U.S.-India Workshop: Forensic Engineering and Curriculum Development, National Institute of Technology at Tiruchirapalli, India, December 2010.

0941496该奖项将资助10名美国与会者参加2010年12月在印度提鲁希拉帕利(NIT-T)举行的美印研讨会：法医工程(FE)和课程开发。为期五天的活动由北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校土木工程系陈慎恩教授和NIT-T土木工程系主任C.Natarajan共同主办。该讲习班的目的是加强民用基础设施的性能和故障分析，并促进双边合作研究和课程开发。美国学者将有机会与印度同行合作，为法医工程开发新的工具、方法和调查技术。虽然这一领域在印度并不发达，但印度高等学府的工程师在进行法医调查方面有着广泛的实践经验。将回顾美国和印度的法医工程实践，并概述在法医工作中使用的先进传感技术。美国与会者将有机会实地访问印度的大学和位于金奈的结构工程研究中心(SERC)，并提出与印度研究人员开展合作的想法。将特别注意发展新的结构失效理论和设计方法，从而提高对技术的理解。更广泛的影响拟议的努力旨在开发法医工程学课程以及法医工程学方面的合作研究和教育。这包括建立一个北卡罗来纳大学和NIT-T联合研究实验室和一个集中的全球失效结构数据库。四名美国毕业生和本科生将成为参与者，他们将有机会参与国际研究和丰富的文化体验。预计这项活动将有助于加强有限元理论和实践、仪器开发以及数据合成和解释的新方法。

0941496This award will support travel for ten U.S. participants to the U.S.-India Workshop: Forensic Engineering (FE) and Curriculum Development , National Institute of Technology at Tiruchirapalli (NIT-T), India, December 2010. The co-organizers of the 5-day activity are Professors Shen-en Chen, Department of Civil Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte and C. Natarajan, Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, NIT-T. The objective of this workshop is to enhance performance and failure analysis of civil infrastructures and to promote bilateral collaborative research and curriculum development. Intellectual Merit U.S. scholars will have the opportunity to work with Indian counterparts on developing new tools, methodologies, and investigative techniques for forensic engineering. While this field is not well developed in India, engineers at Indian institutions of higher learning have extensive practice performing forensic investigations. There will be a review of US and Indian forensic engineering practices plus an overview of advanced sensing techniques used in forensic work. US participants will have the opportunity to make site visits to Indian universities and to the Structural Engineering Research Center (SERC) in Chennai with the idea of seeding collaborations with Indian researchers. Particular attention will be given to developing new structural failure theories and design approaches leading to improved technical understanding. Broader Impacts The proposed effort is aimed at developing a forensic engineering curriculum as well as collaborative research and education in forensic engineering. This includes the establishment of a UNC & NIT-T joint research laboratory and a centralized global data base of failed structures. Four US graduates and undergraduates will be participants and will have the opportunity to participate in an international research and culturally rich experience. The activity is expected to contribute to enhancing FE theory and practice, instrumentation development, and new methodologies for data synthesis and interpretation.