Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering

CMS-0224700PI：Keri Moore机构：国家科学院标题：“地质和岩土工程委员会”2001年11月6日，美国国家岩石力学委员会通过与赞助商(特别是根据国家科学基金会的意见)、工业界成员以及国内和国际研究界的讨论，重组为地质和岩土工程委员会(COGGE)。这一过渡旨在提高委员会的反应能力，扩大其活动的范围和广度。新成立的COGGE是国家研究理事会地球科学与资源委员会主持下的一个常设委员会，负责处理与地球科学的工程应用有关的科学、技术和公共政策问题。该委员会的范围包括地球过程和材料，包括岩石和土壤的力学，重点是安全和负责任的人类发展、风险评估以及减轻自然和人为危害。该委员会的目标如下：1.向政府、工业界、学术界和公众确定、调查和报告与地质和岩土工程有关的问题；2.促进知识的获取和传播；3.确定新技术和潜在的应用；4.改进地质和岩土工程问题的公共政策；5.提供一个论坛，供学术和专业团体、政府机构和私营行业讨论；以及6.通过担任国际岩石力学学会和相关组织的美国代表，加强国家和国际合作和信息交流。地质和岩土工程的研究和工程发展是出于对自然和建筑环境(包括放射性和危险废物的隔离、修复和缓解)、减轻地震和山体滑坡等自然灾害、对自然资源的无害环境回收以及对岩石防御结构的兴趣的关注。这些问题的技术、经济、社会和政治影响引起了许多政府机构、商业公司和公共利益团体的关注，并提出了COGGE的必要性。COGGE的专业知识、判断和战略观点有助于定义和帮助启动与国家利益或关注的重大领域有关的赞助研究和其他活动，在这些领域中，岩石力学问题是关键或限制因素。在这方面，委员会为与联邦机构联络代表和其他感兴趣的组织举行会议提供了一个论坛，就可能值得通过国家研究理事会进行调查的重要专题交换意见和信息。

CMS-0224700PI:Keri MooreInstitution:National Academy of SciencesTitle:"Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering" On November 6, 2001, the U.S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics was reconstituted as the Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering (COGGE) through discussions with sponsors (particularly based on input from the National Science Foundation), members of industry, and the national and international research communities. This transition is intended to improve the committee's responsiveness and to expand the scope and breadth of its activities.The newly formed COGGE operates as a standing committee under the auspices of the National Research Council's Board on Earth Sciences and Resources and addresses scientific, technical, and public-policy issues pertaining to the engineering applications of Earth sciences. The committee's scope encompasses Earth processes and materials, including the mechanics of rock and soil, and focuses on safe and responsible human development, risk assessment, and mitigation of natural and anthropogenic hazards. The Committee's objectives are as follows:1. To identify, investigate, and report on questions relating to geological and geotechnical engineering to government, industry, academia, and the public;2. To promote the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge;3. To identify new technologies and potential applications;4. To improve public policy on geological and geotechnical engineering issues;5. To provide a forum for discussion among academic and professional groups, government agencies, and private industry; and6. To enhance national and international cooperation and exchange of information by acting as the U.S. representative for the International Society of Rock Mechanics and related organizations.Research and engineering developments in geological and geotechnical engineering are driven by concerns for the natural and built environment (including radioactive and hazardous waste isolation, remediation, and mitigation), mitigation of natural hazards such as earthquakes and landslides, environmentally sound recovery of natural resources, and interest in defense structures in rock. The technological, economic, social, and political impact of these issues engage the attention of many government agencies, business corporations, and public interest groups and posits the need for the COGGE.The expertise, judgment, and strategic perspective of the COGGE serves to define and help initiate sponsored studies and other activities with respect to major areas of national interest or concern in which rock mechanics problems represent critical or limiting factors. In this regard, the committee offers a forum for meetings with federal agency liaison representative and other interested organizations to exchange ideas and information on important topics that may merit inquiry through the National Research Council.