State-of-the-Research Visit to Japan

这项最先进的调查奖将派遣西北大学先进水泥基材料中心的Surendra Shah和J. Francis Young教授前往日本，调查大学、政府和工业实验室在水泥基材料和混凝土建筑方面的进展，并研究未来研究人员的合作和交流。与美国相比，日本的公共部门和建筑行业在研发上的投入要多得多，在过去20年里取得了重大进展，比如超级增塑剂。两位研究人员打算探索安排美国教职员工和博士后到日本研究机构工作的可能性。

This State-of-the-Art survey award will send Professors Surendra Shah and J. Francis Young, of the Advanced Cement-Based Materials Center at Northwestern University, to Japan to survey university, government, and industrial laboratories for advances in cement- based materials and concrete construction and to investigate future cooperation and exchanges of researchers. Japan's public sector and construction industry spend considerably more on research and development than do their United States counterparts, resulting in significant advances over the past twenty years such as super- plasticizers. The two investigators intend to explore possible arrange ments for U.S. faculty members and post-docs to spend time in Japanese research institutes.