Workshop on Geotechnical Fundamentals in the Face of New Challenges, Arlington, VA, January, 2016

本次研讨会将于2016年1月25日至27日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的国家科学基金会举行。它将侧重于岩土工程当前和预期发展的基本原则。它将为专家提供一个开放的论坛，以会面和讨论强调岩土工程的共同基础研究主题。这个研讨会将是第一个跨越不同基础研究主题的研讨会。研讨会将：(1)为岩土工程领域的基础研究建立一个明确的里程碑，(2)捕捉当前的发展并促进对研究愿景的集思广益，(3)确定差距和需求，以及最有潜力的应用，(4)探索加强岩土工程基本原理教学的方法。物理学、化学、生物学和热力学的基本原理为解决新出现的挑战和在广泛的地质技术领域推进新的工程可能性提供了必要的知识。这些机会包括与生物介导的地面改造有关的机会，以及地下能源勘探和储存中意想不到的新现象。从孔隙颗粒尺度到宏观工程尺度，自然环境和工程地质系统中水文、化学、热、生物和机械过程之间复杂的相互依赖和相互作用，挑战了现有的认识，激发了当前的研究，并提出了社会对岩土技术研究和教育计划新内容的需求。

This workshop will be held at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia on January 25-27, 2016. It will focus on fundamental principles that underlie current and anticipated developments in geotechnical engineering. It will provide an open forum for experts to meet and discuss common fundamental research themes that underline geotechnical engineering. This workshop will be the first one to cut-across different fundamental research themes. The workshop will: (1) establish a clear milestone in fundamental research that sustains the geotechnical engineering field, (2) capture current developments and promote brainstorming for research visions, (3) identify gaps and needs, as well as applications that hold the greatest potential, and (4) explore approaches for enhancing the teaching of fundamental principles in geotechnical engineering.Fundamental principles in physics, chemistry, biology, and thermodynamics provide the essential knowledge needed to address emerging challenges and to advance new engineering possibilities in the broad field of geotechnology. These range from opportunities related to bio-mediated ground modification, to unanticipated emergent phenomena in subsurface energy exploration and storage. The complex inter-dependences and interactions among hydrological, chemical, thermal, biological, and mechanical processes in natural settings and engineered geo-systems, from the pore-grain scale to the macro-engineering scale, challenge the existing understanding, motivate current research, and suggest the societal need for new content in research and educational programs in geotechnology.