Education & Outreach

The SIMSIS Laboratory integrates research with undergraduate education and community outreach through courses and hands-on activities in structural analysis, sensing, robotics, and infrastructure resilience.

Teaching

Current teaching activities connect foundational civil engineering concepts with data-driven monitoring and emerging digital technologies.

CE 4781 Introduction to Neural Networks-Driven Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructures

CE 4781 course graphic for neural-network-driven health monitoring of civil infrastructure.

CE 3415 Structural Analysis

CE 3415 course graphic for structural analysis.

 

Outreach

Outreach activities introduce K–12 students to civil infrastructure, structural health monitoring, robotics, and engineering design through demonstrations and hands-on learning.

10th graders: Civil Engineering, SHM, Indirect sensing, and robot demo, LSU Laboratory School (Baton Rouge, LA)

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9th graders: Civil Engineering, SHM, Indirect sensing, and robot demo, Kenilworth Academy (Baton Rouge, LA)

Ninth-grade students participating in an indirect sensing demonstration at Kenilworth Academy.
Structural health monitoring robot demonstration for ninth-grade students at Kenilworth Academy.

5th graders: Engineers in Disasters, Carillon Elementary (Orlando, FL)

Fifth-grade students participating in the Engineers in Disasters outreach activity at Carillon Elementary.
Students and facilitators during the Engineers in Disasters outreach activity at Carillon Elementary.

 

LEGO truss bridge building competition, 2nd graders, Carillon Elementary (Orlando, FL)

Second-grade students participating in a LEGO truss bridge building competition at Carillon Elementary.