Workshop on Education in Underground Engineering and Science in the United States; San Francisco, California; June 27, 2008

美国岩石力学协会（ARMA）基金会将在美国举办地下工程与科学教育研讨会，届时来自地球力学学科的25-35名教师将齐聚一堂，从课程和研究的角度讨论美国地下工程与科学教育的现状。研讨会参与者将推荐在桑福德地下科学与工程实验室（SUSEL）和深部地下科学与工程实验室（DUSEL）设施进行岩石力学教育的机会，这两个设施都位于南达科他州铅市的前Homestake矿山。为期一天的研讨会将于2008年6月27日在旧金山举行的第42届美国岩石力学研讨会之前举行。研讨会的目的和之前的工作是：1。调查教授地球力学（岩石力学和岩石工程）的美国教育机构，考虑到利用岩石相关信息的各种学科。2. 评估教育基础设施的教学能力和吸引本科生和研究生学习地下工程和科学的能力。3. 推荐教育机会在SUSEL/DUSEL。由麻省理工学院的赫伯特·爱因斯坦博士主持的5人组织委员会代表了不同的专业知识和地理位置。这些审议的结果将总结在一份最后报告中，并将在各学术机构广泛分发。该项目将通过识别美国教育基础设施面临的挑战和机遇，推动地下科学和工程学科的发展。随着学生毕业并继续在地下实验室进行研究和/或进入工业/教育岗位，本次研讨会将产生更广泛的影响。这样的研究可能会提高我们对岩石行为的理解，从而增强国家安全、减灾、民用基础设施系统、放射性废物储存和其他涉及了解地下的领域。

The American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) Foundation will hold a Workshop on Education in Underground Engineering and Science in the U.S. that will bring together 25-35 faculty members from disciplines that use geo-mechanics to discuss the state of underground engineering and science education in this country in terms of curriculum and research. The workshop participants will recommend rock mechanics educational opportunities at the Sanford Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (SUSEL) and, if constructed, the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) facilities, both at the former Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota. The one-day workshop will be held on June 27, 2008 preceding the 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium in San Francisco. The purposes of the workshop and the work preceding it are to: 1. Survey U.S education institutions that teach geo-mechanics (rock mechanics and rock engineering) taking into account the various disciplines that make use of rock-related information. 2. Assess the educational infrastructure in terms of its ability to teach and the ability to attract students for underground engineering and science at the undergraduate and graduate levels. 3. Recommend educational opportunities at the SUSEL/DUSEL. An organizing committee of 5 persons representing a variety of expertise and geographic locations have been assembled chaired by Dr. Herbert Einstein of MIT. The results of these deliberations will be summarized in a final report that will be widely distributed in academic institutions. This project will advance the disciplines of underground science and engineering by identifying for improvement the challenges and opportunities in the U.S. educational infrastructure. Broader impacts resulting from this workshop will take place as students graduate and go on conduct research at the underground laboratories and/or enter industrial/educational positions. Such research may improve our understanding of how rock behaves resulting in enhancements to national security, hazard mitigation, civil infrastructure systems, radioactive waste storage and other areas that involve understanding the underground.