Project name: SensOr-driveN statisticAl tools to evaluaTe risks and manage sAfety in the built environment 

Project acronym: SONATA

Principal Investigator: Prof. Gerard O’Reilly

Description: The project will leverage smart sensors to measure seismic demands on various elements of the built environment and, in parallel, employ cutting-edge techniques such as image recognition and artificial intelligence to rapidly characterize and assess damage during experimental tests and post-earthquake assessments. Expanding on existing formulations, SONATA will develop new methods to estimate the likelihood of various outcomes and extend the current performance-based earthquake engineering paradigm, using the continuous flow of data from the aforementioned techniques. This will provide an accurate representation of damage, enabling the estimation and mapping of potential seismic damage. Putting theory into practice, these tools and techniques will be integrated into a prototype system. The system will then be tested through a case study to demonstrate its effectiveness. The SONATA project represents a fundamental breakthrough in the use of smart sensors and advanced technologies to promote a safer and more secure built environment.

Funding Institution: MUR - Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca

FIS-2023-03215

Starting Grant - € 1.495.400,00