Updated 9/19/2022: **All the positions in the Head Research Group for Fall 2022 have been filled to date. More positions may become available starting the Spring 2024 semester, pending the funding of pending proposals. Thank you for expressing your interest. –Dr. Head (email: head@udel.edu)
from left to right: M. Head, H. Shenton, C. Aloupis, M. Chajes, and M. Santare 
SEI travel scholarship recipients to attend 2022 Structures Congress in Atlanta, GA 
Bridge field testing using digital image measurements compared to mounted sensors 
Luke Timber, GRA, preparing iMetrum equipment to capture digital image measurements 
Training using Instron 1331 for dynamic testing 
Bring on the concrete! 
Instron 1331-MTS upgrade and training 
The Head Research Group addresses real-world challenges related to structural resilience, especially during earthquakes, using numerical simulations and in some cases scaled structural testing for condition assessment and to develop performance-based design methodologies. Dr. Head has secured competitive state and federal research funding, which enables the group to make novel contributions in three (3) core and cutting-edge areas:
- structural/infrastructure monitoring and condition assessment using vision-based measurements to inform behavior and create “digital twins”
- seismic assessment of buildings to predict peak floor accelerations during earthquakes using a machine learning approach
- coastal infrastructure assessment due to extreme weather-related events and effects of nature-based shorelines
