Career: Uncertainty Management in Geoenvironmental Engineering

摘要9624544 这个职业发展项目的目标是通过研究和教育活动促进地质环境工程中的不确定性管理。 不确定性是地质环境工程中的一个重要因素，对其进行有效管理是实现效益最大化和成本最小化的必要条件。 具体的研究目标是：1.开发和教授管理地质环境设计中不确定性的基本原则和实用工具。 2.获得和传播关于受污染场地补救行动绩效（技术和经济）的知识。 3.创建基于体验式学习的创新教育单元，用于教授不确定性管理原理。 4.为本科生和研究生提供独特的教育和研究机会，例如在实习计划中与私营企业互动，并通过研究合作。该项目的一个关键要素是学术界和工业界之间的互动;这对实现每一个既定目标至关重要。 该项目包括综合研究和教育活动，包括汇编一个关于在受污染场地采取补救行动的业绩信息数据库。重点放在获得高质量的，详细的信息为10至15个网站，与选定的网站被用于案例研究，无论是在研究和教学。在将现有的地下水流和运输模型并入模拟工具中以创建具有复杂，异质和瞬态地下条件的假设站点之后，该模拟工具用于研究现场调查策略，并作为交互式软件包的一部分，供学生学习设计现场调查程序。进行理论分析，以制定实用的准则和工具，用于评估污染的程度和预测设计性能。 教育部分包括：（1）开发一门新的研究生课程和一门继续教育课程，讲授地质环境工程中的不确定性管理;（2）将实验室课程纳入本科课程，使学生能够通过数值模拟实验概率和统计的基本原理。将通过实习计划，客座讲座和研究合作为学生与私营企业和其他学科的互动创造机会。 这个职业发展项目解决了地质环境工程中的一个重要问题，即不确定性管理。此外，它将推进其他工程学科的不确定性管理。最终的产品将是工程专业的学生和从业者谁有能力有效地管理不确定性。 ***

Abstract 9624544 The goal of this career-development project is to facilitate uncertainty management in geoenvironmental engineering through both research and educational activities. Uncertainty is significant in geoenvironmental engineering, and its effective management is necessary to maximize benefits and minimize costs. The specific research objectives are: 1. Develop and teach fundamental principles and practical tools for managing uncertainty in geoenvironmental design. 2. Gain and disseminate knowledge about the performance (both technical and economic) of remedial actions at contaminated sites. 3. Create innovative educational units based on experiential learning for teaching uncertainty management principles. 4. Provide unique educational and research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, such as interactions with private industry in internship programs and through research collaboration. A key element of the project is interaction between academia and industry; it is essential in meeting each one of the stated objectives. The project consists of integrated research and educational activities, including the compilation of a data base of performance information for remedial actions at contaminated sites. Focus is placed on obtaining high quality, detailed information for ten to fifteen sites, with selected sites being used for case studies, both in research and in teaching. Following the incorporation of an existing groundwater flow and transport model into a simulation tool to create hypothetical sites with complex, heterogeneous, and transient subsurface conditions, this simulation tool is used to study site investigation strategies, and as part of an interactive software package for students to learn about designing site investigation programs. Theoretical analyses are conducted to develop practical guidelines and tools for evaluating the extent of contamination and for predicting design performance. The education componen t includes, (1) the development of a new graduate-level course and a continuing education course to teach about uncertainty management in geoenvironmental engineering, and (2) the incorporation into an undergraduate course of a laboratory program that allows students to experiment with the fundamentals of probability and statistics through numerical simulation. Opportunities will be created for student interaction with private industry and other disciplines through internship programs, guest lectures and research collaboration. This career development project addresses an important problem in geoenvironmental engineering, namely uncertainty management. In addition, it will advance uncertainty management in other engineering disciplines. The ultimate product will be engineering students and practitioners who have the capability to manage uncertainty effectively. ***