Goal, Objectives and Methodology

Attacking the entire scope of FMM principles and practices in the CEE curriculum was not feasible nor appropriate given the need to first develop an appropriate and effective teaching model. Thus, consistent with the expertise and experience of the three project investigators, a pilot effort was initiated with support from the National Science Foundation (DUE 1432397) to introduce Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) fundamentals and practices into the sequence of required structural engineering courses structural analysis and reinforced concrete design.

Given this approach, the main goal of the project was to develop a model instructional program that can be used to educate CEE students in the fundamental principles and technology of structural health monitoring and measurements (SHM) and to utilize monitoring technologies and SHM data to evaluate performance and behavior, analyze problems and design structural engineering systems. his goal is to be achieved by meeting the following objectives:

• Developing and implementing a modular-based transportable structural engineering SHM Education Unit for CEE students in a manner that enhances the students’ achievement of the traditional expected learning outcomes for the two affected courses.
• Developing a community of scholars that has an interest in and will contribute to the further development of SHM instructional materials.