Laboratory Research in Civil & Enviromental Engineering: A Undergraduate Research Experience (REU)

建议的本科生实验室研究经验计划是基于强大的实验研究计划，使用现代实验室设施，在土木和环境工程的所有主要子领域。该计划旨在通过在经验丰富的高级研究人员的指导下进行动手实验室研究实验，使本科生产生兴奋，动机和研究承诺。根据学生的兴趣、背景和才能，学生将被分配到以下实验室：混凝土与建筑材料、环境工程、水力学、遥感和结构工程。学生们可以结对练习。该项目是建立在1989年夏天非常成功的土木和环境工程REU项目的基础上的。每个实验项目都有一名教员担任联合首席研究员。精心设计的评估、反馈和互动机制，确保本科生的实验室研究经历能够吸引有才华的学生认真思考工程学的高级研究。该提案确定了大量的研究活动，这些活动将根据学生的兴趣和才能进行匹配。一个强大的少数民族招生，并建议和咨询计划将确保感兴趣的少数民族学生可以被识别和招募。

The proposed program of undergraduate laboratory research experiences is based on a strong experimental research program using modern lab facilities in all principal subareas of civil and environmental engineering. The program is designed to generate excitement, motivations and research commitment by undergraduate students through hands-on lab research experiments performed with the guidance of experienced senior researchers. Students will be matched with the following laboratories, based on their interest, backgrounds, and talents: Concrete and Construction Materials, Environmental Engineering, Hydraulics, Remote Sensing, and Structural Engineering. The students could work in pairs. The program is building on a very successful REU program in civil and environmental engineering in the summer of 1989. Each laboratory program has a faculty member as co-principal investigator in charge. A carefully thought-out evaluation, feedback and interaction mechanism has been designed to assure that the undergraduate lab research experience will be enticement for talented students to think seriously about advanced studies in engineering. The proposal identifies a great number of research activities with which the students will be matched, based on interest and talent. A strong minority recruitment, and advising and counseling program will assure that the interested minority students can be identified and recruited.