Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL), 2000

B.S./M.S. (4 years), Theoretical Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, 1996

B.S./M.S. (5 years), Structural Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, 1994

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM): SHM methods for civil structures and infrastructure

Advanced SHM technologies: long-gauge and distributed fiber optic sensors (FOS), sensing sheets based on large area electronics (LAE), sensors based on conductive polymers

SHM data management and analysis: visualization, damage detection, system identification

SHM benefits: value of information (VOI) and decision making theory

Smart structures and structural analysis: deployable and adaptable structures

Heritage structures: historical structures and structural art

CEE 312: Statics of Structures website

CEE 521: Continuum Mechanics website

CEE 539 Special topics in MMS: Structural Health Monitoring website

Short course on SHM using fiber-optic sensors website

CEE 102A: Engineering in the Modern World (preceptor)

CEE 463: A Social and Multi-Dimensional Exploration of Structures (Fall 2012, Fall 2016) website

ELE 547C: Selected Topics in Solid-State Electronics: Large Area Electronics (one lesson)

Associate Professor, Princeton University, Dpt. of Civil and Environmental Eng., 2015-present

Assistant Professor, Princeton University, Dpt. of Civil and Environmental Eng., 2009-2015

Research & Develompment Manager, SMARTEC SA, Switzerland, 2000-2008

Ph.D. Student / Teaching Assistant /Project manager, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL), Dpt. of Civil Engineering, 1996-2000

Teaching Assistant, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering, 1995-1996

Structural health monitoring of Streicker Bridge, 2009 - long-term website

NSF CMMI-1434455: “COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Structural Identification & Health Monitoring using Temperature-Driven Data” (with Tennessee Tech University), 08/01/2014 – 07/31/2018

NSF CMMI-1362723: “Fiber Optic Method for Bridge Health Assessment Based on Long-Gauge Sensors,” 07/01/2014 – 06/30/2017

USDOT-RITA National University Transportation Center (UTC) CAIT: (1) DTRT13-G-UTC28/5237, “Arrangement of sensors and probability of detection for sensing sheets based on large-area electronics for reliable structural health monitoring,” 07/01/2014 – 01/31/2016 (2) DTRT13-G-UTC28/5237, “Long-term evaluation of prestress losses in concrete bridges using long-gauge fiber optic sensors,” 07/01/2016 – 09/30/2017

USDOT-RITA Tier I University Transportation Center (UTC) CAIT: (1) DTRT12-G-UTC16/4650, “Fiber optic monitoring methods for composite steel-concrete structures based on determination of neutral axis and deformed shape,” 06/15/2012 – 11/30/2013; (2) DTRT12-G-UTC16/4650, “COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL: Multi-Sensor Sheets Based on Large-Area Electronics for Advanced Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure” (with Columbia University and University of Delaware), 01/01/2013 – 09/30/2014 (3) DTRT12-G-UTC16/4650, “Evaluation of uncertainty in determination of neutral axis and deformed shape of beam structures,” 07/01/2014 – 12/31/2015

NSF EEC-0855023, subaward #235622: “The Learning Bridge: Data Management Software,” 09/01/2010 – 08/31/2012 website

NSF CMMI-0936493: “NEESR Payload - Fiber Optic (FO) Method for Buried Pipelines Health Assessment after Earthquake-Induced Ground Movement,” 02/01/2010 – 01/31/2012 website

Sensing sheets based on large area electronics, 2011 - ongoing (part PRISM grant, part USDOT-RITA grant)

International Bridge Study (IBS): SHM of the Wayne Bridge, 2011 - long-term (part SMARTEC, part USDOT-RITA grant) website

Structural health monitoring of high-rise buildings, Singapore, 2001 - long-term (with HDB, Sofotec and SMARTEC)

Evaluation of the use of fiber optic sensors in identification of fresco fracturing patterns, 2010-2011

Smart structures 2009 - long-term website

Long-term safety and structural health monitoring of Götaälvbron, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2004-2008 (with NGI, Trafikkontoret, and SMARTEC)

European Commission funded projects: POLYTECT, 2006 - 2010; ZEM, 2001 - 2005; PDT-COIL, 2000-2005 (with SMARTEC, and 40+ EU partners)

Deformation monitoring and characterization of concrete at early and very early age, 1996-2006 (with EPFL, CTI, and SMARTEC)

Fiber-optic sensors for Civil Eng., Geotechnical Eng., Oil & Gas Industry, and Bio-medical applications, 1996-2008 (with EPFL, SMARTEC, and 20+ partners)

