SRIS计划于2011年秋季启动，致力于解决基础设施系统的新兴方法，重点是互连基础设施的弹性和可持续性，例如城市环境中的结构，岩土和水相互作用。该计划旨在为新一代的土木工程师做好准备，他们准备在开发所需的基础设施的同时解决紧迫的社会问题。例如，学生将能够使用系统级方法和思想来实现对工程系统的可持续利用材料和资源。学生将学习平衡设施开发的短期成本和将设施集成到可抵御自然和人为灾难的基础设施系统中的需求。
The SRIS program, launched in fall 2011, addresses emerging approaches to infrastructure systems focusing on resiliency and sustainability of interconnected infrastructure--for example, structural, geotechnical and water interactions in urban environments. The program aims to prepare new generations of civil engineers who are ready to address pressing societal issues while developing needed infrastructure. For example, students will be able to use system level approaches and thinking to achieve sustainable use of material and resources in construction of engineered systems. Students will learn to balance short-term costs of facility development and the need for integrating this facility within an infrastructure system that is resilient to natural and human-made disasters.