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P30 / engineering project / prototyped

Cathodic Protection Sensor Design

Sensor-design work for cathodic-protection monitoring through instrumentation, electromagnetism and embedded/mechatronic integration.

2024-2026UIDE, Ecuador
ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING PATHCathodic Protection Sensor Design
01RF EXCITATIONpatch / horn antenna
02RESONANT FIELDchipless structure / material interaction
03SCATTERINGreturn / transmission / RCS
04MEASUREMENTVNA / NanoVNA / anechoic chamber
05SENSING RESULTresonance shift / material response

Block diagram connecting excitation, interaction, measurement and interpretation.

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Problem or Industrial Need

Cathodic-protection monitoring requires dependable sensing and instrumentation to assess protected structures without excessive deployment cost.

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Engineering or Scientific Solution

A sensor-design project connecting electromagnetic principles, instrumentation, embedded integration and mechatronics for cathodic-protection monitoring.

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Sebastian's Technical Contribution

Contributed to the sensing concept, instrumentation framing and system-level integration between measurement hardware, embedded electronics and engineering use case.

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Methods and Tools Used

  • Sensor concept and measurement-chain definition
  • Electromagnetic and instrumentation reasoning
  • Embedded and mechatronic integration planning
  • Prototype-oriented system validation
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Prototype, Simulation and Experimental Evidence

prototype

Cathodic-protection sensing concept

The work is represented as a sensor-design and instrumentation project record.

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Measurable Result or Published Finding

90%

reported cost reduction

The project was positioned to reduce the cost of comparable cathodic-protection sensing solutions.

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Diagrams and Publications

ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING PATHCathodic Protection Sensor Design
01RF EXCITATIONpatch / horn antenna
02RESONANT FIELDchipless structure / material interaction
03SCATTERINGreturn / transmission / RCS
04MEASUREMENTVNA / NanoVNA / anechoic chamber
05SENSING RESULTresonance shift / material response

Block diagram connecting excitation, interaction, measurement and interpretation.

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Role, Team Attribution, Institution and Project Context

Sensor-design and mechatronics project; technical contribution across sensing, instrumentation and embedded-system integration at UIDE.

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