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February 2024 Dinner Meeting

February 6, 2024 - 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Adaptive and Deployable Lightweight

Civil Infrastructure

Current infrastructure is designed and built such that it must simultaneously comply with all possible loads. This leads to overdesigned structures that are inefficient in terms of energy and cost. A structure that can self-identify damage, adapt, and learn for future events addresses the emerging field of intelligent infrastructure and structural health monitoring through inspiration from biology. To achieve this type of structure requires a balance of structural engineering, architecture, mechanical engineering, computer science, and robotics. 


Location

Cliff Dwellers Club

200 S. Michigan Ave, 22nd Floor

Chicago, IL


Registration

In Person:  

Member - $75

Non-Member - $115


Live Streaming: 

Member - $35

Non-Member - $50


Registration for in-person attendance closes Friday, February 2nd at 9 am.

Registration for online attendance closes Monday, February 5th at 3 pm.


Contact staff@seaoi.org to inquire about registration after the above date, though note that registration is not guaranteed.

Registration

About the Speaker

Ann Sychterz

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign


Ann Sychterz is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. With her team at SMARTI lab, they harness geometrically nonlinear systems, such as tensegrity structures and origami, for adaptive civil infrastructure.

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