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Wednesday, August 26

Thursday, August 27

Friday, August 28

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Wednesday, August 26 (pdf)

Thursday, August 27 (pdf)

Friday, August 28 (pdf)

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Mini-Symposia

The call for mini-symposia is ongoing. Here you can find a detailed table of the mini-symposia that have already been accepted.

MS01 Structural health monitoring and assessment of aging railway infrastructures

organizers:
Chao Wang (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)
Zhanchong Shi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Jaime Gonzalez-Libreros (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)
Gabriel Sas (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)

MS02 Innovative bonded solutions for steel structure repair and retrofit

organizers:
Yvonne Ciupack (Department of Steel Construction, TU Darmstadt, Germany)
Björn Abeln (Institute of Steel Construction, RWTH Aachen, Germany)
Matthias Albiez (Steel and Lightweight Structures, KIT Karlsruhe, Germany)
Angelo Savio Calabrese (Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Pierluigi Colombi (Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Elyas Ghafoori (Institute for Steel Construction, LU Hannover, Germany)
Elisabeth Stammen (Institute of Joining and Welding, TU Braunschweig, Germany)

MS03 Railway track monitoring – an essential basis for the optimization of railway infrastructure

organizers:
Marc Wenner (MKP GmbH, Weimar, Germany)
Günther Grunert (DB InfraGO AG, Germany)

MS04 Load testing of bridges

organizers:
Gregor Schacht (MKP GmbH, Dresden, Germany)
Oliver Mosig (MKP GmbH, Dresden, Germany)
Eva Lantsoght (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)

MS05 Research on shape memory alloys in Germany

note: Although this Mini-Symposium is mainly targeting the research and development of SMAs in Germany, it also welcomes other international contributions and presentations to target a broader audience worldwide.

organizers:
Elyas Ghafoori (Institute for Steel Construction, LU Hannover, Germany)
Thomas Niendorf (Institute of Materials Engineering, University Kassel, Germany)
Hans Jürgen Maier (Materials Science, LU Hannover, Germany)
Anja Weidner ( Institute of Materials Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany)
Philipp Krooß (Institute of Materials Engineering, University Kassel, Germany)

MS06 Monitoring, assessment and design of lightweight metal façades

organizers:
Felicitas Rädel (Department of Steel Construction, TU Darmstadt, Germany)
Zbigniew Pozorski (Poznan University of Technology, Poland)
Markus Kuhnhenne (Institute of Steel Construction, RWTH Aachen, Germany)

MS07 Distributed fiber optic strain sensing for bridge structural health monitoring

organizers:
Bertram Richter (Institute of Concrete Structures, TU Dresden, Germany)
Steffen Marx (Institute of Concrete Structures, TU Dresden, Germany)

MS08 Hybrid construction and strengthening with wire arc additive manufacturing

organizers:
Yvonne Ciupack (Department of Steel Construction, TU Darmstadt, Germany)
Leroy Gardner (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial
College London, UK)
Elyas Ghafoori (Institute for Steel Construction, LU Hannover, Germany)
Vittoria Laghi (Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials
Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy)
Vlad Silvestru (Steel and Composite Structures, ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

MS09 Monitoring of structural health, noise and vibration of urban transportation infrastructure, and its assessment planning

organizer:
Duo Liu (Chair of Railway Track Engineering, TU Dresden, Germany)

MS10 Advances and applications of vibration-based structural health monitoring

organizers:
Álvaro Cunha (University of Porto, Portugal)
Carlos Moutinho (University of Porto, Portugal)
Sérgio Pereira (University of Porto, Portugal)

MS11 Monitoring of corrosion relevant parameters

organizers:
Rebecca Achenbach (Institute of Building Materials Research, RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Sylvia Keßler (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität - Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Germany)
Jörg Harnisch (FH Münster, Germany)

MS12 Advanced fatigue assessment and life design of steel structures

organizers:
Helen Bartsch (Institute of Steel Construction, RWTH Aachen, Germany)
Antti Ahola (Steel Structures, LUT University, Finland)

MS13 Intelligent digital methods for extending the service life of structures beyond 100 years

organizers:
Chongjie Kang (Institute of Concrete Structures, TU Dresden, Germany)
Steffen Marx (Institute of Concrete Structures, TU Dresden, Germany)

MS14 Post-disaster bridge assessment – an integrated approach from monitoring to number crunching

organizers:
Michael Polter (Institute of Construction Informatics, TU Dresden, Germany)
Karsten Menzel (Institute of Construction Informatics, TU Dresden, Germany)
Tobias Mansperger (Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner Beratende Ingenieure VBI AG, Germany)

MS15 Data-driven monitoring, modelling and assessment strategies for resilient infrastructure

organizers:
Mohammad Shamim Miah (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Md Jihad Miah (University of Brighton, UK)
Subhra Majhi (Curtin University, Australia)
Humera Mughal (Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia)

MS16 Carbon-negative compression dominant structures for decarbonized and deconstructable concrete buildings

organizers:
Saim Raza (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories of Materials Science and
Technology, Switzerland)
Moslem Shahverdi (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories of Materials Science and
Technology, Switzerland)
Stijn Matthys (Ghent University, Belgium)

