The University of Moratuwa and Collaborative Partners among the winners of the 2023 UK Collaborate to Innovate Awards
In a ceremony held on February 29th, 2024, at the Institution of Civil Engineers UK headquarters in London, the University of Moratuwa and Access Engineering PLC alongside its global academic and industry partners, were awarded the prestigious Collaborate to Innovate Award 2023 by the Engineer Magazine UK. The team won the award after competing in a highly competitive category of “Information, Data and Connectivity” in which there were five shortlisted entries. This award recognized the project “Innovative Pre-Straining Tools and Brillouin Optical Frequency Domain Analysis (BOFDA) Technology Assessment: A Transnational Leap in Infrastructure Monitoring”. The objective of the project was to address gaps in the current understanding of workmanship factors essential for effective Fibre Optic Monitoring.