Engineering Science and Mechanics has developed and is now offering a new course, E MCH 597 B, Structural Health Monitoring. Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is the continuous or regular monitoring of the condition of a structure or system using built-in or autonomous sensory systems, and any resultant intervention to preserve structural integrity. SHM is a broad multidisciplinary field both in terms of the diverse science and technology involved as well as in its varied applications.

Students will prepare to work in the multidisciplinary field of structural health monitoring by learning fundamental issues about material damage and modeling, sensing technologies, and diagnostic methods as applied to aerospace, civil, and mechanical structures and systems.

Dr. Cliff Lissenden, Associate Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, will be instructing the course in the spring and will be bringing in multiple experts in the field to serve as guest speakers to reinforce concepts.

Dr. Cliff Lissenden, Associate Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, is hosting the fall 2008 Center of Excellence in Structural Health Monitoring on November 3 and 4 on the Penn State campus.

Presentations will be given by Penn State researchers and Center members along with keynote speaker John Johns, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Eric Lindgren, Air Force Research Laboratory, Douglas Adams, Purdue University, Shuang Jin and Frank Jalinoos, Federal Highway Administration, and Robert Sargent, Booz Alan Hamilton.

For more information about the meeting, please visit this web site.