Support of US Delegation to Annual Meetings of ISRM

该奖项是对美国岩石力学协会(ARMA)基金会的一项国际旅行赠款，以支持参加2004年和2005年国际岩石力学学会(ISRM)研讨会的美国代表团。目前的美国代表团由负责北美事务的副总统、来自美国的弗朗索瓦·豪泽和美国代表、ARMA执行董事彼得·斯麦利组成。Heuze博士在ISRM董事会任职，代表美国以及加拿大和墨西哥的利益。斯麦利先生在ISRM理事会任职，代表美国岩石机械界的利益。美国代表团将酌情出席2004年在日本京都和2005年在捷克共和国布尔诺举行的ISRM理事会、理事会和委员会会议，并将代表美国岩石力学团体参加相应的研讨会。参加ISRM会议将促进美国的地球工程和岩石力学研究，为ISRM目前正在解决的重要问题提供国际视角，如国际地下研究实验室、岩石测试方法、地球物理学在岩石力学中的应用，以及采矿后岩石力学。美国研究界必须由ARMA的一名官员正式代表参加这些会议，并由北美总统出席，以便阐明我们研究界的利益和关切，并将会议结果分发给研究界。美国参与ISRM活动的结果具有广泛的影响。委员会的许多讨论都通过国际社会促进的合作联盟对国家重要问题产生直接影响。这些领域包括资源勘探和生产、国家安全问题、环境考虑，以及通过隧道挖掘和挖掘技术的进步建立民用基础设施系统。

This award is for an international travel grant for the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) Foundation to support the U.S. delegation to the 2004 and 2005 International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) symposia. The current U.S. delegation consists of the Vice President for North America, Francois Heuze from the United States, and the U.S. delegate, Peter Smeallie, the executive director of ARMA. Dr. Heuze serves on the ISRM Board and represents the interests of the United States as well as Canada and Mexico. Mr. Smeallie serves on the ISRM Council and represents the interests of the U.S. rock mechanics community. The U.S. delegation will attend the ISRM board, council, and commission meetings as appropriate in Kyoto, Japan, in 2004 and Brno, Czech Republic, in 2005, and will represent the U.S. rock mechanics community at the corresponding symposia.Participation in the ISRM meetings will enhance US geo-engineering and rock mechanics research by providing an international perspective on important issues currently being addressed by ISRM such as international underground research laboratories, rock testing methods, application of geophysics in rock mechanics, and post-mining rock mechanics. It is essential that the United States research community be formally represented at these meetings by an ARMA official and that the North American President attend so that the interests and concerns of our research community are articulated, and the results of the meetings are circulated to the research community. Results of US participation in the activities of ISRM have broad impact. Much of the committee discussion has direct impact on issues of national importance through collaborative alliances fostered by the international society. These areas include resource exploration and production, national security issues, environmental considerations, and civil infrastructure systems through advances in tunneling and excavation technologies.