Science Master's Program: Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。最近的事件突出了从规划阶段到设计，施工，运营，维护和修复的整个生命周期中全面审视国家基础设施的范式转变的必要性。 卡特里娜飓风灾难、国家基础设施的普遍恶化以及对可再生能源的需求只是强调需要新思维的几个例子。 该科学硕士课程（SMP）的目标是将工程，材料，建筑，环境，建筑，商业和公共政策联系起来，以培养具有独特整体视角和专业知识的毕业生，从而立即为可持续和弹性基础设施领域的劳动力做出贡献。 通过与外部合作伙伴和项目团队成员的广泛互动，SMP学生将参与前沿主题的研究，在跨学科团队中工作，体验商业世界的运作方式，并提高他们向技术和非技术受众传达可持续性和弹性理念的技能。 每个SMP支持的学生将被要求完成一篇研究论文。 外部合作伙伴来自国民经济的各个部门，包括国家政府实验室、国际和国家工程公司、州和地方政府机构以及非营利和专业组织。 项目团队成员致力于包括来自工程和科学领域代表性不足的群体的学生参与者。 该SMP支持14名美国公民或永久居民的全日制学生，分为两组，每组7名学生。 每个学生都获得助学金支持，并有18个月的学费减免。 该计划的毕业生将填补国家经济增长领域的劳动力需求，确保安全和可持续的基础设施。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Recent events highlight the need for a paradigm shift to look holistically at the nation's infrastructure throughout its life, from the planning stages through design, construction, operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation. The Hurricane Katrina disaster, the general deterioration of the nation's infrastructure, and the need for renewable energy sources are just a few examples highlighting this need for new thinking. The objective of this Science Masters Program (SMP) is to link engineering, materials, construction, environment, architecture, business, and public policy to produce graduates with unique holistic perspective and expertise to immediately contribute to the workforce in the area of sustainable and resilient infrastructure. Through extensive interaction with external partners and project team members, SMP students will participate in research on topics that are at the cutting edge, work in interdisciplinary teams, experience how the business world functions, and enhance their skills to communicate sustainability and resiliency ideas to technical and non-technical audiences. Each SMP-supported student will be required to complete a research thesis. External partners are from a broad cross section of the national economy including national government labs, international and national engineering firms, state and local government agencies, and non-profit and professional organizations. The project team members are committed to include student participants from underrepresented groups in engineering and science. This SMP is supporting 14 full-time students that are citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. in two cohorts of 7 students each. Each student receives a stipend support and has a tuition waiver for 18 months. Graduates of this program will fill workforce needs in areas of national economic growth that ensures a safe and sustainable infrastructure.