Smart Concretes
Transforming Infrastructure: Exploring the Intelligence of Smart Concretes
Skills you will gain:
This program delves into the exploration and advancement of smart concretes, a transformative innovation in infrastructure technology. Through interdisciplinary research and development, the program seeks to imbue traditional concrete structures with intelligence, enhancing their capabilities to monitor, adapt, and respond to various environmental and structural factors. By integrating sensors, actuators, and advanced materials, smart concretes aim to revolutionize the durability, sustainability, and resilience of infrastructure, offering solutions for challenges such as structural health monitoring, maintenance optimization, and climate resilience in a rapidly evolving world.
Aim: The aim of this program is to research, develop, and advance the technology of smart concretes, with a focus on enhancing the functionality, durability, and sustainability of concrete infrastructure. By integrating sensors, actuators, and advanced materials into concrete structures, the program seeks to enable real-time monitoring, diagnosis, and adaptive responses to environmental conditions, improving the resilience and performance of infrastructure in diverse applications such as buildings, bridges, roads, and tunnels.
Program Objectives:
- Understand the fundamental properties and benefits of smart concretes.
- Explore the role of nanotechnology in enhancing concrete durability and sustainability.
- Develop skills in formulating and testing new concrete mixtures.
- Analyze case studies on the use of smart concretes in various construction projects.
- Apply learned concepts in a capstone project designed to simulate real-world application scenarios.
What you will learn?
- Self-sensing concrete and structures
- Non-intrinsic self-sensing concrete and structures
- Intrinsic self-sensing concrete and structures
- Autogenous self-healing concrete and structures
- Challenges in the development and applications of
- smart concretes and structures
- Future directions of development
- Project Report Submission/ Article Writing
Intended For :
- Civil Engineering: Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in civil engineering or related fields.
- Material Science: Background in material science or engineering.
- Environmental Science: Degree or professional experience in environmental science or sustainability studies.
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