Damage Detection and Structural Health Monitoring of Concrete and Masonry Structures: Novel Techniques and Applications

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Dr. Hashem Jahangir is an assistant professor in Civil Engineering Department of the University of Birjand Iran. He completed his doctoral degree at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in 2018. His research interests are damage detection structural health monitoring structural retrofit seismic analysis applying AI and ML techniques. Dr. Harish Chandra Arora is presently affiliated with CSIR-Central Building Research Institute Roorkee India as Principal Scientist in the Structural Engineering Group. He obtained the Doctoral degree in structural engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee India in 2017. He has more than 28 years of R&D experience in the field of structural engineering. His research interests include distress diagnosis repair and rehabilitation of corroded structures structural analysis and design and retrofitting and strengthening of structures with FRP and FRCM. His research works have been credited in national as well as international journals. He has supervised more than 100 students for Bachelor of Technology and Masters of Technology programs and also supervised research scholars pursuing doctoral programs at the Central Building Research Institute Roorkee India. Dr. J. V. Araujo dos Santos is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Instituto Superior Tecnico University of Lisbon Portugal and researcher at IDMEC Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica. He has many publications in structural damage identification. His research interests are composite structures structural dynamics computational solid mechanics structural optimization and structural health monitoring. Krishna Kumar (Senior Member IEEE) is currently a researcher in the Department of Water Resources Engineering and the Center for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University Sweden. He did his bachelor's in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College Pauri Garhwal Uttarakhand India. He pursued his masters in digital systems from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad India and received his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India in 2006 2012 and 2023 respectively. He served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering in the Rolls-Royce Corporate Lab Nanyang Technological University Singapore from August 2023 to March 2024. Previously he held the position of Senior Engineer Research at the Rolls-Royce @ NTU Corporate Lab Singapore from February 2023 to July 2023. Prior to that he worked as an Assistant Engineer at UJVN Ltd. (A State Government PSU of Uttarakhand) from January 2013 to February 2023. His expertise includes the design installation commissioning testing and operation & maintenance of hydro solar and wind power plants. Dr. Kumar has also served as an Assistant Professor/Lecturer on a term appointment basis at Kumaon Engineering College Dwarahat Uttarakhand; Bharat Institute of Technology Meerut; and Uttaranchal Institute of Technology Dehradun for almost three years. Furthermore Dr. Kumar has published numerous research articles in reputed journals. He has also authored/edited many books with publishers such as Elsevier Wiley Taylor & Francis Springer and River Press. His current research interests include Renewable Energy Multiphase Machines Electrical Equipment Health Monitoring Systems AI/ML and data science. Aman Kumar hails from Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh India. He holds a Master of Engineering degree in Construction Technology and Management from the prestigious National Institute of Technical Teacher's Training and Research Institute in Chandigarh India. His academic journey is underscored by a deep passion for various facets of civil engineering including sustainability development non-destructive testing concrete technology and strengthening techniques such as fiber-reinforced polymer and fiber-reinforced cementitious matrix. He is also deeply engaged in exploring corrosion protection techniques for structural design as well as the cutting-edge domains of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. Now his focus is to solve complex structural engineering problems with machine learning as well as deep learning algorithms. Aman Kumar's dedication to the field is evident through his extensive research endeavors and comprehensive technical surveys. His scholarly pursuits have culminated in numerous research papers and book chapters which have been featured in esteemed international scientific publications. Dr. Nishant Raj Kapoor received his M.Tech. degree in construction technology and management from the NITTTR Bhopal India. At present he is pursuing Ph.D. degree in engineering sciences with the CSIR-CBRI Roorkee. His research interests include built environment COVID-19 indoor human comfort IEQ comfort perceptions building energy efficiency AI ML environmental engineering etc.