IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering for Cultural Heritage Diagnostics

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持跨学科的研究生培训计划在工程文化遗产诊断的发展。法医工程学是对故障和故障机制的调查，它非常适合但很少用于评估文化遗产文物的损坏，包括古代纪念碑，历史建筑和绘画，从时间，污染，自然灾害和腐烂的蹂躏。这个IGERT，总部设在圣地亚哥的加州大学，培养研究生开发诊断方法和分析模型，将部署和测试上a）文艺复兴时期的艺术作品和历史结构在佛罗伦萨，意大利，和B）在约旦和以色列的考古遗址和文物。学员学习和开发新的最先进的方法，用于文物的长期“健康监测”，包括无损检测，网络基础设施和工程分析。使用基于团队的方法，学员将创建诊断和预测建模的集成平台，包括多光谱成像，模拟，数据合成和可视化分析。学生由三名共同导师提供建议，一名来自学生的主要学科，两名来自其他学科。大量的国外实地研究将为他们在国际科学和工程领域的职业生涯做好准备，为文化遗产开发的工具和方法可以更广泛地应用于分析退化或过时的基础设施，如公共建筑，道路和桥梁，以及几乎任何其他工程部件或系统。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中促进研究生教育的文化变革。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the development of an interdisciplinary graduate training program in engineering for cultural heritage diagnostics. Forensic engineering, the investigation of failures and failure mechanisms, is uniquely suited yet rarely used to assess the damage to artifacts of cultural heritage, including ancient monuments, historic buildings and paintings, from the ravages of time, pollution, natural disasters and decay.This IGERT, based at the University of California at San Diego, trains graduate students to develop diagnostic methodologies and analytical models that will be deployed and tested on a) Renaissance art works and historic structures in Florence, Italy, and b) archaeological sites and artifacts in Jordan and Israel. Trainees learn and develop new state-of-the-art methods for the long-term "health monitoring" of cultural artifacts, including non-destructive testing, cyberinfrastructure and engineering analysis. Using a team-based approach, trainees will create an integrated platform for diagnostic and predictive modeling, including multispectral imaging, simulation, data synthesis and visual analytics. Students are advised by three co-mentors, one from the student's primary discipline and two from other disciplines. Substantial field research abroad will prepare them for careers in international science and engineering, and the tools and methodologies developed for cultural heritage can be applied more broadly to the analysis of degraded or obsolete infrastructure, such as public buildings, roads and bridges, as well as almost any other engineered component or system. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.