REU- Site Performance Evaluation of Civil Infrastructure Systems

该奖项为德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校（UTA）为期三年的本科生研究经验（REU）网站提供资金，每年有六名学生在夏季的八周内进行结构，岩土和建筑工程方面的动手实验室和实地研究。每个学生将与四个小研究小组中的一个一起工作，重点是(1)部分约束连接的抗震性能，(2)纤维增强聚合物复合材料的修复性能评估，(3)岩土工程实验室的新测量方法，以及(4)住宅基础修复方法。REU的体验是这样设计的：学生通过开发改进的材料和测试程序来体验研究过程；制造和测试结构部件和系统；收集和分析现场数据；使用最先进的实验室测量技术收集和分析数据；撰写和发表论文。每个研究团队将包括来自UTA土木与环境工程系的教师以及UTA建筑研究中心的行业专业顾问成员。将对REU场地进行形成性和总结性评估和评价。首席研究员将向当地K-12学校宣传REU网站的活动，并与当地K-12数学和科学教师一起参加每两周一次的REU网站会议，以鼓励学生在高中毕业后考虑参加民事和环境项目，并促进K-12数学和科学教师的专业发展。

0243994 AbolmaaliThis award provides funding for a three-year Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) for six students per year during eight weeks in the summer to conduct hands-on laboratory and field research in structural, geotechnical, and construction engineering. Each student will work with one of four small research teams focusing on (1) The Seismic Performance of Partially Restrained Connections, (2) Repair Performance Evaluation of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites, (3) Novel Measurements in a Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory, and (4) Residential Foundation Repair Methodology. The REU experience is designed such that the students experience the research process through developing improved materials and testing procedures; manufacturing and testing structural components and systems; collecting and analyzing field data; collecting and analyzing data using state-of-the-art laboratory measurement techniques; and writing and presenting papers. Each research team will include faculty members from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UTA and industry-based professional advisory members of the Construction Research Center at UTA. Both formative and summative assessment and evaluation of the REU Site will be performed. Outreach to local K-12 schools by the principal investigator to inform local students and teachers about REU Site activities, along with involvement of local K-12 math and science teachers in biweekly REU site meetings will be done to encourage students to consider enrolling in civil and environmental programs after high school and to promote professional development of K-12 math and science teachers.