Robert Barron, assistant professor of industrial engineering and engineering management, Western New England University
Project Dates
August 2019 – July 2024
Funding Agency
New Research Will Explore Renewable Energy, Water Treatment, Ammonia Production to Bolster Rural Resilience
A team of researchers, led by Mary Hill, University of Kansas professor of geology, won a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.