Research

Research in the Domains of Structural Mechanics & Monitoring

Structural Health Monitoring & System Identification
Nonlinear Dynamics & Vibration Mitigation
Data-driven & Hybrid Methods for Condition Assessment
Computational Mechanics for Plasticity, Fracture & Multiscale Analysis
Monitoring-driven Decision Support for Predictive Maintenance

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Ongoing Research Projects

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Research Grant, Fusion of Models and Data for Enriched Evaluation of Structural Health, Project #200021L_192139, effective 01/10/2020-30/09/2023 – bilateral collaboration with Prof. Ostachowicz, Polish Academy of Sciences (IMP PAN)
Future Resilient Systems - Module Leader of Dynamic Mobile Sensing Platform & Principal Investigator of Automated Hazard Detection for Social Resilience
SNSF Bridge Discovery project - AeroSense: a novel MEMS-based surface pressure and acoustic IoT measurement system for wind turbines, collaboration with Barber Sarah (HSR), Chatzi Eleni (ETHZ), and Magno Michele (ETHZ).

H2020-SC5-2018-2019-2020, SC5-17-2018 RIA Grant, RISE: Real-time Earthquake Risk Reduction for a Resilient Europe, Swiss PIs: S. Wiemer, E. Chatzi, B. Stojadinovic
ITN Training Network, H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018, INSPIRE: Innovative Ground Interface Concepts for Structure Protection, Swiss PIs: Prof. E. Chatzi, Prof. B. Stojadinovic
ETH Mobility Initiative Grant, On board Monitoring for Integrated Systems Understanding & Management Improvement in Railways (OMISM), in collaboration with Prof. Corman and the Swiss Federal railways (SBB)
ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant, ERC-2018-PoC WINDMIL RT-DT, An autonomous Real-Time Decision Tree framework for monitoring and diagnostics on wind turbines
ETH Research Grant, Forschungsgesuch ETH-11 18-1, “Enabling Dynamic Earthquake Risk Assessment (DynaRisk)”, planned start date: 01.01.2019
ITN Training Network, MSCA-ITN-2017, DyVirt: Dynamic Virtualisation: modelling performance of engineering structures, Swiss PIs: Prof. E. Chatzi, Prof. B. Stojadinovic
H2020-MG-2016-2017 Grant, FORESEE, Future proofing strategies FOr RESilient transport networks against Extreme Events, MG-7-1-2017 RIA, Swiss PI: Prof B. Adey, E. Chatzi
SNSF Ambizione Grant, "Structured materials for multiscale wave control", Project # 2-77160-17, Fellow: Dr. Andrea Colombi, Academic Hosts: Prof. E. Chatzi & Prof. B. Stojadinovic
H2020-MSCA-IF-2017 Grant, SiMAero, Simulation-Driven and On-line Condition Monitoring with Applications to Aerospace Proposal ID: 795917 Call, Postdoctoral Fellow: Dr. Konstantinos Agathos, Academic Host (Prof. E. Chatzi)
SNSF R’Equip Grant, Smart Monitoring System for Inspection and Life-Cycle Assessment of Critical Infrastructure, Project # 2-77242-17, effective 01/12/201
ETH Research Grant, Forschungsgesuch ETH-49 17-1, “Metastructures for Seismic Vibration Attenuation”, PhD Fellow: Ms. Rachele Zaccherini, effective 01/10/2017
ERC Starting Grant, WINDMIL "Smart Monitoring, Inspection and Life-Cycle Assessment of Wind Turbines"
Management Committee of COST Action TU1402: external page Quantifying the value of structural health monitoring
Management Committee of COST Action TU1406: external page Quality specifications for roadway bridges, standardization at a European level.

Completed Grants

National research program, NRP70 “Energy Turnaround”, Joint Project: “Concrete Solutions”, Chatzi, E., and Brühwiler, E.: “Getting more out of Structures through monitoring and simulation”, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Research Grant, effective 01/06/2015, Funded PhD Candidate: Henar Martin Sanz

ETH Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant, FEL-45 14-2, "A data-driven computational framework for damage identification and life-cycle management of wind turbine facilities", Postdoctoral Fellow: Luis David Avendaño Valencia
"Long-term Resistance of Gradient Anchorage for Prestressed CFRP Strips in Structural Concrete Retrofitting“, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Research Grant, Project # 200021_1537212, Funded PhD Candidate: Yunus Harmanci
“A Multiscale Hysteretic XFEM Scheme for the Analysis of Composite Structures”, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Research Grant, Project # 200021_153379, effective 01/04/2014-31/03/2017, in collaboration with Dr. Savvas Triantafyllou, Funded PhD Candidate: Adrian Egger
“Hysteretic Multi/Scale Modeling for the Reinforcing of Masonry Structures”, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Research Grant, Project # 200021_146996, effective 01/04/2013-31/03/2015.
Forschungsgesuch ETH-26 12-2, “ETH House of Natural Resources – Innovative Structure for Sustainable Buildings”, ETH Research Grant, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. A. Frangi, effective 01/04/2013.
Accompanying grant: ETH Scientific Equipment Program.
“Structural Identification for Condition Assessment of Swiss Bridges”, Research Grant funded by Bundesamt für Strassen - ASTRA (Federal Roads Office - FEDRO), Project # AGB 2012/015, effective 30/11/2012-31/08/2014.
“Implementation of Wireless Sensor Networks for Monitoring of Large Civil Structures”, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Research Grant, Project # 200021_143212, effective 01/10/2012-30/09/2015.
Funded PhD Candidate: Roman Klis