Innovative and Inerdisciplinary Research and Education for Civil Infrastructure Renewal

9501796冯该项目将涉及将新技术应用于民用基础设施系统的建设和改造，特别是高层建筑和桥梁。这些新技术将被应用于减少风和地震对这些建筑物造成的危险，最终目标是改善公共安全，减少功能和经济损失。获奖期内，两个名为“建筑物的创新振动控制系统”和“桥梁的地震防护系统”的项目获选为研究项目。两者都将带来跨学科民用基础设施研究共同面临的重大技术和理论挑战，而且两者都将涉及与行业、政府和相关学科的合作努力。这些研究的结果应该会对土木工程领域产生重大贡献，并产生持久的社会效益。该项目的教育部分将解决制定创新和跨学科土木工程课程的需要。该计划的主要特点是开发新课程和升级传统课程以反映最新的科技进步，设计有效地将课堂教学与研究经验相结合的新教育模式，向本科生和研究生介绍跨学科研究，并鼓励实地研究和实验研究。这些努力的成功将丰富各级学生的教育经验，吸引有前途的候选人进入土木工程领域，并培养出有能力和创新的工程师。***

9501796 Feng The project will involve the application of new technologies to the construction and retrofit of civil infrastructure systems, specifically, high-rise buildings and bridges. These new technologies will be applied to reduce the hazards posed by wind and earthquakes on these structures with the ultimate objective of improving public safety and reducing both functional and financial losses. Two projects entitled "Innovative Vibration Control Systems for Buildings" and "Seismic Protective Systems for Bridges" were chosen for study during the award period. Both will present significant technical and theoretical challenges common to interdisciplinary civil infrastructure research, and both will involve collaborative efforts with industry, government and allied disciplines. The result of these studies should yield significant contributions to the field of civil engineering as well as lasting societal benefit. The educational portion of this project will address the need to develop innovative and interdisciplinary civil engineering curricula. The main features of the plan are to develop new curricula and upgrade the traditional curricula to reflect the latest scientific and technological advances, design new educational modules which effectively integrate classroom instruction with research experience, introduce both undergraduate and graduate students to interdisciplinary research and encourage field and experimental study. The success of these efforts will enrich the educational experience of students at all levels, attract promising candidates to the field of civil engineering and produce capable and innovative engineers. ***