David Lattanzi

David Lattanzi
Titles and Organizations

Associate Professor, Sid and Reva Dewberry Dept of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, Volgenau

Contact Information

Phone: 703-993-3695
Campus: Fairfax
Building: Nguyen Engineering Building
Room 1406
Mail Stop: 6C1

Personal Websites

Biography

Using new techniques to improve transportation safety.

David Lattanzi is a licensed bridge engineer who puts his professional experience to work in the development of the next generation of infrastructure inspection technologies. Responding to the crisis of our nation’s aging infrastructure, Lattanzi’s group focuses on a multidisciplinary combination of data analytics, robotics, artificial intelligence, and structural engineering to help civil engineers make safer and more reliable life-cycle assessements. Some of his current initiatives include the use of digital image analysis for rapid post-disaster assessments and how to combine autonomous robotic inspection with ultra-high resolution 3D imaging to create virtual worlds for inspectors.

Research

2014 - 2017 : Comprehensive Structural Assessments Through Hierarchical Computer Vision. Funded by National Science Foundation.

Research Interests

Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Structural Engineering

Degrees

  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
  • MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
  • MS, Civil Engineering, Tufts University
  • BS, Civil Engineering, Tufts University