About USES2

Detecting degradation that endangers the safety and impairs availability of infrastructure and components is currently the task of schedule driven Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE), this process is however costly and disruptive. The attractive alternative is to use condition based Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). Current, SHM typically uses sensors that provide local information only, which may be insufficient for detecting interior degradation or require very dense networks. Furthermore, the performance of both in-situ sensing systems and algorithms to process and interpret the sensor data is reduced when subject to Environmental and Operational Conditions (EOC). This limits their large-scale deployment.

USES2 will develop and combine novel emerging sensing technologies (optical fibre and wireless pieozoelectric sensors), advanced processing (compressed sensing, artificial intelligence) and full-mechanical-waveformbased imaging to tackle these issues. Key to this cross-disciplinary work is a new generation of researchers with skills across sensing and signal processing. They will be trained with a unique combination of “hands-on” multidisciplinary research demonstrators, industrial placements, and courses /workshops on scientific and transferable skills. All of which is facilitated by the broad intersectoral composition of the consortium.

USES2 will produce world class researchers expert in innovative sensing solutions, advanced mechanical wave processing and robust EOC compensation methods. Their skills will be embodied in a series of laboratory demonstrators and in situ industrially relevant experiments spanning three key sectors of European industry: energy [power plants (nuclear, wind), hydrogen storage, pipeline networks for fuel exploration and transport], mobility for citizens (aircraft, automotive industry) and construction (urban subsurface soil, infrastructures).

Breaking News - Industry Days#1

The Industry Days#1 is an event that is designed to foster collaboration between academia and industry, highlighting key advancements and opportunities within the USES² project’s framework. Not only will you have the chance to meet industrials from important companies such as Siemens Gamesa, Repsol, Airbus, Temai, Sercel, but also to listen to their keynotes and learn from their expertise in many fields such as SHM in Aeronautics, Wind Energy, Oil and Gas, Civil Engineering and much more.

Date: 18 - 19 February 2025.

Registration is free but MANDATORY! Click here to download the flyer and register!

Project Number: 101072599

Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01

Type of action: HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks

Granting authority: European Research Executive Agency

Period: 1st March 2023 - 28th February 2027

EU contribution: 2 657 779 €