News archive

• A journal paper titled "Convolutional neural networks for pavement roughness assessment using calibration‐free vehicle dynamics​" has been published (online first) in Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (Mar 2020).
• ​​​A journal paper titled "Human motion component and envelope characterization via wireless wearable sensors​" has been published in BMC Biomedical Engineering (Feb 2020).
• Congratulations! ​Mazhar Saleem with his PhD degree, returning to Pakistan to continue his faculty position at UET Lahore  (Dec 2019).
• A journal paper titled "Development of wireless sensor node hardware for large-area capacitive strain monitoring​" has been published in Smart Materials and Structures (Nov 2018).
• Congratulations! ​Jong-Hyun Jeong won the 3rd place in the poster competition in the 15th Arizona Pavements/Materials conference (Nov 2018).
• A journal paper titled "Sensing Distortion-induced Fatigue Cracks in Steel Bridges with Capacitive Skin Sensor Arrays​" has been published in Smart Materials and Structures (Oct 2018).
• A journal paper titled "Thin-Film Sensor for Fatigue Crack Sensing and Monitoring in Steel Bridges under Varying Crack Propagation Rates and Random Traffic Loads​" has been published in Journal of Aerospace Engineering (Aug 2018).
• ​A journal paper titled "Model-Based Heterogeneous Data Fusion for Reliable Force Estimation in Dynamic Structures under Uncertainties​" has been published online (ahead of print) in Sensors (Nov 2017). 
• Congratulations! ​Andrew Walcker successfully finished his MS degree defense, started new journey at the Raytheon (Nov 2017).
• Congratulations! ​Wenbin Wu successfully finished his MS degree defense (Apr 2017).
• ​A journal paper titled "Next Generation Wireless Smart Sensors Toward Sustainable Civil Infrastructure​" has been published online (ahead of print) in Procedia Engineering (Mar 2017). 
• Congratulations! ​Dyan Melvin successfully finished his MS degree defense, started new journey at the Carollo Engineers (Apr 2016).
• Congratulations! Melissa Becerra accpeted an offer from Raytheon in recognition of her research efforts on adaptive image processing for crack detection (Apr 2016). 
• Jong-Hyun Jeong and Mazhar Saleem joined the SSS laboratory as PhD students (Jan 2016).
• A journal paper titled "Development of High-sensitivity and Low-cost Electroluminescent Strain Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring" has been published online (ahead of print) in IEEE: Sensors Journal (Dec 2015). 
• Dr. Seung-Woo Lee (SSSL Visiting Scholar) gave a seminar to our CEEM graduate students on the wind-resistant design for civil infrastructure (Nov 2015)
• Dr. Fernando Moreu (University of New Mexico) has visited us to give a graduate seminar (Oct 2015)
• Touhid Ahamed (PhD student) and Melissa Becerra (Undergrad researcher) joined the SSS lab. Welcome new members! (Sep 2015)
• Wenbin Wu and Andrew Walcker joined the SSS laboratory as MS students (Aug 2015).
• Kyle Knez joined the SSS laboratory as an undergraduate researcher (May 2015).
• A journal paper titled "Recent Advances in Wireless Smart Sensors for Multi-scale Monitoring and Control of Civil Infrastructure" has recently been published online (ahead of print) in the Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring (May 2015). 
• A journal paper titled "Reference-free Displacement Estimation for Timber Railroad Bridge Assessment using Wireless Smart Sensors" has been accepted for publication in the ASCE: Journal of Bridge Engineering (Apr 2015). 
• Congratulations! Nikolas Gelo was offered by the Apple in recognition of his efforts on the research about the real-time dynamic displacement sensing using iPhone's camera in the SSS lab. (Mar 2015).
• Claudio Sepulveda successfully completed his 2-month mission as a visiting student and returned to Chile. His efforts on the 3-D tall building structure for shake table tests are appreciated (Mar 2015).
• Dr. Seung-Woo Lee joined the SSS laboratory as a visiting scholar, on leave from TE Solution Co. Ltd., Korea (Feb 2015).
• A journal paper titled "Recent Advances in Wireless Smart Sensors for Multi-scale Monitoring and Control of Civil Infrastructure" has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring (Feb 2015). 
• Claudio Sepulveda joined the SSS laboratory as a visiting student, on leave from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile (Jan 2015).
• Babak Khodabandeloo joined the SSS laboratory as a PhD student (Jan 2015).
• Dr. Jo joins the Embedor Technologies, Inc., as a scientific advisor (Dec 2014). 
• A journal paper titled "Low-latency Data Acquisition Hardware for Real-time Wireless Sensor Applications" has recently been published online (ahead of print) in IEEE: Sensor Journal (Nov 2014). 
• Gabriela Brambila joined the SSS laboratory as an undergraduate researcher (Oct 2014).
• A journal paper titled "Dynamic Assessment of Timber Railroad Bridges using Displacements" has recently been published online (ahead of print) in ASCE: Jounal of Bridge Engineering (Oct 2014). 
• Dr. Jian Xu joined the SSS laboratory as a visiting scholar, on leave from Wuhan Polytechnic University, China (Sep 2014).
• Dyan Melvin joined the SSS laboratory as a MS student (Sep 2014).
• A proposal to the NSF (Sensors, Dynamic and Controls program) about "Flood Induced Bridge Scour Prediction Using Bio-Inspired Smart Sensor Network" is funded (July 2014).
• Nikolas Gelo joined the SSS laboratory as an undergraduate researcher (May 2014).
• Two journal papers titled "A Damage Localization Method based on the Jerk Energy" and "Wireless Smart Sensor Network for Automated Monitoring of Cable Tension" have been published in Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Feb 2014). 
• Dr. Jae-Hong Min joined the SSS laboratory as a post-doc researcher (Feb. 2014).
• Dr. Hongki Jo joined the University of Arizona as assistant professor in the department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (Aug. 2013).

Outreach for elementary school kids by Dr. Jo, "Secrets in building big: Bridges" (Apr 2016)

SPIE SmartStructure conference, Las Vegas (Mar 2016)

Homecoming lunch with Dr. Moreu and Nik (Oct 2015)

Adieu! Ana (Aug 2015)

Apr 2015

Adieu! Claudio (Mar 2015)

Happy Thanksgiving! (Nov 2014)

The SSSL's first group meeting with all members (Oct 2014)