UH Prof Working on Monitoring Bridges from Space

Academic Excellence
1

Civil engineers could monitor aging bridges — and make timely repairs — by using satellites that can detect cracks as thin as a credit card.

A scientist with the University of Houston was part of an international team that studied if long-span bridges around the world, including three in Texas, could be monitored from space.

Satellites could monitor aging bridges from space, study finds

3 Likes
2

It’s going to be hard to see what’s going on underneath the deck from space, but an interesting idea.