Research

Journal Articles

  1. G. Zou, K. Feng, D. Hester, S. Taylor, C. O’Higgins, A. Ferguson, Z. Zhu, M. Lydon, J. Early, ‘Experimental modal identification of a pedestrian bridge through drive-by monitoring integrated with shared-mobility vehicles’, Developments in the Built Environment, Oct. 2024, doi:10.1016/j.dibe.2024.100562.
  2. A. Bunce, D. S. Brennan, A. Ferguson, C. O’Higgins, S. Taylor, E. J. Cross, K. Worden, J. Brownjohn, D. Hester, ‘On population-based structural health monitoring for bridges: Comparing similarity metrics and dynamic responses between sets of bridges’, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Jul. 2024, doi:10.1016/j.ymssp.2024.111501.
  3. A. J. Ferguson, D. Hester, R. Woods, ‘A systematic approach to filter specification for measuring quasi-static bridge rotation under moving loads using DC accelerometers’, IEEE Access, May 2024, doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3396060.
  4. A. J. Ferguson, C. O’Higgins, D. Hester, R. Woods, ‘Sampling methods based on expected traffic-volume information for long-term rotation-based bridge SHM in resource-constrained environments’, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Feb. 2024, doi:10.1016/j.ymssp.2023.110933.
  5. A. J. Ferguson, R. Woods, D. Hester, ‘Detecting Vehicle Loading Events in Bridge Rotation Data Measured with Multi-Axial Accelerometers’, Sensors, Jul. 2022, doi:10.3390/s22134994.
  6. A. J. Ferguson, D. Hester, R. Woods, ‘A direct method to detect and localise damage using longitudinal data of ends-of-span rotations under live traffic loading’, Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, Nov. 2021, doi:10.1007/s13349-021-00533-5.

Conference Papers

  1. A. J. Ferguson, R. Woods, D. Hester, ‘Investigating Damage Detection via Short-term Ambient Rotation Monitoring Campaigns’, IABSE Symposium 2025, Tokyo, Japan, May 2025.
  2. D. R. H. Lim, A. J. Ferguson, D. Hester, R. Woods, ‘Towards A Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Test Bed for Bridge Structural Health Monitoring System Testing and Validation’, Civil Engineering Research Ireland 2024, Galway, Ireland, Aug. 2024.
  3. A. J. Ferguson, R. Woods, D. Hester, ‘Towards Improved Sensor Systems for Bridge Structural Health Monitoring’, Civil Engineering Research Ireland 2020, Cork, Ireland, Aug. 2020.

Thesis

  1. A. J. Ferguson, ‘Towards autonomous sensor and data analytics systems for bridge structural health monitoring’, Dec. 2023