ULusófona Studies Infrastructure Monitoring Technologies

The project entitled Innovative technologies for monitoring of heritage buildings and infrastructures, intends to further develop two applied technologies that support geometric data acquisition for existing buildings: 1) photogrammetry accomplished with an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) for highly accurate reconstruction, particularly in tall buildings; and 2) satellite-based interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) to identify kinematic mechanisms of the constructions, specifically deformation measurements.

The initiative is supported by the Fund for Bilateral Relations from EEA Grants and started in October 2022 involving the participation of the Lusófona University (Portuguese promoter) together with the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, NGI (partner from Norway).

In this frame, the development of a wide set of activities is planned, namely:

• Several technical meetings with elements of both Institutions;
• Application of the developed technologies to a pair of real case studies;
• A workshop at Lusófona University;
• A visit to NGI, involving some meetings and a lecture;
• Writing and submission of joint papers (at conferences as well as at a journal).

Promoter Entity: Lusófona University
Manager: Nuno Correia dos Santos

Partner: Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Coordinator: Sean Salazar

Implementation Period:
From: 01/10/2022
To: 31/07/2024