US-South America Workshop: Innovative Materials for Civil Infrastructure, Research & Education; Santiago, Chile, October 13-15, 2008.

洛佩兹·德·默菲这个美国-智利奖项将支持一个关于民用基础设施使用创新材料的研讨会。该活动将于2008年10月13日至15日在智利圣地亚哥举行。这次研讨会将由宾夕法尼亚州立大学的Maria del Mar Lopez de Murphy、阿拉巴马大学亨斯维尔分校的Houssam Toutanji和智利加托利亚大学的Hernan Santa Maria组织。会议将作为一个论坛，在使用新材料建立有弹性和可持续的基础设施以及创新的维修和恢复系统方面推动想法和促进教学。此外，它还将整合不同领域的知识，如材料科学、结构、减灾、建模和模拟、施工技术以及测试和评估技术。研讨会将包括北美和南美参与者的研究和现场应用演示，以及访问智利的实验室和建筑工地。会议将促进来自美国、智利、哥伦比亚和巴西的不同群体的高级研究人员、执业工程师、工业界和年轻研究人员之间的沟通和联系，如终身教职教师、博士后和研究生。因此，预计它将在更广泛的学术界和工业界推动民用基础设施创新材料领域的伙伴关系。将特别强调研究生和其他年轻研究人员的参与和培训，并将多样性纳入拟议的讲习班。

Lopez de Murphy0757271This US-Chile award will support a workshop on the use of innovative materials for civil infrastructure. The event will be held in Santiago, Chile on October 13 to 15, 2008. This workshop will be organized by Maria del Mar Lopez de Murphy of Pennsylvania State University, Houssam Toutanji of the University of Alabama at Hunsville, and Hernan Santa Maria of Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. The meeting will serve as a forum to advance ideas and promote teaching in the use of new materials for resilient and sustainable infrastructure and for innovative repair and rehabilitation systems. Additionally, it will integrate knowledge from diverse fields, such as materials science, structures, hazard mitigation, modeling and simulation, construction technology, and testing and evaluation techniques. The workshop will include research and field application presentations from North and South American participants as well as visits to Chilean laboratories and constructions sites.The meeting will foster communication and contact between a diverse group of senior researchers, practicing engineers, industry, and young researchers, such as tenure-track faculty, postdoctorates and graduate students, from the U.S., Chile, Colombia, and Brazil. As such, it is expected to advance partnerships in the area of innovative materials for civil infrastructure within the broader academic and industrial communities. Particular emphasis will be placed on the participation and training of graduate students, and other young researchers, and integrating diversity into the proposed workshop.