Oral Presentations at Professional Meetings

1

Drone-based Remote Sensing and Crawler- supported Nondestructive Evaluation Technologies

Genda Chen

Presented at the USACE Innovation Summit, October 29, 2021

2

Robot-assisted Bridge Inspection and Maintenance - a Futuristic Perspective

Genda Chen

Presented at the Annual Infrastructure Advancement Institute Meeting, September 27-29, 2021

3

Gas Leakage Detection with Hyperspectral Imagery-Based Vegetation Stress Indices

Pengfei Ma, Liujun Li, and Genda Chen

Presented at the Pipeline Research Council International 2021 Virtual Research Exchange, March 2-5, 2021

4

Synchro-squeezed Adaptive Wavelet Transform: Impact Echo Signal Characterization for Delamination Identification

Hongya Qu, Tiantian Li, Genda Chen

Presented at the 2019 SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Denver, CO, March 3-7, 2019

5

Strain Measurement on the Surface of Diametrically Loaded Acrylic Sphere with a Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor

Matthew Klegseth, Yi Bao, Genda Chen

Presented at the 2018 SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Denver, CO, March 4-8, 2018

6

Concrete Delamination Detection with Adaptive Wavelet Transform

Hongya Qu and Genda Chen

Presented at the 2018 SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Denver, CO, March 4-8, 2018

7

Graphene Coated LPFG Sensors for High Sensitivity Corrosion Monitoring

Chuanrui Guo, Chenglin Wu, and Genda Chen

Presented at the 2018 SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Denver, CO, March 4-8, 2018

8

Efficacy of Post-Mainshock FRP/Steel Repaired RC Bridge Columns Subjected to Aftershocks

Genda Chen

Presented at the 2nd International Bridge Seismic Workshop, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, November 17-19, 2017

9

Integrated Smart Structure Technologies for Automated Inspection and Preservation of Bridges on Mobile Platforms

Genda Chen

Presented at the 13th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology, the University of Tokyo, Japan, July 22-23, 2017

10

A Strategic Framework to Extend Structural Health Monitoring into Bridge Management

Genda Chen

Presented at the World Transport Convention, Beijing, China, June 4-9, 2017

11

Distributed Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors and Data-Enhanced Modeling of Steel Beams in Fire

Yi Bao and Genda Chen

Presented at the 2017 SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Portland, OR, March 26-29, 2017

12

Cable Fracture Detection with Acoustic Emission

Hongya Qu, Tiantian Li, John Cain and Genda Chen

Presented at the 2017 SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Portland, OR, March 26-29, 2017

13

Inspecting and Preserving Infrastructure through Robotic Exploration (INSPIRE)

Genda Chen

Missouri Transportation Conference, Jefferson City, February 26, 2017

14

Smart Rock with Gravity-Oriented Magnets for Remote Monitoring of Monitoring of Bridge Scour Process

Yan Tang, Yizheng Chen, Zhaochao Li, Chuanrui Guo, Liang Fan, Xiuyang Hu, and Genda Chen

Presented in Session 517 on Bridge Scour and Curb Inlets at the 96th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 8-12, 2017.

15

Prediction of Bridge Scour Depth with a Smart Rock

Genda Chen

Presented in Workshop 891 on Sensing Technologies for Transportation Applications at the 96th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 8-12, 2017

16

Robotics-based NDE for Bridge Inspection

Genda Chen

Presented in the AFF40 NDE Subcommittee Meeting at the 96th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 8-12, 2017

17

Inspection and Preservation of Infrastructure with Aerial Robotics

Genda Chen

Presented in the AHD30 Committee Meeting at the 96th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 8-12, 2017

18

Performance-Based Seismic Retrofit Design of Multi-Bent Girder Bridges with Damping-Enhanced Strengthening

Genda Chen

7th Kwang-Hua Forum on Innovations and Implementation in Earthquake Engineering, Tongji University, December 9-11, 2016

19

Smart Rocks as Field Agents for Bridge Scour Monitoring in Real Time

Genda Chen

Presented at the US-China Workshop on Bridge Engineering, Xi'an, China, October 26-31, 2016

20

Smart Shear Keys for Earthquake Mitigation of Diaphragm-free Girder Bridges

Genda Chen

Presented at the first US-Chile Workshop on Bridge Earthquake Engineering, Reno, NV, August 30-31, 2016

21

Design, Test and Field Validation of Sour Monitoring Sensors with Automatically Pointing-up System

Yan Tang, Yizheng Chen, Zhaochao Li, Yi Bao, Chuanrui Guo, and Genda Chen

Presented at the 2016 SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Las Vegas, NV, March 20-24, 2016

22

Comparative Study on Corrosion Monitoring of Steel Bar in Mortar: Fe-Coated LPFG sensors vs. EIS

Yizheng Chen, Fujian Tang, Yi Bao, Yan Tang, and Genda Chen

Presented at the 2016 SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Las Vegas, NV, March 20-24, 2016

