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2003 Schedule for NSF-REU in Bridge Engineering*
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Week
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Date
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Day
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Time
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Activity
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1
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6/7 | Saturday | 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Arrival |
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6/8 | Sunday | noon | Leave for International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA |
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6/9 - 6/11 | Monday- Wednesday | Continuous | International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA |
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6/12 | Thursday | 9:00 a.m. - noon | NSF-REU orientation, including brief meetings of student/faculty teams, safety/lab orientation with Lab Coordinator Danny Richardson, library orientation |
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6/13 | Friday | 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Welcome get-together for students, faculty, and program administrators at Grotto Pizza |
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2
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6/18 | Wednesday | Tour begins at DMB at 9:00 |
Trip
to Delaware Memorial Bridge |
| 6/18 | Wednesday | 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Picnic at 188 Orchard Rd. (just off campus in Newark) at Undergraduate Research Program Office | |
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6/19 | Thursday | Morning | I-95 Repair Test |
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6/20 | Friday | 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch with Prof. Chajes and Diane Kukich (Myers-Briggs activities) |
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6/21 - 22 | Saturday and Sunday | Various | National Concrete Canoe Competition, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA |
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6/24 | Tuesday | Morning | Bridge 119 Load Test (CFRP repair verification) |
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6/25 | Wednesday | 1:00 p.m. | Primer on Bridge Design, Prof. Dennis Mertz, 304 DuPont |
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3
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6/27 | Friday | 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch seminar with Prof. Mertz, 150 Years of Steel Bridges |
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4
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7/2 | Wednesday | All day | Trip to Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) |
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5
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7/7 | Monday | 12:00 - 1:15 | Lunch seminar with Prof. Chajes on presentation techniques |
| 7/8 | Tuesday | all day | Trip to New York City (DOT and Circle Line Cruise) | |
| 7/9 | Wednesday | Morning | Bridge 651 Load Test (timber/steel verification) | |
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7/10 | Thursday | afternoon and evening | Trip to Wilmington Riverfront (Pennoni Associates and Blue Rocks Baseball Game) |
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7/11 | Friday | 1:00 - 2:30 | Interim Presentations by REU Students (with refreshments) |
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6
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7/17 | Thursday | Tour begins at DMB at 9:00 a.m. | Trip to Delaware Memorial Bridge |
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7/18 | Friday | 12:00 - 1:15 |
Lunch seminar with Prof. Chajes, Structural Failures, followed by brief overview of technical report guidelines by Diane Kukich |
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7
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7/22 | Tuesday | all day | Trip to fabricator sites (Schuylkill Products and High Steel) |
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7/25 | Friday | 12:00 - 1:15 | Lunch seminar with Prof. Shenton, Field Tests and In-Service Monitoring of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge |
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8
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7/30 | Wednesday | Morning | Bridge 026 Load Test (composite rehabilitation verification) |
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8/1 | Friday | 12:00 - 1:15 | Lunch seminar, The Graduate School Experience (Allen Jayne, Tetratech; Jason Hastings, DelDOT; William Johnson, Figg Engineering; Leigh Johnson, current CEE grad student) |
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9
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8/8 | Friday | 10:00 - 3:30 | Bridge Research Symposium, including final REU student presentations, 103 Gore Hall (Agenda) |
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10
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8/14 | Thursday | 5:30 - 8:00 | End-of-summer picnic at Prof. Chajes's house |
| 8/15 | Friday | 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Mandatory Program Checkout: Final report and presentation files due, keys and ID's returned, etc.; dorm rooms must be vacated by end of day |
* Note: Other
field trips and activities are being planned and will be added as they are scheduled.
Check frequently for updates.
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