Collaborative Research: Learning from the Ancient Engineers of the Great Inka Road; Lima, Peru, Summer 2010

0921756/0921816 Fiori/Jaselskis这个泛美高级研究院(PASI)奖由国家科学基金会和能源部(DOE)联合支持，将于2010年夏天在秘鲁利马的皮乌拉大学举行。这次PASI由弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学的Christine M.Fiori博士和爱荷华州立大学的Edward J.Jaselskis博士共同组织，将是一个合作研究项目，研究安第斯山脉大印加之路的古代工程师的工作。印卡工程师是如何在安第斯山脉陡峭而不稳定的山脉和亚马逊雨林上成功地建造了25,000个道路系统和其他建筑的？PASI将与工程研究人员和学生参与者以及人类学家、考古学家和民族学家一起审查和评估印加建筑实践。该小组将共同探索水文学、水力学、岩土工程和现代建筑技术之间的联系。PASI将为参与者提供一个机会，让他们从根本上了解自然力如何作用于建筑物，以及如何将古代实践应用于现代、可持续的工程实践。此外，美国研究生/博士后和初级教师将参加讲座，并与几所南美大学的参与者一起进行实地工作，从而提供一个可以导致进一步合作努力的国际视角。传播将通过向各种著名的工程出版物提交来解决。此外，PASI的内容将通过弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学主办的可公开访问的在线网络论坛提供。与这项研究相关的未来展览正在开发中，将包括对工程建设的关注，以新的视角向非传统观众突出这一职业。

0921756/0921816Fiori/JaselskisThis Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place in the summer of 2010 at the Universidad de Piura, in Lima, Peru. This PASI, co-organized by Dr. Christine M. Fiori of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Dr. Edward J. Jaselskis of Iowa State University, will be a collaborative research project to study the work of the ancient engineers of the Great Inka Road of the Andes. How is it that the Inka engineers succeeded in building their 25,000 road system and other structures on the steep and unstable mountains of the Andes and the rainforest of the Amazon? The PASI will join engineering researchers and student participants with anthropologists, archeologists and ethnologists to review and asses Inka construction practices. Collectively, the group will explore linkages between hydrology, hydraulics, geotechnical, and modern day construction techniques.The PASI will offer an opportunity for participants to gain a fundamental understanding of how natural forces act on structures and how to apply ancient practices to modern, sustainable engineering practice. Furthermore, U.S. graduate students/postdocs, and junior faculty will attend lectures and do field work with participants from several South American Universities, thus providing an international perspective that can lead to further collaborative efforts. Dissemination will be addressed through submissions to various well-known engineering publications. In addition, PASI contents will be made available through a publicly accessible online web forum hosted at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Future exhibits under development, associated with the research, will include a focus on engineering construction, highlighting the profession in a new light and to a nontraditional audience.