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NSF CAREER Award Project 0092668

Tools and Research to Advance the Use of Strut-and-Tie Models
in Education and Design

Project Description - Table of Contents

Section 1	Introduction and Project Significance
1.1	B- (Beam) and D- (Discontinuity) Regions
1.2	Shortcomings of Common Design Practice for D-Regions
1.3	The Strut-and-Tie Method (STM) for the Design of D-Regions
1.4	Complications and Barrier to Design by the STM
1.5	Objectives of CAREER Plan
Section 2	Experimental and Analytical Research Plan
2.1	Essential Research Needs
2.2	Advanced Sensor Technology for Measuring Surface Deformation
2.3	Description of Proposed Research
2.4	Breadth and Depth of Research Program
Section 3	The CAST Education and Design Tool
3.1	Objective and Overview of CAST
3.2	Design Sequence Using Program CAST
3.3	Capabilities of CAST
Section 4	Educational Resource Materials
4.1	Special Educational Opportunity
4.2	Slides for Instruction of STM
4.3	Worked Solutions and Unsolved Problems
4.4	Workbooklet for In-Class Instruction
4.5	Online Teaching Modules
4.6	Educational Video
Section 5	Other Important Project Elements
5.1	Role of Collaborators
5.2	Incorporation of Diversity in Program
5.3	Project Schedule
5.4	Commitment and Qualifications of PI
5.5	Dissemination Activities
5.6	Summary of Project and Impact of Work
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