Infrastructure Innovations and Civil Engineering Research for Undergraduates (REU)

REU的基础设施创新项目旨在吸引本地出生的学生在土木工程领域从事研究工作，并引导参与者进行独立研究。最近的报告得出的结论是，迫切需要对维护和修复我们基础设施的创新手段进行更多的研究。研究项目包括纤维增强pvfs复合材料的行为，断裂过程增量的全息测量，通过改变使用模式来增加运输系统的容量，以及创新的基础设施增强。学生的互动是通过每周两次的迎新会来维持的，迎新会讨论所有工作中常见的研究技能，以及与REU教授的非正式聊天来传达研究生涯的兴奋。研究结果以口头和高质量的报告形式提出，以供出版，以确保技术传播方面的培训。

REU site project on infrastructure innovations is designed to attract native born students to research careers in this area within civil engineering and to lead participants toward independent research. Recent reports have concluded that there is a critical need for more research in innovative means of maintenance and rehabilitation of our infrastructure. Research projects include behavior of fiber- reinforced composite pvfs materials, holographic measurement of the fracture process increment, increasing transportation system capacity by changing patterns of usage, and innovative infrastructure enhancement. Student interaction is maintained by twice a week orientation meetings which address research skills common to all work, as well as informal chats with the REU professors to convey the excitement of a research career. Research results are presented both orally and in a report of sufficient quality for publications to ensure training in technical communication.