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Dr.
A. Emin Aktan Drexel
Intelligent Infrastructure
and Transportation Safety Institute
Mezzanine Level, Suite 50 3101 Market Street, One Drexel Plaza Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA Email: aaktan@drexel.edu Phone: + 1 (215) 895 - 6135 Fax: + 1 (215) 895 - 6131 |
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Information
technology enables real-time
health evaluation
for
pro-active management of complex civil infrastructure systems, such as
long-span bridges. Cost-effective maintenance, repair and renewal are
possible only by diagnosing deterioration and damage at their onset and
together with their cause.
Dr. A.Emin Aktan is John Roebling Professor of Infrastructure Studies at Drexel University Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. He is also the director of Drexel Intelligent Infrastructure & Transportation Safety Institute. His research interest is system identification and health monitoring for management of civil infrastructure systems (CIS) while generating fundamental knowledge regarding the actual behavior and loading environments of constructed facilities. Dr. Aktan received a Ph.D. in Earthquake Structural Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champign in 1973 and served as a Post-Doctorate associate at University of California at Berkeley for five years. Dr. Aktan has held faculty positions at Middle East Technical University, Louisiana State University and University of Cincinnati before joining Drexel University. Ideas on education have been summarized in a paper presented at SHMII (Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure) 2005 Conference. The paper is available for viewing on the web. |