Guest seminar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, “Universal Strain-Based Structural Health Monitoring Methods”, October 12, 2016

Guest seminar, Stevens Institute of Technology, “Strain-Based Structural Health Monitoring using Advanced Sensing Technologies”, September 7, 2016

Guest seminar, Georgia Tech, “Universally Applicable Strain-Based Structural Health Monitoring Methods”, August 29, 2016

Plenary session “Performance and Health Monitoring of Civil Structures and Infrastructure using Long-Gauge and Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors”, 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks – ICTON 2016, University of Trento, Italy, 11-14 July 2016

Guest seminar, North Carolina State University, “Innovation in Strain-Based Structural Health Monitoring”, March 18, 2016

Invited seminar, University of Pittsburg, “Strain-Based Structural Health Monitoring using Long-Gauge Fiber Optic Sensors”, November 4, 2015

Invited Tutorial, “Methods for Structural Health Monitoring Based on Long- Gauge and Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors”, XXXI meeting of Frontiers in Optics 2015/Laser Science (FiO/LS), FiO 4: Fiber Optics and Opotical Communications 4.2 Optical Fiber Sensors, San Jose, California, USA, October 18-22, 2015.

Guest seminar, ETHZ, Switzerland, “Advances in Strain-Based Structural Health Monitoring”, June 25, 2015.

Guest seminar, University of Exeter, UK, “Innovative Strain-Based Structural Health Monitoring”, April 27, 2015.

Keynote lecture “Very Dense Arrays of Sensors for Reliable and Accurate Damage Identification in Real-Life Settings”, SHMII-7 – 7th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, Turin, Italy, July 1-3, 2015

Invited lecturer, Summer School, Chandolin, Switzerland, “Distributed sensing: Application to large civil structures” in the framework of COST Action TD1001 “Novel and Reliable Optical Fibre Sensor Systems for Future Security and Safety Applications”, September 1-3, 2014.

Invited lecturer, University of Trento, Italy, 3rd International Summer School on Smart Structures – From nano- to macro-scale, July 21-25, 2014

Invited lecturer, Cambridge University, UK, “Performance of distributed fiber optic sensors in real-life and close-to-real-life settings”, Fibre Optic Sensing Conference, June 30-July 1, 2014

Invited seminar, Dalian University of Technology, China, “Integrity monitoring based on 1D and 2D distributed sensing”, May 28, 2014

Four lectures at the 2nd International Summer School on Smart Structures – A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective, Trento, Italy, July 22-26, 2013

Guest lecturer, Joint Seminar on Structural Health Monitoring, Tongji University, January 28, 2013

“Fiber optic sensors for direct damage detection, localization, and quantification”, invited international speaker, Intl Symp. of Young Researchers for “Advances in Disaster Responses to Seismic Hazards in Tall Buildings using Innovative Sensing Technologies”, DPRI, Kyoto University, Dec. 18-19, 2012

Four lectures at the 1st International Summer School on Smart Structures – New Technologies from a Civil and Mechanical Engineering Perspective, Trento, Italy, September 3-7, 2012

“Fiber optic sensors for direct damage detection, localization, and quantification”, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, July 2, 2012

“Health monitoring of civil structures: applications of fiber optic sensors”, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia, June 28, 2012

“Lessons learned: ten-year structural health monitoring of high-rise buildings”, Invited Webinar, Roctest/SMARTEC Webinar Series, June 06, 2012

“Long-gauge and distributed fiber optic sensors, principles, advantages, applications”, University of Delaware, Newark, April 16, 2012

“Structural Health Monitoring Methods based on Long-gauge and Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors”, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – EPFL, Lausanne Switzerland, April 02, 2012

“Monitoring Civil Structures using Fiber Optic Sensors”, keynote lecture, the workshop “Toward Intelligent Civil Infrastructure”, MEMSCON (EU), Athens, Greece, March 29, 2012

"Long-gauge and truly distributed Fiber Optic Sensors: powerful tools for Structural Health Monitoring", Corning Incorporated, Sullivan Park (Research and Technology), Corning, NY, January 31, 2012

“Structural Health Monitoring using Fiber Optic Sensors”, invited course, pre-conference event, 5th Intl. Conference on SHM of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-5), Cancun, Mexico, December 11, 2011

“Structural Health Monitoring using long-gauge and truly distributed Fiber Optic Sensors”, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, November 18, 2011

