REU Site: NEESreu- Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation: Reducing Seismic Vulnerability

小乔治·e·布朗地震工程模拟网络（NEES）提供了一个独特的研究和教育经验的结合，旨在促进减少地震脆弱性。在美国国家科学基金会工程教育和中心部（EEC）以及土木、机械和制造创新部（CMMI）的支持下，NEESreu的学生将利用大型测试设施进行最先进的实验，包括物理模型、计算模型和数据分析，以产生新的知识，促进地震和海啸风险的减轻。设施包括震动台、大型结构测试系统、土工离心机、移动现场实验室、永久仪器化土工现场站和海啸波。学生们将在积极的NEES研究项目上进行合作，这些项目将解决一系列高优先级的地震减灾问题，从国家基础设施（桥梁、港口、管道和堤坝）的性能到减少建筑物损害和损失的创新策略，再到结构和海啸的相互作用。此外，这个NEESreu项目将展示先进的方法，让工程专业的学生利用协作工具参与地理分布的研究项目，这些工具在研究和专业实践中变得越来越普遍。NEESreu的学生将使用最新的IT协作工具组成虚拟对等团队，以支持彼此的研究。短期和长期评估将提供数据，以更好地了解加强地理分布的本科研究人员之间合作的最佳做法。小乔治·e·布朗地震工程模拟网络（NEES）提供了一个独特的研究和教育经验的结合，旨在促进减少地震脆弱性。在美国国家科学基金会工程教育部门和中心的支持下，NEESreu的学生将使用大型测试设施进行最先进的实验，包括物理模型、计算模型和数据分析，以产生新的知识，促进地震和海啸风险的减轻。学生们将在积极的NEES研究项目上进行合作，这些项目将解决一系列高优先级的地震减灾问题，从国家基础设施（桥梁、港口、管道和堤坝）的性能到减少建筑物损害和损失的创新策略，再到结构和海啸的相互作用。NEESreu项目旨在影响地震工程的未来，特别关注培训和指导多样化，专业准备的劳动力，并吸引本科生和代表性不足的学生进入STEM职业。学生将了解地震工程的全球影响；使用Web 2.0技术获得信心；获得对研究的热情，转化为追求研究生教育的愿望；并建立一个超越REU的同行网络。

The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) provides a unique combination of research and educational experiences designed to promote reduction in earthquake vulnerability. With support from the NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers(EEC) and the Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation(CMMI), NEESreu students will engage in state-of-the-art experiments using large-scale test facilities involving physical models, computational models, and data analysis to generate new knowledge that advances earthquake and tsunami risk mitigation. Facilities include shake tables, large-scale structural testing systems, geotechnical centrifuges, mobile field laboratories, permanently instrumented geotechnical field stations, and a tsunami wave. Students will collaborate on active NEES research projects, which tackle a breadth of high priority earthquake mitigation issues ranging from performance of the nation's infrastructure (bridges, ports, pipelines, and levees) to innovative strategies for reducing damage and losses to buildings to the interaction of structures and tsunamis. In addition, this NEESreu program will demonstrate advanced methods for preparing engineering students to participate in geographically-distributed research projects using collaboration tools that are becoming common place in research and professional practice. NEESreu students will use the latest IT collaboration tools to form virtual peer teams for supporting each other's research. Short-term and long-term assessment will provide data to better understand best practices for enhancing collaboration among geographically-distributed undergraduate researchers.The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) provides a unique combination of research and educational experiences designed to promote reduction in earthquake vulnerability. With support from the NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers NEESreu students will engage in state-of-the-art experiments using large-scale test facilities involving physical models, computational models, and data analysis to generate new knowledge that advances earthquake and tsunami risk mitigation. Students will collaborate on active NEES research projects, which tackle a breadth of high priority earthquake mitigation issues ranging from performance of the nation's infrastructure (bridges, ports, pipelines, and levees) to innovative strategies for reducing damage and losses to buildings to the interaction of structures and tsunamis. The NEESreu program aims to influence the future of earthquake engineering with special attention to training and mentoring a diverse, professionally prepared workforce, and to attract undergraduate and underrepresented students into STEM careers. Students will gain an understanding of the global impact of earthquake engineering; gain confidence using Web 2.0 technologies; gain enthusiasm for research that translates into a desire to pursue postgraduate education; and develop a network of peers that lasts beyond the REU.