Sep 23, 2026
Institute of Construction Informatics at SMAR 2026: Minisymposium MS 14, Research Presentations, and International Exchange
Dr. Michael Polter organized and chaired Minisymposium MS 14 ("Post-disaster bridge assessment – an integrated approach from monitoring to number crunching", Room BEY E40).
Presenting Research in Bridge Damage Representation
Researcher Mukta Rajan Nisal presented the paper "An IFC 4.3 Ontology Hidden Damages Framework and Python Ingestion Pipeline for Hidden Bridge Damage Representation," co-authored with Prof. Karsten Menzel. The presentation demonstrated novel digital methods for ingesting, mapping, and representing structural damage data within OpenBIM standards.