U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Advanced Sensors and Smart Structures Technology for Civil and Mechanical Systems

[0341903]斯宾塞该奖项支持美国科学家参加将于2003年11月16日至18日在日本横滨举行的关于民用和机械系统先进传感器和智能结构技术的美日联合研讨会。联合组织者是伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的Bill F. Spencer教授和日本庆应义塾大学的Akira Mita教授。在过去的几年里，世界各地在先进传感器和智能结构技术领域取得了重大进展，尤其是在美国和日本。提出了集成信息学、智能软件和算法的多功能智能材料、传感器和执行器等创新概念，以发展实现智能结构的知识和技术基础。在日本和美国，智能结构技术也进行了几次全面的试验实施，以及大型结构（如建筑物和桥梁）的案例研究。研讨会将专门讨论四个主题：1)创新传感硬件，2)无线技术的进步，3)损伤检测/表征和状态评估方法，以及4)案例研究和国际测试平台的实验验证。目标将是确定突出的研究问题，并制定一项行动计划，通过可能的合作研究项目和共享科学数据提出发展和实施建议。共同组织者在该领域具有互补的科学专业知识。这使他们能够评估并吸引最优秀的工程师参与。这些新发展将彻底改变未来土木和机械结构系统的建造和维护方式，以实现超高的可靠性/安全性、卓越的性能和最低的生命周期成本。研讨会的组织者特别努力让博士后和研究生作为参与者和观察员。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。研讨会结束后，组织者计划建立一个研讨会网页。会议记录将在本网站公布。

0341903SpencerThis award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan joint seminar on advanced sensors and smart structures technology for civil and mechanical systems to be held in Yokohama, Japan from November 16-18, 2003. The co-organizers are Professor Bill F. Spencer at the University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign and Professor Akira Mita at Keio University in Japan. In the last few years there has been significant progress in the areas of advanced sensors and smart structures technologies around the world, but particularly in the United States and Japan. Innovative concepts such as multifunctional smart materials, sensors and actuators integrated with informatics, intelligence software and algorithms, were proposed to develop the knowledge and technology base to enable realization of smart structures. There have also been several full-scale trial implementations of smart structures technologies, as well as case studies of large-scale structures such as buildings and bridges, both in Japan and the U.S. The seminar sessions will be devoted to four theme topics of 1) innovative sensing hardware, 2) advances in wireless technology, 3) damage detection/characterization and condition assessment methodology, and 4) case studies and experimental verification on international testbeds. The objectives will be to identify the outstanding research issues, and to formulate an action plan with recommendations for development and implementation through possible collaborative research projects and sharing of scientific data. The co-organizers have complementary scientific expertise in the field. This enables them to evaluate and attract the best engineers to participate. These new developments will revolutionize how civil and mechanical structural systems are built and maintained in the future to achieve ultra-high reliability/safety, superior performance, and minimal lifecycle costs. The seminar organizers have made a special effort to involve postdocs and graduate students as both participants and observers. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese experts in the field will enable U.S. participants to advance their own work, and will set the stage for future collaborative projects. Following the seminar the organizers plan to establish a workshop web page. Conference proceedings will be published on this web site.