EAGER: Utilization of Recycled Concrete in New Building Construction

这个合作的美国-土耳其试点研究项目的目的是研究使用从拆除废物中获得的再生混凝土骨料（RCA）作为天然骨料（NA）的替代品来生产新混凝土。这个话题已经研究了几十年；然而，在新结构的优质混凝土中广泛使用RCA方面进展甚微。该研究团队由纽约市立大学城市学院（CCNY）再生混凝土建筑材料专家和伊斯坦布尔技术大学（ITU）结构工程专家组成，具有开展双边合作研究的独特资格。在微观尺度上研究材料所需的实验设施在CCNY，而在国际电联进行全面宏观尺度结构试验所需的设施。该项目汇集了来自美国和土耳其的研究人员，将包括两个美国和两个土耳其的pi相互访问对方的实验室，以及在12个月的项目中进行为期三个月的研究生交换。这种紧密的工作环境将使两个团队中的个人接触到非常不同的文化和科学环境，并促进美国和土耳其研究人员之间更密切的关系。CCNY是一个少数民族服务机构（和西班牙裔服务机构），CCNY的STEM学生接触到来自土耳其的研究人员，反之亦然，对于促进世界上两个最大城市的文化理解将是非常有价值的。此外，纽约和伊斯坦布尔都有独特的城市基础设施建设市场。与这两个市场的再生混凝土骨料生产商和结构混凝土制造商（即混料公司或建筑工地的配料设施）合作，将为开发各种现实条件和限制的解决方案提供独特的机会。

The objective of this collaborative US-Turkish pilot research project is to investigate the use of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) obtained from demolition waste as a substitute for natural aggregate (NA) for the production of new concrete. The topic has been studied for many decades; however, very little progress has been made toward the widespread use of RCA in good-quality concrete for new structures. The research team is uniquely qualified to conduct the bilateral cooperative research and consists of experts in Recycled Concrete Construction Materials at CUNY City College (CCNY) and Structural Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Experimental facilities needed to study materials at the micro-scale are at CCNY while facilities for full-scale macro-scale structural testing are at ITU. This project brings together researchers from the US and Turkey and will include reciprocal visits by the two US and two Turkish PIs to each other's laboratories as well as a three month graduate student exchange during the 12 month project. This close working environment will expose individuals in both teams to very different cultural and scientific environments and foster closer relations between US and Turkish researchers. CCNY is a Minority Serving Institution (and Hispanic Serving Institution) and the exposure of STEM students at CCNY to researchers from Turkey and vice versa will be immensely valuable to promoting cultural understanding in two of the world's greatest cities. Also both New York City and Istanbul have unique urban infrastructure construction markets. Working with recycled concrete aggregate producers and manufacturers of structural concrete (Ready Mix companies or batching facilities at construction sites) in these two markets will provide a unique opportunity to develop solutions across a wide spectrum of real-life conditions and constraints.