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Construction PhD student takes research prize

Construction PhD student takes research prize

Stefania C. Radopoulou has been awarded a Fiatech Outstanding Student Research Project prize for her work in developing road infrastructure sensor systems in vehicles.

Stefania is a PhD student in the Construction Information Technology Laboratory, part of the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology in the Department of Engineering. Her research objective is to create a novel framework that, when combined with low-cost vehicle sensors into a system, is able to detect the type, location, and severity of defects and damages on road assets for condition assessment purposes. The proposed method uses existing rear-view parking cameras and can automatically detect road defects to assist road owners with maintenance decisions while minimizing the time spent on manual collection methods.

Fiatech, an international community of global leadership organizations focused on innovation in the capital projects industry, created the Celebration of Engineering and Technology Innovation Awards to recognise organisations that have implemented new and emerging technologies and innovative practices in capital projects and facilities and to recognise individuals who have made significant strides in advancing technology and innovation in research and development.

Stefania has a BEng-MEng in Civil Engineering and an MSc in Engineering Project Management from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and a MSc in Transportation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her PhD research focuses on the areas of computer vision, image processing and machine learning. Here in Cambridge she has made significant contributions in the field of computing for civil engineering practices.

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