I/UCRC Phase I (Site Addition): Expansion of CICI to Add a New Site at UTA on Sustainable Utilization of Composites in Infrastructure Systems

得克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校（UTA）是作为一个新的网站（CICI-UTA）加入现有的？复合材料与基础设施集成中心（Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure，CICI）美国国家科学基金会工业-大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC），总部设在西弗吉尼亚大学。CICI的使命是加速复合材料在基础设施应用中的应用，特别关注结构应用。CICI-UTA研究团队的参与将增强复合材料在各种地质基础设施领域的综合利用，包括深基础（防护桩），机械稳定土墙（挡土墙），板桩以及自然和极端土壤环境中的其他材料。 CICI-UTA还将与所有中心地点合作，在恶劣环境下研究和实施地下复合材料;收集复合材料样品用于基础耐久性研究;并研究纤维增强聚合物复合材料作为膨胀土的增强材料，以减轻隆起破坏。CICI UTA将有强大的教育和研究生培训计划，并将培养熟练和高素质的博士和硕士学生在土木工程，特别强调复合材料。作为新的西班牙裔服务研究所（HSI）的一部分，UTA团队成员将能够招募西班牙裔和其他少数民族的本科生和研究生参与和培训他们在拟议的研究工作。研究团队将与CICI网站合作，通过会议演讲，技术期刊出版物，短期课程和其他方式传播研究成果。此外，研究成果将进一步纳入设计，实践守则和学术课程，以满足行业/最终用户的要求。CICI-UTA将补充CICI？通过专注于研究不同类型的聚合物基土工合成材料和土工复合材料，生物聚合物和地质聚合物及其在岩土工程，土壤结构和上层建筑相关领域的民用和军用基础设施中的应用，该公司的研究工作。CICI-UTA团队还将专注于通过解决生命周期成本效益来实现使用聚合物和其他复合材料的可持续性方面。研究课题将由工业咨询委员会成员拟订、筛选和选定。

The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is joining as a new site (CICI-UTA) to the existing ?Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI)?, a NSF Industry - University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) based in West Virginia University. The mission of CICI is to accelerate the adoption of composites into infrastructure applications with a particular focus on structural applications. CICI-UTA research team participation will enhance the integration of composite material utilization in various geo infrastructures areas including deep foundations (fender piles), mechanically stabilized earth walls (retaining walls), sheet piles, and others in both natural and extreme soil environments. CICI-UTA will also work with all center sites in studying and implementing composites underground under harsh environment; harvesting composite samples for fundamental durability studies; and studying fibre-reinforced polymer composites as reinforcements in expansive soils to mitigate heaving failures. CICI-UTA will have strong educational and graduate training programs, and will train skilled and high caliber doctoral and masters students in civil engineering with special emphasis on composites. As a part of new Hispanic Serving Institute (HSI), UTA team members will be able to recruit Hispanic and other minority undergraduate and graduate students to involve and train them in the proposed research works. Research team will work with CICI sites to disseminate research results through conference presentations, publications in technical journals, short-courses and other means. Also, research results will be further integrated into the design, codes of practice, and academic curricula as desired by the industry/end-users. CICI-UTA will complement CICI?s research efforts by focusing and studying on different types of polymeric based geosynthetics and geocomposites, biopolymers and geopolymers and their applications in civil and military infrastructure in geotechnical, soil-structure and superstructure related areas. CICI-UTA team will also focus on bringing out sustainability aspects of using polymeric and other composites by addressing life cycle cost benefits. Research topics will be formulated, screened and selected by the Industrial Advisory Board members.