23

Passive Smart Rocks for Bridge Scour Monitoring

Genda Chen

Presented at the TRB Committee AFB60 Hydrology, Hydraulics & Water Quality, January 11, 2016

24

Field Deployment and Validation of Passive Smart Rocks for Bridge Scour Monitoring

Genda Chen

Presented at the Workshop 160, TRB Annual Meeting, January 10, 2016

25

Potential of Commercial Single-mode Optical Fibers as Distributed Sensors for High Temperature Measurement with PPP-BOTDA

Yi Bao, Yizheng Chen, Fujian Tang, Weina Meng and Genda Chen

Presented at the 2015 SPIE DSS: Sensing Technology + Applications, Baltimore, Maryland, April 20-24, 2015

26

A Unified Model of Local Bond between Deformed Rebar and Concrete

Genda Chen and Chenglin Wu

Kansas City, Missouri, April 12-16, 2015

27

Microwave SAR Imaging for Nondestructive Evaluation of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls

M.T. Ghasr, Y. Bao, K. Ying, G. Chen and R. Zoughi

Presented at the NDE/NDT on Structural Materials Technology for Highways and Bridges, Washington D.C., August 25-27, 2014

28

Simplicity in Structural Health Monitoring - towards Behavior Assessment

Genda Chen

World Congress on Advanced Materials, Chongqing, China, June 6-9, 2014

29

Recent Development on Remote Sensing and Wireless Communication with Distributed Smart Rocks in Bridge Scour Monitoring

Genda Chen, Andriy Radchenko, Brandon Schafer, David Pommerenke, and Yahong R. Zheng

SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and NDE, San Diego, California, March 9-13, 2014.

30

Strain and Temperature Distributions in Concrete Pavement Panels under Truck Loads with Brillouin Scattering Measurement

Yi Bao, Brandon Schafer, Ying Huang, John A. Cain, Len Palek, and Genda Chen

SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures and NDE, San Diego, California, March 9-13, 2014

31

Full-field Displacement Measurement of Highway Bridges through Visual Mark Tracking

Chenglin Wu, Zhaozheng Yin, and Genda Chen

Transportation Research Board annual meeting, Washington D.C., January 12-16, 2014

32

Construction and Field Testing of the Bridge over Arnault Branch, Washington County, Missouri

Genda Chen

2nd CIES/NUTC Transportation Infrastructure Conference, Jefferson City, September 13, 2013

33

Enamel-Coated Bars

Chenglin Wu, Genda Chen, Jeffery Volz, Richard Brow, and Michael Koenigstein

ASCE Structures Congress: Session: RC120 - Bringing Reinforcing Bar Anchorage into the 21st Century, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1-4, 2013

34

Real-time Bridge Scour Monitoring with Magnetic-field Strength Measurement

Genda Chen, Brandon P. Schafer, and Zhibin Lin

Smart Structures and NDE: Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security VII, Conference 8694, Session 9, San Diego, CA, March 10-14, 2013

35

Laboratory and Field Performance of First Generation Smart Rocks for Bridge Scour Monitoring

Genda Chen, David Pommerenke, and Rosa Zheng

Sensing Technologies for Transportation Applications Workshop (#135) at the 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 13, 2013

36

Structural Health Monitoring in Transportation Infrastructure Applications - New Perspectives

Genda Chen

Sensing Technologies for Transportation Applications Workshop at the 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 22-26, 2012

37

Development of Corrosion Sensors by Doping Nano Iron Particles on Long Period Fiber Gratings Sensor

Genda Chen

AFF40 Nondestructive and Field Tests of Transportation Structures Committee at the 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 22-26, 2012

38

Failure Investigation and Retrofit Strategies of a 22-Span Steel Girder Bridge during the 2010 Chile Earthquake

Genda Chen

AFF50 Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges Committee at the 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 22-26, 2012

39

A Hilbert Transform Based Signal Decomposition of Narrowband Time Series with Closely-Spaced Frequency Components for System Identification

Zuocai Wang and Genda Chen

2011 ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 2-4, 2011.

40

Performance of Selected Bridges

Genda Chen and Jeffrey Ger

2010 Chile Earthquake at the 90th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 23 - 27, 2011

41

Bridge Performance during the February 27, 2010, Earthquake in Chile

Genda Chen

Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City, January 10, 2011.

