SPM3 Research group

Our research group, led by Professor Maria Pina Limongelli, carries out research activity at the boundary between Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and Bridge Integrity Management (BrIM) Our activities are devoted to several interdisciplinary topics with a focus on civil structures, mainly bridges and buildings. On this website, you will find information about us and about our latest research developments and projects. For the last 25 years SHM algorithms for vibration-based monitoring using contact sensors have been our main focus that now also includes the investigation of vision-based methods using data collected by drones. The participation in a national Italian project triggered a few years ago our activity on remote SHM of bridges and buildings based on satellite InSAR images. Currently, we are expanding our research scope targeting BrIM as the main goal of the SHM process. In the last five years, we have been very active in the quantification of the value of SHM information for emergency management of bridges and buildings under extreme events such as earthquakes or floods and for maintenance management of deteriorating structures under environmental and operational loads.