Advancements in Intelligent Sensing Technologies for Major Infrastructure Monitoring

Dear Colleagues,

The monitoring and maintenance of major infrastructure—such as bridges, tunnels, railways, highways, pipelines, and large-scale energy and transportation facilities—are essential for ensuring structural safety, operational reliability, and long-term sustainability. With increasing infrastructure scale, service life, and exposure to complex environmental and loading conditions, intelligent sensing technologies have become indispensable for real-time monitoring and condition assessment.

This Special Issue aims to bring together original research and review articles on recent advancements in intelligent sensing technologies for major infrastructure monitoring. Emphasis is placed on intelligent sensing and monitoring systems, including sensor design, system architectures, interface circuits and edge hardware, distributed energy and power management, and data analysis methods supporting structural health monitoring, early warning systems, and predictive maintenance.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Intelligent sensors and sensing systems for major infrastructure monitoring;
• Distributed and wireless sensor networks and system architectures;
• Sensor interface circuits, signal conditioning, and edge hardware;
• Distributed energy harvesting and power management for long-term monitoring;
• Data-driven and AI-based sensing and monitoring methods;
• Long-term monitoring performance, reliability, and durability of sensing systems.

We welcome contributions spanning fundamental research, sensing devices, and system integration, promoting the translation of intelligent sensing technologies into real-world major infrastructure monitoring.

Prof. Dr. Tinghai Cheng
Dr. Hengyu Li
Dr. Yang Yu
Dr. Jianlong Wang
Dr. Xiaosong Zhang
Guest Editors

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