Advancing Structural Health Monitoring through Embedded Piezoelectric Sensor Technologies

During his PhD studies, Mads Kofod Dahl researched structural health monitoring systems for reinforced concrete infrastructure. The work focused on the development and application of embedded piezoelectric sensors utilizing electromechanical impedance measurements to assess structural condition and detect deterioration caused by reinforcement corrosion. By combining sensor technologies with machine learning-based data analysis, Mads developed methods for extracting meaningful information from long-term monitoring data, contributing to improved condition assessment, maintenance planning, and service-life management of critical infrastructure.

The PhD study was completed at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Thursday, 24 September 2026 at 09:00
Place: Building 5123, room 314, ECE, Aarhus University, Finlandsgade 22, 8200 Aarhus N 
Title of PhD thesis: Electromechanical Impedance-based Structural Health Monitoring for AI-driven Corrosion Detection and Prediction
Contact information: Mads Kofod Dahl, e-mail: mkd@ece.au.dk, tel.: +45 23904315
Members of the assessment committee:
Associate Professor Joachim Neves Rodrigues, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen Nürnberg, Germany
Professor Dag Wisland, Research Group for Nanoelectronic systems, University of Oslo, Norway
Professor Henrik Karstoft, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University (chair)
Main supervisor: Professor Farshad Moradi, Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Odense University, Denmark
Co-supervisor:
Associate Professor Jaamac Hassan Hire, ECE, Aarhus University, Denmark
Associate Professor Milad Zamani, Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Odense University, Denmark
Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Technical Sciences/GSTS, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, 8000 Aarhus C.