US-Egypt Workshop on the Use of Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) for Sustainable Structures, May 26, 2008, Hurgada, Egypt

[0804891]描述：该奖项是为了支持将于2008年5月26日在埃及赫尔格达举行的“关于纤维增强聚合物（FRP）用于可持续结构的美国-埃及研讨会”。美国的组织者是Sami Rizkalla博士，北卡罗莱纳州罗利市北卡罗莱纳州立大学（NCSU）土木工程系。埃及组织者是埃及开罗艾因沙姆斯大学的Abdel-Hady Hosny博士和博士。该研讨会计划在“第五届中东基础设施应用结构复合材料研讨会2008 （MESC-5）”之后举行一天。它汇集了来自美国、加拿大、欧洲、日本和埃及这一领域的研究人员。知识价值：该研讨会旨在促进信息交流，传播研究成果，并确定美国和埃及大学研究人员之间在使用FRP材料作为新结构建筑材料以及加强或修复现有民用基础设施方面可行的研究合作领域。专家们将有机会进行互动，并确定在创新型可持续结构、生命周期成本和结构健康监测中使用FRP的合作项目的主题。一些参与者在专业委员会中担任重要职位，他们对FRP技术相关的许多当前问题有广泛的了解。与会者将就研讨会所涉及的主题作出书面贡献。在MESC-5指导委员会的协调下，美国PI团队和艾因沙姆斯大学的对应团队将出版研讨会记录。它们将被发布在研讨会网站、艾因沙姆斯大学网站和美国国家科学基金会I/UCRC的“用复合材料修复建筑物和桥梁”（RB2C）网站http://www.ce.ncsu.edu/centers/rb2c上。它们还将通过国际建筑FRP研究所（IIFC）网站http://www.iifc-hq.org在全球范围内分发。更广泛的影响：特别是民用基础设施和结构的恶化，已被记录在案，并被认为是世界范围内的一个严重问题。在过去的十年中，包括纤维增强聚合物（FRP）在内的创新结构材料在庞大的民用基础设施市场中设定了雄心勃勃的目标。提议的研讨会将为美国、埃及和其他中东国家之间未来的研究合作奠定基础。将讲习班的调查结果直接传播给美国主要的编纂机构将提高讲习班的价值。美国的参与者包括代表未被充分代表的群体的教员、两名研究生、来自该国不同地理区域的初级教员和高级教员。

0804891 RizkallaDescription: This award is to support a "US-Egypt Workshop on the Use of Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) for Sustainable Structures" to be held in Hurghada, Egypt on May 26, 2008. The U.S. organizer is Dr. Sami Rizkalla, Department of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, NC. The Egyptian organizer is Dr. and Dr. Abdel-Hady Hosny, Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. The workshop is planned for one day immediately following "The Fifth Middle East Symposium on Structural Composites for Infrastructure Applications 2008 (MESC-5)". It brings together researchers in this area from U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan and Egypt. Intellectual Merit: The workshop is to facilitate exchange of information, disseminate research findings, and to identify areas for viable research collaboration, between the U.S. and researchers from Egyptian Universities, on the use of FRP material as construction material for new structures, as well as for strengthening or repairing existing civil infrastructure. There will be an opportunity for experts to interact and to identify topics for collaborative projects on the use of FRP for innovative sustainable structures, life cycle costs, and structural health monitoring. Several of the participants hold important positions on professional committees that have a broad based knowledge of many of the current issues associated with FRP technologies. Participants will make written contributions on the topics covered in the workshop. The workshop proceedings will be published by the US PI team and the counterpart from Ain Shams University, in coordination with the MESC-5 Steering Committee. They will be posted to the workshop web site , the Ain Shams University web site and the NSF I/UCRC on "Repair of Buildings and Bridges with Composites" (RB2C) web site http://www.ce.ncsu.edu/centers/rb2c. They will also be distributed internationally through the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC) web site http://www.iifc-hq.org. Broader Impact: Deterioration of civil infrastructure and structures in particular, has been documented and recognized as a serious problem worldwide. In the last decade innovative structural materials, including Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP), have set ambitious goals in the vast civil infrastructure markets. The proposed workshop will lay the groundwork for the future research collaboration between the U.S., Egypt and other Middle East countries. Direct dissemination of the workshop findings to key US codification agencies will enhance the value of the workshop. The U.S. participants include faculty that represent underrepresented groups, two graduate students, junior faculty and senior faculty from different geographical regions of the country.