The Infrastructure Innovation Engineering lab (IIE) is from Department of Civil and Earth Resourses Engineering in Kyoto University, Japan. We aim to providing innovative solutions toward sustainable infrastructures* and symbiosis of urban spaces. We focus on strctural health monitoring, dynamic analysis and performance prediction.

We conduct filed experiments, lab experiments and perform simulations using finite element analysis (FEA) software such as Abaqus on powerful worktations.

Vehicle-bridge interaction with a tiny crack in mid span (Abaqus)

We specialize in:

• Developing effective methods and sensor systems tailored for bridge health monitoring;
• Analyzing and evaluating the health condition of a structure;
• Providing models and plans for structure maintenance;
• Predicting future performance and responses of a structure under deterioration and nature disasters (such as earthquake);
• Studying influences of a structure to nearby urban spaces (e.g. infrasound waves produced by bridge vibrations).

*infrastructures are man-made strctures that can be destroyed in action movies, such as buildings, bridges & dams.