Eyes in the Sky: Spotting Millimetre-scale Movements from Space with Dr Sakthy Selvakumaran of the Department of Engineering

Thu 10 December 2020

Online

Roads, tunnels, bridges, and other infrastructure form the backbone of our cities. With increasing challenges like climate change, and ageing and deteriorating structures, the buildings in our cities are increasingly at risk. What if we could use images from satellites to predict when (and what) might be about to fail? Satellites can provide us with millimetre-scale measurements that can be used to spot signs of problems. Combining these kinds of datasets with sensors and measurements on the ground provide new and exciting opportunities from construction of new structures through to maintenance of the existing built environment.

This popular, long established sixth form lecture series has gone online. For more information, including event structure, registration details and a risk assessment, visit https://outreach.phy.cam.ac.uk/programme/cpc.

Cost: Free