Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Infrastructure Systems Using Smart Technologies
Civil Infrastructure Health Monitoring
- Develop/employ smart technologies for infrastructure health monitoring
- Micro-Electromechanical Sensors and Systems (MEMS): embedded/wearable smart infrastructure sensing
- Non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of transportation infrastructure systems
Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles and Systems (UAVs/UAS/Drones) in Transportation Infrastructure Systems
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) equipped with NDE payloads
- Monitor difficult-to-access locations in infrastructure systems
- Impact assessment of extreme events
Multifunctional Construction Materials and Advanced Characterization of Pavement/Geo/Infrastucture Engineering materials
- Self-heating/self-sensing concrete, asphalt, geo-materials
- Superhydrophobic and icephobic coatings
- Application of X-ray micro-computed tomography in infrastructure eng.

Funded Research Sponsors
- USDoT, FHWA, FAA, NCHRP, SHRP2, PCA, GIVF, & Others
- IA-DOT, IHRB, MN-DOT, MN-LRRB, WI-DOT, IL-DOT, NRRA & Others
- https://www.engineering.iastate.edu/people/profile/hceylan/
Keywords
Civil Infrastructure Systems, Smart Technologies, UAS, MEMS, Conductive Concrete & Asphalt
Recognitions, Awards & Patents
- 2019 FAA PEGASAS Jimenez Faculty/Researcher Award; 2018 Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research; 2018 Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award and many other awards and recognitions
- Over 115 funded research projects (worth more than $20.7 million project funds); authored over 340 peer-reviewed publications; delivered over 350 technical lectures including over 100 invited talks with several keynote lectures; More than 40 news media/TV coverage; Three US patents pending; Supervised over 70 students/postdoc