Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Civil Engineering

来自西南落基山区的八名本科生将于1991年夏天在新墨西哥大学参加为期十周的综合研究经历。每个学生将根据自己的兴趣从事以下一项工作：1)参与地下水含水层修复的小型渗透性屏障的设计、施工和运行；2)利用激光干涉测量技术研究岩石和混凝土的断裂；3)对小型结构构件进行无损检测方法；4)加入一种令人兴奋的新型快速扫描扫描电子显微镜的开发；5)利用交互式图形分析技术设计月球光学望远镜；6)使用UNM x射线装置协助进行实验，了解固体的微裂纹；7)利用二维圆盘和三维石英球的离散元模型协助进行颗粒土的数值模拟；8)利用视频成像技术研究土-结构相互作用的理想破坏形态。超过一半的学生将从新墨西哥大学以外的机构的申请者中选拔，特别是那些没有活跃研究项目的机构。将特别征聘妇女、少数民族和残疾申请人。学生将通过与研究人员的早期接触熟悉他们的项目。每个学生都可以期望在整个夏季的课程中学会独立工作，将提交一个关于研究的最后研讨会，并将协助撰写一份描述工作的出版物。

Eight undergraduate students from the Southwest Rocky Mountain Region will participate in a ten-week, comprehensive research experience at the University of New Mexico during the summer of 1991. In accordance with his/her interests, each student will do one of the following: 1) participate in the design, construction and operation of a small-scale permeable barrier for groundwater aquifer remediation; 2) investigate fracture in rock and concrete using laser interferometry; 3) conduct nondestructive test methods on small structural components; 4) join in an exciting development of a new fast-scan Scanning Electron Microscope; 5) design a Lunar optical telescope using interactive graphical analysis; 6) assist in an experiment to understand microcracking of solids using a UNM x-ray device; 7) assist in numerical simulations of granular soil using a discrete element model involving 2D discs and 3D quartz spheres; and 8) study idealized failure profiles of soil- structure interactions through video imaging. Over half of the students will be selected from applicants at institutions other than UNM, especially those without active research programs. Women, minority and handicapped applicants particularly will be recruited. The students will become familiar with their projects through early contact with the research faculty. Each student can expect to learn to work quite independently over the course of the summer, will present a final seminar on the research, and will assist in writing a publication describing the work.