Research Experience For Undergraduates (REU): Civil Engineering and Innovative Infrastructure Research

该REU网站活动围绕多个项目组织，其中心重点是在一个夏天完成适合本科生研究经历的项目部分。学生从依赖状态到独立状态的过渡将由每周两次研讨会指导，讨论所有项目共同的一般研究问题（实验程序，研究组织，报告写作）。学生将准备一篇准备发表的研究论文。研究机会集中在土木工程的五个重点领域：(1)力学，(2)环境工程，(3)结构工程，(4)岩土工程，(5)交通与规划。具体的本科研究项目包括：(1)用于地震预测的地震和蠕变事件的不稳定状态，(2)混凝土材料特性对断裂扩展的影响，(3)用于非破坏监测的声发射分析，以及(4)以政策为导向的土地利用和监管住房市场建模。

This REU Site activity is organized around multiple projects with a central focus in which the portion of the project appropriate for undergraduate research experience is completed in one summer. The student's transition from dependent to independent status will be guided by two seminars per week on general research concerns common to all projects (experimental procedure, research organization, report writing). The student will prepare a research paper intended for publication. Research opportunities are in five thrust areas within civil engineering: (1) mechanics, (2) environmental engineering, (3) structural engineering, (4) geotechnical engineering, and (5) transportation and planning. Specific undergraduate research projects include: (1) unstable regimes of earthquake and creep events for earthquake prediction, (2) effect of concrete material properties on fracture propagation, (3) acoustic emission analysis for use in nondestructure surveillance, and (4) policy-oriented modelling of land use and regulated housing market.