Mr Tomas Hotzel Escardo (he/him)

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

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Mr Tomas Hotzel Escardo
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Room E103
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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Research Project : Advanced sensing and AI for risk detection in rail environments

The distributed nature of rail infrastructure makes it difficult to detect railway drainage assets and monitor their condition.

This project will explore the potential for a fusion of train-mounted sensors (such as GPR, laser scanning, and infra-red/optical camera systems) to identify key features such as drainage assets, wet beds, structures, flooding, and vegetation within the railway corridor. Initially this will be focused around earthworks, where early detection of landslips/slides, rockfalls and other related hazards is essential for avoiding accidents and ensuring smooth operation of passenger and freight trains.

Advanced machine learning techniques will be developed based on a “few-shot” object detector to recognise and identify key features and hazards along a rail route, integrating with existing land, rail and weather data.

Supervisors

Dr Andy Nichols, Prof Jungong Han

Research group

Water - Water Distribution Systems & Infrastructure, Geotechnics, Resources, Infrastructure Systems & Built Environment