International Workshop on Bio-Inspired Geotechnics; Pacific Grove, California; May 19-22, 2019

国际仿生岩土工程研讨会；

• 批准号: 1821029
• 负责人: Alejandro Martinez
• 金额: $ 9.01万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-01 至 2020-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1821029&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Workshop; Bio; Inspired; Geotechnics

This award funds a workshop on Bio-inspired technologies in the general field of geotechnical engineering. The workshop will be held in Pacific Grove, California, on May 19-22, 2019. The rapidly emerging discipline of biogeotechnics is comprised of both bio-mediated and bio-inspired technologies. Bio-mediated technologies, such as microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) to cement sands, have been the primary focus over the past decade and have seen exponential growth. Active research in the field now exists in more than 15 countries, companies have been founded, and national research centers have been established. A new workforce has been created, with graduates working in the biogeotechnics field in both and industry. Bio-inspired geotechnics, the complimentary aspect of biogeotechnics, however, is in its infancy. This field is at a critical, formative stage. The basal definition and scope of the field is being defined. Specific areas that hold exceptional promise for research are being identified. Understanding and filtering through the broader field of bio-inspired engineering and design (or biomimicry), which itself has largely become established in only the last decade, is underway. Conversations with the geotechnical industry regarding what might be practically possible are just beginning. The bio-inspired geotechnics field is at a time when an international, interdisciplinary workshop could accelerate growth and define future directions. Therefore, the objectives of the workshop are to begin building interdisciplinary collaborations, identify research priorities and possible funding sources, engage with industry regarding implementability, and identify and address the educational needs of researchers entering the field and engineers entering the workforce. This workshop will bring together approximately 55 individual experts from academia and industry who are technically and demographically diverse, and collectively cover expertise in fields from geotechnical engineering to biology to soft robotics. The workshop participants will include established senior investigators through assistant professors and underrepresented graduate students. The workshop will be held over a period of three days at an inclusive meeting facility that will facilitate continuous planned formal workshop activities as well as informal interactions. The workshop has been carefully designed in a structure that will scaffold, or gradually build, from developing a mutual foundation of discipline understanding, to sharing current research and brainstorming new opportunities, to identifying the necessary "action items" or developmental steps required to mature this field. An informal environment that fosters discussion, brainstorming, free sharing of ideas, and development of collaboration relationships has been incorporated into the workshop agenda.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项资助岩土工程一般领域的仿生技术研讨会。 该研讨会将于 2019 年 5 月 19 日至 22 日在加利福尼亚州太平洋格罗夫举行。生物岩土技术是快速新兴的学科，由生物介导技术和生物启发技术组成。 生物介导技术，例如微生物诱导方解石沉淀（MICP）到水泥砂，一直是过去十年的主要焦点，并且呈指数级增长。 目前已有超过 15 个国家开展该领域的活跃研究，并成立了公司并建立了国家研究中心。 一支新的劳动力队伍已经诞生，毕业生在生物岩土技术领域和工业界工作。 然而，仿生岩土工程，即生物岩土工程的补充方面，仍处于起步阶段。 该领域正处于关键的形成阶段。 该领域的基本定义和范围正在定义中。正在确定具有特殊研究前景的特定领域。 对更广泛的仿生工程和设计（或仿生学）领域的理解和过滤正在进行中，而仿生学本身在过去十年里才基本建立起来。与岩土工程行业关于实际可行方案的对话才刚刚开始。 在仿生岩土工程领域，国际跨学科研讨会可以加速发展并确定未来方向。 因此，研讨会的目标是开始建立跨学科合作，确定研究重点和可能的资金来源，就可实施性与行业进行接触，并确定和解决进入该领域的研究人员和进入劳动力市场的工程师的教育需求。 本次研讨会将汇集来自学术界和工业界的大约 55 名专家，他们在技术和人口方面具有多样性，涵盖从岩土工程到生物学再到软机器人等领域的专业知识。 研讨会的参与者将包括资深的高级研究人员、助理教授和代表性不足的研究生。 研讨会将在一个包容性会议设施中举行，为期三天，这将促进持续计划的正式研讨会活动以及非正式互动。 研讨会经过精心设计，其结构将支撑或逐步构建，从建立学科理解的相互基础，到分享当前的研究和集思广益新的机会，到确定必要的“行动项目”或成熟所需的发展步骤。场地。 促进讨论、集思广益、自由分享想法和发展合作关系的非正式环境已纳入研讨会议程。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。

项目成果

Bio-inspired geotechnical engineering: principles, current work, opportunities and challenges

• DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.20.p.170
• 发表时间: 2022-08-01
• 期刊: GEOTECHNIQUE
• 影响因子: 5.8
• 作者: Martinez, Alejandro;Dejong, Jason;Zheng, Junxing
• 通讯作者: Zheng, Junxing