US-EGYPT Workshop: Toward Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development at the new Suez Canal region in Egypt; Cairo, Egypt; December 18-20, 2015

美国-埃及研讨会：埃及新苏伊士运河地区实现弹性和可持续基础设施发展；

• 批准号: 1550642
• 负责人: Mahmoud Reda Taha
• 金额: $ 3.94万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 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: 2015-10-01 至 2016-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1550642&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; EGYPT; Workshop; Toward; Resilient

This workshop, to be held at The German University in Cairo (GUC), will be co-organized by the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the GUC to discuss a roadmap to ensure resilient infrastructure development with favorable social and environmental impacts of the anticipated mega-scale projects to take place at the new Suez Canal in Egypt. The Suez Canal region is a multi-hazard region with considerable seismic activity, an arid environment and offshore durability challenges. The workshop will be held in December 18-20, 2015, a few months after the opening the new Suez Canal in Egypt (anticipated in August 2015). The two and half-day workshop will include an organized visit by all workshop attendees to the new Suez Canal followed by workshop activities to take place at the GUC. The workshop selection committee, led by the PI, will select 15 distinguished members from US academia and industry to participate with Egyptian counterparts to deliver presentations and engage in discussion panels. The PIs will emphasize participation of experts from underrepresented groups in science and engineering specifically women, minorities,and people with disabilities.The planned mega-scale infrastructure development of the new Suez Canal region represents a unique opportunity for the scientific community to participate positively in economic development and global economic growth. This workshop represents an unique opportunity for US researchers to test and validate research concepts and methods on realistic field conditions for a case study with significant challenge. The challenge is manifested by the multi-hazards necessary to consider in design including significant seismic activity, poor soil conditions, offshore construction durability and potentially rising water in the Canal due to climate change. In addition, successful development is challenged by the need to carefully mitigate potential negative environmental impacts. Finally, careful planning is necessary to cultivate positive socio-economic impacts. Discussing these challenges and developing a roadmap for successful development of such strategic international facility will be of immense value to Egypt and the international community. Involvement of US academia and industrial experts in such challenging development through discussions, observations and potential involvement in collaborative research opportunities, offers a unique opportunity for synthesis of lessons learned from the Suez Canal region development for future projects in similar areas in the US and internationally.

该研讨会将在开罗的德国大学（GUC）举行，将由新墨西哥大学（UMC）和GUC共同组织，以讨论路线图，以确保有弹性的基础设施发展，并在新的Suez Canal在Egypt的新Suez Canal进行预期的巨型大规模项目的有利的社会和环境影响。苏伊士运河地区是一个多危险区域，具有相当大的地震活动，干旱的环境和近海耐用性挑战。研讨会将于2015年12月18日至20日举行，即开放新苏伊士运河的几个月后（预计将于2015年8月）举行。两天半的研讨会将包括所有研讨会参与者对新苏伊士运河的组织访问，然后进行研讨会活动将在GUC举行。由PI领导的研讨会选拔委员会将选择来自美国学术界和行业的15名杰出成员，与埃及同行一起参加演讲并参与讨论小组。 PI将强调来自代表性不足的科学和工程专业妇女，少数群体和残疾人的专家的参与。新苏伊士运河地区的计划中的大规模基础设施的发展是科学界积极参与参与经济经济发展和全球经济增长的独特机会。该研讨会为美国研究人员提供了一个独特的机会，可以在具有重大挑战的案例研究中测试和验证有关现实现场条件的研究概念和方法。挑战体现在设计中需要考虑的多危险中，包括严重的地震活动，较差的土壤条件，海上建筑耐用性以及由于气候变化而导致运河中水的潜在升高。此外，要仔细减轻潜在的负面环境影响的需要，成功的发展受到挑战。最后，为培养积极的社会经济影响是必要的。讨论这些挑战并为成功开发这种战略国际设施的成功发展的路线图对埃及和国际社会具有巨大的价值。通过讨论，观察和潜在参与协作研究机会的参与，美国学术界和工业专家参与了这种挑战性的发展，为从苏伊士运河地区和国际上类似地区的未来项目中学到的经验教训提供了独特的机会。