2015 Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference: Computation for Sustainable Urban Systems; Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; June 16-19, 2015

2015年工程力学学会（EMI）会议：可持续城市系统计算；

• 批准号: 1462046
• 负责人: Ronaldo Borja
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 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: 2015-04-01 至 2016-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1462046&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2015; Engineering; Mechanics; Institute; EMI

Over fifty percent of the world's population now lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase further as more and more names are added to the list of megacities in the world. Projections show that urbanization combined with the overall growth of the world's population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban populations by 2050. This imposes considerable demands on the environment to find resources for its inhabitants. The Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference to be held at Stanford University on June 16-19, 2015 focuses on the role of engineering mechanics to tackle important problems associated with sustainable urban systems. The Conference will be attended by experts in different areas of engineering mechanics from all over the world. The objective of this project is to provide graduate students an opportunity to present their work in front of experts in their field of specialization, as well as promote exchange of scientific knowhow with these experts. Graduate students will be provided financial assistance in the form of travel fellowships to enable them to attend the Conference.Urban systems offer important opportunities for economic development. However, they also impose considerable challenges such as providing for public transportation, housing, electricity, water, sanitation, and other services for their inhabitants. In addressing these challenges, the Conference theme will revolve around sustainability of urban systems. Topics that will be covered in the Conference include molecular and micro-structural modeling and experimentation, mechanics of bio-inspired and biological materials, applied mechanics, computational methods in engineering mechanics, damage and fracture mechanics, performance-based engineering, mechanics of concrete and cementitious materials, geomechanics and geohazards, geo-energy, sensing and structural health monitoring, stochastic dynamics and inverse problems, and mechanics of sustainable structural materials.

现在，世界上超过50%的人口居住在城市地区，随着越来越多的名字被加入到世界特大城市的名单中，这一比例预计将进一步增加。预测显示，到2050年，城市化加上世界人口的总体增长可能会使城市人口再增加25亿。这对环境提出了相当大的要求，为其居民寻找资源。工程力学学会会议将于2015年6月16日至19日在斯坦福大学举行，重点讨论工程力学在解决与可持续城市系统相关的重要问题中的作用。来自世界各地的工程力学不同领域的专家将参加会议。该项目的目的是为研究生提供一个机会，在他们专业领域的专家面前展示他们的工作，并促进与这些专家的科学知识交流。将以旅行研究金的形式向研究生提供经济援助，使他们能够参加会议。城市系统为经济发展提供了重要的机会。然而，它们也带来了相当大的挑战，如为居民提供公共交通、住房、电力、水、卫生和其他服务。为了应对这些挑战，会议的主题将围绕城市系统的可持续性展开。会议将涵盖的主题包括分子和微观结构建模和实验、仿生和生物材料力学、应用力学、工程力学中的计算方法、损伤和断裂力学、基于性能的工程、混凝土和胶凝材料力学、地质力学和地质灾害、地能、传感和结构健康监测、随机动力学和逆问题、以及可持续结构材料的力学。