Real-time Monitoring: Save Bridges, Save Lives!

New Real-Time Seismic Monitoring for Bridge Safety in Extreme Events

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Join us as we explore how Bridge Rapid Assessment Center for Extreme Events (BRACE2) uses state-of-the art physics-based and data-driven simulations, communication, and sensing to provide real-time assessment of the structural condition of the monitored bridges immediately following an earthquake. BRACE2 is used to develop a useful tool for California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) earthquake engineering, and maintenance, to monitor and assess bridge damages. This tool can be used to inform decisions concerning emergency responses during a seismic event and can also be used to improve Caltrans bridge design practice.

You'll hear from:

- Khalid M. Mosalam, the Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) at the University of California, Berkeley. Mosalam’s research focuses on the performance and health monitoring of structures, assessment, and rehabilitation of essential facilities, based on large-scale computations and experiments.

Presenter

Dr. Khalid M. Mosalam

Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of PEER

University of California, Berkeley

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