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Non-Destructive Testing of Infrastructure Assets – GPRs, LIDARS, Thermal Photography, Drones
Jul 21, 2025 - Jul 24, 2025
| Prague, Czech RepublicOverview
This interactive IRF Non-Destructive Testing of Infrastructure Assets – GPRs, LIDARS, Thermal Photography, Drones training program equips participants with the basic asset management principles for infrastructure projects (roads, railroads, bridges, tunnels), and how non-destructive testing techniques are incorporated in infrastructures condition assessment, decision making, and optimization of maintenance, repair, and replacement of infrastructure assets. Techniques involved includes ground penetrating radars (GPRs), LIDARS, thermal photography, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – commercially known as drones. Case studies will be provided, advantages and limitations of different techniques are presented. The incorporation of NDT techniques in asset management is widely used as a cost and time-saving method for preserving infrastructure assets by government entities as well as private sector.
Learning Objectives
- Principles of asset management and life cycle cost analysis of road construction projects are presented.
- Participants will study principles of non-destructive testing (NDT), data collection, and data analysis.
- Ground penetrating radar (GPR) principles will be introduced – including GPR different types, advantages, and limitations
- Participants will learn about LIDARs, thermal photography, and drone application as non-destructive tools/techniques in inspection, and conditions assessment of infrastructure projects
Target Audience
- National /State Road & Transport Engineers
- Highway Engineers and Managers
- Private Consultants & Contractors
Agenda
Monday – Thursday (9:00 AM – 4:00 PM)
View the Non-Destructive Testing of Infrastructure Assets 2025 schedule & directory.Instructor
Dr. Amin K. Akhnoukh
Dr. Amin Akhnoukh is a professor of construction engineering and management at East Carolina University, North Carolina, USA. Dr. Akhnoukh earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering (1997) from Cairo University, M.S. in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University (2005), Kansas, USA, and Doctorate in Construction Engineering (2008) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Dr. Akhnoukh has worked as an assistant and associate professor of civil and construction engineering at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (2009-2017) and as associate and professor of construction management (2018-todate) at East Carolina University. Dr. Akhnoukh has generated more than $3.0 million in research funding from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and State Departments of Transportation. Dr. Akhnoukh has more than 100 refereed publications in the area of construction materials, infrastructure asset management, and artificial intelligence applications in construction. Dr. Akhnoukh has more than 10 years of construction experience in Egypt, the middle east, and the United States. He is a registered professional engineer in Egypt and the United States, and a NASA and IRF Fellow.
Venue & Hotel
Novotel Praha Wenceslas Square
Address: Kateřinská 38, 120 000 Praha 2, Czechia
