International Travel Grant to Represent US in ISRM 2013-15

该奖项是对美国岩石力学协会基金会(ARMA/F)的国际旅行赠款，以支持出席2013、2014和2015年国际岩石力学学会(ISRM)理事会会议和研讨会的美国代表。美国代表是ARMA和ARMA/F的执行董事彼得·斯麦利。斯麦利先生在ISRM理事会任职，代表美国岩石机械界的利益。美国代表将酌情出席2013年在波兰、2014年在日本和2015年在蒙特利尔举行的ISRM理事会和委员会会议。对ISRM工作的参与为ISRM目前正在解决的重要问题提供了一个国际视角，如国际地下研究实验室、放射性废物处理、岩石测试方法、地球物理在岩石力学中的应用，以及采矿后岩石力学，从而加强了美国的地球工程和岩石力学。ISRM会议有多达51个国家参加，还将有机会引起国际社会对美国岩石力学研究和教育的兴趣。通过国际社会促进的协作联盟，美国参与ISRM的活动对国家重大问题有直接影响。这些领域包括资源勘探和生产、国家安全问题、环境考虑，以及通过隧道挖掘和挖掘技术的进步建立民用基础设施系统。

This award is an international travel grant to the American Rock Mechanics Association Foundation (ARMA/F) to support the U.S. delegate to the 2013, 2014 and 2015 International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) Council meetings and symposia. The U.S. delegate is Peter Smeallie, the executive director of ARMA and the ARMA/F. Mr. Smeallie serves on the ISRM Council and represents the interests of the U.S. rock mechanics community. The U.S. delegate will attend the ISRM Council and Commission meetings, as appropriate, in Poland in 2013, Japan in 2014, and Montreal in 2015. Participation in the work of the ISRM enhances U.S. geo-engineering and rock mechanics by providing an international perspective on important issues currently being addressed by ISRM, such as international underground research laboratories, radioactive waste disposal, rock testing methods, application of geophysics in rock mechanics, and post-mining rock mechanics. The ISRM meetings, at which up to 51 nations participate, will also allow the opportunity to generate international interest in U.S. rock mechanics research and education. U.S. participation in the activities of ISRM has a direct impact on issues of national importance through collaborative alliances fostered by the international society. These areas include resource exploration and production, national security issues, environmental considerations, and civil infrastructure systems through advances in tunneling and excavation technologies.