U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar on Civil Infrastructure Systems Research

该奖项支持美国科学家/工程师参加将于1997年4月1日至3日在夏威夷举行的美日民用基础设施系统研究研讨会。联合组织者是美国南加州大学的信冢正信教授和日本庆应义塾大学的渡边诚教授。本次研讨会将提供一个论坛，以确定和比较共同问题，促进两国之间的合作研究，并制定涉及以下研究主题的行动计划；老龄化和退化科学，健康监测和状况评估，更新工程，社会经济问题，制度有效性和生产力，以及研究协调。民用基础设施系统（CIS）为社会提供了运输人员和货物、提供清洁水、电力、天然气和液体燃料、促进通信、减轻自然灾害的影响以及为提高公众的福利和自由提供许多其他功能的基本能力。社会活动的加速快速增长以及由此产生的对独联体的需求抑制了新建和改造现有独联体的速度。美日两国在独联体建设中存在着共同的问题，都需要在各自的独联体规划、设计、建设、维护和改造中寻找具有成本效益的战略。与该领域的日本专家交流想法和数据将使美国参与者能够推进自己的工作，并为未来的合作项目奠定基础。＊＊＊

9603203 Shinozuka This award supports the participation of American scientists/engineers in a U.S.-Japan seminar on Civil Infrastructure Systems Research to be held in Hawaii from April 1-3, l997. The co-organizers are Professors Masanobu Shinozuka of the University of Southern California and Makoto Watabe of Keio University in Japan. This seminar will provide a forum for identifying and comparing common issues, for promoting cooperative research between the two nations and formulating action plans involving the following themes of study; science of aging and deterioration, health monitoring and condition assessment, renewal engineering, socio-economic issues, institutional effectiveness and productivity, and research coordination. Civil infrastructure systems (CIS) provide the societies' basic ability to transport people and goods, to deliver clean water, electric power, gas and liquid fuel, to facilitate communications, to mitigate the impact of natural disasters, and to serve many other functions for the enhancement of the welfare and freedom of the general public. Accelerating rapid growth of the societal activities and resulting demand for CIS is suppressing the rate of new construction and retrofitting of existing CIS. Both the U.S. and Japan share common problems of CIS and are in need of cost-effective strategies for planning, design, construction, maintenance and retrofit of their respective CISs. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese experts in this field will enable U.S. participants to advance their own work, and will set the stage for future collaborative projects. ***