IRES: US-China Collaboration on Landslide Research and Student Training

IRES：美中山体滑坡研究和学生培训合作

• 批准号: 1460034
• 负责人: Guoquan Wang
• 金额: $ 24.59万
• 依托单位: University of Houston
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460034&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; US; China; Collaboration; Landslide

The U.S. and China both suffer great life and property losses due to landslide hazards. The proposed International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program will support 18 U.S. students (two graduates and four undergraduates per year) to conduct advanced landslide research in the Three Gorges area in China during the summer of 2016, 2017, and 2018. The IRES students will attend a two-week intensive Chinese language and cultural course at the main campus of CUG and then conduct a five-week field investigation in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. The field investigations will be supervised by the PI and three professors at CUG, Drs. Huiming Tang, Hanwen Zhou, and Changqian Ma from the China University of Geosciences (CUG) in Wuhan. The eight-week-long collaborative project is designed to expose U.S. students to the international landslide research community at an early stage of their careers. The IRES project will increase the visibility of U.S. students in China through their activities in the CUG campus and in the Three Gorges Reservoir area.The IRES project will provide U.S. students with hands-on field research experience in landslide surveying, mapping, monitoring, and early-warning. The main research objectives are to (1) develop a GPS based real-time landslide monitoring and early-warning system at the Huangtupo landslide site, (2) develop a rapid landslide mapping method using high-accuracy GPS and LiDAR integrated technologies, and (3) study the correlation of landslide movements with fluctuation of the water level within the Three Gorges Reservoir. The methods developed through this project can be modified to serve other regions prone to landslides. The knowledge and skills that students learn from this project will better prepare them for their professional careers.

美国和中国都因滑坡灾害而遭受巨大的生命和财产损失。拟议的国际学生研究经验（IRES）计划将支持18名美国学生（每年两名研究生和四名本科生）在2016年夏季，2017年和2018年在中国三峡地区进行高级滑坡研究。IRES学生将在中国城市大学主校区参加为期两周的中国语言和文化强化课程，然后在三峡库区进行为期五周的实地调查。现场调查将由PI和中国地质大学的三位教授，武汉中国地质大学的Huiming Tang，Hanwen Zhou和Changqian Ma博士监督。 这个为期八周的合作项目旨在让美国学生在职业生涯的早期阶段接触国际滑坡研究界。IRES项目将通过在中国地质大学校园和三峡库区的活动提高美国学生在中国的知名度，为美国学生提供滑坡调查、制图、监测和预警方面的实地研究经验。主要研究目标是：（1）建立基于GPS的黄土坡滑坡实时监测预警系统;（2）利用高精度GPS和LiDAR技术建立滑坡快速成图方法;（3）研究三峡库区水位变化与滑坡运动的相关性。通过该项目开发的方法可以修改，以服务于其他易发生山体滑坡的地区。学生从这个项目中学到的知识和技能将更好地为他们的职业生涯做好准备。