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

该奖项支持与2010年11月在印度举行的第六届国际环境岩土技术大会（6ICEG）一起组织的研讨会。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，因此印度和美国的研究人员和专业人员必须进行合作，了解发展中国家的问题和需求。此外，通过结合印度和美国各自的地球环境专业知识和资源，研究人员和专业人员将有更大的能力来应对这些挑战，并减轻这些挑战的全球影响。研讨会的目的是：(1)促进有关地球环境工程的最新技术和实践状况的信息交流，并确定正在出现的全球地球环境工程挑战；(2)优先考虑美国和印度研究人员共同感兴趣的研究机会。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)可再生能源和替代能源；(d)全球气候变化影响；以及(e)温室气体的缓解等；(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，以战略和互补的方式解决具体项目；(4)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，准备并提交高质量和高影响力的合作研究提案；(5)通过定期研讨会和会议促进和重申研究议程，促进美印研究人员之间的持续合作。参与者将包括该领域的高级领导、初级教师、研究生和来自不同背景的参与者，包括少数民族和代表性不足的群体。此外，还将特别关注参与者在跨越国际边界的各种主题上进行合作的意愿。被选中的参与者将在研讨会之前进行广泛的信息交流。研讨会计划将侧重于确定研究重点和确定可以立即开展的具体研究项目，并建立伙伴关系以开展具体研究项目并准备合作研究建议。该研讨会将确定美印研究的优先事项，以解决与全球可持续发展有关的广泛问题。将确定具体的高质量和高影响的研究项目。将形成协作伙伴关系，可以利用联合的专门知识和资源来追求确定的项目。研讨会结束后，主要讨论和成果（研究重点和合作伙伴关系）将发布在研讨会网站上，并由ASCE/GI作为岩土工程特别出版物（GSP）出版，该出版物将在全球范围内发行。

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.