Challenges to the Emerging Discipline of Resilient and Sustainable Interdependent Critical Infrastructures

这笔赠款为为期两天的研讨会提供部分资金支持，该研讨会将汇集ERFI/RESIN主要研究人员，项目负责人以及来自大学，联邦机构和行业的其他人，讨论理论和方法，以推进未来基础设施的设计，这些基础设施将更具弹性和可持续性。 一份白色文件将针对这一领域的研究人员所面临的挑战而精心制作。 其中包括确定研究差距，确定定义指标的共同点，以及不断发展的可持续性和复原力理论。 讲习班将继续确定负责设计和管理复杂的重要基础设施的专业人员的教育要求。

This grant provides partial financial support for a two-day workshop that will bring together ERFI/RESIN principal investigators, program directors, and others from universities, federal agencies, and industries to discuss theories and methods to advance the design of future infrastructures that will be more resilient and sustainable in light of the growing coupling between infrastructures. A white paper will be crafted on the challenges facing researchers in this field. Included will be identification of research gaps, determination of common ground that defines metrics and evolving theories of sustainability and resiliency. The workshop will continue to define education requirements for professionals charged with designing and managing complex, critical infrastructures.