Dr Myra Lydon - Queens University Belfast

Research Fellowships 2018

Dr Myra Lydon is a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast and recently appointed Lecturer in Civil Engineering at University of Galway. Her research focuses on the development of fibre optic structural health monitoring systems for civil infrastructure. Completed monitoring projects include the Titanic Dry Dock, the Thames Tideway Tunnel, and the historic King’s Bridge in Belfast. During her PhD she developed the world’s first fibre optic bridge weigh-in-motion system, more recently she has led the prototype development of a novel scour sensor in collaboration with Kris Campbell, Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure, and Somni Solutions Ltd.

Her other primary research area is resilient infrastructure and bridge asset management. She is heavily engaged with the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure in the development of a bridge asset management systems with integrated structural health monitoring and environmental data streams to inform future condition and risk assessment of the bridge network.