Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Advanced Integrated Sensing Enabling Smart Structures
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: structural health monitoring; smart materials; bridge engineering; earthquake engineering
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Interests: experimental mechanics; polymeric composite materials; carbon nanotube fibers; integrated structural health monitoring in composite materials; piezoresistive sensors
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Interests: smart systems; smart structures; sensors; structural health monitoring; real-time learning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to announce a new Special Issue focused on advanced integrated sensing for smart structures. This Special Issue will explore recent advancements in sensor technologies and their seamless integration into structures, leading to the development of truly smart systems that are capable of advanced functionalities such as self-monitoring and self-adaptation.
We welcome the submission of original research and review articles whose scope includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Novel Sensing Technologies: New materials, principles, and designs for sensors, such as piezoresistive, piezolectric, capacitive/inductive, magnetic-based, fiber optics, MEMS, nanotechnology-based sensors, and wireless sensor networks.
- Sensor Integration Strategies: Integration and communication techniques for deploying sparse or dense sensor distributed networks within structures or structural components.
- Data Acquisition and Processing for Smart Structures: Advanced algorithms, machine learning, and artificial intelligence for real-time data interpretation, anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance.
- Powering and Communication for Integrated Sensors: Innovative solutions for energy harvesting, low-power sensor operation, and robust wireless communication protocols in challenging environments.
- Applications of Smart Structures: Case studies and theoretical frameworks demonstrating the use of integrated sensing for structural health monitoring, smart cities, adaptive structures, disaster mitigation, and infrastructure resilience.
- Challenges and Future Directions: Discussions on automation and artifical inteeligence-based monitoring, standardization, cybersecurity, long-term reliability, and the societal impact of widespread smart structures adoption.
Prof. Dr. Filippo Ubertini
Prof. Dr. Jandro Abot
Dr. Simon Laflamme
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart structures
- structural health monitoring
- novel sensing technologies
- wireless sensor networks
- sensor integration
- energy harvesting
- machine learning
- predictive maintenance
- infrastructure resilience
- artificial intelligence
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