Foreword; Preface; Chapter I: Global perspectives on structural health monitoring of civil structures. Are civil structural engineers "risk averse"? Can civionics help?, A.A. Mufti, B. Bakht, G. Tadros, A.T. Horosko, and G. Sparks; Monitoring technologies for maintenance and management of urban highways in Japan, Y. Adachi; The role of sensing and measurement in achieving FHWA's strategic vision for highway infrastructure, S.B.Chase; Recent development of bridge health monitoring system in Korea, H.M. Koh, S. Kim, and J.F. Choo; A strategy to implement structural health monitoring on bridges, C. Sikorsky; Sensors -- not just for research anymore, N.P. Vitillo; Investigation of the dynamic properties of the Brooklyn Bridge, Q. Ye, G. Fanjiang, and B. Yanev; Chapter II: Monitoring issues in ancient and modern structures. Distributed sensing technologies for monitoring frpstrengthened structures, Z.S. Wu and C.Q. Yang; Problems and perspectives in monitoring of ancient masonry structures, A. De Stefano and R. Ceravolo; Monitoring and response of CFRP prestressed concrete bridge, N.F. Grace; Design of temporary and permanent arrays to assess dynamic parameters in historical and monumental buildings, P. Clemente and D. Rinaldis; FRP-Strengthened structures: Monitoring issues from Quebec applications, P. Labossiere, P. Rochette, K.W. Neale, and M. Demers; Structural and material monitoring of historical objects, M. Drdack; Chapter III: Sensing of structural parameters and extreme events. Internal and external sensing for post-earthquake evaluation of bridges, M. Saud Saudi, R. Nelson, and P. Laplace; Application of em stress sensors in large steel cables, M.L.Wang, G. Wang, and Y. Zhao; Enhancing durability of structures by monitoring strain and cracking behavior, B. Hillemeier, H. Scheel, and W. Habel; Development of an earthquake damage detection system for bridge structures, H. Kobayashi and S. Unjoh; Determination of rebar forces based on the exterior crack opening displacement measurement of reinforced concrete, T. Matsumoto and M.N. Islam; Monitoring system based on optical fiber sensing technology for tunnel structures and other infrastructure, K. Fujihashi, K. Kurihara, K. Hirayama, and S. Toyoda; Development of FBG sensors for structural health monitoring in civil infrastructures, Z. Zhou and J. Ou; Chapter IV: Smart sensors, imaging and NDT of civil structures. Monitoring of a smart concrete beam, Q.B. Li, L. Li, and F. Zhang; Fiber optic nerve systems with optical correlation domain technique for smart structures and smart materials, K. Hotate; Use of active sensors for health monitoring of transportation infrastructure, S. Nazarian; Health monitoring of concrete structures using self-diagnosis materials, H. Inada, Y. Okuhara, and H. Kumagai; Application of image analysis to steel structural engineering, K. Tateishi and T. Hanji; Shape memory alloy based smart civil structures with self-sensing and repairing capabilities, H. Li, C. Mao, Z. Liu, and J. Ou; Smart sensors and integrated SHM system for offshore structures, Z. Duan, J. Ou, Z. Zhou, and X. Zhao; Chapter V: Sensor system design, data quality, processing, and interpretation. Design considerations for sensing systems to ensure data quality, R. Zhang and E. Aktan; Practical implementations of intelligent monitoring systems in HIT, J.Ou; Health monitoring, damage prognosis and service-life prediction -- issues related to implementation, V.M. Karbhari; Adaptive event detection for shm system monitoring, D.K. McNeill and L. Card; A note on interpretation of shm data for bridges, B. Bakht; Chapter VI: Sensor and instrumentation performance and reliability instrumentation performance during long-term bridge monitoring, I.N. Robertson, G.P. Johnson, and S. Wang; Stability and reliability of fiber-optic measurement systems -- basic conditions for successful long-term structural health monitoring, W.R. Habel; Instrumentation of the indoor cable stayed bridge at EMPA, M. Motavaffi, G. Feltrin, D. Gsell, and J. Meyer; Structural health monitoring systems for bridge decks and rehabilitated precast prestress concrete beams, M.A. Issa, H.I. Shabila, and M. Athassan; CFRP Strengthening and monitoring of a box girder bridge, B. Taljsten; Sensors and condition evaluation for bridge health monitoring using operating vehicle loading, K. Yokoyama and A.K.M. Rafiquzzaman; Measuring instruments for optical fiber sensing, M. Horikawa, M. Komiyama, K. Hirata, and H. Uchiyama; Implementation of long gauge fiber optic sensor arrays in civil structures, Y. Liang, A. Tennant, H. Jia, X. Xiong, and F. Ansari; Chapter VII: Fiber optic sensors principles. Absolute deformation measurement using fiber-optic white light interferometer with two broad-band sources, C. Sun, L. Yu, Q. Wang, and Q. Yu; Interaction model between fiber optic ultrasonic sensor and matrix materials, L. Yuan, G. Zhang, and Q.B. Li; Birefringence and transverse strain sensitivity in Bragg grating sensors, M. Prabhugoud and K. Peters; A new fiber optic acoustic/vibration sensor-characteristics and application to civil structural health monitoring, K. Kageyama, H. Murayama, and K. Uzawa; Embedded crack tip opening displacement sensor for concrete, Z. Zhang and F. Ansari; Loop topology based white light interferometric fiber optic sensors network, L. Yuan and J.Yang; Chapter VIII: Long term health monitoring of civil structures. Monitoring results of a self anchored suspension bridge, S. Kim, C.Y. Kim, and J.W. Lee; Long term monitoring of a hybrid cable-stayed bridge, G. Zhang; Structural health monitoring system applications in Japan, S. Sumitro and M.L. Wang; Long-term monitoring operation of the test-road in Korea highway corporation (KHC), J.H. Jang, J.H. Jeong, S.M. Kwon, and H.G. Park; Pipeline buckling detection by the distributed Brillouin sensor, F. Ravet, L. Zou, X. Bao, L. Chen, R.F. Huang, and H.A. Koo; Subject Index.