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Read more at: CSIC PhD students awarded Schlumberger Foundation 'Faculty for the Future' fellowships
CSIC PhD students awarded Schlumberger Foundation 'Faculty for the Future' fellowships

CSIC PhD students awarded Schlumberger Foundation 'Faculty for the Future' fellowships

11 June 2014

Two PhD students, Yi Zhang and Yifei Yu, working under the tutorship of CSIC’s Professor of Civil Engineering, Kenichi Soga, have been awarded Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future fellowships. “Our PhD students including Yi and Yifei are continuously exploring new interdisciplinary research ideas in the...


Read more at: Professor Campbell Middleton to deliver TRF ICE Fellows Lecture
Professor Campbell Middleton to deliver TRF ICE Fellows Lecture

Professor Campbell Middleton to deliver TRF ICE Fellows Lecture

11 June 2014

Professor Campbell R. Middleton, Laing O’Rourke Professor of Construction Engineering at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of the Transport Research Foundation and member of the CSIC team, will deliver this year’s TRF ICE Fellows Lecture.


Read more at: CSIC delivers unique course on distributed fibre optic sensing technology
CSIC delivers unique course on distributed fibre optic sensing technology

CSIC delivers unique course on distributed fibre optic sensing technology

11 June 2014

Engineers and managers from a range of consultancies and a number of contractors attended CSIC’s Introduction to Distributed Optical Fibre Strain Sensing for Geotechnical Infrastructure Monitoring one-day course. The course offered delegates the chance to benefit from CSIC’s specialist training and development programme...


Read more at: CSIC invited to ride the 'flying banana'
CSIC invited to ride the 'flying banana'

CSIC invited to ride the 'flying banana'

11 June 2014

Members of CSIC’s research team were among a targeted group of specialists invited to ride Network Rail's new Measurement Train (NMT).


Read more at: CSIC's Heba Bevan inspires next generation of engineers
CSIC's Heba Bevan inspires next generation of engineers

CSIC's Heba Bevan inspires next generation of engineers

11 June 2014

CSIC PhD researcher Heba Bevan returned to the classroom as part of a new joint project, Designing our Tomorrow (DOT), launched by the Department of Engineering and the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge.


Read more at: Infrastucture Futureproofing workshop attracts senior industry and policy advisors
Infrastucture Futureproofing workshop attracts senior industry and policy advisors

Infrastucture Futureproofing workshop attracts senior industry and policy advisors

10 June 2014

CSIC’s second workshop on Infrastructure Futureproofing, held in April this year, discussed the integration of futureproofing into asset management practice.


Read more at: Crowd counting moves from Cambridge corridor to London Bridge station

Crowd counting moves from Cambridge corridor to London Bridge station

10 June 2014

Half of humanity now lives in cities, and cities in the developing world are expanding by five million residents every month. Making cities function more smoothly is a key challenge for the 21st century – and using smart technology is crucial to meeting that challenge says Dr Claudio Martani, who is developing an innovative way of monitoring and predicting the movement of people in cities.


Read more at: The making of a smart tunnel

The making of a smart tunnel

9 June 2014

Ground-breaking new sensing technologies in the world’s first ‘smart tunnel’ are providing engineers with an inexpensive and efficient method of monitoring, maintaining and protecting the UK’s infrastructure, now and well into the future.


Read more at: BBC ventures deep underground into CSIC's smart tunnel
BBC ventures deep underground into CSIC's smart tunnel

BBC ventures deep underground into CSIC's smart tunnel

7 June 2014

BBC's leading technology programme `Click' uncovers how CSIC's cutting-edge tools and technologies are being used to monitor the effects of Crossrail's giant excavation under the city of London.


Read more at: CSIC goes viral

CSIC goes viral

21 May 2014

A video featuring the work of CSIC's Dr Kiril Stanilov has gone viral on YouTube.


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Last February Dr Brian Sheil, Laing O’Rourke Associate Professor in Construction Engineering, stepped into the role of director at the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC). As he assumes this prestigious position, Dr Sheil reflects on the pivotal role of deriving actionable insights from data obtained...

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