Workshop on Materials for Infrastructure and Development

0118973 SoboyejoA美国/将于2001年6月25日至27日在圣地亚哥举办关于材料和基础设施促进发展的非洲讲习班。 该讲习班是2000年8月在比勒陀利亚举行的由国家科学基金会赞助的美国/非洲讲习班的一个分组会议的延续。 该研讨会将汇集来自非洲，南美，欧洲和美国的研究人员，在基础研究框架内进行互动，这将刺激美国的材料和基础设施发展，非洲和全球框架。 该研讨会还将为非洲和美国研究人员提供机会，最终可能产生在国家或大陆边界内不可能实现的协同作用。 为了确保后续的互动，来自美国以外的参与者将有机会在返回本国之前访问美国境内的潜在合作者。 专题讨论会的要点将在一个网站上发表，该网站将被开发，以便向全世界的受众传播讲习班的信息。 研讨会的技术论文将在经过严格审查后发表在《国际混凝土和水泥复合材料杂志》上。 将为12名应邀发言者、2名研究生和1名博士后研究助理提供旅费补助。 还将支助一名本科生协助开发讲习班网站。

0118973SoboyejoA U.S./Africa workshop on Materials and Infrastructure for Development will be organized in San Diego from June 25-27, 2001. The workshop is an extension of one of the break-out sessions at the NSF-sponsored US/Africa workshop that was held in Pretoria in August, 2000. The workshop will bring together researchers from Africa, South America, Europe and the United States to interact within a basic research framework that will stimulate materials and infrastructure development within the U.S., Africa and a global framework. The workshop will also provide opportunities between African and U.S. researchers that could result ultimately in synergisms that are not possible within national or continental boundaries. In an effort to ensure subsequent interactions, participants from outside the U.S. will be given the opportunity to visit potential collaborators within the U.S. before returning to their home countries. The highlights of the symposium will be published on a web-site that will be developed to disseminate the information from the workshop to a worldwide audience. The technical papers from the workshop will be published in the International Journal of Concrete and Cement Composites after a rigorous review process. Travel assistance will be provided to 12 invited speakers, two graduate students and one post-doctoral research associate. An undergraduate student will also be supported to assist with the development of the workshop web-site.***