Civil and Environmental Engineering
3573 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: (517) 432-0180
E-Mail: elvin@egr.msu.edu

• Structural Analysis and Design

• Low-Power Sensors for Infrastructure
• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Self-Powered Sensors
• Adaptive and Smart Materials
• Non-Destructive Evaluation

Dr. Elvin's research interests lie in the field of low-power civil engineering sensors - specifically in the field of damage and condition monitoring of infrastructure. Novel low-powered wireless sensors and sensor networks are currently being developed in our lab. The goal of our research is to create a wireless sensor network that will be completely self-powered - that is be able to convert environmental energy sources such as vibration, heat and strain into useful electrical energy.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Ph.D., Civil Engineering

• A self-powered damage detection sensor, with A. Elvin and D. H. Choi, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, v. 38, n. 2, pp. 115-125, 2003.
• A self-powered mechanical strain energy sensor, with A. Elvin and M. Spector, Smart Materials and Structures, v. 10. pp. 293-299, 2001.
• A novel delamination detection scheme, with C.K.Y. Leung, V.S. Sudurshanam and S. Ezekiel, Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures, v. 10 (4), pp. 314-321, 1999.