RESEARCH SUMMARY
Canada’s aging infrastructure is deteriorating at an alarming rate, a problem worsened by the staggering costs of addressing it properly. Just the cost of fixing all bridges in need of repair is estimated at $8-10 billion. Moreover, recent collapses of bridges in Canada and the US have increased the need for new technological solutions to manage and assess the condition of infrastructure like bridges, buildings, roads, water mains, and sewers to predict their safe remaining service life. Dr. Gupta’s research is based out of the Facility for Innovative Materials and Infrastructure Monitoring (FIMIM) at the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Engineering. At FIMIM, Dr. Rishi Gupta is working on developing Nanoscale Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites (NHyFRCC) using hybrid combinations of low dosage Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) and micro carbon fibers. Dr. Gupta has completed various projects that involve condition assessment of infrastructure using non-destructive evaluation techniques including use of drones and structural health monitoring.
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