International Workshop on Education of Future Geotechnical Engineers in Response to Emerging Multi-scale Soil-Environment Problems; Cambridge, UK; September 5-6, 2014

本次研讨会将讨论岩土工程师解决现代技术所面临的多尺度、多物理问题所需的新技能。新的研究领域包括：从颗粒到滑坡的固/流过渡；从微裂缝到裂缝性储层的地质废物储存从天然细菌到设计结构的生物工程几何体；能源桩从土壤性质到岩土性能；岩土地震工程：从地面运动到结构安全都需要比以前在典型的岩土工程课程中提供的更广泛的知识。本次国际研讨会旨在确定新一代岩土工程师教育面临的主要挑战，重点是本科教育。主要问题包括：工程课程之外还需要哪些课程？工科学生是否需要对基础化学、物理、生物课程进行调整？对于不打算从事岩土工程实践的攻读土木工程学士学位的学生，需要哪些土力学知识？对于学生来说，谁打算成为地球工程师？讲习班将受益于国际学术界和高等教育界成员的参与，其中包括欧洲联盟和美国的一些主要机构。在美国，大多数土木工程本科课程只提供一门土力学课程。在欧洲和美国，工科学生在岩土工程专业上的第一门课程，几十年来在内容上并没有太大的变化：包括土的级配、土的压实、稳定层流和达西定律、一维固结理论和土的抗剪强度。未来的工程师需要掌握新的实验和理论技能，这将使他们能够解决多尺度、多物理场问题，并为安全和可持续的设计提出建议。最近，为了使岩土工程课程对学生更有吸引力，并让本科生参与研究项目，将其作为必修课程的一部分。然而，到目前为止，还没有进行系统的分析来解决岩土工程界的需求，以培养未来的工程师来验证岩土材料表征、实验测试程序和岩土设计的新标准。参加本次研讨会的教师和研究生将评估培养和发展研究生和本科生的策略，并确定有效的教学方法，以创建本科水平的创新技能工具包。除了课程建议外，工作组还将提出两到三个课堂活动选项，这些活动可以整合到本科阶段的一个模块中。我们鼓励参与的博士生在研讨会结束后继续维护研讨会的网页。

This workshop will address the new skill set needed by Geotechnical Engineers to solve the multi-scale, multi-physics problems faced by modern technology. New research areas such as: solid/fluid transition from the grain to the landslide; geological waste storage from micro-cracks to fractured reservoirs; bio-engineered geomerials from natural bacteria to designed structures; energy piles from soil properties to geotechnical performance; geotechnical earthquake engineering: from ground motion to structural safety all require a broader range of knowledge than previously provided in the typical Geotechnical Engineering course of study. This International Workshop aims to identify key challenges for the education of new generations of geotechnical engineers, focusing on undergraduate education. The main questions that will be addressed include: What courses outside the engineering curriculum are needed? Are changes in the basic Chemistry, Physics, Biology courses desirable for engineering students? What knowledge of soil mechanics is needed for students pursuing a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering who have no intent to practice geotechnical engineering? For students, who plans to become geo-engineers? The workshop will benefit from the participation of members of the international academic and higher-education community, involving a number of leading institutions from the European Union and the United States.In the United States, most Civil Engineering undergraduate curricula offer only one course in Soil Mechanics. In Europe and in the United States, the first course taught to engineering students in geotechnical engineering has not changed significantly in content during the last few decades: it covers soil gradation, soil compaction, steady laminar flow and Darcy's law, one-dimensional consolidation theory and soil shear strength. Future engineers need to master new experimental and theoretical skills that will allow them to solve multi-scale, multiphysics problems, and make recommendations for safe and sustainable design. Efforts have recently been made to make geotechnical engineering course more attractive to students, and to involve undergraduate students in research projects as part of their required coursework. However, no systematic analysis has been undertaken to date that addresses the needs of the geotechnical community to prepare future engineers to validate new standards for geomaterial characterization, experimental testing procedures, and geotechnical design. Faculty and graduate students participating in this workshop will assess strategies for training and development of graduate and undergraduate students, and identify efficient teaching methods to create an innovative skills toolkit at the undergraduate level. In addition to curricular recommendations, working groups will propose two to three options of in-class activity that could be integrated in a module at the undergraduate level. Participating Ph.D. students will be encouraged to maintain the workshop wikipage after the workshop.