Problem or Industrial Need
Structural-health-monitoring applications need sensing methods matched to damage scale, access constraints, sensitivity and deployment cost.
Engineering or Scientific Solution
A structured review of non-contact SHM tools and the tradeoffs between global, local, wireless and hybrid approaches.
Sebastian's Technical Contribution
Led the literature analysis, method classification and engineering synthesis across multiple sensing technologies.
Methods and Tools Used
- Structured literature search and classification
- Comparison of vision, radar, laser, wireless and embedded sensing
- Assessment of local, global and hybrid SHM strategies
- Technology-gap and deployment analysis
Prototype, Simulation and Experimental Evidence
Engineering Technology Open Access Journal 2021
Peer-reviewed review article spanning 25 years of non-contact SHM methods.
Measurable Result or Published Finding
Wireless and hybrid sensing direction
The review established the engineering basis for selecting contactless and multimodal SHM approaches.
Diagrams and Publications
Material change becomes a measurable RF response, a computational interpretation and an engineering decision.
A Literature Review of Non-Contact Tools and Methods in Structural Health Monitoring
Comparative research across vision, radar, laser, wireless, embedded and hybrid non-contact SHM methods.
Role, Team Attribution, Institution and Project Context
Lead author and Doctoral Researcher; research synthesis and technical communication.