International Workshop on Education of Future Geotechnical Engineers in Response to Emerging Multi-scale Soil-Environment Problems; Cambridge, UK; September 5-6, 2014

未来岩土工程师应对新出现的多尺度土壤环境问题教育国际研讨会；

• 批准号: 1443990
• 负责人: Chloe Arson
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-05-15 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1443990&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Workshop; Education; Future; Geotechnical

This workshop will address the new skill set needed by Geotechnical Engineers to solve the multi-scale, multi-physics problems faced by modern technology. New research areas such as: solid/fluid transition from the grain to the landslide; geological waste storage from micro-cracks to fractured reservoirs; bio-engineered geomerials from natural bacteria to designed structures; energy piles from soil properties to geotechnical performance; geotechnical earthquake engineering: from ground motion to structural safety all require a broader range of knowledge than previously provided in the typical Geotechnical Engineering course of study. This International Workshop aims to identify key challenges for the education of new generations of geotechnical engineers, focusing on undergraduate education. The main questions that will be addressed include: What courses outside the engineering curriculum are needed? Are changes in the basic Chemistry, Physics, Biology courses desirable for engineering students? What knowledge of soil mechanics is needed for students pursuing a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering who have no intent to practice geotechnical engineering? For students, who plans to become geo-engineers? The workshop will benefit from the participation of members of the international academic and higher-education community, involving a number of leading institutions from the European Union and the United States.In the United States, most Civil Engineering undergraduate curricula offer only one course in Soil Mechanics. In Europe and in the United States, the first course taught to engineering students in geotechnical engineering has not changed significantly in content during the last few decades: it covers soil gradation, soil compaction, steady laminar flow and Darcy's law, one-dimensional consolidation theory and soil shear strength. Future engineers need to master new experimental and theoretical skills that will allow them to solve multi-scale, multiphysics problems, and make recommendations for safe and sustainable design. Efforts have recently been made to make geotechnical engineering course more attractive to students, and to involve undergraduate students in research projects as part of their required coursework. However, no systematic analysis has been undertaken to date that addresses the needs of the geotechnical community to prepare future engineers to validate new standards for geomaterial characterization, experimental testing procedures, and geotechnical design. Faculty and graduate students participating in this workshop will assess strategies for training and development of graduate and undergraduate students, and identify efficient teaching methods to create an innovative skills toolkit at the undergraduate level. In addition to curricular recommendations, working groups will propose two to three options of in-class activity that could be integrated in a module at the undergraduate level. Participating Ph.D. students will be encouraged to maintain the workshop wikipage after the workshop.

该研讨会将解决岩土工程师解决现代技术所面临的多尺度，多物理问题所需的新技能。 新的研究领域，如：从颗粒到滑坡的固体/流体转变;从微裂缝到裂缝性水库的地质废物储存;从天然细菌到设计结构的生物工程地质材料;从土壤特性到岩土性能的能源桩;岩土地震工程：从地面运动到结构安全，所有这些都需要比以前在典型的岩土工程研究课程中提供的更广泛的知识。 本次国际研讨会旨在确定新一代岩土工程师教育的主要挑战，重点是本科教育。 将解决的主要问题包括：工程课程之外的课程是必要的？基础化学、物理、生物课程的变化对工科学生来说是可取的吗？对于攻读土木工程B.Sc.的学生来说，如果他们不打算从事岩土工程，那么他们需要什么样的土力学知识？ 对于学生来说，谁打算成为地质工程师？ 讲习班将受益于国际学术界和高等教育界成员的参与，其中包括欧洲联盟和美国的一些主要机构，在美国，大多数土木工程本科课程只提供一门土力学课程。 在欧洲和美国，教授给岩土工程专业学生的第一门课程在过去几十年中在内容上没有显著变化：它包括土壤级配、土壤压实、稳定层流和达西定律、一维固结理论和土壤剪切强度。 未来的工程师需要掌握新的实验和理论技能，使他们能够解决多尺度，多物理问题，并为安全和可持续的设计提出建议。 最近，努力使岩土工程课程更具吸引力的学生，并参与研究项目的本科生作为他们的必修课程的一部分。 然而，迄今为止，还没有进行系统的分析，以满足岩土工程界的需求，为未来的工程师做好准备，以验证地质材料特性，实验测试程序和岩土工程设计的新标准。 参加本次研讨会的教师和研究生将评估研究生和本科生的培训和发展战略，并确定有效的教学方法，以创建本科层次的创新技能工具包。 除了课程建议外，工作组还将提出两到三种课堂活动选择，这些活动可以整合到本科阶段的模块中。 参与博士我们将鼓励学生在研讨会结束后维护研讨会维基页面。