A5102835153- Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
- Smart Materials for Construction
- Remote Sensing and Land Use
- Dam Engineering and Safety
- Landslides and related hazards
- Concrete Corrosion and Durability
- Geophysical Methods and Applications
- BIM and Construction Integration
- Underground infrastructure and sustainability
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis
- Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
- Water Resources and Management
- Transport and Economic Policies
- RFID technology advancements
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- Image and Object Detection Techniques
Michigan Technological University
2011-2024
The University of Texas at Austin
2023
University of Pittsburgh
2023
Iowa State University
2022-2023
Urbana University
2022-2023
Manchester Airport
2023
The Ohio State University
2021
Improving transportation infrastructure inspection methods and the ability to assess conditions of bridges has become a priority in recent years as continues age. Current bridge techniques consist largely labor-intensive subjective measures for quantifying deterioration various elements. Some advanced nondestructive testing techniques, such ground- penetrating radar, are being implemented; however, little attention been given remote sensing technologies. Remote technologies can be used...
Rapid slope instabilities (i.e., rockfalls) involving highway networks in mountainous areas pose a threat to facilities, settlements and life, thus representing challenge for asset management plans. To identify different morphological expressions of degradation processes that lead rock mass destabilization, we combined satellite uncrewed aircraft system (UAS)-based products over two study sites along the State Highway 133 sector near Paonia Reservoir, Colorado (USA). Along with PS-InSAR...
The need of local governments and transportation agencies to periodically asses the condition unpaved roads in a cost-effective manner with rapid response times has lead interest use UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) remote sensing technologies. Currently these assessments are done through visual inspections agency staff making occasional spot measurements. An road assessment system was developed address issues while at same time providing more accurate means characterizing distresses...
The ability to differentiate a non-native aquatic plant, <italic>Myriophyllum spicatum</italic> (Eurasian watermilfoil or EWM), from other submerged vegetation (SAV) using spectral data collected at multiple scales was investigated as precursor mapping of EWM. Spectral were spectroradiometers for SAV taken out the water, side boat directly over areas and lightweight portable radiometer system flown an unmanned aerial (UAS). EWM spectrally different when 651 bands in ultraviolet near-infrared...
Unpaved roads make up roughly 33% of the road system within United States and are vitally important to rural communities for transport people goods. Effective asset management unpaved requires frequent inspections determine roads’ condition appropriate preventive maintenance or rehabilitation. The major challenge with managing is low-cost collection data that compatible a decision support (DSS). advent cheap, reliable remote-sensing platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles along...
Current practice for airport Pavement Management Program (PMP) inspection relies on visual surveys and manual interpretation of reports sketches prepared by inspectors in the field to quantify pavement conditions using Condition Index method set forth ASTM D5340. In recent years, several attempts have been made, both industry operators, use small Uncrewed (Unpersonned/Unmanned) Aircraft Systems (sUAS), or “drones,” conduct various types imaging pavements. As part a comprehensive study such...
Terrain traversability is critical for developing Go/No-Go maps ground vehicles, which significantly impact a mission's success. To predict the mobility of terrain, one must understand soil characteristics. In-situ measurements performed in field are current method collecting this information, time-consuming, costly, and can be lethal military operations. This paper investigates an alternative approach using thermal, multispectral, hyperspectral remote sensing from unmanned aerial vehicle...
An accurate inventory of unpaved road network length and condition within a county, state, or region is important for efficient use resources to manage maintain this critical transportation asset. Object-based classification techniques provide cost-effective way identify roads local agency's when the type (i.e., paved versus unpaved) attribute missing. We present Trimble eCognition® algorithm using four band optical aerial imagery object-based classify as unpaved. The ruleset evaluates...
On May 19, 2020, after several days of heavy precipitation, two earth dams failed (Edenville and Sanford) other were damaged (Secord Smallwood), north the town Midland, MI. The failures resulted in about $100M damages evacuation 11,000 people during COVID-19 pandemic. In response to this destructive event, Geo-Institute Embankment, Dams, Slopes Technical Committee organized a team with main objective capturing perishable data. Edenville Dam site was interest because slope failure captured on...
The Fairfax Foster Sutter No. 2 well located in the East Franklin area of St. Mary Parish and Beulah Simon Kaplan Vermilion Parish, Louisiana were first successful tests geopressured-geotherman (Geo2) aquifers under Well Opportunity (WOO) program. Gruy Federal assumed operation on March 8, 1979 when operator abandoned attempts to discover conventional hydrocarbons at a total depth 16,340 ft. was acquired similar circumstances approximately one month later 15,265 ft.In both tests, objectives...
Recent changes in global markets have raised the value of mineral resources northwestern Canada and Alaska. The development these depends on economics rail infrastructure expansion. Transportation decision makers need revenue cost assessments to plan investment infrastructure. A tool based a geographic information system was developed for resource evaluation visualization. incorporated expert-augmented data more than 22,000 occurrences region. included proposed Alaska–Canada Rail Link, which...
Early detection and repair of airfield pavement distresses are essential aspects preserving airport pavements for the full spans their design periods maintaining structural integrity, ride quality, safety. In recent years, various studies have been conducted distress mapping using alternate data collection methodologies, including small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS). This study evaluates usefulness red-green-blue (RGB) orthophoto digital elevation models (DEMs) generated from sUAS in...