Research Experience For Undergraduates (REU): Civil Engineering and Innovative Infrastructure Research

本REU现场活动围绕多个项目组织， 一个中心焦点，其中项目的一部分适当 本科生的研究经验是在一个夏天完成。 学生从依附状态到独立状态的转变 每周将有两次关于一般研究的研讨会 所有项目共同关注的问题（实验程序、研究 组织、撰写报告）。 学生将准备一个 准备出版的研究论文。 研究机会 在土木工程中有五个重点领域：（1）力学， (2)环境工程，（3）结构工程，（4） 岩土工程;（5）交通运输与规划。 具体的本科研究项目包括：（1）不稳定的 用于地震预测的地震和蠕变事件的状态， (2)混凝土材料性能对断裂的影响 传播，（3）声发射分析，用于 非破坏性监测，（4）政策导向的建模， 土地使用和规范的住房市场。

This REU Site activity is organized around multiple projects with a central focus in which the portion of the project appropriate for undergraduate research experience is completed in one summer. The student's transition from dependent to independent status will be guided by two seminars per week on general research concerns common to all projects (experimental procedure, research organization, report writing). The student will prepare a research paper intended for publication. Research opportunities are in five thrust areas within civil engineering: (1) mechanics, (2) environmental engineering, (3) structural engineering, (4) geotechnical engineering, and (5) transportation and planning. Specific undergraduate research projects include: (1) unstable regimes of earthquake and creep events for earthquake prediction, (2) effect of concrete material properties on fracture propagation, (3) acoustic emission analysis for use in nondestructure surveillance, and (4) policy-oriented modelling of land use and regulated housing market.