Project Name:
Establishment of a Remote-Sensing Based Monitoring Program for Performance Health Assessment of the Sacramento DeltaOther Research Participants/Partners:
Tarek Abdoun, RPI; Mourad Zeghal, RPI; Mohammed Gabr, NCSU; Brina Montoya, NCSU; NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Joel Dudas, Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA; USACE, Vicksburg, MSProject Description:
As climate change progresses in the form of continuous land subsidence and rising sea water level, the integrity and reliability of flood-control infrastructure become ever more essential components to homeland safety. This project will employ a sensor-based (remote sensing with in-ground instrumentation for validation) and model-aided approach to provide engineers and decision makers with systematic tools to assess the health and provide early warning of deteriorating levees in the Sacramento Delta. The modeling tool integrates the use of measured data with the concept of performance limit states to effectively achieve a performance-based, network-level health assessment of the levee system.
Research Interests:
Geotechnical engineering, field instrumentation, radar remote sensing and improving undergraduate education
Presentations and Reports:
2016 Annual Meeting presentation
2017 Annual Meeting presentation
Year 1 Annual Report
Year 2 Annual Report
Final Project Report
In the News:
CRC news:
New standard helps predict and evaluate erosion caused by storms
Work across multiple states focuses on health of levee systems
Media appearances:
NC State study finds levees are at risk with frequent flooding
Weatherwatch: how repeated flooding can shift levees
Study finds flooding damage to levees is cumulative – and often invisible