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Stanford LTU

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

Advisory Panel of International Experts and Participation

A panel of researchers, academicians, and industry experts has been planned to be formed who will guide in the development of logistics of the proposed international workshop, and possibly participate in its proceedings. Participation of researchers from various developed and developing countries in addition to the participants from USA is anticipated in the workshop, presenting their views and discussing on future trends. About ten to twelve researchers will be invited to participate in the workshop. An open call for members of the US delegation will be made through professional organizations such as ASCE.

 
 
Workshop Management
The proposed workshop will be held under auspices of the National Science Foundation of the US. The workshop, on the US-side, will be co-presided over by University Distinguished Professor Nabil Grace, Chair of Civil Engineering Department and Director of CIMR. Along with Professor Grace, Assistant Professor Michael Lepech, Stanford University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be presiding over the workshop. From the Japan side, the workshop will be co-presided over by Professor Tamon Ueda, Chair of Civil Engineering Program at Hokkaido University. The international and organizing committees of the workshop will include:
  1. Researchers, academicians, and government officials, and the Committee on Hybrid Structures, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE).
  2. Association for Advanced Composite Technology in Construction Field (ACC).
  3. Hokkaido University, Public Work Research Institute (PWRI)
 
Outcomes from the Proposed Workshop
The proposed workshop will deliver through the published workshop report the need of the present time to consider a full set of economic, social, and environmental indicators derived from the investments made in construction of bridge transportation infrastructure. Additionally, the workshop will ignite international dialogue on effective tools for incorporating comprehensive sustainability assessment into all stages of infrastructure design. It is anticipated that the outcome of the workshop will be a vision developed for the design, construction, and operation of future bridge infrastructure projects with suitable material choices and construction practices that are advantageous socioeconomically and environmentally. The workshop would also help evaluate viability of using new FRP technoogies in bridge projects from view point of LCA. The following are some of the anticipated specific outcomes from the proposed workshop:
  1. The presentations and discussions by the international participants in the area of LCA, LCCA, LCCB analysis, Life-Cycle Design and FRP will bring together experiences and visions;
  2. The merits and demerits of construction materials currently being used will be evaluated on the basis of LCA, LCCA, and LCCB analysis;
  3. The vision statement resulting from the proposed workshop will emphasize on the need to innovate new construction materials that are sustainable as measured through a cadre of social, environmental, and economic indicators.