Course on Structural Health Monitoring

An Advanced Course on Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) that will take place at the University of Patras, Greece, on April 6-9, 2009. Seven distinguished scientists from around Europe will lecture on the background and basics of SHM, how SHM works, and how SHM can be applied. Participants will also get the opportunity to see SHM working in laboratory sessions in which you can become active if you wish.

Lecturers include:

• Christian Boller, PhD, Professor University of Saarland, Germany
  
• Spilios Fassois, PhD, Professor University of Patras, Greece
  
• Claus-Peter Fritzen, PhD, Professor University of Siegen, Germany
  
• Alfredo Guemes, PhD, Professor Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
  
• Malcolm McGugan, PhD, Principal Investigator RISOE National Laboratory, Denmark
  
• Wieslaw Ostachowicz, PhD, Professor at Institute of Fluid Flow and Machinery, Poland
  
• Afzal Suleman, PhD, Professor IDMEC-ISΤ, Portugal
  

The course is designed for engineers, managers, researchers, academics and students who wish to learn or deepen their knowledge and understanding of SHM. Applications from different engineering fields, such as aeronautical, civil, mechanical, and wind energy engineering, will be presented. 

For further information contact Professor Spilios D. Fassois at fassois@mech.upatras.gr