ASCE Structures Congress tackles health, monitoring of rail infrastructure
Written by Dr. Fernando Moreu, Ph.D., PE and assistant professor at the department of civil engineering at The University of New Mexico
The presenters, left to right: Yongchao Yang (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Fernando Moreu (The University of New Mexico), Duane Otter (Transportation Technology Center, Inc.), Mustafa Gul (University of Alberta) and Henry Yoon (Michigan Technological University).
Experts in both structural health monitoring and railroad infrastructure management took part in a first-ever technical session, "Structural Health and Performance Monitoring of Railroad Infrastructure," at the 2017 Structures Congress.
The event was organized by the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) and the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) and took place April 6-8 in Denver, Colo.
Speakers covered the most recent advances in sensing and remote measurements for rail infrastructure and current and future needs for the industry. This unique combination of theory and application attracted a group of more than 50 structural engineers on a Saturday morning. The success in attendance and the interaction between speakers and attendants stresses the interest in the combination of the topics of sensing and railroad infrastructure. Speakers and participants of this session would like to continue offering this technical session for the structures congress in Fort Worth, Texas, in April 2018.
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The event was organized by the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) and the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) and took place April 6-8 in Denver, Colo.
Speakers covered the most recent advances in sensing and remote measurements for rail infrastructure and current and future needs for the industry. This unique combination of theory and application attracted a group of more than 50 structural engineers on a Saturday morning. The success in attendance and the interaction between speakers and attendants stresses the interest in the combination of the topics of sensing and railroad infrastructure. Speakers and participants of this session would like to continue offering this technical session for the structures congress in Fort Worth, Texas, in April 2018.
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2nd Annual Structures Graduate Students Conference (SGSC)
Date
September 9, 2016
Venue
The Royal Glenora Club
11160 River Valley Road, Edmonton, AB, T5J 2G7
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September 9, 2016
Venue
The Royal Glenora Club
11160 River Valley Road, Edmonton, AB, T5J 2G7
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1st Annual Structures Graduate Students Conference (SGSC)
Dr. Gül, the second person, from the right to the left.
Date
September 4th, 2015
Venue
The Royal Glenora Club
11160 River Valley Road, Edmonton, AB, T5J 2G7
SGSC 2015
The 1st Structural Graduate Students Conference was held successfully. Everyone had fun. Two keynote speakers from the industry presented their wonderful sharing with us. Early Bird Admission Award and Best Presenters Awards were given to the top presentations.
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September 4th, 2015
Venue
The Royal Glenora Club
11160 River Valley Road, Edmonton, AB, T5J 2G7
SGSC 2015
The 1st Structural Graduate Students Conference was held successfully. Everyone had fun. Two keynote speakers from the industry presented their wonderful sharing with us. Early Bird Admission Award and Best Presenters Awards were given to the top presentations.
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Research grant will help study railway infrastructure
Civil engineering professor Mustafa Gül, seen here inspecting sensors with graduate student Ngoan Do, is leading a new research program to monitor the structural health of railway infrastructure in Canada.
(Edmonton) With more and more freight traffic on Canada’s railways and the infrastructure itself aging, it’s important to public safety, environmental protection, and economic activity that we monitor and understand the condition of this vital network.
That’s what U of A Civil Engineering professor Mustafa Gül is undertaking, thanks to funding through the IC-IMPACTS, an international program supporting university researchers in Canada and India investigating areas of common interest.
Both countries have vast railway networks—Canada has more than 48,000 km of railway track—and in both countries the railways are subject to increasing loading and extreme weather conditions.
Gül’s research will focus on the steel ribbons of track and bridges.
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That’s what U of A Civil Engineering professor Mustafa Gül is undertaking, thanks to funding through the IC-IMPACTS, an international program supporting university researchers in Canada and India investigating areas of common interest.
Both countries have vast railway networks—Canada has more than 48,000 km of railway track—and in both countries the railways are subject to increasing loading and extreme weather conditions.
Gül’s research will focus on the steel ribbons of track and bridges.
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