MS17 Distributed fiber optical sensing (DFOS) in structural engineering research

organizers:
Yasmin Lemcherreq (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories of Materials Science and
Technology, Switzerland)
Christoph Czaderski (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories of Materials Science and
Technology, Switzerland)

MS18/19 Advances in monitoring, assessment and rehabilitation of timber structures

note: The topic of this Mini-Symposium is quite broad. Therefore, two parts are planned. The specific thematic focus of each part will be defined based on the submitted abstracts and will be announced prior to the conference in coordination with all organizers involved.

organizers (Part 1):
Robert Jockwer (TU Dresden, Germany)
Pedro Palma (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories of Materials Science and
Technology, Switzerland)

organizers (Part 2):
Mike Sieder (Institute of Building Construction and Timber Structures, TU Braunschweig, Germany)
Elena Perria (Institute of Building Construction and Timber Structures, TU Braunschweig, Germany)
Maria Loebjinski (Institute of Building Construction and Timber Structures, TU Braunschweig, Germany)

MS20 Earth observation and other remote sensing methods for infrastructure monitoring

organizers:
Alois Vorwagner (Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria)
Vazul Boros (Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria)
Maria Pina Limongelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Antje Thiele (Fraunhofer IOSB, Germany)
Lydia Puttkamer (Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute, Germany)
Iris Hindersmann (Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute, Germany)
Katharina Fricke (German Center for Railtraffic Research, Germany)
Jürgen Rüffer (ALLSAT GmbH, Germany)

MS21 Bio-based materials for seismic retrofit of existing structures – enhancing structural performance and environmental sustainability

organizers:
Antonio Formisano (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
Emilia Meglio (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
Massimiliano Gioffrè (University of Perugia, Italy)
Chiara Pepi (University of Perugia, Italy)
Marius Moşoarca (University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timişoara,
Romania)
Francesca Roscini (Niccolò Cusano University, Italy)

MS22 Advances in fiber optic sensing solutions for infrastructure, geotechnics, and earth sciences

organizers:
Massimo Facchini (fibrisTerre Systems GmbH, Iridis Solutions GmbH, Germany)
Luca Schenato (Università di Padova, Italy)
Lorenzo Brezzi (Università di Padova, Italy)
Carlo Rabaiotti (OST – University of Applied Science of Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland)

MS23 Considering defects and damage effects on the safety of civil engineering structures

organizers:
Matthias J. Rebhan (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
André Arnold (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland)
Franz Tschuchnigg (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Dirk Schlicke (Graz University of Technology, Austria)

MS24 Non-destructive testing and monitoring of timber structures

organizers:
Cristoforo Demartino (Roma Tre University, Italy)
Michele Mirra (TU Delft, Netherlands)
Vittoria Borghese (TNO, Netherlands)
Angelo Aloisio (Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, Italy)
Martina Sciomenta (Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, Italy)
Antonio Sandoli (University of Molise, Italy)
Mariapaola Riggio (Oregon State University, USA)

MS25 Advancements in risk, reliability, and resilience assessment of existing structures

organizers:
Edward Steeves (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Abdalla Alhashmi (Dalhousie University, Canada)

MS26 Retrofitting, strengthening and strategies to extend the service life for concrete and masonry structures

organizers:
David Sandmann (Institute of Concrete Structures, TU Dresden, Germany)
Flávio de Andrade Silva (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brazil)
Daniel Cardoso (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brazil)
Juliane Wagner (CARBOCON GmbH, Dresden, Germany)
Alois Vorwagner (Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria)
Jan Berger (University of Applied Science Dresden & KREBS+KIEFER Ingenieure GmbH, Germany)
Philipp Preinstorfer (TU Wien, Research Unit of Structural Concrete, Austria)

MS27 Machine learning methodologies for structural health monitoring

organizers:
Yunus Emre Harmanci (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories of Materials Science and
Technology, Switzerland)
Panagiotis Martakis (irmos technologies AG, Switzerland)
Anno Christian Dederichs (irmos technologies AG, Switzerland)

MS28 Impact of climate change on infrastructure

organizer:
Julian Unglaub (Institute of Steel Structures, TU Braunschweig, Germany)

MS29 Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) in civil engineering

organizers:
Katarzyna Zdanowicz (FOLAB GmbH, Germany)
Christos Karapanagiotis (BAM, Berlin, Germany)
Bertram Richter (Institute of Concrete Structures, TU Dresden, Germany)

MS30 Video-based and Imaging techniques for structural monitoring

organizers:
Ivan Roselli (ENEA, Italy)
Stefano De Santis (Roma Tre University, Italy)
Marialuigia Sangirardi (University of Oxford, UK)
Alessandro Zona (University of Camerino, Italy)

MS31 Wave-based monitoring techniques for structural engineering

organizers:
Kilian Tschöke (Fraunhofer IKTS, Dresden, Germany)
Lars Schubert (Fraunhofer IKTS, Dresden, Germany)
Max Fiedler (MKP GmbH, Dresden, Germany)

MS32 Crowdsourced and indirect approaches to structural health monitoring

organizers:
Maria Pina Limongelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Thomas Matarazzo (United States Military Academy, USA)
Zhenkun Li (Aalto University, Finland)
Kim Chul-Woo (Kyoto University, Japan)

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