On August 17, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” held the 20th “Cloud Report” and invited Prof. An-Bin Huang from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, China, to present a report named “Application of optical fiber and micro-electromechanical technology in geotechnical engineering monitoring”.
This report was hosted by Associate Prof. Jie Xu, School of Civil Engineering. Prof. Qinghua Han, Dean of School of Civil Engineering, attended the report and delivered a welcome speech.
In the report, Prof. An-Bin Huang introduced the basic architecture principles of optical fiber and microcomputer inductance measurement, compared the advantages and disadvantages of the technologies. Then he specifically explained the application cases of these technologies in geotechnical engineering monitoring and early warning. Finally, he expressed the future development of these technologies.
The audience at the meeting had a deeper understanding of this project. After the report, Prof. An-Bin Huang and the audience conducted an online discussion on related issues and took a group photo.
This “Cloud Report” attracted a total of 71 teachers and students from This lecture attracted people from Tianjin University. They all responded enthusiastically to the report.
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Fig.1. Online group photo of some participating teachers and students |
Introduction to Prof. An-Bin Huang
Dr. An-Bin Huang is a retired professor in the department of civil engineering of NCTU, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. Upon retirement, Dr. Huang has been serving as a technical consultant to Ørsted Wind Power of Denmark and and Citpo Technologies of Taiwan. Professor Huang's main research activities have focused on characterization of soil properties through laboratory and in situ tests, physical modeling, and development of fiber optic sensors for monitoring geotechnical engineering systems. He established the first fiber optic sensing laboratory (the Optic Lab) in Taiwan that has been dedicated to geotechnical/civil engineering applications. Among the many available techniques, Optic Lab has been concentrating its research efforts on optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor developments. Over the years, the Optic Lab under the leadership of Prof. Huang has developed a series of FBG sensors that include, inclinometers, deflectometers, piezometers, displacement sensors, extensometers and accelerometers. Prof. Huang has been giving numerous invited lectures on fiber optic sensing at various international conferences or short courses. Prof. Huang gave the 7th James K. Mitchell Lecture in 2016.
(Corresponding：Yipeng Zhang)
