报告人：Nicole Metje（英国伯明翰大学 教授）

时间：2026年1月12日（周一） 9:00-10:00

地点：测绘馆206报告厅

报告简介：

Utilities are often buried in the ground with an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ approach. Our current knowledge of where these legacy assets are buried is very limited with statutory records often out by several metres. At the same time, few sensors are buried around existing assets as both communication through the ground and power become a challenge in this hostile environment. Thus, this leaves the pipes “dumb’ with little continues monitoring. Considering pipelines in the Uk now have a design life from >160 years based on current renewal rates, it is vital to continuous monitor the pipes to enable proactive asset management rather than reactive addressing failures. The presentation will cover research into novel sensors which can be retrofitted to existing pipes and novel communication methods using acoustic data transmission. In addition, I will briefly highlight work on using quantum technology sensors to detect the location of buried assets combined with advanced data fusion approaches overcoming limitations of using one sensing modality.

报告人简介：

Nicole Metje is Professor of Infrastructure Monitoring and Director of the National Buried Infrastructure Facility (NBIF) at the University of Birmingham, UK. Nicole received her PhD in Coastal Engineering from the same University in 2022 and obtained her Diplom Engineer in Civil engineering from the Leibniz University Hannover, Germany in 1998. Nicole leads the End User applications of the Quantum Hub for Sensor, Imaging and Timing working closely with industry to evaluate sensors and novel processing methods to see through the ground to ensure that any excavation is safer. Nicole is also involved in several utility committees both in the UK (e.g., PAS128) and internationally developing standards and working on best practice and training. Her paper on assessing the impact of PAS128 has won the ICE’s James Hill prize in 2021.

Nicole is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of both the Institution of civil Engineers and the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. She has published more than 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences.