U.S.-Egypt Workshop on Innovations in Materials and Design of Civil Infrastructure, December 28-29,2005, Cairo, Egypt

美国-埃及民用基础设施材料和设计创新研讨会，2005 年 12 月 28 日至 29 日，埃及开罗

• 批准号: 0541623
• 负责人: Fouad Fouad
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0541623&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; Egypt; Workshop; Innovations; Materials

0541623 RizkDescription: This award is to support a "US-Egypt Workshop on Innovations in Materials and Design of Civil Infrastructures to be held in Cairo, Egypt in December 28-29 2005. The organizers are Dr. Tarek Rizk, Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Alabama, Birmingham and Dr. Omaima Salah El Din, Housing and Building Research Center (HBRC), in Cairo, Egypt. Intellectual merit: This is a travel grant to assist 12 U.S. and four Middle East scientists to participate in a workshop in an area of interest to NSF and also to other US Government agencies, both at the federal and states level. Egypt is similarly interested in this research area because of the potential applications in building the country's infrastructure. The Workshop is planned for two days. The first day will be devoted to innovations in the applications of advanced composite materials and fiber reinforced polymers in civil Infrastructure in repair, reinforcing, prestressing, and in new structures. On the second day, the participants will focus on innovations, including those in delivery of infrastructure projects and innovations in civil infrastructure materials (spun concrete, ultra high-strength concrete, etc). Participants will come from the U.S. and several Middle East countries, in addition to participants from the host country, Egypt. The presentations will be made available to all participants prior to the meeting. The Steering Committee will provide a report that will summarize the research contributions and that will identify areas for future research. A web site was developed for the workshop to allow for electronic submission of papers and abstracts. The proceedings will be made available free of charge on the web site www.EgyptComposites.com. The discussions, additional contributions, and recommendations will be included in the Workshop Proceedings and on the Workshop's web site. These will also be made available at professional meetings and conferences.Broader impacts: The backbone of any country's economy consists of assets of constructed facilities that include public buildings, airports, highways, bridges etc. Many of the constructed facilities in the U.S. are suffering from deterioration at a rate faster than our ability to renovate them. In the U.S., $1.6 trillion should be spent over the next five years to alleviate potential problems with the nation's infrastructure. Transportation alone requires $94 billion in annual spending based on the 2005 infrastructure report by ASCE. The problem is even more severe in developing countries including Egypt. Therefore, research is needed to find innovative techniques to build, deliver, and maintain the civil infrastructure. The supported US delegation includes three junior scientists and one graduate student who will have the opportunity to interact with scientists from Egypt during the workshop. The workshop is likely to lead to collaborative research in the area of materials engineering, design and civil engineering sciences that can benefit the two countries. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these joint scientific activities.

0541623 Rizkdescription：该奖项是为了支持“美国 - 埃及的材料创新和设计创新的研讨会，于2005年12月28日至29日在埃及的开罗举行。阿拉巴马大学，伯明翰大学和埃及开罗的住房与建筑研究中心（HBRC）的Omaima Salah El Din博士：这是一项旅行赠款。在NSF和其他政府机构感兴趣的领域中，埃及同样对该研究领域也有兴趣。第一天将致力于在维修，增强，预应力和新结构中的民用基础设施中的高级复合材料和纤维增强聚合物应用中的应用。第二天，参与者将专注于创新，包括基础设施项目的交付和民用基础设施材料（Spun Concrete，Ultra高强度混凝土等）的创新。除东道国埃及的参与者外，参与者将来自美国和几个中东国家。演讲将在会议前向所有参与者提供。指导委员会将提供一份报告，以总结研究贡献，并确定未来研究的领域。为研讨会开发了一个网站，以允许电子提交论文和摘要。该程序将在网站www.egyptcomposites.com上免费提供。讨论，其他贡献和建议将包括在研讨会程序和研讨会的网站中。这也将在专业会议和会议上提供。BoarDer的影响：任何国家经济的骨干都由建设设施的资产组成，包括公共建筑，机场，高速公路，桥梁等。以比我们翻新它们的能力快的速度恶化。 在美国，应在未来五年内花费1.6万亿美元，以减轻美国基础设施的潜在问题。根据ASCE的2005年基础设施报告，仅运输就需要940亿美元的年度支出。在包括埃及在内的发展中国家，这个问题更为严重。因此，需要研究以找到创新的技术来建立，交付和维护民用基础设施。 支持的美国代表团包括三名初级科学家和一名研究生，他们将有机会在研讨会期间与埃及的科学家互动。 该研讨会可能会导致在材料工程，设计和土木工程科学领域的合作研究，这些研究可以使两国受益。 该项目得到了美国埃及联合基金计划的支持，该计划为两国的科学家和工程师提供了这些共同的科学活动。