Integrated Systems Approach to Civil Infrastructure Education

格尔-9554559 Gosink 在确定民用基础设施问题研究议程的优先次序时，人们日益认识到需要对基础设施的评估和维修采取综合办法。解决这些问题的战略必须以跨学科、协调一致的方法为基础，并从系统的角度出发。在这个建议中，我们描述了一个创新的有远见的研究生课程在工程系统在科罗拉多矿业学院。本课程旨在跨越传统界限，使毕业生能够看到不同学科和分析方法之间的联系，以系统方法进行思考，并理解社会和全球市场的需求。该提案提出了工程系统课程和研究议程的应用，以民用基础设施的问题，并展示了该计划将如何提供一个强大的和创造性的模式，培训工程师，以解决民用基础设施的问题。工程系统计划的三个重点领域，能源系统，机械和结构系统，以及应用传感器和自动化系统，每个都直接适用于几个民用基础设施问题领域。在这种背景下，毕业生将拥有技术专长，系统方法和企业洞察力，以有效地支持合理的技术转让。毕业生将以行业为导向，在重建民用基础设施方面发挥领导作用。

GER-9554559 Gosink In determining priorities for the research agenda for civil infrastructure problems, there is a growing recognition of the need for integrated approaches to infrastructure assessment and repair. Strategies for the solution of these problems must be based on an interdisciplinary, coordinated approach, with a systems perspective. In this proposal we describe an innovative visionary graduate program in Engineering Systems at the Colorado School of Mines. This course of study is deliberately designed to integrate across traditional boundaries with the intent of enabling graduates to see connections between disparate disciplines and methods of analysis, to think in terms of a systems approach, and to comprehend the demands of the societal and global marketplace. The proposal sets forth the application of the Engineering Systems Curricula and research agenda to the problems of the civil infrastructure, and demonstrates how this program will provide a strong and creative model for training engineers to address civil infrastructure problems. The three focus areas of the Engineering Systems program, energy systems, mechanics and structural systems, and applied sensors and automation systems, each applies directly to several civil infrastructure problem areas. With this background, graduates will have the technical expertise, the systems methodology, and the corporate perspicacity to effectively champion sound technology transfer. Graduates will be industry-oriented to take leadership roles for rebuilding the civil infrastructure.