CAREER: Integrated Research and Education in Smart Sensing and Intelligent Structures Technology

该学院早期职业发展(CALEAR)计划项目的研究目标是在新兴的智能传感和智能结构技术领域开发一个综合的研究和教育计划。本研究旨在建立一种新型的智能传感技术，将无线传感器网络、传感器数据压缩和结构系统识别技术整合在一起。新的高性能数据压缩算法，利用结构系统信息来最大化压缩性能，将被开发用于振动传感器数据。还包括一项综合教育计划，以增强这一尖端技术对大学生、G6-12学生和实习工程师的影响。利哈伊大学将为非工程专业的学生开发一系列智能结构技术的授课模块，这是一个面向非工程专业的创造性工程辅修项目。该项目还包括为路易斯安那州立大学的S.T.A.R.项目开展的智能传感技术推广活动，该项目旨在鼓励经济和学业上处于不利地位的高危学生接受高等教育。将使用教学评估技术来评估教育和外展活动的成效，并与校园内的教育教员专家合作。这项调查的结果预计将对传感器和结构健康监测技术的进步产生重大影响。

The research objective of this Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program project is to develop an integrated research and education program in the emerging field of smart sensing and intelligent structures technology. The research aims to establish a novel smart sensing technology which will integrate wireless sensor network, sensor data compression, and structural system identification technologies. Novel high-performance data compression algorithms, which use structural system information to maximize the compression performance, will be developed for vibration sensor data. An integrated education plan is also included to enhance the impact of this cutting-edge technology on college students, G6-12 students and practicing engineers. A series of lecture modules in smart structure technologies for non-engineering students will be developed under a creative engineering minor program for non-engineering majors at Lehigh University. This project also includes outreach activities in smart sensing technologies for the S.T.A.R. program at LU, which are designed to encourage economically and academically disadvantaged at-risk students for higher education. Assessment technology for teaching and learning will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the education and outreach activities in collaboration of educational faculty experts on campus. The outcome of this investigation is expected to have a strong impact on the advancements in sensor and structural health monitoring technologies.