Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Civil Engineering

1992年夏天，来自美国落基山脉和西南地区的八名本科生将在新墨西哥大学参加为期十周的综合研究经历。每个学生将根据自己的兴趣，作为小组成员参加以下四个研究小组中的一个：1)设计，建造和运行用于地下水含水层修复的小型渗透性屏障；2)使用激光干涉测量法研究岩石和混凝土中的断裂，并使用交互式图形方法进行数值模拟；3)建立水工建筑物的小尺度模型，并在明渠水流设施中进行试验；4)利用二维椭圆圆盘进行颗粒土剪切作用下的数值模拟和实验观测。学生将通过与研究人员的早期接触熟悉他们的项目。每个学生都可以在暑假期间学习独立工作，将在研究的最后一次研讨会上发表，并将协助撰写描述工作的出版物。

Eight undergraduate students from the Rocky Mountain and Southwest Regions of the United States will participate in a ten week, comprehensive research experience at the University of New Mexico during the summer of 1992. In accordance with his/her interests, each student will participate as a team member in one of the following four research groups: 1) design, construct and operate a small-scale permeable barrier for groundwater aquifer remediation; 2) investigate fracture in rock and concrete using laser interferometry and conduct numerical simulations using an interactive graphical method; 3) construct small scale models of hydraulic structures and test these models in an open channel flow facility; and 4) assist in numerical simulations and experimental observations of granular soil under shear using 2D elliptical disks. The students will become familiar with their projects through early contact with the research faculty. Each student can expect to learn to work independently over the course of the summer, will present a final seminar on the research, and will assist in writing a publication describing the work.