====== Preliminary Program ====== **Center of Excellence in Structural Health Monitoring Fall Meeting**\\ **7-8 November 2007** The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel State College, Pennsylvania The final program and a registration form will be released in the next couple weeks. Please reply if you would like to reserve space for a poster or tabletop exhibit. **Preliminary Program** Wednesday Morning\\ About the Center\\ Presentations\\ Lunch\\ Wednesday Afternoon\\ Posters & Exhibits\\ Presentations\\ Breakout Groups\\ Reception with Posters & Exhibits\\ Dinner\\ Thursday Morning\\ Presentations\\ Laboratory Tour\\ Thursday Afternoon\\ Advisory Board Meeting Our speakers will come from government agencies, academia, and industry Purpose of Meeting: 1) introduce new Center members, 2) showcase ongoing projects at Penn State, 3) provide membership information, 4) give attendees an opportunity to learn about the state of the art, recent breakthroughs, future directions, and technology needs for SHM Center Mission: improve public safety, reduce maintenance costs, improve readiness, and foster a paradigm shift in design by advancing the state of the art in structural health monitoring and providing engineering technology for member companies Definition of SHM: from Volume 1 of the journal Structural Health Monitoring… • continuous or regular monitoring of the condition of a structure or system using built-in or autonomous sensory systems, and any resultant intervention to preserve structural integrity • a broad multidisciplinary field both in terms of the diverse science and technology involved as well as its varied applications • implemented on diverse systems and structures such as aircraft, spacecraft, ships, helicopters, automobiles, bridges, buildings, civil infrastructure, power generating plants, pipelines, electrical systems, manufacturing and processing facilities, biological systems, and for the protection of the environment, and for defense Cliff Lissenden, Director CoE SHM, Assoc. Prof. Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State, (814) 863-5754 office, (814) 574-1542 cell, [[Lissenden@psu.edu]] Ed Smith, Assoc. Director CoE SHM, Prof. Aerospace Engineering, Penn State, (814) 863-0966, [[ecs5@psu.edu]]