Name: Dr Tahreer Fayyad
Field: Engineering & Technology
Specialisms:
- Civil engineering
- Smart technology
Research and qualifications:
- BSc in Civil Engineering from the Islamic University of Gaza
- MSc in Civil Engineering from Islamic University of Gaza
- PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Cambridge
Returning to her research after a 5-year break, Tahreer’s Fellowship is entitled: “Drive-by monitoring (DriMon) towards network level intelligent infrastructure.” Tahreer’s research uses Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) to detect damage and assess the condition and structural integrity of the Loughbrickland Bridge, Belfast, focusing on the need for improved methods to monitor the safety of civil infrastructure and integrating techniques used to build ‘smart cities’ and ‘intelligent infrastructure’.
