NSF Traineeships in Civil Infrastructure for the Colonias

该中心的基础设施工程在得克萨斯州A M大学，在与得克萨斯州A M大学-金斯维尔（TAMU-K）的合作努力，提出了一个研究生研究培训（GRT）项目，将集中在得克萨斯州，新墨西哥州，亚利桑那州和加州边境地区的colonias相关的基础设施问题的博士研究计划。 殖民地代表了沿着整个美国与墨西哥边境的人口稠密和分散的发展。 它们缺乏发达国家的基本基础设施，以及与教育、保健和环境保护有关的基础设施。 在德克萨斯州，估计有1，193个殖民地，超过50万西班牙裔居民。 拟议的GRT项目将包括一个博士学位。西班牙裔的管道。 两个GRT将完成MS。在TAMU-K的项目资助下获得学位，然后获得博士学位。在德克萨斯A M。 TAMU-K是南德克萨斯州拉美裔人的工程机构，拥有450万拉美裔德克萨斯人中的三分之一以上。 对于土木工程基础设施中的GRT，这一重点领域提供了一个进行研究，开发和实施应用技术的机会，并更好地定义了基础设施工程与重要社会背景的关系。

The Center for Infrastructure Engineering at Texas A&M University, in a collaborative effort with Texas A&M University -- Kingsville (TAMU-K), proposes a Graduate Research Traineeship (GRT) project that will focus a program of doctoral study on the infrastructure issues associated with the colonias in the border region of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Colonias represent both densely populated and scattered developments along the entire U.S. border with Mexico. They lack the fundamental infrastructures of a developed nation, as well as those infrastructures associated with education, health care, and environmental protections. In Texas, there are an estimated 1,193 colonias sites with over 500,000 residents of Hispanic origin. The proposed GRT project will incorporate a Ph.D. Pipeline for Hispanics. Two of the GRTs will complete the M.S. degree under program funding at TAMU-K, and then earn the Ph.D. at Texas A&M. TAMU-K is the engineering institution of access for Hispanics in South Texas, home to over one-third of the 4.5 million Texans of Hispanic origin. For GRTs in civil engineering infrastructures this area of focus provides an opportunity to conduct research, develop and implement applications technologies, and better define the relationship of infrastructure engineering to an important societal context.