Collaborative Research: Learning from the Ancient Engineers of the Great Inka Road; Lima, Peru, Summer 2010

合作研究：向印加古道的古代工程师学习；

• 批准号: 0921756
• 负责人: Christine Fiori
• 金额: $ 9万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-10-01 至 2012-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0921756&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Learning; Ancient; Engineers

0921756/0921816Fiori/JaselskisThis Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place in the summer of 2010 at the Universidad de Piura, in Lima, Peru. This PASI, co-organized by Dr. Christine M. Fiori of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Dr. Edward J. Jaselskis of Iowa State University, will be a collaborative research project to study the work of the ancient engineers of the Great Inka Road of the Andes. How is it that the Inka engineers succeeded in building their 25,000 road system and other structures on the steep and unstable mountains of the Andes and the rainforest of the Amazon? The PASI will join engineering researchers and student participants with anthropologists, archeologists and ethnologists to review and asses Inka construction practices. Collectively, the group will explore linkages between hydrology, hydraulics, geotechnical, and modern day construction techniques.The PASI will offer an opportunity for participants to gain a fundamental understanding of how natural forces act on structures and how to apply ancient practices to modern, sustainable engineering practice. Furthermore, U.S. graduate students/postdocs, and junior faculty will attend lectures and do field work with participants from several South American Universities, thus providing an international perspective that can lead to further collaborative efforts. Dissemination will be addressed through submissions to various well-known engineering publications. In addition, PASI contents will be made available through a publicly accessible online web forum hosted at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Future exhibits under development, associated with the research, will include a focus on engineering construction, highlighting the profession in a new light and to a nontraditional audience.

0921756/0921816菲奥里/Jaselski这个泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖，由美国国家科学基金会和能源部（DOE）联合支持，将于2010年夏天在秘鲁利马的皮乌拉大学举行。这个PASI，由克莉丝汀M博士共同组织。弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学的菲奥里和爱荷华州州立大学的爱德华·J·贾塞尔斯基斯博士将是一个合作研究项目，研究安第斯山脉伟大的印加之路的古代工程师的工作。印加的工程师们是如何在陡峭而不稳定的安第斯山脉和亚马逊雨林上成功地建造了他们的25,000条道路系统和其他结构的呢？PASI将与工程研究人员和学生参与者以及人类学家，考古学家和民族学家一起审查和评估Inka建筑实践。PASI将为参与者提供一个机会，让他们对自然力如何作用于结构以及如何将古代实践应用于现代可持续工程实践有一个基本的了解。此外，美国研究生/博士后和初级教师将参加讲座，并与来自几所南美大学的参与者进行实地考察，从而提供一个国际视角，可以导致进一步的合作努力。将通过向各种著名的工程出版物投稿的方式进行传播。此外，PASI的内容将通过弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学主办的可公开访问的在线网络论坛提供。与研究相关的未来展览正在开发中，将包括对工程建设的关注，以新的视角突出这一专业，并面向非传统观众。