A Problem-focused Research Agenda for the Highway Transportation Infrastructure: A Holistic Systems Identification and Integration by Using Field Test-sites

PI：德雷克塞尔大学的Emin Aktan FHWA和NSF已经阐明了将整个公路交通基础设施作为一个基于综合资产管理原则的综合超级系统进行管理所固有的优势。目前，FHWA和NSF都对协同研究和技术示范项目非常感兴趣，这些项目将推动基础设施系统工程和管理的最先进水平和实践。这两个机构提供了一套互补的资源，这将极大地增强国家推进基础设施工程和管理的科学研究和示范能力。挑战在于理解、概念化和框定问题，并清楚地阐明关键问题及其可能的解决办法。我们需要召集一个代表广泛利益攸关方的专家界，就定义、问题及其可能的解决办法达成共识。然后，我们可以制定、赞助和执行关于实际运营或退役基础设施的研究和演示，以测试这些决议。这项提交给国家科学基金会的提案设想召集一组多学科专家来讨论和框定问题，并阐明问题。

PI: Emin Aktan, Drexel UniversityThe advantages which are inherent in the management of the entire highway transportation infrastructure as one integrated hyper-system based on the principles of integrated asset management has been articulated by the FHWA as well as the NSF. Currently, both the FHWA and the NSF are very interested in synergistic research and technology demonstration programs that would advance the states-of-the-art and practice of the engineering and management of infrastructure systems. These two agencies offer a set of complementary resources that would very much enhance the Nation's capabilities for scientific research and demonstrations to advance the engineering and management of infrastructures. The challenge is to understand, conceptualize and frame the problem, and articulate the critical issues and their possible resolutions clearly. We need to bring together an expert community representing the broad spectrum of stakeholders and reach consensus on the definitions, issues and their possible resolutions. Then we may formulate, sponsor and execute research and demonstrations on actual operating or decommissioned infrastructures to test these resolutions. This proposal submitted to the NSF envisions bringing a group of multi-disciplinary experts to discuss and frame the problem and articulate the issues.