Special Issue on Smart and Resilient Transportation Infrastructure

Abstract

Smart Infrastructure (SI) is the infrastructure composed of materials or structures that can sense the environmental or status changes and adapt to the changes for positive effects. It may simply consist of smart materials that can adapt to temperature changes or stress status, or a structure that includes smart sensors to help the structure to perform adaptations. SI technologies have resulted from the integration and deployment of innovative technologies developed from several NSF initiatives on sensing technology, information technology, high performance materials, cyber infrastructure, and computational science and engineering. SI has most recently emerged as an important initiative for National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department of Energy (DoE).