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» ASCE Structural Control Committee - Endeavors to integrate the discipline of structural control with the applications and specialties of civil engineering problems.
» Control Engineering Virtual Library - Worldwide directory of websites on structural control, including about 250 research groups, professional societies, conferences, journals, and related resources.
» European Association for the Control of Structures - Plans and coordinates fundamental research and innovative adaptation of control technologies. Every four years the association promotes a European Conference on structural Control (ESCS).
» European Panel on Structural Control - The Panel coordinates activities in the fields of vibration attenuation, wind and earthquake hazard mitigation.
» Hall's Harbour - A Smart Wharf - Embedded fiber-optic sensors are remotely monitored to determine structural health, and structural performance.
» How Smart Structures Will Work - Overview of new technology (MR dampers) being used to make buildings more earthquake resistant.
» Structural Control Lab (Notre Dame) - An overview of the ongoing research at the Structural Dynamics and Control / Earthquake Engineering Laboratory, University of Notre Dame. Includes research papers which can be downloaded (PDF format).
» Structural Control Lab (Washington University) - Ongoing research in the field of structural control and earthquake engineering at Washington University (St. Louis).
» Structural Control Research - Provides transfer of information among researchers and practitioners interested in the field of hybrid structural control (active and/or passive) of civil infrastructure systems.
» Structural Control Systems - Overview and applications of structural control, including statistics on several actively controlled structures.
» Structural Dynamics and Vibration Control - Addresses the protection of structural systems to earthquake hazards through the use of devices with controllable damping and stiffness properties.