42

Electromagnetic Wave Modeling in a Coaxial Cable with Multiple Apertures

Genda Chen, Mei Wang, Marina Koledintseeva, and David Pommerenke

SPIE Annual Symposium on Smart Structures/NDE, Paper No. 7650-18, San Diego, California, March 7-11, 2010

43

Large Strain Measurements for Collapse Mechanism Understanding under Earthquake Loads

Genda Chen

AFF50 Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges Committee meeting at the 89th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 11, 2010

44

Enamel-coated Rebar for Enhanced Bonding with Concrete

Genda Chen

AFF50 Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges Committee at the 89th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 11, 2010

45

Strain Measurements in High Temperature Environment

Genda Chen

AFF40 Dynamic and Field Testing of Bridges Committee at the 89th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 13, 2010

46

Enamel Coated Rebar for Enhancement in Steel Corrosion Resistance and Concrete-Rebar Bond Strength

Genda Chen

AFF30 Concrete Bridges Committee at the 89th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 13, 2010

47

Missouri Transportation Institute/MoDOT Research Update

Genda Chen

Co-presented with Jennifer Harper, 2009 Missouri Concrete Conference, May 5 and 6, 2009

48

Rugged Optical Fiber Sensors for Large Strain Measurements for Civil Infrastructure Safety

Genda Chen

ASNT Research Symposium & Spring Conference, St. Louis, March 16-20, 2009

49

Electromagnetic Modeling of Coaxial Cable Sensors with Multiple Apertures

Genda Chen

ASNT Research Symposium & Spring Conference, St. Louis, March 16-20, 2009

50

Enamel Coating for Steel Corrosion Protection and Concrete-steel Bond Enhancement

Genda Chen

ACI Spring Convention, San Antonio, TX, March 15-19, 2009

51

Safety Evaluation of Seismic Behavior of the Bill Emerson Cable-stayed Bridge

Genda Chen and Dongming Yan

ACI Spring Convention, San Antonio, TX, March 15-19, 2009

52

In-progress Report on the Development of Rugged Optical Sensors for Large Strain Measurements

Genda Chen

Field Dynamic Testing Committee at the 88th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January, 2009

53

Damping-enhanced Seismic Strengthening of RC Bridge Columns for Multi-objective Performances

Genda Chen

Session SP-12 Sponsored by ACI341 Committee, ACI Fall Convention at St. Louis, MO, November 2-6, 2008

54

Condition Assessment of the Interface between Concrete and Embedded Coaxial Cable Sensor with Uncoupled Electromagnetic and Mechanical Modeling

Genda Chen

8th Structural Materials Technology (SMT): NDE/NDT for Highways and Bridges, Oakland, California, September 8-12, 2008

55

Critical Infrastructure Monitoring: The Bill Emerson Memorial cable-stayed Bridge

Genda Chen

New Madrid Seismic Zone Conference, Rolla, Missouri, August 12-14, 2008

56

Lessons Learned from the May 12 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

Genda Chen

New Madrid Seismic Zone Conference, Rolla, Missouri, August 12-14, 2008

57

Damping-enhanced Strengthening of RC Columns under Earthquake Loads

Genda Chen

6th NEES Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, June 18-20, 2008

58

Damping-enhanced Strengthening of RC Columns under Earthquake Loads

Genda Chen

AFF50 Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges Committee meeting at the 87th Transportation Research Board Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., January 13-17, 2008

59

Smart FRP Tapes with Embedded Optical Fibers for Strain and Temperature Measurements Using the Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflectometry

Genda Chen, Nestore Galati, Fillipo Bastianini, and Antonio Nanni

Plenary Session on Structural Health Monitoring in Action, the World Forum on Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology, Nanjing, China, May 25-27, 2007

60

Recent Development of Coaxial Cable Sensors for Crack Detection in Bridges

Genda Chen

6th International Symposium on NDT in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE), St. Louis, Missouri, August 14-18, 2006

61

Distributed Coaxial Cable Sensors for Crack Detection with ETDR Measurements: State-of-the-Art Development

Genda Chen

4th NEES Annual Meeting, Advanced Tools Breakout Session 2: Sensors and Instrumentation, Washington, D. C., June 21-23, 2006

62

Full-scale Validation Test of Five-rod Metallic Damper for Seismic Retrofit of Highway Bridges

Genda Chen

Section 658: Seismic Retrofitting and Current Seismic Research Progress, 85th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 22-26, 2006

63

Benchmark Highway Bridge Control with Various Semi-Active Algorithms

Genda Chen

ASCE McMAT Conference, Baton Louge, Louisiana, June 1-3, 2005

64

Seismic Issues Affecting the Design of Bridges

Genda Chen

Transportation Engineers Association of Missouri (TEAM) Annual Meeting, Branson, March 31-April 1, 2004

65

Distributed Cable Sensors for Structural Condition Assessment

Genda Chen

NDE Committee meeting at the 83rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 11, 2004.

66

UMR Earthquake Hazards Mitigation Research Program

Genda Chen

Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN, July 1, 2003

67

Earthquake Hazard Assessment along Designated Emergency Access Routes: Phase I

Neil Anderson, Genda Chen, Ronaldo Luna, Shamsher Prakash, Richard Stephenson, and David Hoffman

52nd EERI Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, May 31- June 3, 2000

68

Failure Analysis of Traffic Signal Mast Arm Failures

Lokesh R. Dharani, Chris W. Ramsay, Jiaqing Yu, and Genda Chen

ASM International Materials Solutions Conference and Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, October 9-12, 2000

69

A Time Domain Numerical Integrating Scheme for Soil-Structure Interaction Problems

Gao Lin and Genda Chen

Euro-China Joint Seminar on Earthquake Engineering, June 1986, China