Support U.S. Delegation to the Annual Meetings of the International Society for Rock Mechanics

该奖项是为美国岩石力学协会（ARMA）基金会提供的国际旅行补助金，以支持美国代表团参加2006年和2007年国际岩石力学协会（ISRM）专题讨论会。目前的美国代表团由美国负责北美的副总统弗朗索瓦·赫泽（Francois Heuze）和美国代表、ARMA执行主任彼得·斯梅利（Peter Smeallie）组成。Heuze博士在ISRM董事会任职，代表美国、加拿大和墨西哥的利益。Smeallie先生任职于ISRM委员会，代表美国岩石力学社区的利益。美国代表团将酌情参加2006年11月在新加坡和2007年7月在葡萄牙里斯本举行的ISRM理事会、理事会和委员会会议，并将代表美国岩石力学界参加相应的专题讨论会。参加ISRM会议将加强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官员正式代表出席这些会议，北美总统也必须出席，这样我们研究界的利益和关切才会得到明确表达，会议的结果才会分发给研究界。美国参与ISRM活动的结果具有广泛的影响。通过国际社会促进的合作联盟，委员会的许多讨论对具有国家重要性的问题有直接影响。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和挖掘技术的进步而建立的民用基础设施系统。

This award is for an international travel grant for the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) Foundation to support the U.S. delegation to the 2006 and 2007 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 Singapore in November 2006 and in Lisbon, Portugal in July 2007, 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.