On June 8, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” held a “Cloud Report”, and invited Dr. Mohammed Elshafie, the Laing O’Rourke Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge where he also holds the position of Deputy Director for the center, to present a report named “Smart Infrastructure: talking tunnels, self-sensing bridges, simulation and artificial intelligence”.
Associate Prof. Jie Xu from the School of Civil Engineering hosted the report and delivered a welcome speech.
By way of an online classroom, Dr. Mohammed Elshafie introduced the definition for ‘Smart Infrastructure’. He also presented case studies to show how innovative sensing technology could transform infrastructure assets from passive blocks of material into, effectively, living creatures.
The audience at the meeting learnt about an ongoing research collaboration where civil engineers and data scientists work together to develop a ‘digital twin’ for an asset – a railway bridge in this case. After the report, Dr. Mohammed Elshafie and the audience conducted an online discussion on related issues.
A total of 89 teachers and students from Tianjin University, Hebei University of Technology and Tianjin Chengjian University participated this “Cloud Report”, including 16 teachers, 38 graduate students, 13 international students and 22 undergraduate students.
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Fig.1. Online group photo of some participating teachers and students |
Introduction to Dr. Mohammed Elshafie:
Dr. Mohammed Elshafie is the Laing O’Rourke Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge where he also holds the position of Deputy Director for the centre. Dr Elshafie’s research focuses on understanding the performance of overground and underground infrastructure including bridges, segmental and sprayed concrete tunnel linings, piles and diaphragm walls, during and after construction. Dr Elshafie's research group has been at the forefront of applying advanced sensing technology on a wide range of civil engineering infrastructure applications and has been recognised by a number of high profile international awards including the Fleming Award 2013, the Ground Investigation and Monitoring Award 2014 sponsored by the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards, the ICE Russell Crampton Award for the best paper in the ICE Proceedings of Geotechnical Engineering for 2014 and most recently the American Society of Civil Engineers' J. James R. Croes Medal (2019).
(Corresponding：Dazhi Dang)
