2003 Schedule for NSF-REU in Bridge Engineering*

Week
Date
Day
Time
Activity
1
6/7 Saturday 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Arrival
6/8 Sunday noon Leave for International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
6/9 - 6/11 Monday- Wednesday Continuous International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
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
6/13 Friday 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Welcome get-together for students, faculty, and program administrators at Grotto Pizza
2
6/18 Wednesday Tour begins at DMB at 9:00

Trip to Delaware Memorial Bridge
POSTPONED TO 7/17

  6/18 Wednesday 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Picnic at 188 Orchard Rd. (just off campus in Newark) at Undergraduate Research Program Office
6/19 Thursday Morning I-95 Repair Test
6/20 Friday 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch with Prof. Chajes and Diane Kukich (Myers-Briggs activities)
6/21 - 22 Saturday and Sunday Various National Concrete Canoe Competition, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
6/24 Tuesday Morning Bridge 119 Load Test (CFRP repair verification)
6/25 Wednesday 1:00 p.m. Primer on Bridge Design, Prof. Dennis Mertz, 304 DuPont
3
6/27 Friday 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch seminar with Prof. Mertz, 150 Years of Steel Bridges
4
7/2 Wednesday All day Trip to Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT)
5
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)
7/10 Thursday afternoon and evening Trip to Wilmington Riverfront (Pennoni Associates and Blue Rocks Baseball Game)
7/11 Friday 1:00 - 2:30 Interim Presentations by REU Students (with refreshments)
6
7/17 Thursday Tour begins at DMB at 9:00 a.m. Trip to Delaware Memorial Bridge
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

7
7/22 Tuesday all day Trip to fabricator sites (Schuylkill Products and High Steel)
7/25 Friday 12:00 - 1:15 Lunch seminar with Prof. Shenton, Field Tests and In-Service Monitoring of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge
8
7/30 Wednesday Morning Bridge 026 Load Test (composite rehabilitation verification)
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)
9
8/8 Friday 10:00 - 3:30 Bridge Research Symposium, including final REU student presentations, 103 Gore Hall (Agenda)
10
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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