
Don Voelte, (retired) Managing Director and CEO, Seven Group Holdings, Ltd.Jack Uldrich, Global Futurist and best-selling Author.Paul Thompson, Consultant, management systems and engineering economics.Raj Prasad, chief technology officer, HDR.Duane Otter, Principal Engineer, Transportation Technology Center, Inc.David Levitan, Data Scientist, Microsoft.The Honorable Ray LaHood, Former Secretary, U.S.Chuck Farrar, Director, The Engineering Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory.Aldo De La Haza,Principal/Manager of NDT Services, Dynasty Group, Inc.David Connell, Vice President of Engineering, Union Pacific.Brett Commander, Chief Analysis Engineer, Bridge Diagnostics.Nick Bilton, Lead Technology Writer, The New York Times.Paul Barr, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University.We are pleased to announce the following confirmed speakers and panelists for the workshop. Ultimately, our goal is to create a public-private consortium of representatives from industries, organizations and academia to be on the forefront of developing the next generation of intelligent bridge management systems. We anticipate approximately 100 participants. We are anticipating an audience of bridge engineering administrators, owners, designers, constructors and researchers, along with individuals involved in Big Data generation, collection, management, mining and decision-making from the region and around the country. Of particular interest will be concepts that utilize Big Data technologies and techniques to optimize bridge management and maintenance processes in an era of increased demand, aging infrastructure and shrinking resources. Participants will explore how vast amounts of current information related to bridge health, and information that could be generated, can be used to continue effectively managing and maintaining these important assets. This transducer can be installed within minutes on steel, concrete, timber, and fiberglass-reinforced plastic.

The ST350 can evaluate live-load stresses on bridges, buildings, cranes, and other civil structures. We invite you to attend the October 2015 BRIDGE-ing Big Data Workshop: join regional and national transportation infrastructure thought leaders, specifically those in the bridge industry (administrators, owners, designers, constructors, researchers) and Big Data visionaries for stimulating discussion and futuristic thinking. The ST350 350-ohm Strain Transducer has been added to our product line in a joint effort with Bridge Diagnostics, the manufacturer.

With advanced connectivity and other technologies, opportunities abound to maintain and build smarter bridges for our nation’s infrastructure.
