The SMS-SAFEST Project
About the project
Masonry structures, including historic buildings, represent the vast majority of the European built heritage. Many of these buildings are in a poor state of preservation due to material ageing and degradation and are located in the Mediterranean area where they are exposed to a severe seismic hazard.
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Objectives and expected results
SMS-SAFEST aims to develop a radically new paradigm for SHM of existing masonry structures by proposing the novel smart masonry. Smart masonry is a synergistic combination of smart mortar layers and smart bricks, placed at selected critical locations within a masonry structure during a retrofit intervention.
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SMS-SAFEST PI & Work group
SMS-SAFEST Team Members
Filippo Ubertini
Principal Investigator
Full Professor of Structural Design
Antonella D’Alessandro
Assistant Professor of Structural Design
Andrea Meoni
Assistant Professor of Structural Design
Daniel Andrés Triana Camacho
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Electronics for smart materials
Michele Mattiacci
PhD Student
Smart monitoring of masonry structures
Israel Nilton Lopes Sousa
PhD Student
Smart materials and 3D printing
Alina Elena Eva
PhD Student funded by SMS-SAFEST
Transfer learning techniques for smart masonry
Gabriele Comanducci
Lab Manager
External/International Collaborators
Enrique García-Macías
Associate Professor of Structural Design
Luca Valentini
Associate Professor of Materials Science Engineering
Simon Laflamme
Full Professor of Structural Design
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Our Main Institutions and Partners
Our Laboratory
Step into the state-of-the-art Structural Health Monitoring and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory (SHMLab) at UNIPG, where the SMS-SAFEST project is being developed. SHMLab is dedicated to pioneering transformative approaches for the Structural Health Monitoring of civil engineering structures, with an emphasis on developing collective learning strategies from real-world territorial applications.
MOVA/MOSS SHM Software Solutions
MOVA and MOSS are two comprehensive software solutions designed for the integral Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of structures.
Structural Health Monitoring hardware
SHMLab is equipped with state-of-the-art devices for conducting dynamic tests with off-the-shelf sensors and performing precise DC electrical measurements.
Structural Materials Testing Equipment
SHMLab is equipped with an extensive array of material testing equipment.
3D Printing equipment
The lab is equipped with a state-of-the-art 3D printer specifically designed for concrete and clay specimens.
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