RISE

Resilient Infrastructure,
Systems and Environment

In response to a changing world, we've evolved. Our group is now RISE – Resilient Infrastructure, Systems and Environment – a research and development (R&D) group dedicated to creating sustainable and resilient solutions for the built environment. Formerly known as the Civil Research Group, this new identity reflects our commitment to forward-thinking infrastructure and environmental challenges.

Best Paper Award - Stochastic transfer learning strategy for monitoring twin concrete bridges

Honored to have received the Best Paper Award at EVACES 2025 (FEUP, Porto) on behalf of the first author, Leonardo Ferreira.

Leonardo Ferreira, Marcus Omori Yano, Laura Souza, Ionut Dragos Moldovan, Samuel da Silva, Rômulo Lopes, Carlos Cimini, joao weyl, Eloi Figueiredo (2025). Stochastic transfer learning strategy for monitoring twin concrete bridges. EVACES25, FEUP, Porto, Portugal.

Consensus Statement: Uncertain Climate Futures

It is with great pleasure I here share the consensus achieved from the International Workshop on Uncertain Climate Futures – a New Reality for Structural Design and Integrity Management - held in Copenhagen on June 16-17, 2025.

In the context of the IWSHM 2025, Palo Alto

Short Course 6h | Structural Health Monitoring | United States

This in-person 1-day 6-hour short course poses the structural health monitoring (SHM) applied to bridges and special civil structures in the context of a pattern recognition paradigm with hands-on experiences. It will be held in Palo Alto, California, on September 8, 2025, just before the International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (IWSHM) 2025. The registration is separated from the workshop.

Structural Health Monitoring

For more information here.

INTENT – Intelligent health monitoring of road infrastructures using bender elements embedded in pavements

INTENT is a R&D project to develop a new bender element for the continuous monitoring of the dynamic stiffness of unbound granular layers, and use it, along with conventional sensors and advanced numerical models, to fuel machine learning algorithms for continuous monitoring of pavements.

Climate Action

Climate change has been posed as one of the greatest threats to the comfort and health of our buildings and infrastructure.

2 ECTS | Blended (12h) | In the context of the IABSE Congress Ghent 2025

Short Course | Structural Health Monitoring | Belgium

A 12-hour blended short course designed to pose the structural health monitoring (SHM) in the context of a statistical pattern recognition paradigm to support the damage identification process and risk-informed integrity management. This course is organized in the context and before the IABSE Congress Ghent, on August 27-29, 2025. Registration is already available here.

BIP - Blended Intensive Program

Summer Course on Structural Health Monitoring 2025 (3rd Edition)

5 ECTS | July 14-18, 2025, in person (30h) | 15h remotely | MSc and PhD Students