Time: 09:30-11:00, Oct 31st.

时间：10月31日上午09:30-11:00,

Venue: Nashroom, Room 3-404, West Main Building

地点：西主楼3-404，纳什空间

ABSTRACT

Every four years, American Society of Civil Engineers releases a comprehensive assessment of the U.S. infrastructure. The most recent report card that was published in 2017 gave an overall grade of D+ (poor) for the nation’s infrastructure, C+ (mediocre) for bridges. Catastrophic events are rare, but the federal National Bridge Inventory classified 56,007 bridges out of 614,387 as structurally deficient. However, the budget available for infrastructure is limited; therefore, there is a need for finding cheaper and faster ways to design, construct, maintain and operate our infrastructure. Dr. Turkan’s research program focuses on finding cost efficient ways to build, maintain and operate infrastructure projects using advanced IT technologies such as computer vision, image processing, and machine learning applications as well as remote sensing technologies such as LiDAR and UASs for construction engineering and management, infrastructure asset management, and transportation. In this talk, Dr. Turkan will give an overview of her most recent projects including: 1) Bridge Structural Inspections using BIM and UASs; 2) Progress Tracking of Bridge Projects using LiDAR and 4D information models; 3) Assessment of Dimensional Tolerance Compliance in Concrete Slabs using LiDAR data; and 4) Augmented Reality for Teaching Structural Analysis.

Dr.Yelda Turkan, Assistant Professor in Construction Engineering and Management at Oregon State University

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Yelda Turkan is an assistant professor of Construction Engineering and Management in the Schoolof Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University. She holds a doctoral degree in civil engineering from the University of Waterloo in Canada. Dr. Turkan’s research interests and experience are centered on the areas of remote sensing, computer vision, and machine learning applications for construction engineering and management, infrastructure asset management, and transportation. She investigates how LiDAR and virtual design and construction technologies can help improve project controls, and project performance metrics. Dr. Turkan is the vice president of the International Association for Automation and Robotics for Construction (IAARC). She also serves as the chair of the ASCE Computing Division Education Committee.