US-Egypt Workshop on the Use of Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) for Sustainable Structures, May 26, 2008, Hurgada, Egypt

0804891 Rizkala描述：该奖项是为了支持将于2008年5月26日在埃及乌尔加达举行的“关于纤维增强聚合物（FRP）用于可持续结构的美国-埃及研讨会”。 美国组织者是北卡罗来纳州罗利北卡罗来纳州州立大学土木工程系的Sami Rizkalla博士。 埃及组织者是埃及开罗艾因夏姆斯大学的Abdel-Hady Hosny博士和博士。该研讨会计划在“2008年第五届中东基础设施应用结构复合材料研讨会（MESC-5）"之后立即举办一天。 它汇集了来自美国，加拿大、欧洲、日本和埃及。 智力优势：该研讨会旨在促进信息交流，传播研究成果，并确定美国和埃及大学研究人员之间关于使用FRP材料作为新结构建筑材料以及加强或修复现有民用基础设施的可行研究合作领域。专家们将有机会进行互动，并确定关于将FRP用于创新可持续结构，生命周期成本和结构健康监测的合作项目的主题。一些参与者在专业委员会中担任重要职位，这些委员会对与FRP技术相关的许多当前问题具有广泛的知识。 与会者将就讲习班所涉专题提出书面意见。美国PI团队和Ain Shams大学的同行将与MESC-5指导委员会协调出版研讨会记录。它们将张贴在讲习班网站、艾因夏姆斯大学网站和NSF I/UCRC关于“用复合材料修复建筑物和桥梁”（RB 2C）的网站http://www.ce.ncsu.edu/centers/rb2c上。 还将通过国际建筑玻璃钢学会网站http://www.iifc-hq.org在国际上分发这些材料。 更广泛的影响：特别是民用基础设施和结构的恶化已被记录在案，并被认为是一个世界范围的严重问题。在过去的十年中，包括纤维增强聚合物（FRP）在内的创新结构材料在广阔的民用基础设施市场中设定了雄心勃勃的目标。 拟议中的研讨会将为美国和美国之间未来的研究合作奠定基础，埃及和其他中东国家。将讲习班的结果直接传播给美国主要的编纂机构将提高讲习班的价值。美国的参与者包括代表代表性不足的群体的教师，两名研究生，来自该国不同地理区域的初级教师和高级教师。

0804891 RizkallaDescription: This award is to support a "US-Egypt Workshop on the Use of Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) for Sustainable Structures" to be held in Hurghada, Egypt on May 26, 2008. The U.S. organizer is Dr. Sami Rizkalla, Department of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, NC. The Egyptian organizer is Dr. and Dr. Abdel-Hady Hosny, Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. The workshop is planned for one day immediately following "The Fifth Middle East Symposium on Structural Composites for Infrastructure Applications 2008 (MESC-5)". It brings together researchers in this area from U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan and Egypt. Intellectual Merit: The workshop is to facilitate exchange of information, disseminate research findings, and to identify areas for viable research collaboration, between the U.S. and researchers from Egyptian Universities, on the use of FRP material as construction material for new structures, as well as for strengthening or repairing existing civil infrastructure. There will be an opportunity for experts to interact and to identify topics for collaborative projects on the use of FRP for innovative sustainable structures, life cycle costs, and structural health monitoring. Several of the participants hold important positions on professional committees that have a broad based knowledge of many of the current issues associated with FRP technologies. Participants will make written contributions on the topics covered in the workshop. The workshop proceedings will be published by the US PI team and the counterpart from Ain Shams University, in coordination with the MESC-5 Steering Committee. They will be posted to the workshop web site , the Ain Shams University web site and the NSF I/UCRC on "Repair of Buildings and Bridges with Composites" (RB2C) web site http://www.ce.ncsu.edu/centers/rb2c. They will also be distributed internationally through the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC) web site http://www.iifc-hq.org. Broader Impact: Deterioration of civil infrastructure and structures in particular, has been documented and recognized as a serious problem worldwide. In the last decade innovative structural materials, including Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP), have set ambitious goals in the vast civil infrastructure markets. The proposed workshop will lay the groundwork for the future research collaboration between the U.S., Egypt and other Middle East countries. Direct dissemination of the workshop findings to key US codification agencies will enhance the value of the workshop. The U.S. participants include faculty that represent underrepresented groups, two graduate students, junior faculty and senior faculty from different geographical regions of the country.