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Contact Information. Udaya B. Halabe, Ph.D., P.E., ASCE Fellow Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering West Virginia University Professor 304-293-3031 Ext. 2617 Udaya.Halabe@mail.wvu.edu. Experience / Expertise.

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  1. Contact Information Udaya B. Halabe, Ph.D., P.E., ASCE Fellow Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering West Virginia University Professor 304-293-3031 Ext. 2617 Udaya.Halabe@mail.wvu.edu

  2. Experience / Expertise • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering; Dissertation topic on Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) • Research projects on nondestructive evaluation for “material and structural characterization” using techniques such as Infrared Thermography, Ground Penetrating Radar, Ultrasonics, Seismic Waves, etc. • Applied nondestructive evaluation techniques to condition assessment of buildings, bridges (steel and concrete), asphalt, soil, and timber (wooden logs and boards). • Working on projects to detect subsurface defects on bridge components wrapped with Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) fabric, and characterization of column behavior.

  3. Materials-Related Facilities and Other Assets Infrared camera with Thermal Sensitivity 0.06oC at 30oC • Typical Application Areas for Infrared Thermography • Leak (water-filled spots) detection in roofs and walls of residential, industrial, and commercial buildings • Detection of Air Leakage around Doors and Windows • Detection of subsurface debonds and delaminations that could adversely affect structural integrity • Typical Application Areas for GPR • Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is effective in detecting deeper defects consisting of entrapped moisture, and buried metallic objects • Possible application is in saw mills to detect subsurface metals and defects (knots and decays) in wooden logs before they are sawn into lumber boards • This can reduce waste and minimize energy use since defective logs can be discarded without sawing, and if only a portion is defective, the rest of the log can be used without having to discard the entire log. • Damage to saw blade from embedded metals can be prevented, minimizing down time. • An added benefit of this technology is the production of higher value defect-free lumber through optimal orientation of the saw blade (or the log) prior to the sawing operation (Collaboration with Dr. Bhaskaran Gopalakrishnan from IMSE Department, WVU). Infrared Camera Scanning of Wooden Logs using Ground Penetrating Radar Equipment

  4. Future Research Interests in the Energy-Related Materials Area • Quantifying the effectiveness of in-place insulation using Infrared Thermography • Laboratory evaluation of thermal resistance of new types of insulation, pre-fabricated wall panels, floor tiles, etc. using Infrared Thermography • Use of Ground Penetrating Radar for: (a) energy savings in saw mills processing wooden logs (Collaborator: Dr. B. Gopalakrishnan, IMSE Dept., WVU) (b) possible application in coal plants to detect subsurface voids in coal piles (Potential Collaborators: faculty members from Dept. of Mining, IMSE, etc.)

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