Structural and Geotechnical Monitoring Instrumentation

This presentation will cover need for structural and geotechnical monitoring instrumentation, most common types of instrumentation and their applications, components of a robust system, major instrumentation and hardware manufacturer’s, wireless technology and lesson learnt in over 15 years.

Speaker: Rabi Shankar S. Yadava, PhD, PE

Rabi Shankar S. Yadava, PhD, PE is a Principal Engineer for Terracon’s Germantown, MD, office with 33 years of experience in managing, supervising, analysis and design of various types of super-structures and sub-structures using national and internation codes. He received BTech degree in Civil Engineering from IIT Kharagpur (1990), MTech degree in Offshore Structural Engineering (1992) and PhD Degree (1998) from IIT Bombay, India. His doctoral research titled “Optimal Design of Offshore Jacket Platforms considering Soil Structure Interaction” involved combined analysis of super-structure and sub-structure, consisting of deep piles, considering soil structure interaction. He has extensive experience in the fields of structural engineering, geo-design engineering, automated web-based geotechnical and structural monitoring. His industry experience includes fossil and nuclear power plants, wind turbine generator foundations, dams, tunnels, petrochemical complexes, buildings, and highway structures. Lives in Ijamsville, MD with wife and has two employed sons. Loves travel, kayaking and hiking.