REU Site: Earthquake Engineering Internship for Resilient Communities

这个为期三年的REU网站计划侧重于地震恢复社区将由太平洋地震工程研究中心（PEER）管理。每年夏天，本科生将被安排在三所合作大学：加州伯克利大学、加州戴维斯大学和华盛顿大学。学生将与教师和研究生导师成对放置，以完成与基础设施，港口，堤坝和城市建筑的地震弹性相关的项目。导师们拥有各种学科的专业知识，包括结构和岩土工程、城市规划、公共政策和经济学。这种多学科的整合是这个REU网站的一个重要方面，因为需要多学科的合作和协作，以实现地震恢复社区的广泛目标。在他们的夏季研究经验，实习生将定期与其他人学习在同一研究课题领域的替代学科的接口，并每周与整个实习生队列搞。此外，还将开展补充活动，以扩大实习生的经验，并激励他们继续在地震工程和相关研究。提高全国社区的地震恢复力必须是我们国家的一个重要目标（NEHRP 2008）。该REU计划将有助于这一努力。REU的参与者将学习如何通过开发工具和技术来提高地震恢复力，从而最大限度地减少地震破坏，并帮助社区从大地震中快速恢复。招聘工作将集中在参加少数民族服务学生俱乐部的学生，并在本科生服务机构将建立一个具有不同背景的REU实习生群体，因此，该计划将提供一个独特的经验，以吸引代表性不足的学生到减轻地震灾害的领域。他们的研究经验，提高技术沟通能力，并参加同行年会将使他们成为研究生学习的有力候选人。通过他们作为导师的参与，研究生参与者将提高他们的教学和指导技能，为未来的学术教师任命做好准备。

This three-year REU site program focusing on earthquake resilient communities will be administered by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center. Each summer,undergraduate students will be placed at the three partnering universities: University of California Berkeley, University of California Davis, and the University of Washington. The students will be placed in pairs with a faculty and graduate student mentor to complete projects related to the seismic resiliency of infrastructure, ports, levees,and urban buildings. The mentors have expertise in a variety of disciplines including structural and geotechnical engineering, urban planning, public policy and economics. This multi-disciplinary integration is an important aspect of this REU site because multidisciplinary cooperation and collaboration is needed to achieve the broad goal of earthquake resilient communities. During their summer research experience, interns will regularly interface with others studying alternate disciplines within the same research topic area and weekly engage with the full intern cohort. Supplemental activities will also be conducted to broaden the intern experience and inspire them to continue in earthquake engineering and related research.Improving the earthquake resilience of communities nationwide must be a critical goal of our nation (NEHRP 2008). This REU program will contribute to that effort. The REU participants will learn how research can advance earthquake resiliency by developing tools and technologies that minimize earthquake damage and help communities to recover quickly from large earthquakes.Recruitment efforts will focus on students participating in minority serving student clubs and at undergraduate serving institutions will build a group of REU interns with diverse backgrounds, and thus the program will provide a unique experience to attract underrepresented students to the fields of earthquake hazard mitigation. Their research experience, improved technical communication skills, and participation in the PEER Annual Meeting will make them strong candidates for graduate study. Through their involvement as mentors, graduate student participants will enhance their teaching and mentorship skills to prepare them for future academic faculty appointment.