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Roberto Lopez-Anido

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Roberto Lopez-Anido is an expert in structural health monitoring using embedded fiber optic sensors. As a member of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge Team, he led the University of Maine research group that implemented a comprehensive monitoring system that will allow engineers to gather data regarding temperature, tension forces and strand strains throughout the cable-stayed structure. Lopez-Anido and his team, which included UMaine students, spent hours in the underbelly of the new bridge in Prospect, Maine, where the latest in sensor technology is now part of the infrastructure.