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Radio frequency identification tags linked to on board micro-electro-mechanical systems in a wireless, remote and intelligent monitoring and assessment system for the maintainance of constructed facilities.
 
 

Release of the sixth MEMSCON Newsletter

Release of the fifth MEMSCON Newsletter

Release of the fourth MEMSCON Newsletter


MEMSCON Facts

Contract No: 036887 

Project total cost:  4.632.430

EC contribution: 3.814.816

Project Start Date: 1/10/2008

Duration: 36 Months

Coordinator: Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), Athens, Greece

Instrument: Specific Targeted Research Project

No of partners: 12

 

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2012-04-30: Release of the sixth MEMSCON Newsletter

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2011-07-30: Release of the fifth MEMSCON Newsletter

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2011-06-06: The second MEMSCON Workshop Event in Athens

Civil engineering structures are generally the most expensive assets in any country and are currently deteriorating at a frightening rate. These structures have a very long service life while assessment of their ongoing structural condition practically does not exist. 

Introduction of monitoring systems, an evolving technology, can provide objective measurements of their structural condition and aid in timely and cost-effective maintenance

Of special importance is the monitoring of civil infrastructure during an earthquake. During such an event structures may exceed their functional or structural limits and this can be visible. On the other hand, they can also suffer enormous damage to their capacity without producing any apparent visible signs. Such damage can result in life threatening conditions evolving in the structure long after the earthquake has happened. Such damage can also render the structure incapable of surviving consecutive aftershocks. These aftershocks take place within few hours of the earthquake and can have an intensity of up to 90% of the earthquake intensity.

Monitoring systems can provide a quick and accurate estimate of the level of seismic damage that can be used to indicate loss of function and a quick and reliable assessment of the capacity of the structure to survive expected aftershocks.

The goal of this workshop is to provide a state-of-the-art report on recent research activities, technological utilisation and commercialisation activities in structural monitoring systems and software for the status-dependent maintenance and repair of constructed facilities.

This event,  which is organized by the partners in the EC funded project MEMSCON, will bring together the Structural Health Monitoring community, European construction companies, owners of constructed facilities, insurance companies, policy makers and sector experts. This workshop will be held in Athens, Greece.

2011-02-22: Release of the fourth MEMSCON Newsletter

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2010-07-25: Release of the third MEMSCON Newsletter

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2010-07-03: Release of the preliminary programme for the Memscon workshop in Bucharest

Please note that the programme and speakers are subject to alteration.

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2010-04-15: Release of the second MEMSCON Newsletter

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2010-04-13: The first MEMSCON Workshop Event in Bucharest

The partners in MEMSCON are organizing a workshop on Structural Monitoring and Assessment of Civil Engineering Structures. It will take place on October 7, 2010 in Bucharest, Romania. The goal of this workshop is to provide a state-of-the-art report on recent research activities, technological utilization and commercialization activities in structural monitoring systems and software for the status-dependent maintenance and repair of constructed facilities.

This event will bring together European construction companies, owners of constructed facilities, insurance companies, policy makers and sector experts. For further details contact:

Professor Daniele Zonta University of Trento Daniele.Zonta@ing.unitn.it

 

2009-11-20: Release of the first MEMSCON Newsletter

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2009-06-23: Most important conferences relevant to MEMSCON research area
    1. 2nd International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering (SMN2009) 8-11 July 2009 Weihai, Shandong, China http://smart-nano.org/smn2009/en/frame.htm
    2. 4th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-4 2009) 22-24 July 2009 Zurich, Switzerland http://www.ishmii.org/News/SHMII4.html
    3. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND SENSOR COMPUTING 2-4 January 2010 Chennai, India http://www.ssnicwcsc2010.in:8040/index2.jsp
    4. SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring 7-11 March 2010 San Diego, California, USA http://spie.org/x12228.xml
    5. European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (EWSHM-2010) 29 June - 2 July 2010 Sorrento, Naples - Grand Hotel Vesuvio - Italy http://structure.stanford.edu/workshop/past/announcement _ewshm2010_final.pdf
    6. 9th U.S. Nat?l & 10th Canadian Conf. on EQ Eng.: Reaching Beyond Borders 23-29 August 2010 Toronto - Westin Harbour Castle Hotel - Canada http://www.2010eqconf.org
    7. 14th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering  30 August - 3 September 2010 Skopje-Ohrid, FYROM http://www.eaee.boun.edu.tr/ecee/skopje2008.pdf