U.S.-Egypt Workshop: Pavement Management

该奖项旨在支持一个由美国陆军工程兵团建筑工程研究实验室M.Y. Shahin博士领导的美国团队和埃及扎加齐格大学土木工程助理教授Mgady Abdelrahman博士领导的合作项目。该项目的目标是在两国发展优越的路面管理方法。他们计划就最近开发的路面管理软件MicroPaver交换信息。MicroPaver软件是由美国陆军工程兵团开发的，被认为是有效管理和维护路面的宝贵工具。计划在埃及举办两个讲习班，第一个讲习班将集中讨论公路路面管理，第二个讲习班将集中讨论机场路面管理技术。该奖项授予美国和埃及两名科学家的合作，旨在开发一种先进的软件程序，用于管理和维护埃及的高速公路和机场的路面，以后可能还会应用于其他发展中国家。这一发展对埃及是有利的，因为它开始了经济和人口扩张的进程，这一进程在很大程度上取决于是否有良好的道路和机场。这对美国也是有益的，因为结果将提供与美国部分地区相似的物理环境的测试数据，但在与美国私人建筑公司经营的许多国家相似的社会和经济条件下。该提案符合INT的目标，即在有利于双方的领域加强美国与外国的合作。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金项目的支持，该项目向两国的科学家和工程师提供赠款，以开展这些合作活动。

9810989ShahinDescription: This award is for support of a cooperative project by a US team headed by Dr. M.Y. Shahin of The US Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, in Champaign, Illinois and Dr. Mgady Abdelrahman, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Zagazig University, in Zagazig, Egypt. The project's objective is to develop superior methods of pavement management in both countries. They plan to exchange information on a recently developed pavement management software called MicroPaver software which was developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers, and is recognized as a valuable tool in effective pavement management and maintenance. Two workshops are planned in Egypt, the first will concentrate on pavement management for roadways, and the second will concentrate on pavement management techniques for airfields. Scope: This award is for collaboration between two scientists one in the US and one in Egypt, to develop the use of an advanced software program for the management and maintenance of pavement in highways and in airports in Egypt, and possibly later on in other developing countries. This development is beneficial to Egypt as it embarks on a process of economic and demographic expansion which is quite dependent on the availability of good roads and airports. It is also beneficial to the United States since the results will provide test data in physical environments similar to parts of this country, but under social and economic conditions that are similar to many of the countries in which US private construction companies operate. This proposal meets the INT objective of enhancing US-foreign collaboration in areas that benefit both sides. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these cooperative activities.