Graduate Research Traineeship, Infrastructure Facilities

随着意识水平的提高和优先事项的改变，国家需要土木和环境工程师来解决基础设施恶化和环境受损地点修复的工程方面的问题。为了满足这一需求，密歇根大学土木与环境工程系的教职员工致力于招聘和培训高素质的工程专业人员，以担任教育工作者、研究人员和实践者。有两个条件限制了我们取得成功的能力：我们资助优质学生的能力，以及我们吸引不同群体美国学生的能力。众所周知，传统的研究生院候选人正在减少，历史上在工程领域代表性不足的人才必须得到挖掘。这包括少数民族和妇女。该提案概述了我们积极追求合格学生的意图，鼓励他们加入我们的教育计划，并为他们在基础设施的一个或多个多方面阶段的专业生涯做好准备。

ABSTRACT The national need for civil and environmental engineers to address the engineering aspects of the deterioration of infrastructure facilities and the remediation of environmentally damaged sites is becoming more eminent as awareness levels rise and priorities change. To meet this need the faculty in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan is dedicated to recruiting and training high-quality engineering professionals to serve as educators, researchers, and practitioners. Two conditions limit our capacity to be successful: our ability to fund quality students, and our ability to attract a diverse group of American students. It is well recognized that the traditional pool of candidates for graduate school is dwindling, and that the talents of persons historically underrepresented in engineering must be tapped. This includes both minorities and women. This proposal outlines our intention to aggressively pursue qualified students to encourage them to join our educational program, and to prepare them for a professional career in one or more of the multi- faceted phases of Infrastructure Facilities.