Developing Global Engineers

NCREE Laboratory.

Program Overview

The field of structural control is an evolving field of study that has continued to garner attention in both academic and professional fields.  Recent domestic applications have been carried out at the Los Angles City Hall and internationally in the world’s tallest building, Taipei’s own Tower 101.  Researchers are quickly developing new methods for control of civil engineering structures.  This program aims to bring large scale validation to semi-active control systems for seismic applications.  Furthermore, data acquisition using wireless sensors is also being pursued in joint studies with National Taiwan University.

Each student will begin research activities in early January and continue to study with TAMU researchers until departure to the NCREE labs located in Taipei, Taiwan.  Here students will stay for approximately 10 days performing research at the NCREE laboratories.  After returning students will continue to work with TAMU researchers in post processing of data and writing final reports.  Student will be encouraged to write conference and journal papers from the reports.

Student participation is intensive and will require significant effort prior departure and upon return.  It is expected students will learn valuable research skills and methods that will help them in their current studies as a student and as professional engineers in the future.

Students will work directly with current TAMU graduate students and faculty in their preparation.  If students do not live in College Station arrangements will be made for their travel to and from TAMU campus.

DGE will pay for travel to and from Taiwan and living expenses while in Taiwan including both housing and transportation.  All basic food costs will be covered by DGE as well.  A stipend of $1,500 will be provided for work done before and after travel to Taiwan. 

 

 

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Students will tour famous sties and be immersed in the Chinese culture.

Students touring lab facilities.