International Workshop on Bio-Soil Interactions and Engineering

生物-​​土壤相互作用与工程国际研讨会

• 批准号: 0628782
• 负责人: Jason DeJong
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-08-15 至 2008-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0628782&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Workshop; Bio; Soil; Interactions

Abstract: 0628782The interaction of biological materials with geotechnical processes has long been ignored by geotechnical engineering, and its importance is just beginning to be realized. In the 2006 report from the National Academy of Sciences entitled "Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation" the role of biological processes in soil behavior is identified as a technical area that has not been accounted for and is cited as a critical research thrust and opportunity for the future. The soil environment is known to be exceptionally complex and heterogeneous in structure. Such complexity is essential to support biological activity by providing an intricate particle-pore matrix that consists of solid, liquid and gas phases for the effective cycling and storage of nutrients. The biological materials within the soil are unique by their innate characteristics of being self-active and re-growing within geotechnical soil matrices. This same complex soil matrix is also the fundamental "building block" for geotechnical engineering. With an increased understanding of biological processes in soils, the processes and products of these activities could be harnessed to provide new innovative solutions for geotechnical problems as well as provide explanation for observed geosystem performance. To address and explore this opportunity integration of the sciences and engineering is necessary as the complexity of the processes cannot be sufficiently addressed within a single discipline. The goal of this workshop is to bring together experts from a spectrum of traditional disciplines (e.g. geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, geosciences, microbiology, oceanography, biology) that are leaders in their field, are creative and innovative, and have a personal interest in exploring this new interdisciplinary field. This will be accomplished by holding a workshop with about 50 participants, about 50% US and 50% International participants (jointly funded by NSF and EPSRC). The workshop has been carefully designed in a structure that will scaffold, or gradually build, from developing a mutual foundation of discipline understanding, to sharing current research and brainstorming about new opportunities, to identifying the necessary "action items", or developmental steps, required to mature this field. An informal environment and activities that foster discussion, brainstorming, and free sharing of ideas has been incorporated into the agenda. A final report drafted by the workshop organizers will integrate all discussion outcomes of this workshop, and concisely present the assessment of the current status and future potential of the field, as well as planned future efforts. The report will be distributed to all participants for review and then disseminated to the funding agencies (NSF and EPSRC) and colleagues internationally via electronic and hardcopy publication.

摘要：生物材料与岩土过程的相互作用长期以来被岩土工程所忽视，其重要性才刚刚开始被认识到。在美国国家科学院2006年题为“新千年的地质和岩土工程：研究和技术创新的机遇”的报告中，生物过程在土壤行为中的作用被确定为一个尚未被考虑的技术领域，并被引用为未来的关键研究主题和机会。众所周知，土壤环境在结构上异常复杂和不同。这种复杂性对于支持生物活性至关重要，因为它提供了一种复杂的颗粒-孔基质，由固体、液体和气相组成，用于营养的有效循环和储存。土壤中的生物材料是独一无二的，因为它们天生具有自我活性并在土工土壤基质中重新生长的特性。同样复杂的土体基质也是岩土工程的基本“积木”。随着对土壤中生物过程的更多了解，可以利用这些活动的过程和产品来为岩土技术问题提供新的创新解决办法，并为观测到的地球系统性能提供解释。为了处理和探索这一机会，科学和工程学的结合是必要的，因为在单一学科中不能充分处理这些过程的复杂性。该讲习班的目标是聚集来自不同传统学科(例如，岩土工程、环境工程、地球科学、微生物学、海洋学、生物学)的专家，他们是各自领域的领导者，具有创造性和创新性，并对探索这一新的跨学科领域有个人兴趣。这将通过举办一个有大约50名参与者的研讨会来实现，其中约50%是美国参与者，50%是国际参与者(由NSF和EPSRC共同资助)。研讨会经过精心设计，从建立或逐步建立学科理解的共同基础，到分享当前的研究和集思广益讨论新的机会，再到确定成熟该领域所需的必要“行动项目”或发展步骤，都是经过精心设计的。促进讨论、集思广益和自由分享想法的非正式环境和活动已纳入议程。讲习班组织者起草的最后报告将综合这次讲习班的所有讨论结果，并简明扼要地介绍对该领域的现状和未来潜力的评估，以及计划的未来工作。该报告将分发给所有与会者以供审查，然后通过电子出版物和硬拷贝出版物分发给供资机构(国家科学基金会和EPSRC)和国际同事。