On June 26, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” held a “Cloud Report”, and invited Prof. Aftab A. Mufti, Professor from the University of Manitoba, Canada, to present a report named “Integration of Sensing in Innovative Structures: Development of the New Discipline of Civionics”.
This report was hosted by Associate Prof. Jie Xu from the School of Civil Engineering. Prof. HaiTao Zhu, Head of School of Civil Engineering, attended the report and delivered a welcome speech.
By way of an online classroom, Prof. Aftab A. Mufti shared the development of the new discipline of civionics and the innovative application of sensor technology in structural health monitoring, and explained with examples of bridge engineering.
A total of 222 teachers and students from Tianjin University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Tongji University, Southeast University, Hunan University, South China University of Technology, Hohai University, Zhengzhou University etc. participated this “Cloud Report”, including 19 teachers, 149 graduate students, 11 international students and 43 undergraduate students.
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Fig.1. Online group photo of some participating teachers and students |
Introduction to Prof. Aftab A. Mufti :
Dr. Aftab A. Mufti is an Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is also the former Scientific Director and President of the Innovative Structures with Intelligent Sensing Canada Research Network, a Network of Centres of Excellence. His research interests include FRPs, FOSs, FEM, bridge engineering, Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). At the University of Manitoba, he introduced new research area of Civionics Engineering to monitor deteriorating infrastructure. He has authored or co-authored 5 books, plus provided chapters for 2 others, edited 9 books, and written more than 350 technical publications. Dr. Mufti is the recipient of 24 awards. He is the holder of several patents on the steel-free bridge deck concept, of which he is the principal developer. He has been involved in the writing of bridge design codes since 1992 and was the Chair of the Technical Sub-Committee on the Fibre Reinforced Structures of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code. He is a fellow of 9 societies. On November 2013 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), highest scientific academy in Canada and on July 1, 2010 he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada, highest civilian honour bestowed on Canadian citizens.
(Corresponding：Ziming Lu)
