On May 26, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” held a “Cloud Report”, and invited Prof. Danny Smyl, Assistant Professor from the University of Sheffield, U.K., to present a report named “Tomographic Imaging of Structures”.
This report was hosted by Associate Prof. Jie Xu from the School of Civil Engineering. Prof. Li He, Assistant of Dean of the School of Civil Engineering attended the report and delivered a welcome speech.
By way of an online classroom, Prof. Danny Smyl introduced the method of tomographic imaging of concrete structure, and focuses on the aspects of “seeing the inside of concrete” by means of electronic imaging.
The audience at the meeting learnt about the method of tomographic imaging of structures. After the report, Prof. Danny Smyl and the audience conducted an online discussion on related issues.
A total of 136 teachers and students from Tianjin University, University of Science and Technology of China, Hebei University of Technology, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power,Tianjin Chengjian University etc. participated this “Cloud Report”, including 9 teachers, 72 graduate students, 18 international students and 37 undergraduate students.
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Fig.1. Online group photo of some participating teachers and students |
Introduction to Prof. Danny Smyl:
Prof. Danny Smyl received a bachelor / master degree in civil engineering from the University of Kansas. Later, he was appointed as a combat engineer officer of the US Marine Corps, using heavy equipment (dozers, trams, etc.) to dismantle the structure. During his service, he held various leadership positions from platoon leader to battalion assistant combat officer, and once served in Afghanistan. After serving in active duty, Smyl decided to pursue a doctorate at North Carolina State University, where he studied the durability and non-destructive testing (NDT) of cement-based materials. At the same time, he received funding from the Fulbright Fund to conduct research in the department. I studied applied physics at the University of Eastern Finland and cultivated interest in counter-problems and machine learning. After that, he became a research assistant at Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, where he worked on developing new calculations and field frames for non-destructive testing and structural health monitoring. Currently working as a lecturer (assistant professor) at the University of Sheffield, UK.
(Corresponding：Ziming Lu)
