Societal Scale Civil Infrastructure Gregory L. Fenves Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering UC Santa Cruz
Societal-scale Issues Affecting Civil Infrastructure Disaster Preparation, Response, Recovery Transportation Management Environmental Engineering
Profound opportunities for major shift in improving quality of life and economic growth Inexpensive sensors with wide deployment Reliable, secure communication Data synthesis and visualization Simulation Decision-making and control
Systems Approach to Civil Infrastructure Infrastructure problems are complex and hard to solve Develop multi-disciplinary approaches Use CITRIS will integrate new technology into addressing societal-scale problems Provide new opportunities for broad range of students Expand role of civil and environmental engineers in addressing societal problems
CITRIS Builds on Strengths Disaster Preparation, Response, Recovery Transportation Management Environmental Engineering Top-ranked research and instructional programs In water quantity/quality, indoor and outdoor air quality, ecological engineering
What is the Earthquake Risk? Event Loma Prieta, 1989 Northridge, 1994 Kobe, 1995 projection 6,000 30, , ,000 Direct costs, millions of dollars
Dense grid of sensors for the shear wall and the header beam I I I I I I I O I MEMs Accelerometers
Laboratory Application
Pre-event Preparation Post-event Response and Recovery
Hierarchical Approach Local sensing and damage detection Structure-level prognosis and diagnosis Data and control for occupants and emergency responders Regional decision-making on allocation, routing of emergency & recovery services State/National assessment and decision- support systems
Technology for Disaster-response
Roadmap Testbed applications –Campus networks –Signature structures Integration of sensor networks Coalition and collaboration with industry and government