US-EGYPT Workshop: Toward Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development at the new Suez Canal region in Egypt; Cairo, Egypt; December 18-20, 2015

美国-埃及研讨会：埃及新苏伊士运河地区实现弹性和可持续基础设施发展；

• 批准号: 1550642
• 负责人: Mahmoud Reda Taha
• 金额: $ 3.94万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-10-01 至 2016-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1550642&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; EGYPT; Workshop; Toward; Resilient

This workshop, to be held at The German University in Cairo (GUC), will be co-organized by the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the GUC to discuss a roadmap to ensure resilient infrastructure development with favorable social and environmental impacts of the anticipated mega-scale projects to take place at the new Suez Canal in Egypt. The Suez Canal region is a multi-hazard region with considerable seismic activity, an arid environment and offshore durability challenges. The workshop will be held in December 18-20, 2015, a few months after the opening the new Suez Canal in Egypt (anticipated in August 2015). The two and half-day workshop will include an organized visit by all workshop attendees to the new Suez Canal followed by workshop activities to take place at the GUC. The workshop selection committee, led by the PI, will select 15 distinguished members from US academia and industry to participate with Egyptian counterparts to deliver presentations and engage in discussion panels. The PIs will emphasize participation of experts from underrepresented groups in science and engineering specifically women, minorities,and people with disabilities.The planned mega-scale infrastructure development of the new Suez Canal region represents a unique opportunity for the scientific community to participate positively in economic development and global economic growth. This workshop represents an unique opportunity for US researchers to test and validate research concepts and methods on realistic field conditions for a case study with significant challenge. The challenge is manifested by the multi-hazards necessary to consider in design including significant seismic activity, poor soil conditions, offshore construction durability and potentially rising water in the Canal due to climate change. In addition, successful development is challenged by the need to carefully mitigate potential negative environmental impacts. Finally, careful planning is necessary to cultivate positive socio-economic impacts. Discussing these challenges and developing a roadmap for successful development of such strategic international facility will be of immense value to Egypt and the international community. Involvement of US academia and industrial experts in such challenging development through discussions, observations and potential involvement in collaborative research opportunities, offers a unique opportunity for synthesis of lessons learned from the Suez Canal region development for future projects in similar areas in the US and internationally.

该研讨会将在开罗德国大学 (GUC) 举行，由新墨西哥大学 (UNM) 和 GUC 联合举办，讨论路线图，以确保弹性基础设施发展对社会和环境产生有利的影响。预计埃及新苏伊士运河将实施大型项目。苏伊士运河地区是一个多灾区，地震活动频繁，环境干旱，海上耐久性面临挑战。该研讨会将于 2015 年 12 月 18 日至 20 日举行，即埃及新苏伊士运河开通几个月后（预计于 2015 年 8 月）。为期两天半的研讨会将包括所有研讨会参与者组织参观新苏伊士运河，然后在 GUC 举行研讨会活动。由 PI 领导的研讨会遴选委员会将选出 15 名来自美国学术界和工业界的杰出成员，与埃及同行一起发表演讲并参与讨论。 PI 将强调来自科学和工程领域代表性不足群体的专家的参与，特别是妇女、少数民族和残疾人。新苏伊士运河地区计划的大规模基础设施开发为科学界积极参与经济活动提供了独特的机会。发展和全球经济增长。这次研讨会为美国研究人员提供了一个独特的机会，可以在具有重大挑战的案例研究的现实现场条件下测试和验证研究概念和方法。这一挑战体现在设计中必须考虑的多种危险，包括重大地震活动、土壤条件较差、海上施工耐久性以及气候变化导致运河水位可能上升。此外，成功的开发还面临着需要仔细减轻潜在负面环境影响的挑战。最后，需要仔细规划以产生积极的社会经济影响。讨论这些挑战并制定成功发展此类战略性国际设施的路线图将对埃及和国际社会具有巨大价值。美国学术界和工业专家通过讨论、观察和潜在参与合作研究机会参与这种具有挑战性的发展，为综合苏伊士运河地区开发的经验教训，为美国和国际类似地区的未来项目提供了独特的机会。