SMARTEC: bringing fiber optic sensors into concrete applications

Author

Inaudi, D. ; Casanova, N.

Author_Institution

SMARTEC SA, Manno, Switzerland

fYear

2002

Firstpage

27

Abstract

Five years after its foundation, it is interesting to look back at the history of SMARTEC and see how a research project at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne was turned into a successful company that is now considered a leader in the domain of structural health monitoring. We believe that the lessons learned in this process could be of interest for other researchers working in the field of fiber optic sensors and feeling the same entrepreneurial enthusiasm. We believe that the success of SMARTEC resulted from the combination of technology, partners, service and sales strategy.

Keywords

condition monitoring; distributed sensors; fibre optic sensors; intelligent sensors; strategic planning; stress analysis; structural engineering; SMARTEC fiber optic sensors; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; business partners; customer service; fiber optic sensor applications; research project; sales strategy; structural health monitoring; Bridges; Civil engineering; Concrete; Instruments; Laboratories; Monitoring; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Sensors Conference Technical Digest, 2002. Ofs 2002, 15th

Conference_Location

Portland, OR, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7289-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFS.2002.1000494

Filename

1000494