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SUMMARY:Infrastructure Efficiency through Monitoring and Algorithmic Desig
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Eleni Chatzi\nIn recent years radical urban development 
 is expressed through the construction of more impressive and significantly
  larger civil structures while at the same time a large part of existing i
 nfrastructure is reaching the end of its lifecycle. Meanwhile humanity is 
 now realizing the urgent need for efficient resource management and the si
 gnificance of sustainable systems. Providing a solution to this challengin
 g problem is a twofold task for the engineer\, involving on one hand effic
 ient designs for new structures\, and on the other hand the planning of ap
 propriate maintenance and repair schemes for existing ones. Monitoring of 
 infrastructure systems\, also referred to as Structural Health Monitoring\
 , can be a valuable source of information for evaluating structural integr
 ity\, durability and reliability throughout the structure life cycle as we
 ll as ensuring optimal maintenance planning and safe operation. The more r
 ecent developments in sensor technology and communication networks have al
 lowed for the rapid deployment of dense sensor arrays at a relatively low 
 cost. As a result\, advanced computational methods are required in order t
 o process and interpret the large bulk of obtained information. The proper
  combination of hardware resources and theoretical tools can ultimately le
 ad to a “smart infrastructure management system”\, where structural as
 sessment no longer depends merely on sporadic visual inspections. Moreover
 \, rigorous computational tools\, including Finite Element simulation coup
 led with Computer Aided Design (CAD)\, may be used in order to produce str
 uctural forms that are both efficient in terms of structural response and 
 innovative in terms of aesthetics and design. This presentation will addre
 ss the benefits of monitoring and algorithmic design in infrastructure sys
 tems and provide examples of relevant implementations.\n\nBio: Eleni Chatz
 i is currently an assistant professor at the Chair of Structural Mechanics
  at the Institute of Structural Engineering\, ETH Zurich. She has obtained
  her diploma (2004) and MSc (2006) in Civil Engineering\, with honors\, fr
 om the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Technical Universit
 y of Athens (NTUA). She then obtained her PhD Degree with distinction from
  the Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics at Columbia U
 niversity in 2010. Her research interests include the fields of structural
  health monitoring\, damage detection and nonlinear dynamics.
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