Symposium: Materials for Infrastructure: Building Bridges in the Global Community; New Orleans, LA; March 2008

基础设施材料：全球社区桥梁建设研讨会旨在有效和积极地解决复杂的技术、专业、教育、社会、环境和经济问题，这些问题挑战了当今发展中国家基础设施和新建筑的可持续性。TMS正在与印度金属学会和中国金属学会合作，以确保全球视野。建筑材料在一个国家基础设施的许多组成部分的设计和实现中起着举足轻重的作用。不断增长的世界人口和不断增长的经济发展需要具有成本效益、安全、结构高效和环境敏感的建筑、桥梁和公用事业系统的解决方案。此外，发达国家也开始关注监测和防止基础设施老化的问题。基础设施材料：全球社区桥梁建设研讨会将从全球角度讨论这些基础设施系统中材料设计、生产和应用的进展，包括但不限于印度、中国和美国。这次研讨会将提高学生和专业人员对全球需求的认识，并为讨论如何满足社会基础设施需求提供一个论坛。

The Materials for Infrastructure: Building Bridges in the Global Community Symposium is designed to effectively and proactively address the complex technological, professional, educational, societal, environmental, and economical issues that challenge sustainability of today's infrastructure and new construction in developing countries. TMS is partnering with the Indian Institute of Metals and the Chinese Society for Metals to ensure a global perspective. Materials of construction play a pivotal role in the design and realization of many components of a country's infrastructure. A growing world population and increasing economic development demand solutions for cost-effective, safe, structurally-efficient, and environmentally-sensitive buildings, bridges, and public utility systems. Also, concern is arising in developed countries for monitoring and preventing infrastructure decay. Materials for Infrastructure: Building Bridges in the Global Community Symposium will address progress in materials design, production, and application in these infrastructure systems from a global perspective, including but not limited to India, China, and the United States. This symposium will heighten awareness amongst students and professionals as to global needs and provide a forum for the discussion of efforts to meet society's infrastructure needs.