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SUMMARY:Opening Our Eyes to What's Possible - Professor Neil Hoult\, Queen
 's University
DTSTART:20190705T140000Z
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CONTACT:Karen Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Until recently structural monitoring\, even when done wireless
 ly\,  has relied on relatively few data points to give us a complete pictu
 re of very complex systems. This has led to not unexpectedly poor results 
 in terms of structural assessment. However\, the advent of distributed sen
 sor technologies\, such as digital image correlation and fibre optic senso
 rs\, has meant that much more robust and comprehensive data sets can be ac
 quired. This talk will illustrate the potential uses of such sensor system
 s for both design and assessment through three case studies: a culvert\, a
  rail-foundation system\, and a reinforced concrete structure.\n\nBiograph
 y: Neil Hoult is an Associate Professor and Acting Head of the Department 
 of Civil Engineering at Queen's University in Kingston\, Canada. He did hi
 s BASc and MASc at the University of Toronto\, and his PhD under the super
 vision of Professor Lees at Cambridge. After a post-doc under the supervis
 ion of Professor Middleton he started at Queen's in 2009. His research int
 erests include structural monitoring\, reinforced concrete structures\, bu
 ried infrastructure.
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR3A
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