Seminar: Fernando Moreu

February 21, 2025

Human-Machine Interfaces with Sensors and Robotics for Infrastructure Safety

Fernando Moreu, UNM

3:00 pm, UNM Centennial Engineering Center, Room 1026
Online Guests: Contact Prof. Osiński <osinski@chtm.unm.edu> for a Zoom link

Abstract: This seminar summarizes humancomputer interfaces for quality inspection to enhance human decision-making. Interfaces of data, sensors, analysis, image-based automatic defect-detection, and visual inspections are explored focusing on Augmented Reality (AR) systems. Compared to other approaches, AR interfaces enhance precision, reduce setup time, and allow for more intuitive interaction. Humans need to be aware of damage and behavior of structures in real time to provide safety, new structural design, and possibly responses in the context of emergencies. Automatic robot control in human proximity with the AR interface opens a bilateral communication line between humans and robots. New design, monitoring, and damage interfaces will be presented in the context of human-machine collaboration using AI, computer vision, and structural dynamics.

Bio: Dr. Fernando Moreu is an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) at UNM. He holds courtesy appointments in the Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Science at UNM. He is the founder and director of the Smart Management of Infrastructure Laboratory (SMILab). Prof. Moreu received his MS and PhD degrees in structural engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005 and 2015, respectively). He received the 2022 Outstanding Junior Faculty Researcher award from the UNM School of Engineering. Prof. Moreu’s research interests include structural dynamics and control, structural health monitoring, wireless smart sensor networks, cyber-physical systems, computer vision, augmented reality, unmanned aerial systems, bridge engineering, and aerospace operations. His projects are funded by the DOE, NSF, ONR, NAS, US DOT, TRB, and the commercial sector. He is a registered Professional Engineer since 2010. Prof. Moreu is the current Secretary of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Structural Health Monitoring and Control (SHMC) Committee (2023- 2026) and the current secretary of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Technical Division of Dynamics of Civil Structures (2023-2025)