“Fiber-Optic Method for Long-Term Structural Health Monitoring of Concrete High-Rise Buildings” IBM’s Green Planet seminar series, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, November 4, 2011

“Smart Structures: New technologies from a structural engineering perspective”, guest lecturer at credited graduate course, University of Trento, Italy, July 27-29, 2011

“SHM process as perceived through 350 projects”, invited lecture and paper, 2010 SPIE Smart Structures and Materials / NDE Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 9, 2010

“Applications : structures et ponts (Applications: structures and bridges)”, invited lecture, the seminar “Mesurer la performance des structures”, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, October 15, 2009

5th International Summer School on Smart Structures – A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective, University of Trento, Italy, July 14-16, 2016

FHWA – Federal Highway Administration Workshop “Nondestructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring: Implementation Guidance, Research Needs, and Integration,” NAS (National Academy of Science) Building, Washington, DC, June 1-3, 2016

FOEE – Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium, organized by National Academy of Engineering (NAE), National Academies' Beckman Center, Irvine, CA, October 25-28, 2015

4th International Summer School on Smart Structures – A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective, University of Trento, Italy, July 6-9, 2015

NY/NJ Regional Workshop on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, sponsored by Princeton University in collaboration with U.S. Department of Homeland Security and National Institute of Standards and Technology, May 20, 2015

Using Information about Buildings To Improve Cities, organized by NSF Research Collaboration Network on Sustainable Cities, Rutgers University, NJ, October 10-11, 2014

Summer school on optical fiber sensors: from research to real world, organized by COST – European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Chandolin, Switzerland, September 1-3, 2014

3rd International Summer School on Smart Structures – From nano- to macro-scale, University of Trento, Italy, July 21-25, 2014

One-week visit to Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, May 26-30, 2014

2nd International Summer Schools on Smart Structures – A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective, University of Trento, Italy, July 22-26, 2013

Princeton-Fung Global Forum “The Future of the City”, Shanghai, China, January 30 – February 01, 2013

International Symposium of Young Researchers for “Advances in Disaster Responses to Seismic Hazards in Tall Buildings”, organized by Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan, December 18-19, 2012

One-week visit to Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, June 30 – July 05, 2012

1st International Summer School on Smart Structures – New Technologies from a Civil and Mechanical Engineering Perspective, University of Trento, Italy, September 3-7, 2012

One-week visit to University of Maribor, Slovenia, June 25-29, 2012

Two-month visit to University of Trento, Italy, summer 2011

Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research: A Community Workshop, organized by National Research Council of The National Academies, UC Irvine, CA, March 14-16, 2011

Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) “Sensors: From Sea to Space – Innovations and Implications for the Future”, organized by The National Academies, Washington, DC, February 22-23, 2010

Princeton Engineering Commendation List for Outstanding Teaching, SEAS, Princeton University (for AY 2016/17 Fall Course CEE 521 ‘Continuum Mechanics’), 2017

Princeton Engineering Commendation List for Outstanding Teaching, SEAS, Princeton University (for AY 2015/16 Fall Course CEE 539 ‘Structural Health Monitoring’), 2016

Lawrence Keyes, Jr. / Emerson Electric Co. Faculty Advancement Award (‘Junior faculty advancement award’), “recognizing excellent in teaching and scholarship”, by the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University, 2014

Article*** selected by the editors of “Smart Materials and Structures” for inclusion in the ‘Highlights of 2013’ collection ("on the basis of referee endorsement, novelty and scientific impact"), 2014

Highly Commended Award, CIOB International Innovation & Research Awards 2013 in the Innovation Achiever’s Award category, The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), ("...celebrate the best in research and development, both in academic institutions and out in the industry."), 2014

Princeton Engineering Commendation List for Outstanding Teaching, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) of Princeton University (for Fall 2013/14 Course CEE 539 'Structural Health Monitoring'), 2014

The Structural Health Monitoring Person of the Year Award, by the editorial board, associate editors, and editors of Structural Health Monitoring: An International Journal, (for “outstanding contribution to the field of SHM that will benefit society”), 2013

Princeton Engineering Commendation List for Outstanding Teaching, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) of Princeton University (for Spring 2013 Course CEE 312 'Statics of Structures'), 2013

Cover story, Optics & Photonics News, (on Fiber Optic Sensors and Streicker Bridge), March 2013

Article** selected by the editors of “Measurement Science and Technology” for inclusion in the ‘Highlights of 2012’ collection ("on the basis of referee endorsement, novelty and scientific impact"), 2013

Token of appreciation for participation in the University‘s technology transfer process, Princeton, 2012 Selected innovator-participant for Celebrate Princeton Innovation reception, Princeton University, 2012

Princeton Engineering Commendation List for Outstanding Teaching, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) of Princeton University (for Spring 2012 Course CEE 312 'Statics of Structures'), 2012

Article* selected by the editors of Measurement Science and Technology for inclusion in the ‘Highlights of 2011–2012’ collection, 2012 ("chosen on the basis of referee endorsement, novelty and scientific impact").

