Centre for Infrastructure Systems Engineering (CISE)

Infrastructure systems engineering covers activities across a wide range of length scales aimed at sustainable infrastructure delivery and management. Research encompasses the characterisation and modelling of damage processes through asset life-cycles, the simulation of complex structural systems under cyclic, dynamic and extreme loads, and the performance assessment and management of large infrastructure networks.

Research themes

Innovative construction materials and their durability
Reliability assessment of large infrastructure systems
Asset performance and management of potable water networks
Advanced FE modelling and testing of structural systems under static/dynamic/fatigue loading
Structural glass and glass facades
Robustness and progressive collapse of structures
Structural health monitoring and damage assessment.

Research areas

Civil infrastructure monitoring and analytics (CIMA)

Digital technologies, including sensing technologies, telecommunication engineering, and data science, have enormous potential to transform the construction industry. Monitoring data analytics, whether physics-based or data driven, can improve maintenance efficiency and optimise asset life. At Surrey, we have so far investigated a range of issues related to the application of such techniques in metallic bridges, pipelines and other structures, bringing together expertise in materials and structures, as well as statistics, informatics and decision theory. Our collaboration with various industry partners enables us to analyse real data from critical infrastructure assets and to influence the development of industry guidelines on inspection and maintenance.

Dr Ying Wang has recently been awarded an EPSRC grant: An integrated physics-based and data-driven approach to structural condition identification, which aims to develop an integrated algorithm to create a reliable and effective approach for structural health monitoring, which can find different applications.