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

这笔赠款为一个为期两天的研讨会提供了部分资金支持，该研讨会将汇集ERFI/树脂的主要研究人员、项目主管和来自大学、联邦机构和行业的其他人，讨论推进未来基础设施设计的理论和方法，鉴于基础设施之间的耦合日益增强，未来的基础设施将更具弹性和可持续性。将起草一份关于该领域研究人员面临的挑战的白皮书。其中将包括确定研究差距、确定定义衡量标准的共同点以及不断发展的可持续性和弹性理论。研讨会将继续确定负责设计和管理复杂、关键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.