讲座专家：Samuel T. Ariaratnam（加拿大工程院院士，美国亚利桑那州立大学教授）
时间：11月14日上午10:00-11:30,
地点：西主楼3-403，建设管理系凌常峰会议室
Abstract
Currently, 54% of the world’s population (81% in the United States) live in urban areas. This figure is expected to increase to 75% by the year 2050 as people look to urban centers for employment opportunities. Furthermore, it taken us 5,000 years to get to this point; however, it is expected that we will double our urban infrastructure systems in the next 35 years through construction with these systems expected to last more than 50 years. The emergence of mega-cities with greater than 10 million population has resulted in the use of underground space to help alleviate congestion associated with urban growth. Underground residences, banks, shopping malls, parking garages,restaurants, transportation and other facilities are being built to relieve urban congestion. This presentation explores construction methods and examples of various types of underground space applications in urban areas.
Samuel T. Ariaratnam, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng., F.ASCE, F.CAE, NAC, Academician of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Academician of the U.S. National Academy of Construction, Professor and Construction Engineering Program Chair
Brief Biography
Dr. Ariaratnam is a Professor and Construction Engineering Program Chair at Arizona State University. He received his B.A.Sc. from the University of Waterloo (Canada) in 1989 and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1991 and 1994, respectively. His primary area of research interest lies in Sustainable Underground Infrastructure Engineering. Research in this area has focused on the development of new technologies in construction engineering and applications of underground trenchless construction techniques, specifically Horizontal Directional Drilling and Trenchless Pipe Replacement. He has published over 300 technical papersand reports, co-authored eight textbooks, and is a co-holder of five patents. In 2015, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Dr. Ariaratnam was elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) in 2018 and the U.S. National Academy of Construction (NAC) in 2019. He has the title of “Distinguished Professor”at the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) and is a Guest Professor atseveral other Chinese Universities.
