First US-India Workshop on Global Geoenvironmental Engineering Challenges; in conjunction with 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (6ICEG); November 2010; India

该奖项支持将于2010年11月在印度举行的与第六届国际环境岩土技术大会(6ICEG)联合举办的讲习班。由于下个世纪许多最大的地球环境挑战将出现在发展中国家，印度和美国的研究人员和专业人士必须合作，并对发展中国家的问题和需求达成理解。此外，通过结合印度和美国各自的地质环境专业知识和资源，研究人员和专业人员将有更强的能力应对这些挑战，并缓解这些挑战的全球影响。研讨会的目的是：(1)促进关于当前最先进和最先进的地质环境工程实践的信息交流，并确定新出现的全球地质环境工程挑战；(2)确定美国和印度研究人员共同感兴趣的研究机会的优先顺序。预计将包括以下广泛的技术领域：(A)可持续废物管理，(B)绿色和可持续补救，(C)可再生和替代能源，(D)全球气候变化影响，以及(E)减少温室气体排放等；(3)确定美国和印度能够做出智力贡献、维护有用设施并形成合作伙伴关系的个人和组织，以战略性和互补性的方式处理具体项目；(4)准备并向美国和印度的资助机构(包括美国国家科学基金会和印度科技部)提交更高质量和更有影响力的合作研究提案；以及(5)促进和重申研究议程，并通过定期研讨会和会议促进美国和印度研究人员之间的持续合作。参与者将包括外地高级领导人、初级教员、研究生和来自不同背景的参与者，包括少数群体和代表性不足的群体。此外，还将特别关注参与者是否愿意跨越国际边界就各种主题进行合作。选定的参加者将在讲习班之前进行广泛的信息交流。研讨会计划的重点将是确定研究重点，确定可以立即开展的具体研究项目，并结成伙伴关系，开展具体的研究项目，准备合作研究提案。研讨会将确定美国-印度的研究重点，以解决涉及全球可持续发展的广泛问题。将确定具体的高质量和高影响的研究项目。将建立协作伙伴关系，利用综合的专门知识和资源来执行已确定的项目。讲习班结束后，主要讨论和成果(研究优先事项和合作伙伴关系)将张贴在讲习班网站上，并作为岩土工程特别出版物(GSP)由美国科学促进会/地球科学研究所出版，可在世界范围内分发。

This award supports a workshop, organized in conjunction with the 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (6ICEG) to be held during November 2010 in India. Because many of the greatest Geoenvironmental challenges over the next century will arise in developing nations, it is imperative for researchers and professionals in both India and the US to collaborate and develop an understanding of the issues and needs of the developing world. Moreover, by combining the respective Geoenvironmental expertise and resources in India and the US, researchers and professionals will have an increased ability to meet these challenges and mitigate the global effects of these challenges. The workshop will be aimed to: (1) To facilitate exchange of information on the current state-of-the-art and the state-of-practice of Geoenvironmental Engineering and identify the emerging global Geoenvironmental Engineering challenges; (2) To prioritize research opportunities that will be of mutual interest to US and Indian researchers. The following broad technical areas are expected to be included: (a) sustainable waste management, (b) green and sustainable remediation, (c) renewable and alternative energy, (d) global climate change impacts, and (e) mitigation of greenhouse gases, among others; (3) To identify the individuals and organizations in the US and India that can make intellectual contributions, maintain useful facilities, and form collaborative partnerships to address specific projects in a strategic and complementing fashion; (4) To prepare and submit higher quality and higher impact collaborative research proposals to the funding agencies in the US and India, including the US National Science Foundation and India's Department of Science & Technology; and (5) To facilitate and reaffirm a research agenda and foster continued collaboration among US and India researchers through periodic workshops and conferences. Participants will include an appropriate balance of senior level leaders in the field, junior faculty, graduate students, and participants from diverse background, including minorities and underrepresented groups. Additionally, particular attention will be focused on the participant's willingness to collaborate on a variety of topics across international boundaries. Extensive information exchange among the selected participants will occur prior to the Workshop. The workshop program will focus on confirming the research priorities and identifying specific research projects that can be pursued immediately and forming partnerships to pursue specific research projects and prepare collaborative research proposals. The workshop will identify US-India research priorities to address a wide range of issues dealing with global sustainable development. Specific high quality and high impact research projects will be identified. Collaborative partnerships will be formed that can exploit combined expertise and resources to pursue the identified projects. After the workshop, the key discussions and outcomes (research priorities and collaborative partnerships) will be posted on the workshop website and published as a Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP) by ASCE/GI, which will be available for world-wide distribution.