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SUMMARY:Wireless Sensor Monitoring Technologies for Civil Engineering Infr
 astructure - Professor Kenichi Soga\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20090219T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nOne of the greatest challenges facing civil engine
 ers in the 21st century is the\nstewardship of ageing civil engineering in
 frastructure. Nowhere is this more apparent\nthan in their underground net
 works in the major cities around the world. Much of\nthem were constructed
  more than half a century ago and there is widespread evidence\nof deterio
 ration of this old infrastructure.\n\nThe critical deterioration of civil 
 infrastructure has driven the search for new methods\nof rehabilitation an
 d repair by incorporating sensors and developing remote systems\nthat woul
 d allow monitoring and diagnosis of possible problems occurring. Advances\
 nin the development of fibre optics\, computer vision and micro-electro-me
 chanical\nsensors (MEMS) offer intriguing possibilities that can radically
  alter the paradigms\nunderlying existing methods of condition assessment 
 and monitoring.\n\nFuture monitoring systems will undoubtedly comprise Wir
 eless Sensor Networks\n(WSN) and will be designed around the capabilities 
 of autonomous nodes. Each node\nin the network will integrate specific sen
 sing capabilities with communication\, data\nprocessing and power supply. 
 The talk will present some of recent research at\nCambridge in the area of
  innovative monitoring technologies.\n\nSpeaker: \nKenichi Soga is Profess
 or of Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He\nteaches and co
 nducts research in the area of geotechnical engineering\, environmental\ng
 eotechnics and innovative monitoring techniques\, including wireless senso
 r\nnetworks. He is a Fellow of Churchill College since 1995 and acts as a 
 Director of\nStudies in Engineering.\n\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 0\, University of Cambridge Engineering Departmen
 t\, Trumpington Street\, Cambridge
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