REU Site: Sustainability of Horizontal Civil Networks in Rural Areas

REU 网站：农村地区横向民用网络的可持续性

• 批准号: 1659601
• 负责人: Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
• 金额: $ 35.27万
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-03-15 至 2021-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659601&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Sustainability; Horizontal; Civil

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program, Sustainability of Horizontal Civil Networks in Rural Areas, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will provide interdisciplinary research opportunities focusing on sustainable civil infrastructure for rural areas to three cohorts of ten students, primarily from institutions with limited or no research opportunities and/or students underrepresented in STEM. Although rural areas comprise the majority of land area throughout the United States, and are crucial to the fabric of life with their unique resources and food production capability, they are habitually underfunded from a research perspective. Rural areas, which contain approximately 20% of the U.S. population (49 million people) and 80% of the land area in the United States (EPA 2011), are fundamental to human well-being in both rural and urban areas. Within the United States, low density rural areas, defined as regions with less than 25 people per square mile, provide resources such as the infrastructure for U.S. food and bioenergy production as well as the transportation infrastructure from inland urban centers to ports. Despite differences in the nature of civil infrastructure networks between rural and urban regions, little attention is paid to the unique challenges and opportunities for sustainability in rural areas. This REU site will leverage the historically strong research on civil infrastructure at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to provide research and development opportunities to undergraduate students.Each summer, this REU site will provide undergraduate students with experiences in research as well as a series of professional development opportunities including presentations on oral and written research communications, industry site visits, and presentations on preparing for graduate school through collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of Graduate Studies. An individual development plan (IDP) for each student will be created to help link the REU program activities to their ultimate career goals. A goal of this program is to provide research experiences to undergraduate students and provide them with opportunities to further explore engineering research careers and/or graduate study in engineering. A more diverse group of highly educated researchers focused on solutions to problems in civil engineering infrastructure in rural areas will be created through this program.

内布拉斯加大学林肯分校的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划，农村地区横向民用网络的可持续性，将为农村地区的可持续民用基础设施提供跨学科的研究机会，主要来自研究机会有限或没有研究机会的机构和/或在STEM中代表性不足的学生。虽然农村地区占美国土地面积的大部分，并以其独特的资源和粮食生产能力对生活结构至关重要，但从研究的角度来看，农村地区通常资金不足。 农村地区约占美国人口的20%（4900万人）和美国土地面积的80%（EPA 2011），对农村和城市地区的人类福祉至关重要。 在美国，低密度农村地区（定义为每平方英里人口少于25人的地区）为美国食品和生物能源生产提供了基础设施，以及从内陆城市中心到港口的交通基础设施。尽管农村和城市地区的民用基础设施网络的性质不同，但很少有人关注农村地区可持续性的独特挑战和机遇。这个REU网站将利用内布拉斯加大学林肯分校在民用基础设施方面的历史悠久的研究，为本科生提供研究和发展机会。每年夏天，这个REU网站将为本科生提供研究经验以及一系列专业发展机会，包括口头和书面研究交流，行业现场参观，并通过与内布拉斯加大学林肯分校研究生办公室合作，介绍了研究生院的准备工作。将为每个学生创建一个个人发展计划（IDP），以帮助将REU计划活动与他们的最终职业目标联系起来。该计划的目标是为本科生提供研究经验，并为他们提供进一步探索工程研究职业和/或工程研究生学习的机会。通过该计划，将建立一个更加多样化的受过高等教育的研究人员群体，他们专注于解决农村地区土木工程基础设施问题。

项目成果

In Situ Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste Using Membrane Interface Probe (MIP) and Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT) in an Active and Closed Landfill

使用膜界面探针 (MIP) 和液压剖面工具 (HPT) 在活跃和封闭的垃圾填埋场中对城市固体废物进行原位表征

• DOI: 10.3390/infrastructures6030033
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Infrastructures
• 影响因子: 2.6
• 作者: Mousavi, M. Sina;Feng, Yuan;McCann, Josh;Eun, Jongwan
• 通讯作者: Eun, Jongwan

Digital Reconnaissance and Performance Assessment of Rural Infrastructure for 2018 Natural Hazards

2018年自然灾害农村基础设施数字化勘察与绩效评估

• DOI: 10.1061/(asce)cf.1943-5509.0001460
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
• 影响因子: 2.5
• 作者: Loken, Andrew;Wittich, Christine E.;Brito, Lianne;Saifullah, M. Khalid
• 通讯作者: Saifullah, M. Khalid

Performance of Steel Grain Silos and Rural Communities to Windstorms

钢制粮仓和农村社区的风暴性能

• DOI: 10.1061/9780784482247.027
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: ASCE Structures Congress 2019
• 作者: Brito, Lianne;Wittich, Christine
• 通讯作者: Wittich, Christine

Integration of Artificial Neural Networks in Bridge Load Rating and Case Study Application

人工神经网络在桥梁荷载评估中的集成及案例研究应用

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Publications Transportation Research Board
• 作者: Garcia, F.;Garfias, J. P.;Sofi, F.;Steelman, J.
• 通讯作者: Steelman, J.