Fifth National Workshop on Bridge Research in Progress to be held in October 2001 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

这项建议是为将于2000年9月举行的第五次桥梁研究进展讲习班申请资金。第一次讲习班于1988年9月在爱荷华州的得梅因举行。第二次讲习班于两年后的1990年10月在内华达州的里诺举行。第三次讲习班于1992年11月在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行。前三个讲习班每两年举办一次。原定于1995年在纽约州布法罗举行的第四次讲习班由于时间安排冲突而于1996年6月举行。 所有研讨会都由国家科学基金会资助，并为北美桥梁研究的协调提供了一个论坛。研讨会的预期目标如下：1.确定联邦、州和地方交通机构、大学、研究机构和其他组织目前在北美进行的桥梁研究的性质和范围;2.确定桥梁研究经费的来源;3.确定当前和长期桥梁研究需求;4.为研究人员、资助机构、桥梁设计人员和业主提供一个交流思想和信息的论坛;5.制作总结当前桥梁研究活动的会议记录，以传播给桥梁研究项目负责人、研究人员、教育工作者、桥梁业主、咨询工程师以及对桥梁研究感兴趣的州和联邦机构。

This proposal is to request funding for the Fifth Bridge Research in Progress Workshop to be held in September 2000. The first workshop was held in Des Moines, Iowa in September 1988. The second workshop was held two years later in Reno, Nevada, in October 1990. The third workshop was held in San Diego, CA in November 1992. The first three workshops were held on a biannual basis. and the fourth workshop in Buffalo, NY, scheduled for 1995, was held in June of 1996 due to scheduling conflicts. All of the workshop were funded by the National Science Foundation and provided a forum for the coordination of bridge research in North America.A Fifth workshop on bridge research in progress is long overdue. The intended objectives of the workshop are the following:1. To determine the nature and extent of bridge research currently in progress throughout North America conducted by federal, state and local transportation agencies, universities, research institutions, and other organizations;2. To identify sources of bridge research funding;3. To identify both current and long-term bridge research needs;4. To provide a forum for exchange of ideas and information among researchers, funding agencies, bridge designers, and owners;5. To produce proceedings that summarizes the current bridge research activities for dissemination to bridge research program directors, researchers, educators, bridge owners, consulting engineers, and state and federal agencies interested in bridge research.