US-India Workshop on High Performance Cement Based Concrete Composites

本奖项资助10名参与者参加2004年12月在金奈举行的“高性能水泥基混凝土复合材料美国-印度研讨会”。讲习班将讨论迫切需要发展性能更好的新材料，以满足发展中国家扩大其基础设施的需要和发达国家维持现有基础设施的需要。由田纳西理工大学的Joseph Biernacki教授和结构工程研究中心（SERC）的N. Lakshmanan教授共同主持的学术委员会组织了这次研讨会。参与者将努力提高对水泥和其他胶凝材料的复杂混合物之间相互作用的基本理解，它们与化学外加剂的相互作用，以及含有金属和有机纤维的复合材料的长期性能和耐久性。他们将探索最先进的技术，并确定研究重点，以加速下一代高性能复合混凝土材料的发展。范围：SERC是科学和工业研究委员会下属的国家实验室，近四十年来一直是结构工程领域追求先进研究和开发活动的领先机构。结构混凝土及混凝土复合材料的研究是中国工程院研究的重点领域。研讨会将加强合作活动，包括美国和印度之间的联合研究提案以及学生和教师交流机会。美国国家科学基金会的国际科学与工程办公室和土木与机械系统部门共同资助了这项活动。

0352838BiernackiDescription: This award support travel for ten participants to the US-India Workshop: High Performance Cement Based Concrete Composites, Chennai, December 2004. The workshop will address the urgency for developing new materials with improved properties to meet the needs of developing countries for expanding their infrastructure and those of advanced countries for maintaining the existing infrastructure. A committee of academics, co-chaired by Professors Joseph Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University and N. Lakshmanan, Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC) is organizing this workshop. Participants will endeavor to improve fundamental understanding of the interactions between complex blends of cement and other cementitious materials, their interactions with chemical admixtures, and the long-term performance and durability of composite materials containing metal and organic fibers. They will explore the state-of-the-art and establish research priorities that could accelerate the advancement of next generation high-performance composite concrete materials. Scope: SERC is a national laboratory under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and has been the leading institution in pursuing advanced research and development activities in the field of structural engineering for nearly four decades. Studies on structural concrete and concrete composites are a major thrust area for SERC. The workshop will enhance collaborative activities including joint proposals for research and student and faculty exchange opportunities between the U.S. and India. NSF's Office of International Science and Engineering and the Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems are co-funding this activity.