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Radio frequency identification tags linked to on board micro-electro-mechanical systems in a wireless, remote and intelligent monitoring and assessment system for the maintainance of constructed facilities.
 
 

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MEMSCON Facts

Contract No: 036887 

Project total cost:  4.632.430

EC contribution: 3.814.816

Project Start Date: 1/10/2008

Duration: 36 Months

Coordinator: Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), Athens, Greece

Instrument: Specific Targeted Research Project

No of partners: 12

 

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MEMSCON Workshop 2012 - Invitation


 

Workshop

Towards Intelligent Civil Infrastructure

 Athenian Capitol Mall, Athens, Greece

Thursday, March 29, 2012

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 civil infrastructure. 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.

Of special importance is the monitoring of civil infrastructure during an earthquake. During such an event structures may exceed their functional or structural limits and this can be visible. On the other hand, they can also suffer enormous damage to their capacity without producing any apparent visible signs. Such damage can result in life threatening conditions evolving in the structure long after the earthquake has happened. Monitoring systems can provide a quick and accurate estimate of the level of seismic damage that can be used to indicate loss of function and a quick and reliable assessment of the capacity of the structure to survive expected aftershocks.

The goal of this workshop is to provide a state-of-the-art report on recent research activities, technological utilisation and commercialisation activities in structural monitoring systems and software for the status-dependent maintenance and repair of constructed facilities.

This event, which is organized by the partners in the EC funded project MEMSCON, will bring together the Structural Health Monitoring community, European construction companies, owners of constructed facilities, insurance companies, policy makers and sector experts.

 

Keynote Speakers

Ø  Prof. James Brownjohn, University of Sheffield, UK 

Ø  Prof. Branko Glisic, Princeton University, USA  

Ø  Prof. Christian Grosse, TU Munich, Germany

Ø  Prof. Jerome P. Lynch University of Michigan, USA

Ø  Prof. Kenichi Soga, University of Cambridge, UK

Ø Prof. Spilios Fassois, University of Patras, Greece   

The workshop leaflet can be downloaded here.

The workshop invitation leaflet can be downloaded here.

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