U.S.-Egypt Workshop on Innovations in Materials and Design of Civil Infrastructure, December 28-29,2005, Cairo, Egypt

该合同将支持2005年12月28日至29日在埃及开罗举行的“美国-埃及民用基础设施材料和设计创新研讨会”。组织者是伯明翰阿拉巴马大学土木工程系的Tarek Rizk博士和埃及开罗住房与建筑研究中心（HBRC）的Omaima Salah El Din博士。智力奖励：这是一笔旅行补助金，用于协助12名美国科学家和4名中东科学家参加NSF和其他联邦和州一级的美国政府机构感兴趣的领域的研讨会。埃及对这一研究领域同样感兴趣，因为它在建设该国基础设施方面有潜在的应用。研讨会计划为期两天。第一天将专注于先进复合材料和纤维增强聚合物在民用基础设施修复、加固、预应力和新结构中的应用创新。第二天，与会者将重点关注创新，包括基础设施项目交付和民用基础设施材料（旋转混凝土，超高强度混凝土等）的创新。与会者将来自美国和几个中东国家，此外还有来自东道国埃及的与会者。在会议之前，所有与会者都可以获得这些演示文稿。指导委员会将提供一份报告，总结研究贡献，并确定未来研究的领域。为讲习班开发了一个网站，以便以电子方式提交论文和摘要。会议记录将在网站www.EgyptComposites.com上免费提供。讨论、其他贡献和建议将包括在研讨会会议记录和研讨会的网站上。这些材料也将在专业会议上提供。更广泛的影响：任何国家的经济支柱都是由包括公共建筑、机场、高速公路、桥梁等在内的设施资产构成的。美国许多已建成的设施正在以比我们修复它们的能力更快的速度恶化。在美国，未来五年应该投入1.6万亿美元，以缓解该国基础设施的潜在问题。根据ASCE 2005年的基础设施报告，仅交通运输每年就需要940亿美元的支出。这一问题在包括埃及在内的发展中国家更为严重。因此，需要研究寻找创新技术来建造、交付和维护民用基础设施。得到支持的美国代表团包括三名初级科学家和一名研究生，他们将有机会在研讨会期间与来自埃及的科学家进行互动。该研讨会可能会导致材料工程、设计和土木工程科学领域的合作研究，从而使两国受益。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金项目的支持，该项目向两国的科学家和工程师提供资助，以开展这些联合科学活动。

0541623 RizkDescription: This award is to support a "US-Egypt Workshop on Innovations in Materials and Design of Civil Infrastructures to be held in Cairo, Egypt in December 28-29 2005. The organizers are Dr. Tarek Rizk, Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Alabama, Birmingham and Dr. Omaima Salah El Din, Housing and Building Research Center (HBRC), in Cairo, Egypt. Intellectual merit: This is a travel grant to assist 12 U.S. and four Middle East scientists to participate in a workshop in an area of interest to NSF and also to other US Government agencies, both at the federal and states level. Egypt is similarly interested in this research area because of the potential applications in building the country's infrastructure. The Workshop is planned for two days. The first day will be devoted to innovations in the applications of advanced composite materials and fiber reinforced polymers in civil Infrastructure in repair, reinforcing, prestressing, and in new structures. On the second day, the participants will focus on innovations, including those in delivery of infrastructure projects and innovations in civil infrastructure materials (spun concrete, ultra high-strength concrete, etc). Participants will come from the U.S. and several Middle East countries, in addition to participants from the host country, Egypt. The presentations will be made available to all participants prior to the meeting. The Steering Committee will provide a report that will summarize the research contributions and that will identify areas for future research. A web site was developed for the workshop to allow for electronic submission of papers and abstracts. The proceedings will be made available free of charge on the web site www.EgyptComposites.com. The discussions, additional contributions, and recommendations will be included in the Workshop Proceedings and on the Workshop's web site. These will also be made available at professional meetings and conferences.Broader impacts: The backbone of any country's economy consists of assets of constructed facilities that include public buildings, airports, highways, bridges etc. Many of the constructed facilities in the U.S. are suffering from deterioration at a rate faster than our ability to renovate them. In the U.S., $1.6 trillion should be spent over the next five years to alleviate potential problems with the nation's infrastructure. Transportation alone requires $94 billion in annual spending based on the 2005 infrastructure report by ASCE. The problem is even more severe in developing countries including Egypt. Therefore, research is needed to find innovative techniques to build, deliver, and maintain the civil infrastructure. The supported US delegation includes three junior scientists and one graduate student who will have the opportunity to interact with scientists from Egypt during the workshop. The workshop is likely to lead to collaborative research in the area of materials engineering, design and civil engineering sciences that can benefit the two countries. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these joint scientific activities.