First place, 7th Annual Innovation Forum, Princeton University, 2012

Princeton Engineering Commendation List for Outstanding Teaching, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) of Princeton University (for Spring 2011 Course CEE 312 'Statics of Structures'), 2011

Excellence in Teaching Award, Undergraduate and Graduate Engineering Council (E-Council) of Princeton University (for Spring 2010 Course CEE 312 'Statics of Structures'), 2011

Recognition for outstanding contribution by ISHMII with the JMBT Structures Research Inc. Award for Best Paper in SHM Applications at SHMII 3rd International Conference, 2007

Nominated for K. B. Woods Award at Transportation Research Board (TRB) 81st Annual Meeting, by Chair of TRB Committee on Soils and Rock Instrumentation (A2K01), 2002

Ph.D. scholarship, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL), 1996-2000

Awarded by the University of Belgrade as the best student in year of Faculty of Civil Engineering, 1995

Awarded by the Foundation of Professor Vladimir Korolija as the best student in year of Faculty of Civil Engineering, 1995

Awarded by the Foundation of Professor Djordje Lazarević as the best student in year of Department for Structural Engineering, 1995

Excellence scholarship, Ministry for Education, state of Serbia, 1987-1994

Non-professional:

Diploma honoring 20 years of membership, and gratitude for outstanding contributions to the advance of numismatics and the Serbian Numismatic Society, by the Serbian Numismatic Society, Belgrade, Serbia, 2016

Medal for significant contribution to advance of numismatics and to development of Serbian Numismatic Sociaty, SND 2008

Book “Fibre Optic Methods for Structural Health Monitoring” and more than 100 other papers published in journals, magazines, conferences, and theses website

CAIT – Affiliated Faculty, Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation at Rutgers University, NJ, website

ISHMII - International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, Vice-President for Education, member of Council and Editor-in-Chief of newsletter magazine “Monitor”, website

ACI - American Concrete Institute, voting member of Committee 444: Structural Health Monitoring and Instrumentation website

TRB - Inaugural Committee Member, Bridge Preservation Committee (AHD37), Transportation Research Board of the National Academies

IABMAS - International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety, member of Bridges Health Monitoring Technical Committee

IABSE - International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers

ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers

IEC/TIA – Int’l Electrotech. Commission, Telecom. Industry Assoc., Member of Technical Advisory Group for International Standards Developments, IEC SC86C: Fibre Optics Systems & Active Devices (2013-2016)

DIVK - Society for Structural Integrity and Life (Belgrade, Serbia)

Associate Editor, Structural Sensing Specialty Section, journal Frontiers in Built Environment, EPFL Innovation Park, 2015-present

Editorial Board Member of journal Advances in Structural Engineering, 2015 – present

Editorial Board Member (inaugural) of Structural Monitoring and Maintenance, An International Journal, 2014 – present

Guest Editor of Special feature on dense sensor networks for mesoscale Structural Health Monitoring, Measurement Science and Technology, 2016-2017

Guest Editor of Special Issue of Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring: Probabilistic SHM, 2014-2015 (L)Leading Editor of American Concrete Institute Special Publication: Structural Health Monitoring Technologies (ACI SP-292), 2011-2013

Reviewer in various journals

Session chair at various workshops and conferences

Serbian (Croatian, Bosnian and Montengrin), English, French, Italian, and Macedonian

Research in numismatics, notaphily, and scripophily (papers published in hobbyist journals, member of Association of Friends of State Monetary Museum in Lausanne, Serbian Numismatic Society, Belgrade, and Macedonian Numismatic Society, Skopje)

Mathematics - Non-Euclidian and Multi-dimensional geometries, Philosophy of Mathematics

Comics - Pratt, Bilal, Jodorowsky, Moebius, De Crecy, Scuiten, etc.

Traveling - More than 40 countries in Europe, Americas and Asia