Smart Infrastructure Solutions for Sustainable Cities

Overview

Join us to explore smart infrastructure solutions aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Main topics include infrastructure management and intelligent mobility for futuristic cities, with case studies covering electric vehicles, sensor-equipped smart roadways, and waste management strategies to foster a circular economy.

Target Audience

“Smart Infrastructure Solutions for Sustainable Cities” is tailored for urban and transportation planners, roadway designers, engineers, pavement technologists, and automotive industry professionals from the public and private sectors.

Lectures

An Infrastructure Management Humanistic Approach for Smart Cities
Carlos M. Chang, Ph.D. P.E.	Florida International University	USA
FIU Associate Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Florida International University. 2024-2027 President of iSMARTi. International consultant IDB. ... Dr. Chang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). He is recognized as an international expert on asset management, infrastructure management, knowledge management, pavement management, pavement evaluation and design. His main research interest is on asset management with emphasis on sustainable “smart” infrastructure systems for a better quality of life. Dr. Chang worked as an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Associate Researcher at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), and consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Intelligent Mobility: Case Study of Singapore
Ghim Ping Ong, Ph.D.	National University of Singapore	Singopore
National University of Singapore (NUS). Is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). ... Dr. Ghim Ping is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore, Prior to his current appointment, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University from 2007 to 2008, a visiting assistant professor in the same university in 2009. Dr. Ghim Ping is specializing in pavement engineering and multimodal transport infrastructures. He holds a B. Eng and a PhD from NUS and has published extensively in his field. Involved in major projects like the Tuas mega-port, he also consults for various organizations and actively shares his expertise on transport issues in media. His contributions have earned him several prestigious awards in transportation research.
Smart Infrastructure for Futuristic Cities
Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri, Ph.D.	India Institute of Technology Tirupati	India
India / Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India. ... Dr. Prapoorna is an internationally accomplished academician with over 20 years of combined research, teaching, and administrative experience in India, USA, and Sweden. He is currently a Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India. His contributions in transportation education and research have received recognition from the engineering community worldwide, including his appointment as an adjunct professor at Arizona State University (USA) and external faculty member at Purdue University (USA), with international projects in self-charging technologies and advanced systems for electric vehicle transportation in smart cities.