1st International Summer School on Smart Structures
Radical developments in telecommunications and sensor technologies are about to change the way that civil engineering design and infrastructure maintenance are conceived and carried out. Indeed, within the next ten years smart structural elements with embedded sensors and systems capable of self-diagnosis will be a normal part of buildings. These elements will be permanently connected to a distributed management network so that owners, users, and in general, all those involved in the production/management process - connected via the Internet - can check element conditions during production, transport, installation and operation.
The scope of the School is to provide a basic overview of smart technologies from a structural engineering perspective with special focus on the application of fiber optics, wireless structural sensors, control devices, NDT evaluation, decision making.
International lecturers
- Dennis Bernal (Northeastern University)
- James Brownjohn (University of Sheffield)
- Branko Glisic (Princeton University)
- Jerry Lynch (University of Michigan)
- Wieslaw Ostachowicz (Polish Academy of Science)
- Hoon Sohn (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Who should attend
Graduate students and post-doc researchers pursuing research in the field of new technologies applied to structural health monitoring and control.
The School offers 10 scholarships to support participation of international students by covering registration and travel expenses. Apply for a scholarship.
Important dates
- 30 June 2012: Scholarship application deadline
- 6 July 2012: Notification of scholarship acceptance
- 31 Aug 2012: Extended registration deadline
- 3-7 Sep 2012: School event
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Joint event to the training program of the EU industry academy partnership pathways "INTERCER2" |
