Hi Guys,
It’s been a while since my last post but I wanted to give an update on the project and some training and dissemination activities I have been a part of here in Palermo.
First up! - My first paper from the project was accepted and published in Automation in Construction! Its title is ‘Image-based 3D reconstruction using traditional and UAV datasets for analysis of road pavement distress’ and it is available online for free at https://t.co/dp188dA9iP until December 7! It is a pretty good feeling to receive that acceptance email from the journal and then an even greater feeling seeing your name as an author on something you've worked hard on.
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The paper is based on work carried out with my professors, Prof. Laura Inzerillo and Prof. Gaetano Di Mino. The particulars of the paper involve carrying out a pavement distress survey on a distressed pavement within the University of Palermo and it aims at validating the use of innovative and low-cost Structure-from-Motion technologies for road pavement analysis, assessing the potential to improve the automation and reliability of distress detection. The survey was done using an Artec Spider Laser scanner as a control in the experiment. Photogrammetric surveys were done using a Nikon camera and then the accuracy of the survey carried out with the camera was established by comparing the model from the camera to the model derived from the scanner. The paper shows that the camera is able to adequately model the distresses on a flexible pavement to an accuracy level required. It is the base point for my research as it starts to develop a pipeline which can be used for the project. I am currently working on this pipeline as I include the mobile phones into the pipeline and try to establish the best way to use mobile imagery for the distress applications and road asset management. This will be the next area of focus for my next research paper and project!
In terms of dissemination, I was lucky to be a part of European Researchers Night here in Palermo where the team here got to showcase our projects and spread the word of science to the next generation. My only problem was that my Italian is very very very limited so I was also depending on my colleagues to help me explain what I was doing! But it was interesting nonetheless! My favourite part of the night was when a family came across to our booth and two kids with their mother were fascinated by the 3D printer we had set up. The kids were eager to ask questions about the printer and how it worked. Luckily their mother spoke English and she translated the answers for me and you could see their amazement at the answers. It's always cool to spread the world of science to kids as its how I got into science as I too was fascinated by sciences' wonders with it as well and it's nice to be a part of the cycle!
The last activity I was a part of recently was the latest SMARTI ETN training week which was held here in Palermo at the beautiful Mondello! The consortium got together for an impressive training week focused on Sustainability. The training week brought together experts from various companies and universities across the world. We got to see how Life Cycle Assessment is being increasingly featured in projects and concepts worldwide as the world strives for more sustainable solutions to engineering problems. It was also a great opportunity for us, the SMARTI team to network and also have some fun alongside the beautiful landscape of Mondello with the beaches and mountains in the background. We were also able to present our research projects to the consortium to gain feedback on our progress to date from the network. It was a week well spent.
A snapshot of me presenting my work to the Summer school!
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That's all for me for now but next up is a dissemination event in Brussels!.
See you soon!
RR12
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